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To: michael97123 who wrote (96052)	4/24/2003 6:49:54 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

"I think we need to concentrate on what happens from here on" Ok, why not, I feel a severe "dot connecting" attack coming on. :o} The mullah's won't know what hit them after "W" gets done with them. :o}}}}}}} So let it be written. So let it be done! :o} Rumsfeld: Iraqis Free to Form Own Gov't story.news.yahoo.com By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer WASHINGTON - The United States will not allow an Iran-style religious government to take hold in Iraq (news - web sites), Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. He also said Syria and others in the region will not be permitted to influence Iraq's future. "If you're suggesting, how would we feel about an Iranian-type government with a few clerics running everything in the country, the answer is: That isn't going to happen," he said. US marines begin patrolling Iraq-Iran border iranmania.com WASHINGTON, April 23 (AFP) - Faced with resurgent Shiite political activism, US marines have begun patrolling stretches of the Iraqi border with Iran in order to screen border traffic for hostile infiltrators, the US military announced Wednesday. The Central Command said the patrols involve members of the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion attached to Task Force Tarawa and have been underway in northeastern Iraq since Monday. "The patrols were designed to maintain Iraqi territorial integrity and will simultaneously assist Iraqi expatriates to return home to their loved ones as well," the command said in a statement. The operation began amid new concern in Washington that Iranian agents bent on stirring up anti-American unrest among fellow Iraqi Shiite might be infiltrating into the country. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said earlier Wednesday that the United States had made it clear to Iran that it would "oppose any outside interference in Iraq's road to democracy." Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have flocked to holy Shiite city Karbala of Karbala over the past few days for religious celebrations, some of which have evolved into loud protests against the US occupation of Iraq. As part of their border patrols, "the Marines will search and interview all people attempting to enter and leave Iraq through Iran," Central Command said. It added that the US troops were prepared to detain all former Iraqi regime officials, third-country nationals and suspected insurgents, as well as seize weapons, antiquities and large sums of money from people attempting to remove them from Iraq. "We plan to screen the full length of the Wasit province Iran border," said Major Steve Greco, a battalion liaison officer. "We have a large area to cover." He said medical teams were attached to the battalion to provide assistance to all those in need. Freedom Fighters Iranians in exile get it together. By Pooya Dayanim nationalreview.com ...In the months ahead, the Iranian American community will play host to many American supporters of the pro-democracy movement in Iran. They will all receive a hero's welcome from the Iranian-American community eager to rid the world and the Iranian people of the Iranian regime. And all of them will wonder why it has taken so long to get together. MKO say US accord lets them keep arms to fight Iran iranmania.com ASHRAF, Iraq, April 23 (AFP) - A ceasefire agreement reached with US forces allows the Iraq-based People's Mujahedeen guerrillas keep their arms while maintaining their war against the Iranian government, a spokesman for the group said Wednesday. The US military on Tuesday confirmed it had reached a ceasefire agreement with the Iranian armed opposition group, which was given protection under Saddam Hussein's ousted regime. "As far as the future is concerned, the forces of the mujahedeen will stay with their arms and that was the substance of the agreement," said Mohsen Nadi, the spokesman for the People's Mujahedeen.