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2007-07-31

Posted by Fred 2007-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Dont know where else to post this. Hope someone notes it and understands it.

posted to me by an associate in our line of work...

Your theory about the Straits may become a reality.... the satellite imagery available for the Straites has suddenly jumped in quality, a BIG jump. The military has caused it. They want fine detail.

That means someone is looking, casing the joint...

I've been looking through some satellite imagery of the region and normally the images are grainy low-res stuff (10 to 20 meter).... but here recently certain key areas have been bumped to 1-2 meter resolution. As you may already know, DoD doesn't own any satellite imaging device and instead chooses to farm the stuff out to private firms (cheaper in the long run for the DoD, as the private firm can also use the devices for domestic surveying purposes and the extra money they make can put better satellites in orbit... blah blah).

So back to the 2 meter stuff. Here are the areas of interest... all in or near Khuzestan province:

Bandar-e Khomeyni (main rail line in Iran runs from this port town all the way through Tehran to the Caspian) ( This will have airstrikes its entire length)
Ahvaz ( troop staging are)
Tabareh aka Omidiyeh Military Base( troop marshaling area )
The coastline near 30 09' N 41 29'E digging all the way up to Omidiyeh (air strike to the military base? Checking for SAM sites?)
The border of Iran and Iraq near Al-Basrah, aka Khorramshahr and Abadan
Kharag Island. ( launch sites from Intell on the ground )
Bushehr, specifically the airport( If we take Bushehr we will occupy it until we make sure its a done deal)
Abu Musa Island and the Island situated directly to west... both with airstrips ( we are going to be doing troopp airlifts from the look of it)
The coastline between Bandar-e Chiru and Bandar-e Magam... aka Dehriz (another airstrip on this island and some oil storage) and Hendarabi Island
Larak Island and Qeshm
The shipping port near Gachin-e pa'in( we will be bringing in Naval Logistics for a land Operation )
The dirt farming towns of Khvorgu, Chahestan, Pohst Kooh just to the north and east of....
... Bander Abbas, particularly the port on the west side and the airstrip on the east.

That's it. I expect CARNIVORE to pick this up and a knock on my door later today. CARNIVORE will be contacting you as well.

Alert our friends that this is one of the five signs we talked about. Moving the Stealth Squadrons will be another. Expect it. The other two signs will be here in the States. You know what to look for...

The last to move will be the two Armored Divisions we discussed up to south of Kirkuk. When they get their Staging Orders ..its on.

Posted by Angleton 9 2007-07-31 00:22|| 2007-07-31 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Uh-huh. Sure, Skippy.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-07-31 00:37|| 2007-07-31 00:37|| Front Page Top

#3 #1 - It means "Be sure to drink more Ovaltine."

Posted by PBMcL 2007-07-31 01:20|| 2007-07-31 01:20|| Front Page Top

#4 If that's Lon Chaney, then the pic is from a very old film. Way before Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."

Posted by McZoid 2007-07-31 05:03|| 2007-07-31 05:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Skippy - that sounds like like bad stuff you're dropping there. Careful.

Posted by Graish Protector of the Wee Folk5492 2007-07-31 05:06|| 2007-07-31 05:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Angleton. It's obvious. Read between the lines.

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-31 08:08|| 2007-07-31 08:08|| Front Page Top

#7 As you may already know, DoD doesn't own any satellite imaging device and instead chooses to farm the stuff out to private firms

Not to rain on this conspiratorial parade, but the National Reconnaissance Office claims to build and operate satellites. On their web site, they say they are a DoD agency. Could just be typical BushCheneyRovian maskirova for the Halliburton Satellite Imaging Division, of course.

Resolution of 1-2 meters sounds like commercial stuff (Spot, etc). May some business or nation without sats is interested in the area?

Posted by SteveS 2007-07-31 09:55|| 2007-07-31 09:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Skippy, I will be in Vienna meeting with George Smiley and will pass on your concerns and analysis. This looks like a go for us but the Brits are not convinced yet. Will you be copying Vlad?

Posted by Richard Helms 2007-07-31 12:17|| 2007-07-31 12:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Angleton 9:
One of the things that makes Rantburg so great is that there are among our members people who have done just about everything. Having been in the reconnaissance business for over 20 years before I retired, I find most of what you write a load of bull. While the areas you say new imagery covers is interesting, there are a dozen possible explanations, only one or two of which include bombings, invasion, or attacks of any kind. I do think a nice read of the book "Deep Black" would give you a better understanding of US (and many foreign) imaging capabilities. I can't/won't confirm any of the details the author presents, but there's enough information there that's verifyable elsewhere to prove most of your blather is NOT based on professional experience.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-07-31 12:26|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-07-31 12:26|| Front Page Top

#10 In fairness, Old Patriot, Angleton 9 didn't write it, he/she just posted it from a colleague to get our feedback. It is comforting to know that the pictures taken for the military don't just show up for the civilian market at the same time. (That is what you're saying, right?)

But what is CARNIVORE, and why would Angleton 9's colleague do something to provoke a visit from it?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-31 15:33|| 2007-07-31 15:33|| Front Page Top

#11 But what is CARNIVORE

TW,

Its a packet sniffer at the FBI for tapping into internet conversations, etc. I think these two and their friends are a bunch of amatuer CIA agents in the disguise of temporal idiots. Like OP said a lot of their stuff is blather. FBI/NSA/CIA/NRO don't do blather, they leave that up to the Rantburgers.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-07-31 16:46|| 2007-07-31 16:46|| Front Page Top

#12 I've talked to him Mr. Helms, I so hate to bother Mr. Smiley when he's at Bayreuth.

Posted by Palfrey 2007-07-31 16:56|| 2007-07-31 16:56|| Front Page Top

#13 CARNIVORE is an FBI packet sniffer? Thanks, Jack is Back. Those poor analysts must be drowning these days -- I hope there's a second tier to sift out the worst of the silliness. Still, couldn't that be prevented by sitting at the same lunch table in the company cafeteria? On the other hand, it would be lovely if an FBI sniffer followed Angleton 9's keystrokes to Rantburg and then got in touch with some of the more knowledgeable posters...

Angleton 9 dear, do you think your colleague is quite ready to know about Rantburg? You may want to warn him/her they can be a bit rough, but you know they teach those willing to learn and listen to those with the expertise to back up their assertions... and tear trolls to teeny, tiny bits. When first I dared to start posting, I mostly asked questions, and they were really quite wonderful about answering even the most naive and silly. :-D

Posted by Snotch Grundy3019 2007-07-31 17:40|| 2007-07-31 17:40|| Front Page Top

#14 Yes, as the above poster sez. We also have high tea from time to time. We don't invite Flagg of course, that would be wrong.

Posted by Palfrey 2007-07-31 17:43|| 2007-07-31 17:43|| Front Page Top

#15 Actually it's only regular tea, Palfrey dear, with little sweet and savoury things but no beans on toast. And lurkers have been known to introduce themselves there, which is great fun. Clearly I shall have to have another tea party here, soon.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-31 18:00|| 2007-07-31 18:00|| Front Page Top

#16 But keep it under the rose.

You haven't seen me.

Posted by Flagg 2007-07-31 19:57|| 2007-07-31 19:57|| Front Page Top

#17 Isn't this the same guy that taught us all how to break someones neck and our shoulders all in one fluid move?

Anyway, as a clown, I don't know anything about what is in that message. However, it seems ludicrous to me that DoD has been looking down at Iran with 20 meter resolution. Which would, unfortunately, be believeable.

I hope we are in the cone of silence.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-07-31 20:41|| 2007-07-31 20:41|| Front Page Top

#18 The Khuzestan Province Gambit has been a staple of the anti-war factions
and various amateur analysts since at least, oh, 2003 or so. Maybe earlier.

Posted by Pappy 2007-07-31 22:23|| 2007-07-31 22:23|| Front Page Top

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