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	A series of events has spawned speculation that the United States is planning to go to war with Iran or that it is trying to goading Iranians to make an aggressive move that would give the Bush administration the casus belli to win Congressional support to got to war with Iran. Denouncing the theory, Defense secretary, Robert Gates told reporters that the moves were designed to show Iran that the US was not overcommitted in Iraq to respond to attacks and to demonstrate that the US was planning to stay strong in the region for a long time. The Bush administration said that the moves are part of the new front in the Iraq war to warn Iran to keep its operatives out of Iraq and to reassure Gulf allies – including Saudi Arabia – that the US would protect them against Iranian aggression. Last year, Iran cautioned the GCC states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) that it would retaliate against the Arab sheikhdoms if the US attacked Iran using bases in the GCC countries. On January 10, President Bush pledged to “interrupt the flow of support from Iran and Syria” to Iraq and to “seek out and destroy the networks.” In the same speech, Bush announced that the US military would be increasing the number of troops stationed in Iraq by 21,500 Patriot missiles and second aircraft carrier were sent to the Persian Gulf joining a group of submarines to guard against possible Iranian rocket attacks. Admiral William Fallon of the Navy was named to replace Army General John Abizaid as head of Central Command. Five Iranian diplomatic officials in the city of Irbil (Arbil) in northern Iraq were detained after a raid by the US military. The detained Iranians were accused of being connected to an elite Revolutionary Guard faction (Qods Force) that funds and arms Shia militias in Iraq. Iran has rejected the claim saying that the detained individuals were in in the process of establishing a consulate. The US administration has long accused Iran of providing weapons and training for thousands of Shiite militias in Iraq in order to keep the US bogged down in the war. Iran’s presumed goal, say American officials, is to raise the cost to the United States for its intervention in Iraq in hopes of teaching Washington a painful lesson about the perils of engaging in regime change. Suspicions that Iran is aiding the Shi’ite militias stems from evidence that highly sophisticated IEDs (improvised explosive devices) designed to penetrate armor originated in Iran. The Bush administration does not have congressional authority to attack Iran.

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