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Israeli governments were virtually inseparable and that Israel had aggressively been helping Iran throughout the war.

More ominously, the activist Shia Islam preached by the leader of the revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, threatened to upset the delicate Sunni-Shia balance in Iraq, and a hostile Iran would threaten Iraqi security in the Gulf.

In August, even the Ayatollah Khomeini, who had resisted all previous pleas to end the war, was forced to concede that Iran could not fight both Iraq and the United States any longer.

We got word today from Don Stroh that our men, Guns Franklin and Joe Douglas, are now somewhere near the nuclear facility north of the town of Chah Bahar in Iran.

Friday, October 28 1040 hours Safe house Chah Bahar, Iran Joe Douglas dug the sleep out of his eyes with a pair of HE fraggers and stared at the new day.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 1523 hours Hill country north of Chah Bahar, Iran Franklin gunned the engine as soon as everything was loaded in the Citroen, but Douglas waved him off.

Monday, October 31 0330 hours Hill country north of Chah Bahar, Iran Guns Franklin and Joe Douglas pushed up another ridge in the middle of an unending series of hills that all worked upward toward the saddle mountain.

Tuesday, November 1 2010 hours Hill country north of Chah Bahar Iran Joe Douglas looked at Franklin where he lay in the shelter on the side of the gully.

Wednesday, November 2 1734 hours Near nuclear bomb plant Chah Bahar, Iran The helicopter with the Iranian flag on the sides made three sweeps across the barren saddle between the two mountains, hesitated as if for a third look, then drifted to the north and swept down a valley, and out of sight of the seventeen SEALS.

Wednesday, November 2 2021 hours Nuclear bomb facility Chah Bahar, Iran Three more SEALs charged outside through the rear door, and went prone behind a car and a trailer.

Wednesday, November 2 2100 hours Nuclear bomb factory Chah Bahar, Iran General Reza Ruhollah had been outside his commandeered headquarters at the bomb plant and on his way to where his men reported a firefight was in progress with aggressors.

Friday, November 4 0820 hours Nuclear bomb plant Hills north of Chah Bahar, Iran General Reza Ruhollah stared at the colonel who had commanded this facility until the heathens attacked it.

Friday, November 4 2244 hours Landing zone in hills Near Chah Bahar, Iran Murdock watched as Magic and Kat both ran to the open door of the Seahawk while the rotors whirled.

Second, the Bush administration remained captive to the old geopolitical thinking of the 1980s, which assumed that a strong, cohesive Iraqi state was necessary to balance Iran.

Iranian expansionism by its powerful neighbors, Iran lacks the capabilities to carry out such ambitious game plans.