[Boot Hill]

MAP TIME!

8   “The Saudi-owned newspaper said the terrorist leaders were living under tight protection, some of them in villas in the Namak Abrud region, near the town of Chalous on the Caspian coast, 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Tehran. Others are living in Lavizan, in the north-west of the capital, and which also houses a large military complex, it added.”

Namak Abrud:   Populated place, located within the red circle in the first map below.

Chalous:   Native name: Chalus, a populated place found on the map about 20 km east of Namak Abrud.

Lavizan:   A suburb of Tehran, located 13 km NNE of the center of Tehran. While Lavizan is not shown on the map below, it is located approximately at the top of the letter "T" in Tehran.

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[Dog]

Not a bit surprising that the AQ foot soldiers are dying in the trenches and their leaders are leading the good life in a Caspian Sea resort villa.

[jeffers]

Access to both Tehran and the Caspian.

Surprise, surprise.

A case of choice says the US has no comment.

[nuconvert]

If you remember, Lavizan came up in the news a couple of weeks ago. There were aerial photos (satellite photos?). It was one of the locations reported to have been bull-dozed over....one of the now-you-see-it, now-you-don't nuclear facilities.