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Iran Issues More Extensive Missile Threat
Last Thursday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani while at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Indonesia stated that Iran will use its missiles to defend other Muslim nations if threatened.This is the first time that a high-ranking Iranian official has issued such a warning. In effect, Iran is expanding its defense strategy from protecting their own sovereignty to a defensive umbrella over other Islamic nations. Larijani based his argument on what he called the school of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic: Muslims should possess enough defensive strength to use against other countries should one of those countries attack. Larijani further stated: We do not hide our defensive advancement and (we) have designed advanced missile systems. Israel and the U.S. should know that if they want to act violently toward Muslims, we will stand in their way. The Revolutionary Guards have now expanded the reach of their missiles to 2000 miles, which covers the capitals in Western Europe. These missiles are capable of carrying a nuclear payload. Also, through a secret pact with Venezuela which was signed by Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on October 19 in Tehran, the Guards are constructing a missile installation to be built inside Venezuela with missiles able to reach U.S. shores. The Guards are also actively arming Hezbollah, which now has over 40,000 rockets, and Hamas with over 10,000 rockets. The Guards have stockpiled more than 1,000 ballistic missiles while constantly introducing more advanced models: the recently announced Qiyam 1 missile is difficult for air defense systems to detect. The Guards have also stockpiled hundreds of anti-ship missiles capable of disrupting the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. More and more they are sounding like the Japanese government prior to WWII. Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-06-14 |
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