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| Convoy shipping arms to Hizbullah destroyed in Tehran blast |
| 2008-07-25 |
| A happy smiley face would be appropriate for this. Was sabotage responsible for disrupting a shipment of arms from Iran to Hizbullah? The London-based Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Friday of a mysterious explosion which devastated an Iranian supply convoy intended to reach Hizbullah. According to the report, the strong blast took place in one of Tehran's suburbs as a military convoy left a Revolutionary Guards' ammunition storehouse. At least 15 people were killed in the explosion. Western sources reported that the blast took place on July 19 and that the convoy was carrying military equipment for the Lebanese terror organization. It was also reported that senior Revolutionary Guards officials banned the Iranian media from reporting the explosion, even though it was heard throughout the capital. The Guards launched an investigation into the incident. An official source told the newspaper that the strong explosion was heard across Tehran, adding that the Revolutionary Guards were trying to silence the incident despite the fact that many people were killed. Additional explosions and mysterious incidents which have taken place in Iran recently are being investigated by the Revolutionary Guards. In one of the incidents, a blast rocked a mosque in the city of Shiraz, where weapons were being displayed, killing 11 people. Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei said following the incident that the main suspect in the affair was arrested. "The terrorist group had ties with the US and Britain. These countries were informed of the arrest by the Foreign Ministry," he said, "but the countries did nothing to prevent these terror groups' activity." |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #29 tu: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...thanks, Sy, you respected American investigative journalist, you... anymouse: Anyone else think Sy Hersh deserves water-boarding? ->Yep I do LOL! Pappy: Slippery Sy is a tool. Mr. G. Sy is a stool...specimen.. LOL!...All of youse Rantburglers thatr be pretty damn snarky.. and Hilarious too! In brief then: Sy is a disgustingly stinkin slippery stool tool! |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-07-25 21:16 |
| #28 Sy is a stool...specimen |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-07-25 19:14 |
| #27 Slippery Sy is a tool. As for the ammo storehouse being in a suburb, it's not surprising. Zoning, for one, isn't a strong point. The other is that it allows the IRGC to have assets near Tehran for both defense of the capitol and to combat civil insurrection. But mostly the reason is that if the storehouse (or their nuke facilties) gets hit in an attack, there's civilian casualties. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-07-25 18:14 |
| #26 Nah, I think slippery Sy was a tool. We have no assets in Tehran, it was just an accident, but Sy will have them looking under every rock for th spies. I think that's my favorite version. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-07-25 17:50 |
| #25 Anyone else think Sy Hersh deserves waterboarding? |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-07-25 16:20 |
| #24 Tensions have been running high in Tehran since Seymour Hersh, the respected American investigative journalist, revealed in the New Yorker magazine last month that President George W Bush had authorised up to $400 million to fund a major escalation in covert operations to destabilise the regime. Having contended with IranÂ’s attempts to undermine the Iraqi government over the past five years, British and American military commanders are more than happy to undertake covert operations in Iran, and there have been unconfirmed reports that special forces are operating undercover in the country. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...thanks, Sy, you respected American investigative journalist, you... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-25 15:10 |
| #23 wetworx baby. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-07-25 14:17 |
| #22 We should start issuing press releases on these events about 5 minutes before they actually happen. |
| Posted by: bigjm-ky 2008-07-25 13:31 |
| #21 This is a win, win if ever there was. Either we have a mole in there, or they now are sure we have a mole in there. Brace for the promised payback, heh, heh. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-07-25 13:06 |
| #20 couldn't have happened to a nicer, more deserving bunch of folks... (chocolate, get yer chocolate here...) |
| Posted by: Querent 2008-07-25 13:02 |
| #19 ....but Hosni will have to do with good matches as my ZIPPO is NOT for sale nor will it ever be given to a Hosni.... |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-07-25 12:56 |
| #18 AC #2 Maybe a crazed bulldozer driver rammed one of the vehicles, or.... “Dammit, Abdul, the cargo-light’s burned out. I can’t see what’s in the back of our truck.” “No problem, Hosni, here’s my lighter. American made, very go...” A ZIPPO AC would be WAY fitting and set off Beautiful BOOMS! ~:) |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-07-25 12:50 |
| #17 An IED would be a pretty sweet way of doing things. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-25 12:46 |
| #16 Absolutely true JDB! At least one in 20 work for the US and one in 40 for the Israelis. Satan's minions all.. The only way to deal with a minion of Satan is the rack... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-07-25 11:43 |
| #15 IED! IED! IED! |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-07-25 11:32 |
| #14 #6 I wonder if some of our spooks had something to do with this. Posted by DarthVader As a matter of fact, Darth, I believe the Revolutionary Guard is riddled with US, UK. and Jooooo spies and apostates. If any loyal Guards are reading this, I'd recommend they launch a purge right now! Don't wait! They'll confess... |
| Posted by: JDB 2008-07-25 11:31 |
| #13 The RG have a ammunition storehouse in the Tehran suburbs, hmmmmm. |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-07-25 10:33 |
| #12 Mysterious explosion brigade practical exercise? |
| Posted by: James Carville 2008-07-25 10:25 |
| #11 Mullah Ejei, I just got off the phone with the US and Britain. There is just one thing I didn't understand. What does "Paybacks are a beach" mean? |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-07-25 10:19 |
| #10 "Damn, praise allah to finally be on the road. Hakim...you got a light?" |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2008-07-25 09:45 |
| #9 Meh, no expiration dates necessary. When the stuff starts getting greasy it's just right. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-07-25 09:39 |
| #8 InshAllah logistics... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-25 09:35 |
| #7 Maybe they should start checking expiration dates. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-07-25 09:33 |
| #6 I wonder if some of our spooks had something to do with this. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-07-25 08:00 |
| #5 More like this, please. Much more. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2008-07-25 06:27 |
| #4 Its Allah's will. |
| Posted by: Mad Eye 2008-07-25 06:14 |
| #3 "The terrorist group had ties with the US and Britain. These countries were informed of the arrest by the Foreign Ministry," he said, "but the countries did nothing to prevent these terror groups' activity." And then his head exploded, right? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-07-25 05:57 |
| #2 Maybe a crazed bulldozer driver rammed one of the vehicles, or.... “Dammit, Abdul, the cargo-light’s burned out. I can’t see what’s in the back of our truck.” “No problem, Hosni, here’s my lighter. American made, very go...” |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-07-25 05:46 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-07-25 05:15 |