Iranian Alert - December 18, 2005 - German Intelligence Warns That Iran Has New Missiles

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Deutsche Presse-Agentur

German Intelligence Warns That Iran Has New Missiles

Deutsche Presse-Agentur:

German intelligence believes Iran has now bought 18 longer-range missiles from North Korea, giving Teheran the capability to attack targets in central Europe, the German daily newspaper Bild reported Friday.

The study by the foreign intelligence service BND said the BM-25 missiles were being purchased from Pyongyang in the form of kit sets. The mobile missiles, which are based on the Russian SS-N-6 missile for submarine launch, will have a nominal range of 2,500 kilometres.

However it was possible to upgrade them to hit targets 3,500 kilometres away, the Munich-based BND said.

Iran already has Shehab-3 missiles with a range of 1,300 kilometres.

Bild quoted the BND dossier as saying: 'Germany and other parts of Europe could be affected in the medium to long term by the Iranian missile programme.'

It added: 'With longer ranges in the future, combined with the apparent efforts to obtain nuclear warheads, Iran would be in a position to reach all of Israel and parts of central Europe.'

A Daily Briefing of Major News Stories on Iran:

• Dow Jones Newswires reported that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday there is no evidence that Iran intends to back down in a diplomatic standoff over its disputed nuclear program.
• Reuters reported that U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an "odd guy."
• Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post warns us that Iran is arming for Armageddon. A must read,
• Ze'ev Schiff, Ha'aretz examined the question: Is There a Military Option?
• The New York Sun reported that Israel's top general during Operation Iraqi Freedom said: Saddam Hussein moved his chemical weapons to Syria six weeks before the war started.
• Iran Focus reported that Iranian agents in Iraq carried out a widespread campaign of poll manipulation to ensure victory by Shiite groups allied to Tehran.
• IranMania reported that most Israelis want their government to use diplomacy rather than military power.
• Islamic Republic News Agency reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki voiced Iran's concern over the increasing human rights violations of the US.
• Reuters reported that an influential Republican congresswoman expressed frustration on Friday over President George W. Bush's approach to Iran.
• Kiarash Kianmehr, Rooz Online reported that some of the passengers on board the C-130 military transport aircraft that crashed last week died of asphyxiation due to the lack of emergency oxygen on board.
• Maryam Kashani, Rooz Online published several strange accounts of Ahmadinejad's recent trip to Saudi Arabia.
• Phyllis Chesler, FrontPageMagazine published a speech given before the US Senate this past week: Islamic Gender Apartheid.
• A photo that answers the question: Where do the Iranian people get their news?
• And finally, a Cartoon about Ahmadinejad: Mullah's Wild Dog.

[F14 Pilot]

agreed!

[JasonC]

In your fantasy world, maybe. As a fact, we are dithering about blowing up their nuke program right now because Europeans might wet their pants, and there are supposedly civilians nearby. The Iranians see and understand that, even if you do not. Our credibility does not exactly stand high right now. We can't even control our domestic defeatists and traitors, let alone weak-kneed allies, let alone quietly hostile great powers, let alone open enemies. They defy us and they laugh at our threats. And right now, they are right to do so - we are bluffing, hamstrung by moral midgets.

[Paul Ross]

When they can hit the USA then we will worry , but until then let them look out for themselves.

Granted that the Reds in France and Germany are not to be relied upon. BUT, if you hadn't noticed, some of those Euroweenies are still considered valuable allies...remember Great Britain? And especially don't forget how much heavy U.S. national security mech...and personnel, happens to be located in these countries. Not to mention our bases in bases in the Middle East (such as Kuwait, UAE, Iraq, etc), or the Indian Ocean at Diego Garcia, or maybe even the Far Pacific, such as Guam...

Based on your cavalier dismissal, you must not care about them either.

[Paul Ross]

We can't even control our domestic defeatists and traitors, let alone weak-kneed allies, let alone quietly hostile great powers, let alone open enemies. They defy us and they laugh at our threats. And right now, they are right to do so - we are bluffing, hamstrung by moral midgets.

Excellent summation.

[sgtbono2002]

Lets do it your way. Lets go in and bomb the crap out of Iran and then let those same Euro-weenies you are so worried about tell us how terrible we are for saving their ass.

[Paul Ross]

....then let those same Euro-weenies you are so worried about tell us how terrible we are for saving their ass.

I'm sure they would do so. Except, as I pointed out, it isn't just their asses. It's ours too...

So they would be likely even MORE apoplectic about our "cowboy" behavior...

I always liked cowboys....

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[Light Speed]

"Your handling of the missiles... and letting that Pakistani Khan run all over the place was.......unforgiveable Vladimirov......unforgiveable!!

[PhilDragoo]

Bill Gertz, Betrayal: How the Clinton Administration Undermined American Security, Regnery, 1999, devotes Chapter Eight: From Russia With Technology, pages 166-179, to Russian missile assistance to Iran during the Clinton Administration.

Each time sanctions were sought against Russia for illegal proliferation the Clinton Administration refused, demanding a level of proof existing only in fairyland, or to those of you in Rio Linda, Barney Frank's district.

Clinton: the gift that keeps on giving.

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[PhilDragoo]

[Grampa Dave]

"Each time sanctions were sought against Russia for illegal proliferation the Clinton Administration refused, demanding a level of proof existing only in fairyland, or to those of you in Rio Linda, Barney Frank's district."

More of the Jake Reno regime conducted by Jamie Gorelicker.

"Clinton: the gift that keeps on giving."

Clinton = the gift from the so pure conservatives who refused to vote for a republican in 1992 and 1996. They were the enablers of the Clintoons, and they are still so proud of these sins against innocent Americans.