Posted on 12/06/2021 7:04:36 AM PST by billorites
All anyone can say with any certainty is that something very strange happened near the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear facility at Natanz this past Saturday evening. Disturbances at Natanz have become somewhat commonplace recently, with a major fire in July 2020, followed by an explosion in April 2021 that cut off power to the facility. Both of these episodes appeared to be deliberate sabotage designed to set back Iran’s nuclear program, either by Israel or another of Iran’s neighbors who has a much clearer view of what a nuclear Iran would mean for their region. Whatever went down Saturday night about twelve miles from the enrichment plant is far murkier, and may signal that we are entering a new and even more dangerously unstable phase of the Islamic Republic’s long pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
Strange indicators:
The first abnormality was a dramatic flash of light following some sort of explosion, which set off nervous Internet chatter that it might have been a nuclear test. That does not appear to be accurate. Other explanations include a non-nuclear offensive electromagnetic pulse or a routine test of a new Iranian missile-defense system. The missile-defense test was only one of a shifting series of official Iranian accounts, which suggests that the regime doesn’t have any more idea of what actually happened than the rest of us. Other explanations included the detonation of an attacking drone, which would suggest an attack had been foiled. Finally, after the explosion, there were reports that the nearby villages of Shoja Abad and Ahmand Abad had been evacuated, which would not be normal after a routine missile-defense test — after all, if this had been planned and there was potential danger to nearby civilians, you would evacuate them before the test.
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God bless the Mossad.
Ms. Coates obviously does not understand how the mullahs govern in Iran.
Ping.
Just Mossad wishing the Iranians “Happy Hanukkah”.
It blowed up real good paw!
Could have been a meteorite exploding in the atmosphere for all we know ...
bkmk
Anyone with experience with the people of the Middle East would be surprised that there aren’t more accidents. Attention to detail and caution are not strong suits there. Hence all the idiots blowing themselves up.
If things blow up, it’s Allah’s will. What is the point of being careful?
And better yet. They rely on Allah to guide their bullets. I wish the VC and NVA had done that.
[snip] The missile-defense test was only one of a shifting series of official Iranian accounts, which suggests that the regime doesn’t have any more idea of what actually happened than the rest of us. Other explanations included the detonation of an attacking drone, which would suggest an attack had been foiled. Finally, after the explosion, there were reports that the nearby villages of Shoja Abad and Ahmand Abad had been evacuated, which would not be normal after a routine missile-defense test — after all, if this had been planned and there was potential danger to nearby civilians, you would evacuate them before the test. [/snip]
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