Iran incursion into Iraq, why is the media silent?

I think it's worth noting that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announce they are going to Iran on the same day that Iranians invade Iraq. Sounds just a little too convenient for me. I reported yesterday that the British "have hard proof that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have crossed the border."

The Sun said that radar sightings of Iranian helicopters crossing into the Iraqi desert were confirmed to it by very senior military sources. (source)

Elements of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are now openly operating in Southern Iraq. This marks a major change ... For the first time openly violating the international border in numbers ... And the media is silent. Why? I really want to know. Do they not believe the British? Why is this so hard to believe? We have heard for months or longer from our own military generals in Iraq, that Iranian military and weapons have been found in Iraq. Our own military have captured high-ranking Iranian military agents in Iraq. So why the silence?

Hot Air is suggesting that the story of Iranians crossing the Iraqi border may be a hoax. Trust me, this information is TRUE. Even LGF is questioning the validity of the story.

Smooth Stone reminds us of this Times Online report:

A British Royal Navy helicopter that crashed in flames in Basra last year, killing all five on board, was shot down by a sophisticated surface-to-air missile supplied to Iraqi militants by Iran, according to U.S. officials. Three days before the attack, State Department officials interviewed an Iraqi linked to the Mahdi Army who told them Iran had supplied the militia with the Russian surface-to-air missile.

Atlas Shrugs reports, "Moreover, this may be coordinated with actions by Venezuela and Russia Breibart hat tip CSHW."

Ace of Spades, "That famous "moral clarity" of the Bush Administration seems to have been misplaced at some point."

Many believe we shouldn't make Iran out to be the bad guy, that they are not really a threat to us. Here

Stolen Muslim land is supposedly what drives the hatred of Indonesia-based extremist network Jemaah Islamiah and the rest of the Muslim world. I don't buy it.

The Merry Widow has Biblical background on the Middle East situation.

Everything is Israel or America's fault. Here, and here, here, here, partially herel, surprisingly here, here.

On the latest Sharm el-Sheikh meeting, TIME says:

... Arab-Israeli summit is that the Arabs, at least, aren't feeling that they got what they wanted or needed from Israel. [snip]

Olmert did in fact announce that Israel would begin releasing a good portion of the $700 million in withheld tax revenues that Abbas insists Israel owes the Palestinian Authority. Olmert also said he'd seek cabinet approval for the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners who don't have Jewish blood on their hands. That is an important concession, given that Olmert previously suggested that Israel would not free Palestinians while Hamas continues to hold corporal Gilad Shalit.

More on Sharm cl-Sheikh:

Bluntly put, Israel and the U.S. on the one hand, and the Arab regimes and Fatah on the other, want very different outcomes in the Palestinian territories, and bringing them together in this way only highlights those differences. (Rootless Cosmopolitan)

Is this what you want for your daughter's future? If we don't win this war and take the Islamic jihadists seriously, it could be:

If you're a single female, you're public property., Dr. Zakir Naik's Lessons In Logic, at Sugiero.

But the Democrats are more concerned with putting a surcharge on American people who have been successful. (John's Conservative Thoughts and Washington Post)

We have modern day (Islamic) pirates, hijacking cargo ships. The MV Danica White and its five Danish crew members were "hijacked by Somali pirates earlier this month" and have "run out of food and fresh water at sea, a Kenyan maritime official said today." (The Australian) Gates of Vienna:

Now Reuters puts forth what has become the standard MSM refrain about Somalia since Ethiopia and the United States collaborated to push out the Islamists last winter:

Such attacks have increased since a Somali Islamist movement that brought a semblance of order for six months was ousted in January.

Relations between the United States and Serbia are worsening because of U.S. support for the independence of Kosovo.

President Hugo Chavez urged Venezuelan soldiers on Sunday to prepare for a guerrilla-style war against the United States. (Chron.com)

Powerline shares: "The Hill reports on the growing number of Congressional Democrats who are willing to say out loud that they want to abandon Afghanistan to the terrorists."

Don't forget about North Korea:

North Korea has finally received the $25 million frozen in Macao’s Banco Delta Asia that it “demanded” prior to its following through on the February 13th agreement to dismantle the Yongbyon nuclear plant. (DeMediacratic Nation)

Back to the United States and the media. Heaven forbid that another white girl go missing, or another pregnant woman be found dead, or Paris Hilton get another DWI, because it seems THAT is all the media is interested in. Well, when they aren't talking about VP Dick Cheney, or Bush-Hitler.
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Comments

[jason crowther]

WIPE'M OUT! now we're gonna start monkeying around with MORE camel-jockies? using conventional arms and weapons, we oughtta carpet bomb! what else is the MIGHTIEST MILITARY FORCE in human history going to put up with? america has oil reserves beneath ANWAR and off-shore in the gulf that would supplant the sources in the ENTIRE MIDEAST! DAMITT BBBOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!

[Steve Harkonnen]

Thompson definitely has my vote in '08. He won't stand for the BS like Bush. Compassionate conservatives are the worst of their kind and they make us all look bad.

[Yankee Doodle]

Iran needs to be dealt with somehow at some point, but the Bush Administration has demonstrated through its bungling of everything from the "War on Terror" to control of our borders that Jorge & Dick aren't the two to do it.

Last I heard, Hillary was leading in the polls on the D side.

It just gets better and better....

[Debbie]

Steve, I agree with you completely. Bush is not the man I voted for, twice.

You could be right about Iran, that it appears we can't do anything about them. I hope that wrong.

[Steve Harkonnen]

So why the silence?

Our government doesn't want us to know about any Iranian incursions into Iraq because we're not powerful enough to stop them.

At least that's my two cents, or it's because Bush left his balls at the ranch again.

Since it's true about Iranian incursions into Iraq, this sends a starkingly stunning portrait that George Bush and his administration are nothing but a bunch of nancy boys.

Hate to criticize our dear prez, but that asshole has got to go. We need bigger guns in the white house, 'cause Bush and co. just aren't tough enough.

[Blandly Urbane]

I failed to mention that this pathetic invitation is to "develop an action plan;" not actually do something. It's just more of the same hedging that gives them more time.

If this report is true, their brazenness should be expected as they learn from experience and experience tells them "do what you want, no one will do a damned thing."

I'm very tired of talking to Iran. I say nail them and let the chips fall where they may instead of inaction that accomplishes nothing. They're making things difficult in Iraq; how would things be if we made things a little more difficult for them in their own country.

[Debbie]

Layla, thanks. I think the article looks better at Dhimmitude News Network than it does here. I like the color scheme there.

Blandy, thank you so much and you are so right. They pick a line and they run with it. Heaven forbid they stray and actually report the facts.

[Blandly Urbane]

It is the media's self appointed position to be a watchdog for the American public. To report the truth would put us in the perilous position of perhaps actually calling for retribution.
That and they don't really want to contradict all their previous reporting.

Great, great, great post!!!

[Layla]

I sent you a trackback to this great article from DNN-alot of hard work went into this one! Great job!