Iran agents 'planned US terror attacks'

[gaelic cowboy]

It must have to do with the tension lately over Bahrain, we know Tehran has been messing around in the Persian Gulf trying to remove Saudi influence.

[Papewaio]

Quite Sun Tzu like - Sow dissent amongst the allies of your enemy.

However the backfire for something like this would be much larger and the cost far worse. So from a risk to payoff point of view it ain't worth it.

So it doesn't make sense unless someone is trying to discredit Iran... To draw attention away from their issues... Who in the middle east is going through a rough PR patch and could do with a distraction between two of it's key enemies?

Hmm?

[Brenus]

Iraq?

[rory_20_uk]

An alienated Iran is good for some elements in Iran. Not every element in a country is rational or shares the ideals.

I would have thought it would require consummate skill to find a DEA informant to undertake an assassination.

[Hosakawa Tito]

US has known about the plot since June, but don't announce anything till the day that Eric Holder is to answer the Congressional subpoena about his role in Fast & Furious. How conveniently interesting...

[gaelic cowboy]

Iran does not need to worry about alienation because such a stance gives it room to act in reality.

Bahrain used to belong to Iran I suppose they figure they can create strategic depth by messing in areas with Shia population.

[Fragony]

You can file me under 'sceptical' it makes no sense

[gaelic cowboy]

I not convinced of conspiracy to be honest no matter what outcome Iran does not suffer from this even with all the evidence.

1 We know Iran has been messing in Shia areas of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan to take advantage of the swamp the US is stuck in.

2 Iran has time the Saudi's, Israel and US do not have time and they cannot act with any great confidence in the short to medium term.

3 The traditional powers Eygpt and Turkey are looking the other way for different reasons giving Iran a chance for Greater Persia.

To my mind it is not impossible they would try something to set off an incident especially as they have plenty room diplomatically.
The Iranians gain no matter what happens, America looks weak and Iran can sit back and watch it's enemies fight among themselves on how to respond.

[Hax]

3 The traditional powers Eygpt and Turkey are looking the other way for different reasons giving Iran a chance for Greater Persia.

What now?

The concept of the restoration of the "Persian Empire" (and this is moreover something of a romantic ideal) as a political entity is something that has typically been associated with the Iranian secularist (and generally anti-Islamic) diaspora. (Post-)Khomeinist Iran was never interested in exporting the revolution.

[Major Robert Dump]

Wag. The. Dog.

The novelty of Libya and OBL has died off.

What I'm excited to see is how a WH that orders assisinations w/o due process of its own citizens will act with indignation about an assasination attempt involving an unreliable cartel informant.

[drone]

Wag. The. Dog.

The novelty of Libya and OBL has died off.

What I'm excited to see is how a WH that orders assisinations w/o due process of its own citizens will act with indignation about an assasination attempt involving an unreliable cartel informant.

I really liked the way they sold it to the papers as a "terror attack".

[gaelic cowboy]

I really liked the way they sold it to the papers as a "terror attack".

We need a song for the war get me willy nelson

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Wag. The. Dog.

The novelty of Libya and OBL has died off.

What I'm excited to see is how a WH that orders assisinations w/o due process of its own citizens will act with indignation about an assasination attempt involving an unreliable cartel informant.

I imagine they can handle the concept of it being wrong to assassinate some people and not others. Most people can.

[Vladimir]

I imagine they can handle the concept of it being wrong to assassinate some people and not others. Most people can.

I finally read that last part of his comment.

What was the reliability of the informant? I don't believe that's been put out yet. All is needed is the initial tipoff, then the other intel resources come to bear and confirm. I suspect they have a solid case.

You should know that MRD.