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2008-02-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Blast shakes Tabriz (Iranian WMD center)

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-25 04:57|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Update: The Iranians are now claiming that the explosion was due to construction work on a nearby road.

"The workers were blasting the Einali mountain to build a road," an official in the Tabriz governor's office told Reuters by telephone.

The original story said that the blast was felt across the city and implied that there was only one explosion. That seems very unlikely for construction blasting a good distance outside of town.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-25 05:22|| 2008-02-25 05:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Sheesh! The mullahcrats can't get their stories straight:

Explosion in Tabriz caused by waste ammunition disposal: IRGC

The explosion heard in Tabriz on Monday has been caused by disposal of waste ammunition.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said that the 31st combat division of Ashura, an affiliate to IRGC, had destroyed the waste ammunition on suburbs of Tabriz.

IRNA reporter in Tabriz said that the explosion was strong enough to cause public anxiety.

The IRGC said in a statement that the ammunition waste disposal had been arranged so far and no damage was caused for the operators. (emphasis added)

I guess none of those broken windows belong to the Revolutionary Guards.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-25 05:55|| 2008-02-25 05:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, they like to dispose of about 10 tons of waste ammunition at a time. Good for community relations. It's also good to know that no operators were injured, seeing as even when they are planned that they like to hang out real close to these kinds of blasts.

What is "waste" ammunition? Do they really mean ammunition, or do they mean waste explosives, which I would think they would be shipping over to Iraq anyway. I can't imagine blowing up any kind of ammunition all at once because it seems to me that half of it would just scatter.

Posted by gorb 2008-02-25 06:16|| 2008-02-25 06:16|| Front Page Top

#4 More, please. In more places.

Posted by lotp 2008-02-25 07:31|| 2008-02-25 07:31|| Front Page Top

#5 waste ammunition

That's not a nice thing to say about the Iranian's newest missiles, though in this case accurate.

Posted by ed 2008-02-25 07:59|| 2008-02-25 07:59|| Front Page Top

#6 SEALs? SAS? One can only hope.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2008-02-25 10:06|| 2008-02-25 10:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Tabriz is near Kurd dominated area.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2008-02-25 12:47|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2008-02-25 12:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Sorry about that guys. Look for our official press release soon.

Posted by Halliburton - "fake" earthquake division 2008-02-25 14:30|| 2008-02-25 14:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Do the Iranians use solid propellant motors? Making composite motors does yield propellant shavings and dust which can lead to OOPS!. One story I read the employees at one rocket plant in the US would take the ammonium perchlorate they swept up, make a solution, then soak a t-shirt in it and put it out in the sun. They would then take turns throwing rocks at, the one whose rock started it on fire had to buy the beers after work.
If the Iranians don't know about this fun activity we should make sure their missile plant workers find out about this.

Posted by bruce 2008-02-25 18:52|| 2008-02-25 18:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Hope the blast hole is about the size of the one at the port of Riga. Apparently they were loading missiles when a crane head broke. The Russians were never very good at storing munitions.

Our satellites at first thought it was a nuclear detonation. It left a very big hole.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-25 19:38|| 2008-02-25 19:38|| Front Page Top

#11 Inshallah.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-25 21:20|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-25 21:20|| Front Page Top

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