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Iran holds military exercise near Afghan border
2012-01-08
(Reuters) - Iran launched a military maneuver near its border with Afghanistan on Saturday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Is this the "Great Prophet VIII" games, or did "Great Prophet VII" go into overtime?
Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Revolutionary Guards' ground forces, said the "Martyrs of Unity" exercises near Khvat, 60 km (40 miles) from Afghanistan, were "aimed at boosting security along the Iranian borders," Fars reported.

The Revolutionary Guards' naval forces' 10-day exercise in the Gulf that ended last Monday worsened relations with Washington days after U.S. President Barack Obama approved sanctions that aim to stop countries buying Iranian oil.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  OOOOPPSIES, forgot SAME > TURKEY TO STAND NEAR AZERBAIJAN IN CASE OF WAR, vee Armenia + IRAN oer Nagorno-Karabakh.

Still twiddling oer the fact of Moscow-backed Orthodox Christan Armenia being allied wid Shia Muslim Iran.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-01-08 21:36  

#4  TOPIX > EXPERT: CENTRAL ASIAN STATES SUSPICIOUS OF IRAN.

ARTIC = CAR Muslim Govts = -Stans prefer or don't want Iran to be a Member of the SCO-CSTO, + believe Iran covertly fosters or supports local insurgencies + violent MilTerr Groups.

and

* SAME > [Stephen Blanch = US Army War College]EXPERT: LOSS OF DRONE TECH EXPANDS IRAN THREAT TO MIDDLE EAST, CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-01-08 21:31  

#3  Labor is a fixed cost.
Posted by: Perfesser   2012-01-08 07:50  

#2  Money and refined hydrocarbons. Pity to draw down your fuel supplies just before a war.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-01-08 02:24  

#1  All these exercises gotta cost money...
Posted by: gromky   2012-01-08 02:18  

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