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2006-05-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by tipper 2006-05-04 05:37|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Even Saddam couldn't resist the temptation of lobbing missiles into Israel, as she sat back and watched the Gulf War take shape; what makes the mad mullahs think they couldn't get away with the Use It Or Lose It parting shots at Israel also?
They meant what they said, bottom line!

Posted by smn 2006-05-04 06:17|| 2006-05-04 06:17|| Front Page Top

#2 interesting to see this public disagreement between the army and the Rev Guards. All is not well inside the regime.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2006-05-04 10:24|| 2006-05-04 10:24|| Front Page Top

#3 "The rebels from Sistan-Baluchestan..."

Given the local practice of taking a name based from where you're from...Where does Al Sistani come from?

Posted by Clarong Juter9786 2006-05-04 12:43|| 2006-05-04 12:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Fun new game - "unofficial" threats that get press space and an insincere retraction.

Have cake and eat it too. Lots of fun - expect more of this.

Posted by Shuns Uleating3851 2006-05-04 13:04|| 2006-05-04 13:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Everyone knows the Mullahs are dead meat. No manna there.

Posted by closedanger">closedanger 2006-05-04 14:02|| 2006-05-04 14:02|| Front Page Top

#6 How'd say "Bad cop, good cop" in Farsi?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-05-04 18:25|| 2006-05-04 18:25|| Front Page Top

#7 The IRGC carries more authoritative weight over the regular army or armed forces, and MadMoud-Mullahs more weight than both.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-04 20:39|| 2006-05-04 20:39|| Front Page Top

#8 According to General Alireza Afshar, a deputy chief of general staff in charge of propaganda, the warning made last week by a lower-ranking spokesman carries "no value in the eyes of the Iranian armed forces".

Yeeesh, more similarities with Hitler and the Germans in WWII. I'd almost be willing to bomb 'em just because they have a deputy chief of general staff in charge of PROPOGANDA. That alone lets me know this guy doesn't mean the retraction.

Posted by BA 2006-05-04 22:35|| 2006-05-04 22:35|| Front Page Top

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