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Iran's Main Automobile Manufacturing Facility On Fire
SMCCDI ^ | Mar. 1, 2005

Posted on 03/02/2005 6:23:02 AM PST by nuconvert

Iran's Main Automobile Manufacturing Facility On Fire

SMCCDI (Information Service)

Mar 1, 2005

A massive fire of undermined origin is ravaging the Iran-Khodro factory, at this time (21:00 IR local time), which is the main car manufacturing and assembly plant for the country and located near the capital.

The fire is of an undetermined origin, however, it is believed an arsonist started the fire, following months of worker discontent. It has been reported that most employees have not been paid in many months and working conditions were abominable.

The huge fire can be seen from kilometers away and most of the firefighter brigades are from the capital and nearby suburbs. Many firefighters from Karaj have been dispatched to the affected area.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arson; automobile; car; factory; fire; iran; khodro; turass
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1 posted on 03/02/2005 6:23:03 AM PST by nuconvert
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2 posted on 03/02/2005 6:23:38 AM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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Uh oh! Sounds like trouble in River City.

The people haven't been paid in months? What are the mullahs thinking?

How can they be spending money financing terror, developing nuclear weapons, and their people are going without paychecks?

3 posted on 03/02/2005 6:26:07 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: nuconvert

Well, as long as the cause is only arson, and not a nuclear meltdown!


4 posted on 03/02/2005 6:26:54 AM PST by TommyDale
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To: nuconvert

Now wait. An Arab-built automobile? Now there's a scary thought. Could it be that they are all rag-tops?


5 posted on 03/02/2005 6:29:20 AM PST by Muleteam1
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To: nuconvert

Are Yugos still for sale?


6 posted on 03/02/2005 6:29:29 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: nuconvert
I love my Khodro - a lot better than riding a donkey...
7 posted on 03/02/2005 6:29:56 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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8 posted on 03/02/2005 6:31:19 AM PST by tx_eggman (You guys are .... checker players in the chess game of life.)
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most employees have not been paid in many months and working conditions were abominable

The Iranian Revolution is on life-support.

9 posted on 03/02/2005 6:31:44 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: 2banana

Does that mean this vehicle also replaces the camel as a sex surrogate?


10 posted on 03/02/2005 6:31:46 AM PST by TommyDale
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To: Muleteam1

Iranians are NOT Arabs


11 posted on 03/02/2005 6:34:07 AM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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To: nuconvert

How can this be in an Islamic theocracy where the clock has stopped in the 13th century?


13 posted on 03/02/2005 6:43:50 AM PST by The Great RJ
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Could it be that they are all rag-tops?

More like rag-bottoms. I believe that they are a high-tech version of a flying carpet.

14 posted on 03/02/2005 6:44:41 AM PST by jackbill
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To: nuconvert

I did a search to see what they make. The car pictures resemble a riceburner look-alike and it appears they are somehow associated with Peugeot. Is that a "French Connection"?


15 posted on 03/02/2005 6:48:18 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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Bwahaha!!!


17 posted on 03/02/2005 6:49:48 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: nuconvert

And so it begins...


19 posted on 03/02/2005 6:51:12 AM PST by Oblongata
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'On Arab governments and Causes of Terrorism'
http://www.neoperspectives.com/terrorism.htm

Talks about the socialistic nature of arab govs in relation to their problems (among other things). Sounds like this was a 'state owned' factory.


20 posted on 03/02/2005 6:56:44 AM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/tsunami_tyranny.htm)
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