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Iran Threatens Gulf States Blitz If US Hits Nuclear Plants
The Sunday Times ^ | June 10, 2007 | Michael Smith

Posted on 06/10/2007 7:28:15 AM PDT by Fennie

IRAN has threatened to launch a missile blitz against the Gulf states and plunge the entire Middle East into war if America attacks its nuclear facilities. Admiral Ali Shamkhani, a senior defence adviser to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned that Gulf states providing the US with military cooperation would be the key targets of a barrage of ballistic missiles. Shamkhani told the US journal Defense News that missiles would be launched not only at US military bases but also at strategic targets such as oil refineries and power stations. Shamkhani, a former Iranian defence minister, accused the Gulf states of "helping the US establish legitimacy for its anticipated aggression against Iran". Shamkhani is the head of Iran's Centre for Strategic Studies, a think tank made up of former foreign, defence and interior ministers that advises the supreme leader...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gulfstates; iran; letsroll; military; unitedstates
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1 posted on 06/10/2007 7:28:20 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie
Iran has threatened to launch a missile blitz against the Gulf states and plunge the entire Middle East into war if America attacks its nuclear facilities.

That,Abdul,gives us a very strong incentive to hit more than just your nukes,doesn't it!

2 posted on 06/10/2007 7:30:20 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
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To: Fennie
"IRAN has threatened to launch a missile blitz against the Gulf states and plunge the entire Middle East into war if America attacks its nuclear facilities."

I think he means Israel.

3 posted on 06/10/2007 7:32:23 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (I Relieve Myself In Islam's General Direction While I Deny Global Warming.)
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To: Fennie

Let those carpet kissing goat herders sign their own death warrant. This is all the more reason to raze that country.


4 posted on 06/10/2007 7:32:26 AM PDT by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: Fennie

It’s a shame we didn’t take Iran down earlier, like say, three years ago, when this first came up. The longer we wait, the more arms they stockpile, and the more bloody our conflict will be. Where are you, Mr President?


5 posted on 06/10/2007 7:32:30 AM PDT by jim35 ("...when the lion and the lamb lie down together, ...we'd better damn sure be the lion")
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I hate to say it, but this is by far Iran’s strongest deterrent- and it’s a big one.

There’s a certain Saudi refinery- I forget which one- which is one of the most heavily guarded places on earth since it’s widely known that if terrorists took it out it would cripple Saudi oil production- apparently Saudi oil needs some kind of special treatment before shipping.

A refinery like that would be a model target for medium range missiles like Iran has.


6 posted on 06/10/2007 7:41:22 AM PDT by MittFan08 (Anybody but McCain)
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To: stm

Your not being very PC with those kinds of words describing those nice people. Even though they are a bunch of goat f’ers.


7 posted on 06/10/2007 7:42:10 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: Fennie

If the rest of the Middle East is smart. (No they arent ,unfortunately) They would realise that Iran is not their fiend, and join to see that a new regime replaces the current one. Unfortunately they see the US as the problem,when they are their own worst enemies.


8 posted on 06/10/2007 7:43:04 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (I'm gonna vote for Fred. John Bolton for VP.)
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To: SJackson; jveritas; FARS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; knighthawk; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; Steel Wolf; ...

Sturm und Drang - more Iranian threats ping.


9 posted on 06/10/2007 7:47:31 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Al Qaeda knows Iraq's strategic value, yet the Democrats work day and night for our defeat there.)
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To: jim35
It’s a shame we didn’t take Iran down earlier, like say, three years ago, when this first came up. The longer we wait, the more arms they stockpile, and the more bloody our conflict will be. Where are you, Mr President?

You are correct.

We have waited far too long. Letting the Europeans waste time engaging in endless political prattle with the Iranians --- the same Europeans who were then openly mocked by the Iranians for their naivete --- was foolish on our part.

10 posted on 06/10/2007 8:06:14 AM PDT by snowsislander
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wouldn’t Iran just love to have an excuse to damage the oil producing capacity of its neighbors, and be the sole oil producing state in the ME for a while?
I wonder how their neighbors would take it.


11 posted on 06/10/2007 8:08:39 AM PDT by Mom MD (The scorn of fools is music to the ears of the wise)
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This is gong to happen at some point, let’s just get it on now.


12 posted on 06/10/2007 8:10:22 AM PDT by freebird5850
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To: stm

I say make a beech out of the entire country.


13 posted on 06/10/2007 8:10:49 AM PDT by gulfcoast6
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To: freebird5850

I’m all for that, but if we do hit Iran, it will be fairly limited.

Iran and Russia will lead the coalition that will soon attack Israel, and this cannot happen if they are destroyed. If we do do anything, it will just be a flesh wound, unfortunately.


14 posted on 06/10/2007 8:14:37 AM PDT by Mom MD (The scorn of fools is music to the ears of the wise)
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To: gulfcoast6

“I say make a beech out of the entire country.”

It could be called “Sonova Beech”.


15 posted on 06/10/2007 8:17:11 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: Fennie

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=4275


16 posted on 06/10/2007 8:37:10 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie

Paranoia on the state level.


17 posted on 06/10/2007 8:41:26 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: gulfcoast6

“I say make a beech out of the entire country.”
You want to turn them into a tree?


18 posted on 06/10/2007 8:57:25 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Fennie
“The objective would be to overwhelm US missile defence systems with dozens and maybe hundreds of missiles fired simultaneously at specific targets.”

This is likely their first strike strategy as well as a "defensive" strategy. Odd that the press isn't concerned in the least with this threat to destroy countries that have not done anything except pursue their own, independent foreign policies. At the same time, Bush's failure to use the proper honorific in replying to the Pope is headline news.

19 posted on 06/10/2007 9:21:11 AM PDT by JimSEA
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It may be tough to take on Iran because of the oil situation, but we can hold Jimmy Carter responsible for the murder death and misery he caused tomorrow. And that wouldn’t hurt anything now would it?
20 posted on 06/10/2007 9:23:38 AM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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