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2004-02-19

Iranian radio beaming anti-U.S. messages into Iraq

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-02-19 2:01:14 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cuba still jamming American radio to Iran? Seems like time to return the favor.

Posted by john 2004-2-19 2:05:48 PM|| 2004-2-19 2:05:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Cuba can't jam broadcasts made from Iraq - time to start beaming to the oppressed Iranian people, unravel some black turbans

Posted by Frank G 2004-2-19 2:12:47 PM|| 2004-2-19 2:12:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh well shouldn't worry, Allah now firmly seems to be on our side now what with the Bam Quake and the train Boom, i'm sure he could rattle this station to rubble for us

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-2-19 2:14:51 PM|| 2004-2-19 2:14:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Lightning strike that would smoke the transmitters would be a nice touch. What say you Allah, are we asking too much?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-2-19 2:50:33 PM|| 2004-2-19 2:50:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 john - i believe cuba quietly stopped the jamming from cuba.

The broadcasts have complained about the coalition since mid-2003, but the broadcasts have become increasingly strident in recent weeks.

smells like the mullas are taking a cue from the democrats! they know the heat is off for now and if kerry wins will probably stay off. really pisses me off how the democratics domestic politics do not take into account thier actions are felt beyond our borders. in this sense our current situation is similar to vietnam - when our enemies plan based on internal american politics.

Posted by Dan 2004-2-19 2:53:45 PM|| 2004-2-19 2:53:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 AP

I suspect "Allah" has trouble running quality agents all the way into Teheran, who could take out as hard a target as the transmitters. Much easier for "Allah" to run somebody in from Herat to take out a train, eh? Wonder how good "Allah"'s capabilities at this sort of thing are these days.

Posted by liberalhawk 2004-2-19 3:04:46 PM|| 2004-2-19 3:04:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Opinion please, folks:

As I understand it, the US is in the middle of rotating out a lot of troops from the area, so the idea of putting a cruise missle or two into broadcast stations isn't really feasible right now. Is the mix of soldiers going back into Iraq an appropriate force to put a little more of that good old "fear of God" back into the mullahs? They seem to be lacking the whole fear aspect right now. Or perhaps they're desperate?

-Vic

Posted by Vic 2004-2-19 3:31:44 PM|| 2004-2-19 3:31:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The way things have been going in Iraq lately, we could drop a MOAB on those transmitters, claim it was a natural disaster, and no one would doubt it.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-2-19 4:07:57 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-2-19 4:07:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm with RC: what's the name of the bomb/missile that homes in on radio broadcast towers and can be dropped/fired by a Stealth fighter?

Posted by Steve White 2004-2-19 4:51:58 PM|| 2004-2-19 4:51:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 vic - we have a plenty of forces available to counter any moves by iran or syria.air power and marines stationed in the indian ocean could more than hold until reinforecements arrive. but you are right about the fear factor - with current elections in the us and filth spewing from the dems - the iranians are getting back some of thier balls. but they are also depserate - they know thier number is up in in WoT if Bush is re-elected.

Posted by Dan 2004-2-19 6:37:36 PM|| 2004-2-19 6:37:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Actually, I think the broadcasts are a legitimate response to ourown broadcasts - so I don't agree with hitting the transmitters with cruise missiles. I think it's a challenge that we should overcome by providing a more effective response without killing anyone.

I call for all-channel, full power, 24-hour broadcasts of Sponge Bob directed at Tehran - I know of no Geneva Accord that deals with Nick-At-Night. If they respond with Jerry Lewis movies then we need to hit them with the E-bomb.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-19 7:11:52 PM|| 2004-2-19 7:11:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Just for the intellectual stimulation of the exercise,it would be interesting to see the US tally up its total stock of cruise missiles, and then assign some targetting teams to analyze available targets - in both Iran and North Korea. Start with the top-most priority target, and work our way down - until the US ran out of cruise missiles. Maybe even - well, let's double our stockpile before we play this game.

Then - publish the results. Iranian and NORKs could then play a game - called "find a (radio transmitter) (bridge) (dam) (power plant) (railyard) (runway) (fuel depot) (suicide bomber training academy) etc." that's not going to be a scrapyard or compost heap, once the US pulls the trigger.

NORK-land rattles its centrifuges. Iran beams its garbage broadcasts. Why can't the US have a little fun too - I mean, what is the point in having 2,800 cruise misslies unless you can occasionally thump some nasty government back into hunter-gatherer mode. The US needs to REMIND some of the denser mullahs that it can put a big boom through any selected window or doorway on earth - without even missing a halftime show.

And the US can manufacture more cruise missiles faster than the bad guys can pick body parts out of the rubble.

Whose gonna get tired first - the factory workers making cruise missiles, or the coffin-makers and grave-diggers?

Libya and Pakistan seem to have gotten the message. 'Time to show them what they avoided.

Ahhh....I got that rant out of my system.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2004-2-19 8:41:44 PM|| 2004-2-19 8:41:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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