Attack on Iran would threaten U.S. army in Iraq


	Attack on Iran would threaten U.S. army in Iraq

ratilfar

1-10-2009 10:20 AM

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iran, iraq, israel, gaza, war, u.s., armed forces, loss, defeat, afghanistan

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To this happy picture, a Likud government in Israel that looks likely to be elected to power in the general election of Feb. 10 might add a war with Syria and an open U.S. break with Pakistan, driven by Pakistani popular anger at the United States for its alliance with a Likud-led Israel under the direction of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. That would cut the main U.S. supply line for the war in Afghanistan over Pakistan-controlled air space -- again forcing a withdrawal.

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