Iran has begun an internal probe to examine why the Gaza-based Hamas terrorist organization failed with its numerous rocket barrages to destroy southern Israeli communities or wound more IDF soldiers during Operation Cast Lead. What's the Aryan word for "ineptitude"?
The Islamic Republic, which has underwritten the cost of training and arming most of Gaza's terrorists, announced plans to ship long-range Fajr missiles into the region to resupply Hamas's depleted arsenal. If fired from Gaza, Fajr missiles, with a range of 70 kilometers (43 miles), would be capable of reaching Tel Aviv and elsewhere in the Gush Dan central region.
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Why isn't this considered a declaration of war?
Israel should be within its rights to destroy, out of hand, any Iranian weapons shipment into Gaza along with any Iranians that come with it.
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Israel should be within its rights to destroy, out of hand, any Iranian weapons shipment into Gaza along with any Iranians that come with it.
IIRC the Iranians never come with the weapons- they have their training camps inside Iran and bring the fighters to them for training. Clever or cowardly? Or both...
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Why isn't this considered a declaration of war?
Because it's just one of many in recent years, and Israel hasn't retaliated yet. When Israel does, I'm sure this will be on the list. Don't count on AP, Rooters, or Al Guardian to remember it though.
It is also too big to ignore. While the Israeli government can treat Katyushas and the occasional Grad landing in the desert as an annoyance, missiles falling in Tel Aviv will demand a response. Note to HamAss: don't be surprised when the IDF shows up for the final time.
Head of Student Basij Organization Reza Seraj said on Tuesday that 100,000 students have signed up to launch martyrdom seeking operations.
"Based on latest statistics, 100,000 students have signed up the list in `Labayk Ya Khamenei' Martyrdom Seeking Battalions," Seraj told a group of students outside former US Embassy in Tehran, dubbed as `Den of Spies', on Tuesday.
Seraj said students are ready to fully obey the Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's order for contribution to Gaza reconstruction.
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In a more civilized culture, these misguided souls would be "5150"ed, put under 72 hour suicide watch and given some anti-depressants.
It is cheaper to just give them some aged C-4 and a blasting cap. It is also cheaper than a fighter jet with a bomb or a rocket.
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Based on what I've read on the underground Iranian student sites and the supposed numbers of young people who believe the regime to be oppressive, this might be a cheap & easy way for a 'dissenting' young person to clandestinely immigrate, too. Once they get to somewhere outside of Persia, they may very well 'forget' what they've been sent to do. Don't know if there would be some Iranian security type standing behind them the whole way with a weapon, however.
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well they should start training with live ammo very soon in iran so secrecy doesn't get out
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That is a lot of sploadadopes. For efficiency why not invite them to the stadium and just blow them up. Give their families the perfunctory martyrdom certificate. Everyone's happy. This would save the world a lot of trouble.
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100,000 potential martyrs, ya say? Whoa!! That's a lot of personnel to handle. Yer gonna need some help processing them all. May I suggest a Powder River S2C Curved Alley? Take a look and tell me that it ain't the prettiest little piece of processing equipment ya ever seen?
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Iran said on Monday that two doctors jailed since June were among a group convicted of a U.S.-backed plot to overthrow the Islamic republic by creating social upheaval, Fars news agency reported.
Iran's judiciary said last Tuesday four people had been detained in connection with a U.S.-funded plot but did not name them.
"Among the four key elements arrested in this case there were two doctors named Arash and Kamiar Alaei," said the counter-espionage director at Iran's intelligence ministry, who was not named.
The intelligence official said the group sought to "incite social crises, organize street rallies and interfere in ethnic issues."
"These people have also committed financial and moral offences as well as security crimes."
The European Union in August called for the release of the two brothers, who were known for their pioneering work in HIV/AIDS. The U.S. State Department has also expressed concern.
Iran announced last week the group had been sentenced to undisclosed jail terms.
State broadcaster IRIB said confessions of those involved in the case would soon be aired, but did not name them. Iran has broadcast confessions in the past from people accused of threatening state security.
Iran often accuses the West of seeking to undermine the Islamic state through a "soft" or "velvet revolution" with the help of intellectuals and others inside the country.
Western diplomats and human rights groups say Iran has cracked down on dissenting voices since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power in 2005. Iran says it allows free speech and denies accusations it violates human rights.
The semi-official Mehr News Agency on Saturday said a Tehran court had sentenced to jail a number of people over the allegations of a U.S.-backed plot, but did not give details.
An Iranian diplomat says the Israeli crimes committed against Gazans should alarm the world about the threat of Israel's nuclear arsenal.
Geneva-based Iranian diplomat Ali-Reza Moayyeri said Tuesday that Israel's extreme measures against Gazan civilians should bring world attention to the threat posed by Tel Aviv's stockpile of nuclear warheads.
"No word can do justice to the extent of Israel's war crimes in the Gaza over the past three weeks," said Moayyeri.
Although Israel neither denies nor admits of possessing an atomic arsenal, former US President Jimmy Carter has described Tel Aviv as the sole possessor of a nuclear arsenal in the Middle East.
Moayyeri said that Israel's refusal to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its nuclear weapons program should be the cause of serious concern for Middle Eastern countries.
Tel Aviv has so far refused to join the NPT or submit its nuclear installations to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.
Norwegian medics in Gaza said on January 4 that traces of depleted uranium on Gaza victims suggested that Israel used the illegal weapon in its war on the impoverished territory, which houses some 1.5 million Palestinians.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), there is a "high risk of developing cancer from exposure to radiation emitted by ... depleted uranium weapons. This risk is assumed to be proportional to the dose received."
The Geneva Convention has classified depleted uranium ammunitions as 'illegal weapons of mass destruction' due to their high radioactivity and toxicity.
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An Iranian diplomat says the Israeli crimes committed against Gazans should alarm the world about the threat of Israel's nuclear arsenal.
For once, I agree. We're a f*cking crazy country with more nukes than Europe, and your own "Islamic Republic" shouldn't annoy us Ali-Reza.
Smells like projection. It's probably the muslims could ever think one could do with nukes. Heaven forbid they should remain sheathed. If you have them, you need to use them, right?
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"Norwegian medics in Gaza said on January 4 that traces of depleted uranium on Gaza victims" :
the "Norwegian medic" who utters this big lie is Mads Gilbert, a well-known rabid anti-American anti-Jewish racist, who said, in the aftermath of the 9/11 atrocities, that he supported the 19 al-Qaeda terrorists who had committed them...
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