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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 07:44 PM
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82nd Airborne going to IRAN????
I didn't see this here yet, but I thought it was worth mentioning, does anyone else know of anybody who has a similar situation to this mother-in-law?



82nd Airborne Going to Iran?
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2006-06-15 00:27. Iran
Received from a soldier's mother-in-law:

"My son-in-law has had orders for a 7/27 deployment to Iraq for several months. He's with the 82nd airborne at Ft. Bragg. Today his orders for Iraq are "on hold" for 2 - 12 months and he was advised his Apache helicopter units are being held now for deployment to IRAN....Just wanted to alert you to this startling announcement that won't be seen on any evening news show."

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/11812
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cantstandbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 07:46 PM
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1. Shit!! This must be a mistake? Say it isn't so. nt
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 07:49 PM
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2. cocks*ckers-I'm waiting for them to call my kid up-he just got out.
drawing down in iraq,so they can invade iran.
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Joey Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 07:51 PM
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3. Wouldn't surprise me
It wouldn't surprise me if the entire 18th Airborne Corps is preparing for Iran. We've got a warmongering chickenhawk in the White House. His poll numbers are at Nixon-like levels. So, he needs to invade another country to keep his red staters happy. It's going to take a very long time for this country to recover from the Bush reign of error.
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cosmik debris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 07:54 PM
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4. Sounds like an urban legend to me
n/t
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geek tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 07:55 PM
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5. Sounds like bullshit.
"Okay men, the date for the secret invasion is July 27. But feel free to tell your family and have them post it on the Internet."
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jedr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 08:05 PM
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6. Perhaps, but;
Rove is spinning the Mr. Big killing into " Let's declare victory and leave" as to free up our involvement to be ready to go into Iran. Don't know if the 82nd thing holds water or not, but to be sure we're planning the invasion of Iran as we speak.
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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 08:06 PM
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7. Get these stupid conspiracy theories and dumb rumors off DU
Do you have some pathological impulse control problem that prevents you from not spreading rumors like this?
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 10:29 PM
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19. Agreed
Just like we can Recommend stories, I wish we could have a "This is BS" button as well.
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 08:12 PM
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8. The great & powerful brentspeak has spoken...
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 08:14 PM
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9. I don't know, but a very politically aware cashier at a large discount
store told me that several of the young men who also work there and are in the Guard have told her that they have been told they are going to Iran...

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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 08:28 PM
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10. There is a reason it won't be shown on the evening news.
I doubt that something of this magnitude would be common knowledge that a mother-in-law would have access to.

Now I know I am going to get flamed for this. But be warned I have book marked this thread and on 7/27 I will be sending PM'S.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 09:40 PM
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16. Good idea.....I'm bookmarking this thread, too!
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nealmhughes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 08:45 PM
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11. The Brits will watch the B2s take off of Diego Garcia six hours ahead of
the start. Just like they did in 2003. Then we'll know.
Rumors of transport to one theater or another are common in the military. Just like those mythic port calls I never got.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 08:49 PM
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12. Hmmm, I'm smelling bullshit, but could be true.
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 09:06 PM
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13. My father (retired AF Colonel) has a # of friends who
say this summer/fall could get BAD - their opinion given troop #'s and the CIC.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 09:10 PM
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14. Don't worry, Bush sold his soul to Iran
for Zarqawi. I think Iran is on the back burner for the time being.
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LunaC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 09:17 PM
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15. Naval presence
Edited on Wed Jun-14-06 09:18 PM by LunaC
The USS Cole, USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Enterprise will all soon be in the Western Pacific and Middle East to join the USS Ronald Reagan already operating in the Gulf. I don't know if it's SOP to have so many ships in the region or if this is a build-up? Does anybody know?
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 09:41 PM
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17. Bush* has his balls hanging out right now, wouldn't surprise me.
They've got to keep feeding their fucking war machine.
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Laurab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 09:43 PM
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18. Friend in the Air Force being deployed somewhere not Iraq or Afgh.
His deployment keeps getting delayed. It's now scheduled for May 29th, I believe. He won't say exactly where he's being deployed to, just that it's not to one of the places I'd expect. Oman (sp?) was mentioned, although I'm not sure where that is.

No doubt in my mind these assholes will do it, but they're having a tough time getting the generals to agree. It would be so much nicer for them if the military were being more compliant. That won't stop them, of course, but might delay them a little.
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 10:31 PM
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20. Oman's coastal
Edited on Wed Jun-14-06 10:32 PM by Robb
Next to SA and UAE. :shrug:

On edit: Google tells me we have airbases there, step-offs for Afghanistan.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 01:16 AM
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21. kick
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 06:32 AM
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22. locking
DU rules prohibit posting troop movements.
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