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Iran warns of Gulf blitzkrieg, Hormuz closure
afp ^ | 7/5/08 | afp

Posted on 07/05/2008 8:01:09 PM PDT by Flavius

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's military chiefs warned on Saturday that the Islamic republic would shut down the Strait of Hormuz vital for oil exports and use "blitzkrieg tactics" in the Gulf if it came under attack.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: energy; geopolitics; iran; middleeast; nuclear; oil; proliferation; straitofhormuz
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1 posted on 07/05/2008 8:09:03 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius
Iran will get a blitzkrieg...... They really should pay more attention to their surroundings..... Idiots will get crush in a vice if they are dumb enough to try to shut down the straight
2 posted on 07/05/2008 8:11:04 PM PDT by Americanwolf (Don't Think a cop will help? Try calling a crack head next time......!! Thanks Thorin!)
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To: Flavius

The noisiest sons of bitches who ever lived.


3 posted on 07/05/2008 8:11:54 PM PDT by dighton
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To: dighton

Empty can making a lot of noise.


4 posted on 07/05/2008 8:13:00 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: dighton

Good grief, quit yapping and just man the hell up, let’s get this school yard fist fight over with.

I’m tired of all this spitting and flinching, just swing already!


5 posted on 07/05/2008 8:14:42 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: txflake; nuconvert

More gum flapping from the mullahs.


6 posted on 07/05/2008 8:15:50 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
That empty can is our gas tank. Little bees-Tard knows his big mouth is hurting us fiscally!

C'mon and slap moe back to satans stone age already!!

7 posted on 07/05/2008 8:16:39 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (I will stand with the Muslims ~B Hussein Obomber Verito Possumus~Verified Sleeper!)
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To: Flavius

As Teddy Roosevelt said, we should “Walk softly, and carry a big stick.”


8 posted on 07/05/2008 8:16:45 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: All

A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html


9 posted on 07/05/2008 8:17:06 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Americanwolf

Their neighbours are getting antsy over this kind of talk. There is a reason why Gulf states have been on a military spending spree for about two years; they don’t want these a$$holes killing their goose which lays golden eggs.


10 posted on 07/05/2008 8:18:23 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Good grief, quit yapping and just man the hell up, let’s get this school yard fist fight over with.

I’m tired of all this spitting and flinching, just swing already!

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11 posted on 07/05/2008 8:18:33 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Flavius

“and use “blitzkrieg tactics” in the Gulf if it came under attack”

surprising response from a bunch of yahoos who specialize in backward trench warfare... and running kids across minefields.

“Tactics used included trench warfare, manned machine-gun posts, bayonet charges, use of barbed wire across trenches and on no-mans land, human wave attacks and Iraq’s extensive use of chemical weapons (such as mustard gas) against Iranian troops and civilians as well as Iraqi Kurds.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq-iran_war


12 posted on 07/05/2008 8:19:29 PM PDT by 4buttons
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To: OldNavyVet

That sort of language would offend someone and we just cant have hurt feelings.

On the other point, it would be nice to know what 1 dollar increase, in the happy to oblige futures trading, equates to in term of realized daily income.

That is the transfer of real dollars from the Joe Public, that the final petro-dollars recipients of all this calamities get.


13 posted on 07/05/2008 8:20:37 PM PDT by Flavius (war gives peace its security)
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To: dighton

We have several Fleets (and associated missiles and aircraft) of ships and untold nuke subs in the area. Go for it. (please, please, oh, please). ;-)


14 posted on 07/05/2008 8:21:21 PM PDT by doc1019 (I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
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To: All
RECAP:

ISRAEL.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HOW MUCH SABRE RATTLING DOES IT TAKE..." (SNIPPET: "Now, where does Ahmadinejad sleep at night?") (June 29, 2008)

ISRAEL.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ISRAEL HAS A YEAR TO STOP IRAN BOMB, WARNS EX-SPY" (SNIPPET: "More like between right now and 20 January 2009.") (June 29, 2008)

15 posted on 07/05/2008 8:21:29 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: rawcatslyentist
That empty can is our gas tank. Little bees-Tard knows his big mouth is hurting us fiscally!

If for no other reason this is why we should drill know drill everywhere, build Nuclear plants and convert shale oil and coal now and waste no more time doing it.

16 posted on 07/05/2008 8:25:57 PM PDT by WHBates
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To: Flavius

Somehow I think when we beat these idiots to death in less than 100 hours, everyone will forget these YEARS of saber rattling...


17 posted on 07/05/2008 8:28:46 PM PDT by GunnyB (Once a Marine, Always a Marine)
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To: GunnyB

writing these letters has to be the greatest job security
i wonder how one gets gigs like that, kind of money for nothing


18 posted on 07/05/2008 8:31:18 PM PDT by Flavius (war gives peace its security)
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To: Americanwolf

What is it about “Shock and Awe” (Total combined military operations)do not they understand? US vs Iraq, 100 hours. Iraq vs Iran, 8 years and they loose.. Plus now the Gulf States and Saudi.. DUMB on their part... Bottom line.. They loose again, this time BIG time...


19 posted on 07/05/2008 8:34:06 PM PDT by ThomasPaine2000 (Peace without freedom is tyranny.)
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To: GunnyB

All we have to do is grow a set and get the job done. ;-)


20 posted on 07/05/2008 8:34:17 PM PDT by doc1019 (I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
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