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'Mysterious Iran blast likely an attack on Hizbullah arms convoy'
Jerusalem Post ^ | 7-25-08

Posted on 07/25/2008 5:23:48 AM PDT by SJackson

A mysterious explosion in a suburb of Teheran that killed 15 people last Saturday was likely an attack on a Iranian military convoy carrying arms to Hizbullah, the Telegraph reported Friday.

The Revolutionary Guards imposed a news black-out immediately after the blast, but the UK newspaper reported that it looked like sabotage was responsible for destroying the convoy as it traveled through Khavarshahar.

The newspaper noted that the company responsible for moving the military equipment, LTK, was owned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and was allegedly involved in shipping arms to Hizbullah.

Last Saturday's incident was the latest in a series of mysterious explosions in the country.

In May, Iran blamed British and US agents for an explosion at a mosque in Shiraz that had just been the site of a military exhibition.

In 2007, more than a dozen Iranian engineers lost their lives while trying to fit a chemical warhead to a missile in Syria.

A few months earlier, a train apparently carrying military supplies to Syria was derailed by an explosion in northern Turkey.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armssales; armstrade; globaljihad; iran; israel; proliferation; revolutionaryguard; wot

1 posted on 07/25/2008 5:23:49 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

~grin~


2 posted on 07/25/2008 5:27:46 AM PDT by VaBthang4 ("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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To: SJackson

MEK you think?


3 posted on 07/25/2008 5:30:50 AM PDT by rjp2005 (Lord have mercy on us)
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To: VaBthang4

Are they sure it was a military convoy and not a mobile wedding party? /s


4 posted on 07/25/2008 5:32:19 AM PDT by libs_kma (NOBAMA. Keep the change)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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5 posted on 07/25/2008 5:32:19 AM PDT by SJackson (Barack Obama will not be coming to us, I don't know why, Spokesperson US military hospital Landstuhl)
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To: SJackson
Related link....

Mystery explosions point to Iran’s secret arms shipments to terrorists

6 posted on 07/25/2008 5:34:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: SJackson
Muahahah!
7 posted on 07/25/2008 5:35:58 AM PDT by McGruff ( 'the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee' - Barack Obama)
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To: SJackson
re: Iran blast likely an attack on Hizbullah arms convoy’

Well, I for one, would call that a good start!

8 posted on 07/25/2008 5:36:38 AM PDT by jwparkerjr
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To: SJackson
Very interesting. A nice little espionage/gorilla war.
9 posted on 07/25/2008 5:41:31 AM PDT by A Texan (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: SJackson; Squantos

Stealthy UAVs dropping missiles? Why not?


10 posted on 07/25/2008 5:50:02 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: SJackson

Excellent tactics....


11 posted on 07/25/2008 8:19:48 AM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The main things are the plain things!)
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To: Travis McGee
I'm sure that someone at McDill might be able to give us some ideas about what might have happened.....

me want video.... (grin)

12 posted on 07/25/2008 9:30:13 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: jwparkerjr

“Well, I for one, would call that a good start!”

Turnabout is fair play. A “porous” border one way can be equally porous going the other.


13 posted on 07/25/2008 9:40:09 AM PDT by Owl558 ("Those who remember George Satayana are doomed to repeat him")
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To: Travis McGee

this seems sad, really sad.

yet it makes me smile.


14 posted on 07/25/2008 10:42:02 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: SJackson
In May, Iran blamed British and US agents for an explosion at a mosque in Shiraz that had just been the site of a military exhibition.

More proof that mosques double as military installations. Every mosque in the U.S. should be suspect as such.

15 posted on 07/25/2008 10:50:52 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
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To: libs_kma
Are they sure it was a military convoy and not a mobile wedding party?

Babymilk factory.

16 posted on 07/25/2008 10:50:57 AM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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To: TexasRepublic
More proof that mosques double as military installations. Every mosque in the U.S. should be suspect as such.

Absolutely!

17 posted on 07/25/2008 7:31:38 PM PDT by Marauder (Damn the Bolsheviks to hell.)
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