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2006-01-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Pappy 2006-01-10 13:03|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wonner if they could have shoved on another General officer or two? So much for contingency plans "B" through "K" of the IRGC CONOP.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-10 13:23|| 2006-01-10 13:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Brigadier General Abbas Karbandi-Mojarad, commander of the Qadr Air Base of the IRGC Air Force (the plane's pilot);

What.

Posted by Anon4021 2006-01-10 14:31|| 2006-01-10 14:31|| Front Page Top

#3 (10) Colonel Morteza Basiri, flight engineer;

What. x2

Maybe my misunderstanding of leadership tiers is off... but those are some high-up dudes.

I know it's easy to see black helicopters and mossad in just about any story... but this is looking like a real deal assassination.

Posted by Anon4021 2006-01-10 14:34|| 2006-01-10 14:34|| Front Page Top

#4 TWIN engine failure? Sounds like water in the fuel tanks to me. The undercarriage going south was pure gravy. One has to wonder if this wasn't another purge of IRGC leadership in retaliation for their unwillingness to take up arms against demonstrating Iranian citizens.

Posted by Zenster 2006-01-10 14:35|| 2006-01-10 14:35|| Front Page Top

#5 i love the smell of dead IRGC commanders in the morning.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-01-10 15:18|| 2006-01-10 15:18|| Front Page Top

#6 9 Generals and a Colonel. That's not a bad days work. That will make it all the much easier for us.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-01-10 15:40|| 2006-01-10 15:40|| Front Page Top

#7 The other question is... if it was an assassination, then by whom and to what end?

It's natural to think that the loss of these men might weaken their military, but what if these men were considered a threat to Abadude? While they might not be potential US allies, they could be Populists that were worried on the course of action their leader had set their country on.

Posted by Anon4021 2006-01-10 16:06|| 2006-01-10 16:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Iranian Air Force SPACE-A travel really blows! (Just something to remember wen your trying to catch that next ME hop).

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-10 16:17|| 2006-01-10 16:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Landing gear AND two engines - that ain't water, Bro. That's belt and suspenders....

Posted by Glith Angaing2355 2006-01-10 16:57|| 2006-01-10 16:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Killing off potential coup plotters?

Posted by eLarson 2006-01-10 18:58|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-01-10 18:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Nice way to disguise a possible purge. Stalin would be jealous.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-01-10 19:23|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-01-10 19:23|| Front Page Top

#12 One has to wonder if this wasn't another purge of IRGC leadership in retaliation for their unwillingness to take up arms against demonstrating Iranian citizens.

There does seem to be a conflict between Ahmadinejad and Khamenei for influence in the IRGC and its 'volunteer' offshoot. For example:

Other executive-branch officials are appointed without parliamentary confirmation. Some of these appointments appear to be straightforward payoffs for support during the presidential race, but they also shed some light on the connection of the Ahmadinejad administration with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and its affiliated Basij Resistance Force. For example, Ahmadinejad appointed a "Hojatoleslam [first name not given] Moslehi" as his adviser for theological and cleric affairs on 15 August, IRNA reported. This is probably Hojatoleslam Heidar Moslehi, the supreme leader's representative to the Basij Resistance Force, and the appointment is possibly his payoff for the Basij's decisive role in Ahmadinejad's victory.

Ahmadinejad also appointed Gholam Hussein Elham as his chief of staff on 15 August..., ILNA reported. Elham is a member of the Guardians Council, and he also is its spokesman. The council is tasked with supervising elections, and it also faced accusations from unsuccessful candidates in the June presidential election. So this appointment could be a payoff, too. Yet Elham also has a connection with the Basij and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) -- he reportedly performed special missions as a Basiji during the last two years of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, and from 1980-84 he was a prosecutor with the IRGC's courts...

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Ali-Reza Zahedi as the new commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) air force on 25 August, IRNA reported. He succeeds Brigadier General Ahmad Kazemi.

Five days earlier, Kazemi was selected to head the IRGC's ground forces, IRNA reported. Kazemi succeeds Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari-Najafabadi.

Posted by Pappy 2006-01-10 20:04|| 2006-01-10 20:04|| Front Page Top

#13 And the Falcon is made in ........Phrance?

Posted by Brett 2006-01-10 20:10|| 2006-01-10 20:10|| Front Page Top

#14 Great post, Pappy. Smells like purge to me. I'd wager that the mullahs are shopping around for military commanders who don't fuss about turning their guns on the citizenry.

Posted by Zenster 2006-01-10 21:34|| 2006-01-10 21:34|| Front Page Top

#15 Zen, unfortunately, I hope you are correct (for the minimal int'l damage) - they really need to settle this internally for it to stick, my hopes are for that

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-10 22:16|| 2006-01-10 22:16|| Front Page Top

#16 I have mixed emotions about this - joy and happiness. I'm ululating ........

Posted by Lone Ranger 2006-01-10 23:28|| 2006-01-10 23:28|| Front Page Top

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