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| Iran confirms it tested ballistic missile |
| 2002-05-26 |
| Iran confirmed recent U.S. reports Sunday that it had conducted a successful test flight of a ballistic missile capable of reaching Israel. Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said that Iran tested the Shahab-3 missile earlier this month, Tehran radio reported. "To enhance the power and accuracy of Shahab-3 missile ... we will continue our missile program, and the recent successful tests were carried out in the same context," the state radio quoted Shamkhani as saying. U.S. officials said Thursday that Iran had carried out a successful test of the Shahab-3, which has a range of about 800 miles - adequate to reach Israel and U.S. troops stationed in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and eastern Turkey. The test is believed to be the missile's fifth. Some tests have failed, U.S. officials said. Shamkhani said the test "should not be considered a new production or a new step to increase the missile's range," the radio reported. This is something that's going around, isn't it? What causes this determination to go to war with the United States and have one's country dismantled? I think it's because Binny and Mullah Omar got away. If they had ended their days dangling in public at the ends of a couple ropes with lots of press coverage and some nice posturing at the UN and Mary Robinson being treated for the vapors, we wouldn't have this problem. If we'd hanged the mullahs, the ayatollahs would be able to imagine the same thing happening to them. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 The "mouse that roared" syndrome? |
| Posted by: bob 2002-05-26 13:21:48 |