"Cap-ee-tan A-mad-jihad, shall we
close the straits as the prophet,
peas be upon him,
has taught us?"
Posted on 08/16/2006 2:49:05 PM PDT by freedom44
Tehran, Iran, Aug. 16 – Iran will launch a new round of war-games later this week, putting on display new Iranian-make armaments, a top military commander announced on Wednesday.
The military exercises involving land and air combat forces will begin Saturday in several border provinces where anti-government protests have been most rampant.
“We must show the enemies the Islamic Republic’s military capability”, the deputy commander of the regular armed forces, Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani, told reporters.
Ashtiani said that the manoeuvres, code-named “Zolfaghar”, will be in support the policies of the government and in particular the Foreign Ministry, a possible reference to the military’s backing for the theocratic state’s nuclear program.
He specifically mentioned the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan, Khorassan, Kurdistan, and Sistan-va-Baluchestan as regions where the manoeuvres will take place.
Among items which will be put on display in the military drills are armour-piercing bullets manufactured by the Defence Industries Organisation, affiliated to the Ministry of Defence, he said.
Ashtiani said that the armed forces were “ready to thwart” all “plots” against the Islamic Republic, adding that no army in the world could match Iran’s regular armed forces, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and its affiliated organs.
Iran has a dual military system with a regular armed forces as well as the IRGC. Both report directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Hope they are all in one place when we drop the big one.
...so that our's & (hopefully) Israel's forces know how to swat, smack & pummel 'em into hot pig iron.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...had more realistic war games when I was nine and we had "fort wars" with dirt clods in the forest down from my house....
Iranians, putting on the dog and pony show for those they keep captive in their petty little tyranny...
Aug 22 approaches. Tick, Tick,.....Tick
If the U.S. would just pull out of Iraq... think how easy we could make things for Iran, Syria, Hezbollah.... This stuff is scary.
less than 7 days to Aug 22
Zolfaghar was the sword of Ali ibn Abu Talib. When is it schedule to begin, 27 Rajab??
Yeah, this weekend...Sunday is the 20th. Kind of coincidental that their war games are so close to the 22nd, and they intend to “show the enemies the Islamic Republic’s military capability.”
It seems that Iran wants a war, because they think the time is right, that America will not fight it to win, that America will be "restrained" by both left wing democrats and the MSM. I can only hope and pray that if war is in the offing, America will fight it to win unconditionally.
Would they be this obvious???
Among items which will be put on display in the military drills are armour-piercing bullets manufactured by the Defence Industries Organisation, affiliated to the Ministry of Defence, he said.
Ahmadinejad wants war. Here's some good reading about Aug 22nd (the day he's supposed to let the UN know about his plans) and it's significance.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682392/posts
Tensions build with the West? Have I missed a meeting?
He is supposed to deliver his reply to the UN on 8/22. Why does my mind keep replaying the scene from "Pearl Harbor" (the original movie) when the Japanese were in their embassy, slowly decoding the cable from Tokyo while the planes attacked Pearl?
the perfect time for us to attack...
Let's get this over with already.
What are we waiting for ? It's only going to get worse.
I am not sure what their schedule is...but...it could be posted as an upcoming event at the laugh stop here in Houston.
They met the standard of comedy with "The no army can match..." phrase..."those that bark the loudest, fear the most..."
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