Posted on 04/27/2006 3:29:47 AM PDT by familyop
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran has received a first shipment of missiles from North Korea that are capable of reaching Europe, Israel's military intelligence chief was quoted on Thursday as saying.
Known in the West as BM-25s, the Russian-designed missiles have a range of around 2,500 km (1,500 miles), giving them a longer reach than the Iranian-made Shihab-4 missiles which are capable of hitting Israel.
The intelligence chief, Major-General Amos Yadlin, was quoted by Israel's Haaretz newspaper as saying in a lecture on Wednesday that some BM-25s had arrived in Iran.
The BM-25 was originally manufactured in the Soviet Union, where it was known as the SSN6, a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, Haaretz reported.
After the Russians decommissioned the SSN6, the missiles were sold to North Korea, which adapted them to carry a heavier payload, the newspaper's military affairs correspondent said.
In February, a German diplomat, citing his country's intelligence data, confirmed a German newspaper report that said Iran had purchased 18 disassembled BM-25s from North Korea.
Israel has been urging the international community to pressure Iran to halt its nuclear programme as well as its efforts to obtain long-range missiles.
Iran, the world's fourth largest producer of crude oil, says its nuclear programme is a peaceful project to provide electricity.
Israel is widely believed to have more than 200 nuclear warheads. It declines to comment on its atomic programme, saying only it will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East.
This probably explains why the Exchange Traded Funds for the countries in Europe are way down today with not other news or factor.
Intersting that Reuters didn't report the possible negative impact of Iran with ICBM's to be fitted with nuclear weapons on the Euro stock markets.
Possibly because rooters doesn't consider a declining stock market as a negative. Remember they're 1st cousin to the Commie News Network.
Maybe my memory is defective, but it sure seems that back in the 50's and 60's rooters was a credible news source.
"Maybe my memory is defective, but it sure seems that back in the 50's and 60's rooters was a credible news source."
I can remember my parents and Grandfather calling them Rooters and not being very positive.
"Possibly because rooters doesn't consider a declining stock market as a negative. Remember they're 1st cousin to the Commie News Network."
My Granddad had a great ability to spot communists, and he felt that Rooters was pro communist if not all commie.
Last but not least Rooters is basically impossible to find the true ownership. Shortly after 9/11 they banned the word terrorist from being used in any of their sanitized reports on the WOT. At that time the internet was stating a super Rich Opecker Prince, who lived in London, was the controlling owner of Rooters. He was the reason for the no terrorism tag being used with Islamofascist terrorism.
"Intersting that Reuters didn't report the possible negative impact of Iran with ICBM's to be fitted with nuclear weapons on the Euro stock markets."
Yep. Now within six to twelve months Iran can threaten Europe with nuclear annihalation for big money blackmail.
Don't pay much attention to the teasing, and of course, never give up. As with many ignorant western Europeans, many in the USA avoid history study and news of war.
Think of the behavior of hooligans with too much beer in them, singing "Rule Britannia." Although members of US trash culture reject the mere, general thought of "empire," they don't want to be bothered to move away from their television celebrities. From either group, we won't hear much more than slogans and "sound bites."
"Yep. Now within six to twelve months Iran can threaten Europe with nuclear annihalation for big money blackmail."
Then the elections in those Euro countries and their concessions to Islamotrash will be very interesting.
LOL well I have well wound you up haven't I.
Italy has troops in Iraq, Germany has troops in Afghanistan, France has quite a lot of combat experience from fighting a number of brush wars all over African Continent.
Just because some European countries did not concur with America on how to deal with Iraq does not mean that Europe is finished. Differing countries have differing national needs. Europe is not always wrong anymore than she is always right, but that also goes for America.
And my country is part of Europe and we have troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I even did a tour out there.
LOL thats ok I enjoy an old barney now and again
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