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brooklynite

(94,573 posts) Mon Feb 17, 2014, 10:36 PM Feb 2014

Iran 'may send forces to Pakistan' after capture of guards

Source: BBC

Iran's interior minister has warned it may send forces into Pakistan if it does not act to free five Iranian border guards seized 10 days ago.

The men are thought to have been taken into Pakistan after being captured in Iran's Sistan Baluchistan region.

Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli demanded that Islamabad treat the case "strongly and seriously" and "take the necessary measures" to secure their release.

The Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl has said it was behind their capture.

Well, that should complicate matters...

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Iran 'may send forces to Pakistan' after capture of guards (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2014 OP

Well, now that would be interesting... TwilightGardener Feb 2014 #1

Iran should tread lightly . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #2

And yet they play a two faced game with terrorists Renew Deal Feb 2014 #3

True, but if Iran attempted to send forces into Pakistan, sked14 Feb 2014 #5

Iran should think long and hard about attempting to take on the Pakistani Army, sked14 Feb 2014 #4

Who sais anything about taking on the Pakistani army? Scootaloo Feb 2014 #6

You think Pakistan will stand by and allow Iranian forces to invade their country? sked14 Feb 2014 #7

They stood by when the US did it Renew Deal Feb 2014 #8

Iran is a different scenario, sked14 Feb 2014 #9

US gives a lot of aid to pakistan plus iran is kind of close to india JI7 Feb 2014 #12

I think if Pakistan is unable ot recover the Iranians, they will allow the Iranians to do so, yes Scootaloo Feb 2014 #10

You may be right, but I just don't see that happening. sked14 Feb 2014 #11

I could not agree more!! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2014 #14

REALLY!?! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2014 #13

World War Z KareBear Feb 2014 #15

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

1. Well, now that would be interesting...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 10:50 PM

Feb 2014

another_liberal

(8,821 posts)

2. Iran should tread lightly . . .

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:13 AM

Feb 2014

Pakistan has both the atomic bomb and ballistic delivery systems.

Renew Deal

(81,859 posts)

3. And yet they play a two faced game with terrorists

Reply to another_liberal (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:21 AM

Feb 2014

sked14

(579 posts)

5. True, but if Iran attempted to send forces into Pakistan,

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:25 AM

Feb 2014

Iran would learn really quick just what the Pakistani Army can do, I suspect any forces Iran sent would be destroyed PDQ and Pakistan would probably use it's American supplied Air Force to punish Iranian assests in the region.

sked14

(579 posts)

4. Iran should think long and hard about attempting to take on the Pakistani Army,

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:22 AM

Feb 2014

those guys are pretty good and are armed with some very good weapons system, not to mention that Pakistan possess nuclear weapons and delivery systems.

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

6. Who sais anything about taking on the Pakistani army?

Reply to sked14 (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:25 AM

Feb 2014

Iran is saying, "if you don't get our guys back, we'll go in and get them ourselves"

sked14

(579 posts)

7. You think Pakistan will stand by and allow Iranian forces to invade their country?

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:26 AM

Feb 2014

Probably not, the Pakistani Army would either capture them or destroy them.

Renew Deal

(81,859 posts)

8. They stood by when the US did it

Reply to sked14 (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:28 AM

Feb 2014

sked14

(579 posts)

9. Iran is a different scenario,

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:30 AM

Feb 2014

there's no love lost between Pakistan and Iran, nope, I believe that Pakistan would destroy any invading Iranian force entering their country.

JI7

(89,250 posts)

12. US gives a lot of aid to pakistan plus iran is kind of close to india

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 02:32 AM

Feb 2014

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

10. I think if Pakistan is unable ot recover the Iranians, they will allow the Iranians to do so, yes

Reply to sked14 (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:34 AM

Feb 2014

They'll likely make noise about it, but there won't be confrontation.

Neither the Pakistanis nor Iranians are as eager for war as... some DU'ers seem to be at times

sked14

(579 posts)

11. You may be right, but I just don't see that happening.

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:46 AM

Feb 2014

We shall see, and, just to be clear, I don't want to see any war in that region, or any region for that matter.

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)

14. I could not agree more!!

Reply to sked14 (Reply #11)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 07:48 AM

Feb 2014

No way Sunni Pakistan allows Shia Iran to do anything on their soil. Some people here have no clue the hatred Sunnis & Shias have for each other. DEEP HATRED!!

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)

13. REALLY!?!

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 07:45 AM

Feb 2014

You think SUNNI Pakistan will allow SHIA Iran to invade their borders & kill other SUNNIS??

Really?

KareBear

(192 posts)

15. World War Z

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 11:17 AM

Feb 2014

Did anyone else read what Pakistan and Iran did to each other in WWZ? This was not supposed to be an instruction manual.

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