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Spy photos reveal 'secret launch site' for Iran's long-range missiles
Times Online ^ | 4/11/08 | Michael Evans

Posted on 04/10/2008 5:48:18 PM PDT by parisa

The secret site where Iran is suspected of developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe has been uncovered by new satellite photographs.

The imagery has pinpointed the facility from where the Iranians launched their Kavoshgar 1 “research rocket” on February 4, claiming that it was in connection with their space programme.

Analysis of the photographs taken by the Digital Globe QuickBird satellite four days after the launch has revealed a number of intriguing features that indicate to experts that it is the same site where Iran is focusing its efforts on developing a ballistic missile with a range of about 6,000km (4,000 miles).

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: geopolitics; iran; missiledefense; proliferation; wot
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To: Michael.SF.

I haven’t heard that rumor. Negotiations with whom?


101 posted on 04/12/2008 1:07:51 PM PDT by parisa
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To: parisa

bttt


102 posted on 04/12/2008 2:48:49 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: huldah1776
the Mideast is always mentioned in the Bible, the US on the other hand, is not

True, but the attack on the World Trade Center and its aftermath made me recall Rev. 18:2-19.

103 posted on 04/13/2008 7:07:41 AM PDT by berserker
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To: berserker

I too thought this meant NYC, since I was born in the Bronx and visited many times. But, Babylon is defined in chapter 17.


104 posted on 04/13/2008 8:18:35 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Worthy is the Lamb)
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To: parisa

why does it still exist? Even if it were only discovered right before this message was posted it should have been incinerated before there were more than twelve messages.


105 posted on 04/13/2008 5:02:53 PM PDT by Schwaeky (The Republic--Shall be reorganized into the first American EMPIRE, for a safe and secure Society!)
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To: Allegra

Arifjan.. BTW I was smoking Sheesha at the airport.. and I read the next day in the news I drove from Airport to Home... The Storm was Right behind me on Route 50..... I saw all the Damage the next day driving to church saying this is strange... then I read in the arab Time while at the Same time 10 Police crusers are rollin past me on 7th ring road and I find Out The arrested a couple of ex Memebrs of Parliament that were holding Illegal Tribal elections... what a DaY I was in the Middle of it..


106 posted on 04/13/2008 7:24:58 PM PDT by philly-d-kidder (From Kuwait where the Weather is always Partly Sandy!)
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