Monday, April 02, 2007

Iran Says US Jets Violated Airspace

Doesn't this sound like Lybia, circa the 1980's? From SpaceWar:

"Two US aircraft trespassed into Iranian airspace northwest of (the port city of) Abadan before flying southwest into Iraq," a Revolutionary Guards commander in Abadan identified only as Colonel Aqili was quoted as saying by the Al-Alam channel's website.
"The planes left white vapour trails, attracting the local people's attention," he said, without elaborating on when the alleged incursion took place.
The incident happened close to Iran's border with Iraq, where the US and British military are deployed in force, he said.
A US military spokesman told AFP that he had investigated the Iranian military's claim and found no evidence to support it.


Advice to Iran: Please, Please try to do to the US jet fighters what you did to the 15 Royal Navy hostages. That is, if you really want to reap the whirlwind!

Please read my latest Editorial on this subject: Applying the "Slow Bleed" to Iran.

Also Strategypage echoes my views against military action:

Going in shooting, as some have urged, will certainly inflict serious damage on Iran's military forces and civilian infrastructure. This will likely be emotionally satisfactory to many Brits and Americans. But it will not secure the release of the prisoners. And it will certainly increase the influence of the hard liners, who don't care about the damage anyway.