Telegraph: Britain forms plan for Gulf evacuation in event of war with Iran
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Iran will def be attacked at some point in the future.
The media have been 'softening' up the public for a good while now.
It's exactly the same misguided agenda that lead to Iraq 2 & Afghan.
The media have been 'softening' up the public for a good while now.
It's exactly the same misguided agenda that lead to Iraq 2 & Afghan.
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Donna, you raise a god point, which I would imagine is rapidly coming to haunt whoever decided we needed an MPA capability holiday!
I would not be too happy to try to form this evacuation plan knowing we no longer have RAF aircraft to help, and cannot use RN ships as we have also just scrapped their protection (made doubly worse, as we DID foresee this kind of thing coming when the Nimrods were axed!). Maybe the evacuees could walk!
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I would not be too happy to try to form this evacuation plan knowing we no longer have RAF aircraft to help, and cannot use RN ships as we have also just scrapped their protection (made doubly worse, as we DID foresee this kind of thing coming when the Nimrods were axed!). Maybe the evacuees could walk!
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A bloke in a pub told me...
Well, actually
A Norwegian oil worker, based in Iran, taking a break in Dubai, in a pub told me...
That mahoosive amounts of Iranian money are invested in the UAE.
Don't know the relevance of this, I got told in a pub, in the Irish Village.
Well, actually
A Norwegian oil worker, based in Iran, taking a break in Dubai, in a pub told me...
That mahoosive amounts of Iranian money are invested in the UAE.
Don't know the relevance of this, I got told in a pub, in the Irish Village.
If the Chiefs of Staff and the Cobra Committee (or whatever they're called) use their collective powers of Transcendental Meditation they may be able to levitate all British Workers and their dependents... up into the air and....?
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Excellent, get everyone to drive to Oman and then we'll use the airbridge to... ah. 
Wonderful, we'll send a Squadron of FF/DD to protect STUFT cruise liners. Call the Admiralty and see if we can find an FF/DD. Oh...
Capital, we'll drop the on-call Airborne Bn from some C-130s to secure an airfield, conduct a TALO and... err....
Bo
cks!
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Wonderful, we'll send a Squadron of FF/DD to protect STUFT cruise liners. Call the Admiralty and see if we can find an FF/DD. Oh...
Capital, we'll drop the on-call Airborne Bn from some C-130s to secure an airfield, conduct a TALO and... err....
Bo
cks!S41
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Hopefully the STUXNET worm will delay things until I can go and fill up the Jeep's tank.....
To be honest I would be very surprised if there aren't UK contingency plans in place for most countries perceived at risk.
Best advice is to register at your local Brit embassy or Consulate....Not too sure what they could do without UK military support (not much chance of that with all the dreadful cut-backs)
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To be honest I would be very surprised if there aren't UK contingency plans in place for most countries perceived at risk.
Best advice is to register at your local Brit embassy or Consulate....Not too sure what they could do without UK military support (not much chance of that with all the dreadful cut-backs)
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The 'govern'ment should issue the evacuees with a rifle, and tell them that their assistance with the war effort is essential to the safety of the UK.
This will save money on getting them home safely.
Make up a 45 minute wmd attack warning so that some people buy it hook line & sinker.
Get the 'forces favourite' sun newspaper involved for added authenticity.
Job jobbed.
This will save money on getting them home safely.
Make up a 45 minute wmd attack warning so that some people buy it hook line & sinker.
Get the 'forces favourite' sun newspaper involved for added authenticity.
Job jobbed.
Given the current climate, and the real threat that things could turn nasty, why on earth would a Brit be in Iran!!! And if they are, give them a 'Gypsies' and tell them that due to the current account being empty, a free evac home is not an option!!
And if it is FCO personnel, they should know better!!!!!!!!!
And if it is FCO personnel, they should know better!!!!!!!!!
This is not about evacuating British people from Iran
Whilst I am of the opinion that such planning is of the 'impossible dream' variety, given the UK's paucity of resources, it may at least give our wonderful leaders pause for thought re the SDSR.
...but I'm not holding my breath.
The British armed forces are drawing up contingency plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of British residents and tourists from Dubai and other Gulf cities in the event of war with Iran.
...but I'm not holding my breath.
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They reckon there are a lot of Iranian "sleepers" in the UAE just waiting for the nod. It won't be pretty when it starts, people think the UAE is safe, think again!