Posted on 02/17/2005 8:35:01 AM PST by Patriot623
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran (search) on Thursday warned of a fast, crushing response to any attack on its nuclear facilities and said an explosion heard in the south a day earlier that sparked fears of foreign military activity was the result of construction work. Wednesday's explosion near the Gulf port city of Deylam, initially reported by a wing of state-run television to be a missile strike or anti-aircraft fire, was said on Thursday to have been from construction work on a dam. Other previous explanations included friendly fire from military exercises and a fuel tank that was dropped from a plane. Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani (search) was quoted by state-run radio Thursday as saying that the explosion was not an attack, but that any hostile action would result in Iranian military action. "Any time the Iranian nation watches our crushing response to the enemy, they should know that one of our nuclear or non-nuclear facilities has been attacked," he was quoted as saying. Shamkhani added that "any aggression" against Iranian facilities would "meet a swift reaction." Iran said the explosion, near the southwestern port city of Deylam, about 110 miles from the Bushehr nuclear facility, was the result of construction work. "The sound of Wednesday's explosion was due to road building operations in the mountainous region of Deylam for the Kowsar Dam," Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Ali Asghar Ahmadi said Thursday. On Wednesday a a top security official of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Agha Mohammadi, gave a similar account. The explosion prompted fears of a missile attack, and though U.S. and Israeli officials denied any involvement with the blast, it spiked oil prices and showed unease about the international confrontation over Iran's nuclear program.
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'Swift Reaction' if Nuke Facilities Are Hit
Yea, and that reaction will be "Oh shit!!!"
"Swift Reaction"...LOL. These dorks haven't seen a "swift reaction" until the US gets pissed. They saw how we simply went over and took out their longtime nemesis Saddam like he wasn't even there, and now they are shaking in their boots (or whatever the hell they wear over there).
Do I hear an "ah men"?
It's called a chain reaction...
duck and cover sounds like a pretty good "quick" reaction.
Bomb the whole country and call it a do over.
Iran: 'Swift Reaction' if Nuke Facilities Are Hit
Iran will swiftly crap their pants.
We ought to start really messing with them. Start taking out road signs with Hellfire missles. Every day, take out one high-profile road sign. Yes, it would be expensive, but the psychological effects would be dramatic.
And move to import French soldiers for RSL (Rapid Surrender Lessons!)
haha good one. Just bomb billboards and put up pictures of women w\o face veils.
What? Throw camel crap at us...
sandals
"In anticipation of such a reaction, we are issuing the following equipment to Iranian military personnel and mullahs:"
While it is not an Islamic-made product, "Depend" is a name you can count on. It is the sort of adult diaper worn by those Muslim Jihadi's whose urinary incontinence or fecal incontinence is caused by the threat of infidels with big firepower.
You stupid Mullahs can't project any real power outside your borders. Doing cowardice terrorism is like hiding behind a women's skirt.
ROTFL. :-D
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