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2011-11-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran says blast happened during military research

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-11-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Great smack!

Posted by Creregum Glolump8403 2011-11-17 05:41|| 2011-11-17 05:41|| Front Page Top

#2 The denial of Israeli sabotage is because an admission would be humiliating. It would be a sign that the most secure part of the Iranian missile effort has been compromised.

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-11-17 06:46|| 2011-11-17 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 The denial of Israeli sabotage is because an admission would be humiliating.

But would it not be equally humiliating to admit they destroyed it all, plus killed "the architect of Iran's missile defenses" due to sheer, unaided, incompetence?

Posted by trailing wife 2011-11-17 06:58|| 2011-11-17 06:58|| Front Page Top

#4 But would it not be equally humiliating to admit they destroyed it all, plus killed "the architect of Iran's missile defenses" due to sheer, unaided, incompetence?

If you frame it like that, yes. But that's not how the Govt will frame it. It is more like this, "the brave scientists and military were trying to advance the technology but didn't realize that a mistake had been made by a subordinate (probably a secret apostate) and were martyred in the service of the greater good."

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-11-17 08:47|| 2011-11-17 08:47|| Front Page Top

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-11-17 13:01|| 2011-11-17 13:01|| Front Page Top

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