More Air Force flights along Iranian border

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THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ: VISITING A CULT'S COMPOUND; STEPPING UP AIR OPERATIONS

Air Force's role in Iraq could grow

More flights are likely along the Iranian border, sources say.

By Julian E. Barnes, Times Staff Writer
January 31, 2007

Excerpt

Some Pentagon officials worry that an escalation of military pressure that included strikes on Iranian territory could prompt Iran to go after targets it could easily hit, such as oil tankers in the Persian Gulf.

"We need to be very careful about getting into one-to-one trades," the senior Pentagon official said. "That can very quickly get out of control."

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[The rationale for more flights:]

... to counter the smuggling of bomb supplies from Iran, a senior Pentagon official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was discussing future military plans.

[The IED's (bombs) Iran has been supposedly sending to Iraq? They are manufactured and shipped by from Zapata Engineering(an offshoot of Zapata Oil) of North Carolina, Hawaii and Tel Aviv.]