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Iran Deploys Troops, Ballistic Missiles To Eritrea
The Cutting Edge ^
| December 8, 2008
Posted on 12/09/2008 10:40:57 AM PST by Fennie
Iranian ships and submarines have deployed an undisclosed number of Iranian troops and weapons at the Eritrean port town of Assab, according to opposition groups, foreign diplomats, and NGOs in the area.
The city of Assab sits at the Horn of Africa in the Arabian Sea. As such, Assab offers a strategic position as the world nervously eyes the precarious routes through which a seaborne oil traverses daily.
Local sources have reported that Iran recently sent soldiers and a large number of long-range and ballistic missiles. The military basing came after Iran signed an accord with Eritrea to revamp the Russian-built refinery used by the Eritrean Oil Company, also known as Assab Oil Company.
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:40:58 AM PST
by
Fennie
To: Fennie
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:43:16 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi mom IF DA BIRTH PLACE IS A LIE, BEING DA PRESIDENT AIN'T GONNA FLY!)
To: Fennie
Notice how much closer this places their reach to Mecca....hint, hint.
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:43:59 AM PST
by
rjp2005
(Lord have mercy on us)
To: Fennie
“and a large number of long-range and ballistic missiles” = a large number of targets already in the mission planning computers.
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:44:00 AM PST
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: Fennie
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:45:40 AM PST
by
unkus
To: txflake; nuconvert
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:45:45 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Fennie; All; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; tubebender; Marine_Uncle; BOBTHENAILER; ...
To: SJackson; tobyhill; Captain Ed; holdonnow
To: Fennie
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:52:09 AM PST
by
elpinta
(Insured by Walther, Glock, Smith & Wesson.)
To: Fennie
The only strategic point I see in that region is its close to a choke point where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden. Any missle layout would almost have to be long range since there are no targets nearby. Wonder how many anti-ship missiles they deployed.
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:53:23 AM PST
by
CougarGA7
(Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
To: Fennie
The military basing came after Iran signed an accord with Eritrea to revamp the Russian-built refinery used by the Eritrean Oil CompanyWell, if Eritrea allows Iran to do this... but I don't get it... the agreement was to revamp a refinery... why do you need to bring in the military base? Is Eritrea at war with someone and the refinery is vulnerable?
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:54:15 AM PST
by
John123
(The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
hmmmm...
The Horn of Africa .. one more twig on the bonfire to come
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:55:26 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed)
To: Fennie
We need to start immediate “talks!”
Maybe the EU can lead the way!
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:56:11 AM PST
by
Red6
To: Fennie; Cindy; Yehuda
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posted on
12/09/2008 10:57:27 AM PST
by
RaceBannon
(We have sown the wind, but we will reap the whirlwind. NObama. Not my president.)
To: Fennie
I just checked the CIA Factbook... apparently Eritrea and Ethiopia have some ongoing difficulties with the border... perhaps that’s it... or Iran is pushing it because they are a bunch of butt-heads and are trying to exacerbate the region to increase the price of oil again.
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posted on
12/09/2008 11:00:38 AM PST
by
John123
(The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
To: Fennie
To: CougarGA7
How about a sea lane to Israel
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posted on
12/09/2008 11:05:47 AM PST
by
kidd
(Obama: The triumph of hope over evidence)
To: Fennie
It begins....
Are they trying to control the Gulf of Aden AND the Persian Gulf? Are they surrounding the Arabian peninsula with missiles from all directions? Why Eritrea? That’s kinda strange...
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posted on
12/09/2008 11:18:40 AM PST
by
G8 Diplomat
(The Middle East: We put the OIL in TURMOIL!)
To: G8 Diplomat
Thats easy - it controls the sea lanes coming out of the Red Sea. They could interdict US assets moving through
the Suez Canal, shipping moving into/out of Eilat, West Coast of Saudi and the port of Aquba. They could place AA missiles there which would make Israeli flights over the area impossible (how they got to Entebbe for the raid).
This is a very provacative move.
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posted on
12/09/2008 11:27:31 AM PST
by
rahbert
To: G8 Diplomat
Iran now has a military presence on both sides of the Arabian peninsula -- on the Red Sea and on the "Persian" Gulf. The Saudis must be feeling the squeeze.
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posted on
12/09/2008 11:30:10 AM PST
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)
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