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Iran gave al-Qaeda in Iraq SAM-7 missiles (via JihadWatch)
2006-05-14
Posted by:ed

#10  If true/untrue, an act of war
Posted by: Captain America   2006-05-14 20:33  

#9  When was that 'Moose? During the Raj?
Posted by: 6   2006-05-14 19:41  

#8  The British used to have an interesting approach to someone committing a warlike act directed at them. They would select some target wholly unrelated to the event at hand for a counter-attack.

The Israelis should adopt a similar technique, say, in this case, blowing up an ammunitions dump outside of Tehran, kept by some other Iranian power bloc than the one responsible for the SA-7s.

The idea is to get competing blocs among your enemy blaming each other for such attacks, and otherwise fighting among themselves.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-05-14 16:50  

#7  I suspect the US is not expecially worried about the SA-7s. If I remember StrategyPage's article, these missles have a 1% hit probability and even when they hit are unlikely to bring down a multi-engine airplane. They are dangerous to helicopters though.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2006-05-14 15:23  

#6  Why don't we get SA-7's in the hands of the Arab rebels in the south and Kurds in the N of Iran?

Tit for tat.

They are a lot more vulnerable than we are.

A few bits of C4 in the right places, soem well applied .338 Lapua, and a couple well timed SA-7 shootdowns and you'd Iran in chaos, at least temporarily.
Posted by: Oldspook   2006-05-14 12:04  

#5  Hum, thoses who show their submission to the Great-Dictator-In-The-Sky (and his human henchmen) five times a day? That's what I would prefer, obvioulsy.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-05-14 07:48  

#4  The question is, whose millions.
Posted by: lotp   2006-05-14 07:44  

#3  funny comment, grom - but sadly, due to the stupidity of the self-proclaimed "intellectual elite" a war we will have. In exchange for cheap praise and momentary pride they are willing to provide Iran cover with trendy phrases and waves of the hand. As usual millions will pay the price in blood for their inability to stand tall.
Posted by: 2b   2006-05-14 06:11  

#2  #1. Dreamer.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-05-14 05:49  

#1  If true...that is an act of war.
Posted by: anymouse   2006-05-14 01:49  

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