Reply #6: War Inches Closer to Iran; U.S. Soldiers Create Military Base on Iraq-Iran Border

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http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3649942

War Inches Closer to Iran; U.S. Soldiers Create Military Base on Iraq-Iran Border


Iran's role with the violence in Iraq remains a major preoccupation of the Bush administration, with the U.S. military now building a base, practically within shouting distance of Iran — an extraordinary step to curb what it says is the smuggling of advanced weapons into Iraq.

It will be called Combat Outpost Shocker, and it will hardly come as a pleasant surprise to Iran that the United States will have a new base just 5 miles from their border. Col. Mark Mueller, of the 3rd Infantry Division, said it is the first time the U.S. military will be that close to Iran.

"Obviously, they probably won't be very happy about it," Mueller told ABC's Terry McCarthy.


The Shocker base will be home to about 200 soldiers, as well as to agents from the U.S. Border Patrol