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'Fatal Blast Hits Iranian Military Base'
Sky News ^

Posted on 11/12/2011 4:41:43 AM PST by nuconvert

A fatal explosion has hit an Iranian military base near capital Tehran, according to local media reports. There has not been any immediate confirmation of casualties in the blast, which apparently happened in an arms depot belonging to the elite Revolutionary Guards in Bidganeh.

The AFP news agency reports that the force of the blast shattered the windows of homes in the western suburbs of Tehran.

Alireza Jane, an Iranian official responsible for security issues in Tehran's governor's office, told the ISNA student news agency that the blast hit "a military base."

She said the explosion, which was originally reported to have hit a gas distribution station, happened about 12 miles west of Tehran.

A statement on the Revolutionary Guards website said the arms depot belonged tot hem but did not give further details.

There are no details on what may have caused the explosion.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alirezajane; iran; irgc; squirrelattack; successfulsquirrels
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btw - I think it's supposed to be Alireza Janeh. Lol. Sky news also makes him a woman. lol.
1 posted on 11/12/2011 4:41:43 AM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Fools playing with fire!


2 posted on 11/12/2011 4:49:32 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: nuconvert

Maybe the explosion made him a woman.....so to speak.


3 posted on 11/12/2011 4:49:50 AM PST by edpc (Wilby 2012)
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To: nuconvert

Sounds good.


4 posted on 11/12/2011 4:50:06 AM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: nuconvert

I find it interesting they keep using the word hit.


5 posted on 11/12/2011 4:53:07 AM PST by Dusty Road
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

We’re probably thinking the same thing.

I think it mmore likely they will suffer a series of terrible nuclear tragedies, self inflicted, before they finally figure out they shouldn’t have ever taken on the responsibility of nukes.


6 posted on 11/12/2011 4:55:16 AM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS U.S.A. PRESIDENT)
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To: SatinDoll

Messing with the smartest people in the neighborhood isn’t a good idea.


7 posted on 11/12/2011 4:57:42 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: nuconvert

Looks like two seperate explosions, the smoke on the left looks to be from a smaller explosion that probably happened first since it seems to be fading.

Something very similar happened in Oct 2010 at another base. Iranians said accident but there was speculation later it was a sabotage and the site was a lot more important than just a ammo dump.

This is probably something similar.

8 posted on 11/12/2011 5:00:58 AM PST by maquiladora
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-——There has not been any immediate confirmation of casualties in the blast,-——

Therefore, it was not a fatal blast as the headline screams


9 posted on 11/12/2011 5:02:02 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: maquiladora

The blast to which you refer was missiles and reports indicated it was fatal, numerous deaths.


10 posted on 11/12/2011 5:03:59 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: bert

Iranian TV say 15 dead according to Reuters.


11 posted on 11/12/2011 5:05:41 AM PST by maquiladora
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Silence! I kill you


12 posted on 11/12/2011 5:08:32 AM PST by ronnie raygun (V)
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To: nuconvert

Israel would never do anything like this...ya think.


13 posted on 11/12/2011 5:13:48 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again for our justification)
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To: maquiladora

I’m hoping it was an IED storage building or factory on the base that blew up in their faces.


14 posted on 11/12/2011 5:42:14 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

“There are no details on what may have caused the explosion.”

he he he


15 posted on 11/12/2011 5:43:21 AM PST by Principled
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To: Army Air Corps; Valin; AdmSmith

pong


16 posted on 11/12/2011 5:47:25 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert
They got her first name wrong, too: it's supposed to be Calamity Jane...

Cheers!

17 posted on 11/12/2011 5:47:53 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: nuconvert

Any connection to this from yesterday?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2805993/posts

Nuke agency reports unusual radiation in Europe
AP ^

Posted on Friday, November 11, 2011 10:06:45 AM by MindBender26
Edited on Friday, November 11, 2011 10:10:56 AM by Admin Moderator. [history]

VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency is reporting “very low” — but higher than usual — levels of radiation in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says the “very low levels of iodine-131 have been measured in the atmosphere over the Czech Republic” and elsewhere on the continent.


18 posted on 11/12/2011 5:49:57 AM PST by OwenKellogg (Herman Cain: Because everybody needs toucan stubs!)
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To: nuconvert

PASDAR AMMUNITION DEPOT EXPLODES IN IRAN, SEVERAL DEAD
http://www.agi.it/english-version/world/elenco-notizie/201111121305-cro-ren1020-pasdar_ammunition_depot_explodes_in_iran_several_dead

Iran Times International (Washington, DC)

October 14, 2011

US arrests Iranian for terrorism: accused of plotting assassination of Saudi envoy.

Immediately after the charges were announced, the US Treasury Department announced it was applying sanctions to five people implicated in the plot: Arbabsiar; Shakuri; Pasdar commander Qassem Soleimani; Hamed Abdollahi, a senior Pasdar officer who coordinated aspects of the plot and oversaw the other Qods Force officials directly responsible for coordinating and planning this operation; and Abdul-Reza Shahlai, a Pasdar officer who help coordinate the plot. Shakuri was described as a deputy to Shahlai.


19 posted on 11/12/2011 5:50:09 AM PST by NotSoModerate
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Would the winds from central Iran push radiation over Europe, and how long to get there?

Will need to look at weather conditions.

20 posted on 11/12/2011 5:53:08 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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