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| Report: Iran warns against surprise attack |
| 2008-08-14 |
| (Xinhua) - Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said on Tuesday that the Iranian armed forces are ready to counter any surprise attack by the enemies with a crushing response, the official IRNA news agency reported. The vigilant Iranian armed forces are now monitoring all military movements in the region round the clock, Najjar was quoted as saying. Iran is a powerful country is the region with high military might, he said, adding that recent war games conducted by the armed forces have demonstrated the capabilities of Iranian forces for the world. Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) completed military maneuvers in the Gulf called Payambar-e Azam 3 (Great Prophet 3) in mid July to improve combat readiness and capability. Iran successfully test fired new long- and medium-range missiles in the drills. "The enemies try to conduct a psychological warfare to intimidate us but to no avail," he said. Najjar comments follow western media reports about an armada of U.S. naval battle groups heading toward the Persian Gulf with the aim of reinforcing U.S. strike forces in the region. Iranian armed forces are self-sufficient in the production of defense soft and hardware, Najjar added. IRGC Commander Brigadier General Mohammad-Ali Jafari said last Monday Iran has tested a new advanced naval weapon, which is "unique in the world" and can target the enemy at the range of 300 km. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Me! Me! Don't forget about Me! |
| Posted by: KBK 2008-08-14 23:45 |
| #9 How about informing them 5 minutes beforehand? It won't be a surprise attack then. On the second thought... 3 minutes ought to do. |
| Posted by: Spike Uniter 2008-08-14 18:52 |
| #8 Is it a coincidence that there is a Meet Persian Women ad on this page and Meet Russian brides on some of the Russian pages? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-08-14 17:39 |
| #7 Make no mistake. Iran will get nukes, if they don't already have them. This administration is hoping for internal rebellion, but that's not going to happen. A dictatorship with a strong police element is very stable as long as it can pay it's attack dogs. And the ayatollahs pump money out of the ground. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-08-14 11:30 |
| #6 Ooh, a "crushing response"! My bowels are all 'aquiver now. Does Iran have a Baloon Corp? They have enough hot air to power it. And it would probably be more effective than the rest of their trash (Photoshop excluded). I'm about tired of their willful ignorance, and they can be EXTREMELY glad I'm not the Prez. It's time for the bunker busters to do a series of surgical strikes, and bugger waiting on Israel. I guess I'd still wait for after the November elections, but there'd be no question about going in, and I'd tell Israel to sit this one out. I forget who said it but the truth remains that "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggy' while reaching for a stick". |
| Posted by: DLR 2008-08-14 10:52 |
| #5 For some reason unknown to us, I think the Bush Administration has concluded that it doesn't *need* to attack Iran. An "ace in the hole" so definitive that they don't even want Israel to attack Iran. As a pure thought problem, it boggles the mind as to what could possibly be so definite, so undeniable, that it could give such confidence. So much more so that they don't even want Israel to waste its resources. Even a science fiction super weapon couldn't give this much confidence. Maybe two or three independent such weapons might, but so uniquely powerful that even the other major powers couldn't stop them. Even back when the US had a monopoly on nuclear weapons we didn't have this much confidence. So what could possibly give it to us now? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-08-14 10:44 |
| #4 I feel I've been waiting a long time for that attack. Will that do, SteveS? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-14 09:53 |
| #3 Ok, so it's ixnay on the Surprise Attack. How about the Long Awaited Attack? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-08-14 09:30 |
| #2 He was also quoted as saying, "Blah, blah, blah, I'm a big knot head, blah, blah, blah, my turban is too tight, blah, blah, blah". |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-14 08:32 |
| #1 Iran is a multiplicity of ethnicities, most of which are resentful of the top twelve Ayatollahs and the billions pilfered through sweetheart deals with the government they control. Hypocrisy is so pervasive that religious leaders use nominal devout supporters (Basij) to break strikes. I think its a stack of cards that can be toppled. However, it would the annihilation of Qom to start the downfall. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-08-14 03:31 |