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| Iran shows military might with drones, missiles |
| 2010-04-19 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Israel was on its way to collapse, as Iran's military displayed a range of home-built drones and missiles at the annual Army Day parade. To cries of "God is Great" Iran showed off its military might, warning potential aggressors that the Islamic state would vigorously repel any attack, state television reported. Missiles, armored personnel carriers, unmanned surveillance aircraft and small submarines with men wearing aqua-lungs standing next to them were also part of the parade. Some carriers bore banners proclaiming "We will trample America under our feet". "The Zionist regime is on its way to collapse," Ahmadinejad, known for his strong anti-Israel rhetoric, said in an address delivered near the shrine of Imam Khomeini, Iran's revolutionary leader, located south of Tehran. "This is the will of the regional nations that after 60 odd years, the root of this corrupt microbe and the main reason for insecurity in the region be pulled out." Ahmadinejad, who previously has angered Israel and Western countries for asserting that the Holocaust is a "myth", said that the "murderess" Jewish state was behind the turmoil in the region. "This regime is the main instigator of sedition and conflict in the region," the hardliner, flanked by Iran's top military brass, said from the podium. "I want its supporters and creators to stop backing it and allow the regional nations and the Palestinians to settle things with them," he said without elaborating. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I have never known you to not understand sarcasm. Watch and wait, yo adrian -- it won't be long until I completely miss the point yet again. I can be shockingly oblivious, as many here can attest. If only I could claim that as a sign of intelligence, but unfortunately it's only a sign that I didn't get it. Equally sad, about half the time I appear to be sarcastic, I actually meant exactly what I wrote. If you (or anyone else) wants to make sure I realize what's going on, a winky thingy or "/sarcasm" is needed to clue me in. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-04-19 23:57 |
| #4 TW, I have never known you to not understand sarcasm. On the contrary, you use it so much people would think you invented it. |
| Posted by: yo adrian 2010-04-19 20:25 |
| #3 sounds like they would have no interest in using a nuke against Israel to me. (Honestly I don't know where anybody got that impression to begin with.) It may have something to do with the fact that Iran has been threatening to wipe out Israel as soon as they have the weaponry to do so... for at least a decade, yo adrian. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-04-19 20:07 |
| #2 sounds like they would have no interest in using a nuke against Israel to me. (Honestly I don't know where anybody got that impression to begin with.) |
| Posted by: yo adrian 2010-04-19 18:46 |
| #1 when i was a kid, we tied a Ziploc baggie of gasoline on an RC plane we bought at radio shack then dropped the 'napalm' on the fire we had going to burn some brush. guess we displayed our 'military might' just about as convincingly as Iran is |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-04-19 17:57 |