Breaking on MSNBC: US naval forces put on heightened state of

[babylonsister]

alert in the Persian Gulf. Awaiting an update...

[ShortnFiery]

1. WTF are we doing in the Persian Gulf ?

Oh! It must be reliving the LIE that was "The Gulf of Tonkin?"

[babylonsister]

5. Flexing muscle towards Iran? nt

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

2. anyone here surprised?

[CoffeeCat]

4. It's OCTOBER...

...and no one is surprised.

Bastards.

This must be "The Math" that Karl was referring to. He counted the ships.

[FSogol]

3. Its the start of "Operation October Surprise" n/t

[aquart]

10. Would shelling Iran make anyone want more George?

How do they figure this will work? Did invading Laos and Cambodia work?

[Bumblebee]

6. It's probably this:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15442751/

Protecting refineries in Saudi Arabia et al

[MidwestTransplant]

7. In response to an Al Qaeda threat LAST MONTH to storage facilities

in the gulf.

[Ian David]

15. Yes, but we called for a "Time Out."

Now, Al Qaeda has to count to Thirty days, touch home base, and yell, "Time In!" before they can attack anything.

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. hmmm...the same day I see a headline Israel denies conflict

with German ship from a week or so ago.

[babylonsister]

9. Result of maritime warning by UK, advising of potential terrorist

threat to oil facilities in the gulf. Figures.

[Cameron27]

11. Based on a maritime alert from the UK

terrorist alert against oil refineries offshore or onshore somewhere in the Persian Gulf.

[babylonsister]

12. Threat not too grave as oil markets haven't budged. So be

very skeered!

[Norquist Nemesis]

13. Stock market numbers

all pointing downward

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

14. Jim/msnbc Wonders why Oil prices are down today.

figures they should UP with such news.:eyes:

[flpoljunkie]

16. Funny, babylonsister, there is nothing on the BBC website about this..

Could it be political--the "poodle" trying to help his friend in the mid-terms?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/default.stm

[babylonsister]

19. I imagine it could be indeed. I think, after listening, it's probably

much ado about nothing, as usual.

[nebenaube]

17. right on que! n/t

[Norquist Nemesis]

18. CNN: Tehran appears to have resumed uranium enrichment

Oh, now it's "ISNA: Tehran has resumed uranium enrichment"

(Note: I have it muted)

[radfringe]

21. Report: Iran Has Begun Enriching Uranium (Forbes story -link)

Report: Iran Has Begun Enriching Uranium
Forbes - 5 hours ago
AP 10.27.06, 6:38 AM ET.
http://www.forbes.com/business/energy/feeds/ap/2006/10/27/ap3125278.html

Iran has expanded its nuclear program by enriching uranium in a second network of centrifuges, a semi-official news agency reported Friday.

[Norquist Nemesis]

22. Ah, Forbes...The 1% is talking to each other again

Gotta wonder what that "semi-official news agency" source is. Could it be the WH Office of Propaganda?

[radfringe]

24. semi-official news agency

yeah - that's what caught my eye..

in any event - with our ships out there like sitting ducks - how long before one of them gets attacked?

the terrorist groups want this, they want bigger targets, they want to engage us in a broader war... just my opinion - but by sending the ships out there, bush is "encouraging" the "enemy" to attack

[Parche]

23. yellow cake

I heard they got their 'Yellow Cake' from Niger..................



Here we go again

[rhiannon55]

20. It's October. SURPRISE!

We knew this was coming...damn those bastards!