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IRAN: 'MISSILE BLAST NEAR NUKE PLANT'
ChadTower:
See what I mean? That's a size 25 hat.
mr.Curmudgeon:
You know, something about this story still smells fishy, to me...
"We deny it," a spokesman said when asked about a report of an air attack on the southern port of Dailam. They declined to give any further details."
Why such an evasive denial?
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"A powerful explosion was heard this morning on the outskirts of Dailam in the Bushehr province. Witnesses said that the missile was fired from an unknown plane 20 km from the city," the Arabic language Al-Alam said.
Iran's Russian-built 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactor, its only nuclear power plant, is due to start operating in Bushehr province in late 2005.
Iran and Syria, both locked in rows with the United States, said earlier today they will form a common front to face challenges and threats.
"We are ready to help Syria on all grounds to confront threats," Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref said in Tehran after meeting Syrian Prime Minister Naji al-Otari."
So, let me get this straight...on the very day that Iran and Syria unite their ideological (possibly military) fronts, we have an explosion near Iran's ONLY nuclear reactor, with witnesses who claim to have seen an aircraft fire a missile??
Could this explosion been a warning? By not admitting to it being an attack, Iran is still holding the cards. Reminds me of the U.S. during the Cuban missile crisis. For them to admit to being attacked, is to immediately draw them into war. Maybe they'll wait until the ink dries on the Syrian "deal" before admitting to being attacked? Or maybe it *was* just an accident...
mrC
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on February 16, 2005, 03:56:05 pm ---
So, let me get this straight...on the very day that Iran and Syria unite their ideological (possibly military) fronts, we have an explosion near Iran's ONLY nuclear reactor, with witnesses who claim to have seen an aircraft fire a missile??
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Use some common sense. You can't see a plane 20km away, nor can you see a missle that could be fired from a plan 20km away. You sure as hell can't see an unmanned spy drone from 20km away, which is what the reports claimed was there.
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 16, 2005, 04:02:11 pm ---Use some common sense.
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Common sense? Are you suggesting that their is never a situation where you can see a plane fire a missile?
I'm just playing with possible scenarios, we have no idea what happened, and their state controlled media will make the world believe whatever they want it too.
mrC
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on February 16, 2005, 04:07:39 pm ---Common sense? Are you suggesting that their is never a situation where you can see a plane fire a missile?
I'm just playing with possible scenarios, we have no idea what happened, and their state controlled media will make the world believe whatever they want it too.
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I am suggesting that with the air quality around a nuclear power plant, the fact that they say it was a spy drone, and the fact that they say it was fired from 20km away, that it is not a plausible scenario from which eyewitnesses can derive credible testimony.