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2012-01-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran holds military exercise near Afghan border

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Posted by Steve White 2012-01-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 All these exercises gotta cost money...

Posted by gromky 2012-01-08 02:18|| 2012-01-08 02:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Money and refined hydrocarbons. Pity to draw down your fuel supplies just before a war.

Posted by SteveS 2012-01-08 02:24|| 2012-01-08 02:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Labor is a fixed cost.

Posted by Perfesser 2012-01-08 07:50|| 2012-01-08 07:50|| Front Page Top

#4 TOPIX > EXPERT: CENTRAL ASIAN STATES SUSPICIOUS OF IRAN.

ARTIC = CAR Muslim Govts = -Stans prefer or don't want Iran to be a Member of the SCO-CSTO, + believe Iran covertly fosters or supports local insurgencies + violent MilTerr Groups.

and

* SAME > [Stephen Blanch = US Army War College]EXPERT: LOSS OF DRONE TECH EXPANDS IRAN THREAT TO MIDDLE EAST, CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-08 21:31|| 2012-01-08 21:31|| Front Page Top

#5 OOOOPPSIES, forgot SAME > TURKEY TO STAND NEAR AZERBAIJAN IN CASE OF WAR, vee Armenia + IRAN oer Nagorno-Karabakh.

Still twiddling oer the fact of Moscow-backed Orthodox Christan Armenia being allied wid Shia Muslim Iran.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-08 21:36|| 2012-01-08 21:36|| Front Page Top

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