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To: tejek who wrote (165655)	3/25/2003 11:57:55 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584194

Ted, And then in the Southeast, Iranian Shiites have entered Iraq Where did you read that? I have only come across this news article: telegraph.co.uk where they say Shiite (Iraqi) who have been stationed in Iran crossed the border to Iraq, but in the North, in the Kurd territory (which makes no sense to me). Joe

To: tejek who wrote (165655)	3/26/2003 12:18:57 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584194

Ted Re...I'm not sure. Eric's reasoning is as good as anyone.......to telegraph to Russia that they won't join in on the spoils. That could be part of it. However you asked, why now. If the US was trying to telegraph Russia about the spoils, they could have waited until after the war. Everyone seems pretty confident that Russia will stay out of the war but I don't think this is the time to be agitating and worsening relations between our two countries. Russia doesn't border Iraq, and doesn't have a Kuwait to use to get in. So it would be unlikely Russia can influence the outcome. Its bad enough we have Turkey amassing weapons and troops on the border and now they are claiming a need to go 12 miles into Iraq supposedly for humanitarian reasons. And then in the Southeast, Iranian Shiites have entered Iraq.......I am not sure for what purpose.......but I bet they are not up to any good. Both are testing the waters, to see what they can get away with. If the war bogs down, they will be in a position to take advantage of it. From what the experts are saying, until the 4th division gets to Iraq, we don't have enough troops on the ground to handle all these twists and turns. Yes and no. Yes it will slow the US down in its drive to badgdad, as they will have to commit troops to quell the diversions. But, it is not likely to endanger the troops. In fact, this AM, Iraq has 1000 vehicles heading toward the 3rd armored. If the sandstorm clears, they are likely to find out, that they would have been better off not listening to our experts, as they will get killed by our armor, and airpower out in the open desert..