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| Second Explosion In Iranian City Of Isfahan | |
| 2011-12-02 | |
| While this story has not been caught by any of the major wires, The Australian's Jerusalem correspondent Sheera Frankel reports something quite disturbing: "All eyes on Israel after second Iranian blast. CLOUDS of smoke billowed above the city of Isfahan - evidence that the latest strike against Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program had hit its target." We will report more if this story is confirmed by any other news agencies because if true it means that at this point things behind the scenes are no longer happening in the shadows. As a reminder, from Monday: Satellite Image Confirms Iranian Missile Base Was Destroyed Today's curious news report posted by Iran's semi-official news agency Fars, which was promptly muted, only to be republished by Israel's Haaretz, of a major explosion near the Iranian city of Isfahan, has left many scratching their heads. As Haaretz reports: "Speaking with Fars news agency, Isfahan's deputy mayor confirmed the reports and said the authorities are investigating the matter. However, after the incident was reported in Israel, the report was taken off the Fars website." Which led many to wonder: is this a real event or merely a provocation designed to make Iranians believe they were attacked? Further complicating matters is the just released news from Washington Post which shows satellite images of the aftermath of another explosion in Iran, this time from two weeks ago at an Iranian missile base.
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| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 Why is this surprising? Everyone knows the ME is a volatile region. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-12-02 21:43 |
| #11 Ahmadribble was supposed to turn the persian gulf into a "ring of fire," if something like this happened. What a marshmallow! |
| Posted by: Clem Unort1053 2011-12-02 19:26 |
| #10 Ok, ok, I did it, alright already!! |
| Posted by: Steven 2011-12-02 18:56 |
| #9 Wasn't me. |
| Posted by: Tamir Pardo 2011-12-02 17:58 |
| #8 This is misleading. There hasn't been a second explosion in Isfahan. The second explosion in the past month has happened at Isfahan. This is a re-report of the earlier Isfahan explosion. Just wanted to clarify that because this report makes it look like a second explosion has happened at Isfahan making a total of three. That is not what has happened here. The number currently is at two ... over the past month ... that we know of. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2011-12-02 16:36 |
| #7 Islamists think they are hot stuff for making suicide belts, car bombs and IEDs. They have no idea what life would be like if experts decided to play that game. Maybe they're beginning to... |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-12-02 14:12 |
| #6 "Second Explosion In Iranian City Of Isfahan" Awwwwwww - ain't that just too bad. My heart just aches for them. No, wait - that's just the chili.... |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-12-02 14:09 |
| #5 Grunter: That is a good idea. I suspect the Israelis have planted some kind of EOD sabotage team that is currently operating in Isfahan. If so, that is going to be one nervous city. Years ago, I knew some EOD types who had an ongoing "game", speculatively picking a random major city around the world, and on paper shutting it down in chaos, for under $500, using only off the shelf chemicals and parts openly sold there. This was half-serious strategic training, useful both to know how to do this, and how to stop others with training, who also knew how to do this. They covered the bases, taking out electricity, water, communications, military and intelligence targets, major transportation arteries, etc. All with emplaced explosives, with a high certainty for success. Islamists think they are hot stuff for making suicide belts, car bombs and IEDs. They have no idea what life would be like if experts decided to play that game. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-12-02 14:01 |
| #4 "Must have been that Bean I ate for dinner" - Homer |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2011-12-02 13:28 |
| #3 "Can you hear us now?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-12-02 13:11 |
| #2 Time to start numbering these explosions. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2011-12-02 12:47 |
| #1 That's from 3 days ago. And yes it's the nuke plant. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-12-02 11:40 |