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To: HAL9000
AFP via Babelfish -

Explosion close to a port of the south of Iran

TEHERAN - an explosion whose origin remains not identified is produced Wednesday morning in an uninhabited zone close to the Iranian port of Daylam, on the Gulf, brought back Iranian television in Arab language Al Alam, according to which witnesses saw passing an aircraft not identified.

Daylam is to approximately 150 km of the first Iranian nuclear thermal power station in construction with Bouchehr.

Witnesses paid to have seen passing an aircraft not identified before the explosion does not occur, indicated Al Alam.

The official ones were dispatched on the spot to identify the origin of the deflagration, said a person in charge for the gouvernorat to Al Alam.

A "governmental source" Iranian declared with Al Alam that the explosion could be caused by a tank of kerozene fallen from an Iranian apparatus.

The explosion was heard with 10H10 local (6H40 GMT), according to Al Alam.

(©AFP/February 16, 2005 14h54)


134 posted on 02/16/2005 6:02:21 AM PST by HAL9000 (Links to News Sources - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340399/posts)
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To: HAL9000

Hmm.. I guess Daylam and Dailam aren't the same city.


145 posted on 02/16/2005 6:03:16 AM PST by AntiGuv (™)
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To: HAL9000

Unknown aircraft fires missile in Iran - state TV

DUBAI, Feb 16 (Reuters) - An unknown aircraft fired a missile on Wednesday in a deserted area near the southern city of Dailam in the province of Bushehr where Iran has a nuclear power plant, Iranian state television said.

"A powerful explosion was heard this morning on the outskirts of Dailam in the Bushehr province. Witnesses said that the missile was fired from an unknown plane 20 km (12 miles) from the city," Iran's Arabic language Al-Alam said.


152 posted on 02/16/2005 6:04:58 AM PST by HAL9000 (Links to News Sources - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340399/posts)
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To: HAL9000
Betcha it gets identified real quick by the end of the day. The Moolas will whip it around, get the Muslime zombies all stirred up, then pronounce, loudly, that it was a Zionist attack.
154 posted on 02/16/2005 6:05:11 AM PST by Dallas59 (Bush said the "F" word 27 times January 20th, 2005!)
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To: HAL9000
Witnesses paid to have seen passing an aircraft not identified before the explosion does not occur, indicated Al Alam.

I like reading that one slowly.

156 posted on 02/16/2005 6:05:58 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: HAL9000
... once again proving the old axiom about the accuracy of first reports.

Another possible explanation that would explain an air-launched misile is that an Iranian aircraft launched a missile against an UAV, missed, and then struck the ground. The mullahs did say they would go after them, didn't they?

Sigourney Weaver says "go pilotless." As long as the Pep Boys don't show up on the displays at that base in NV, we're doing OK.

206 posted on 02/16/2005 6:13:13 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
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