Posted on 02/22/2012 2:32:35 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Iran announced Monday it had deployed warplanes and missiles in an ‘exercise' to protect its nuclear sites from attack.
Tehran also warned it could cut oil exports to more European Union nations unless sanctions were lifted. On Sunday, Iran cut oil sales to Britain and France.
French foreign minister Alain Juppe responded by mocking Iran, saying Tehran's threats "made one smile." He added that Iran was "very creative" in its attempts to "provoke" its fellow nations.
The European Union had already voted to halt imports of Iranian crude oil as of 1 July 2001. The EU has also imposed heavy sanctions on Iran's Central Bank.
EU sanctions closely mirror those imposed by the United States and are intended to force Iran to abandon its nuclear program, which is widely suspected of seeking nuclear weapons.
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Islamic wedding ceromony? Sorry, couldn't resist.
“Just what happened to those 30,00 shoulder fire missiles that disappeared in Lybia?”
Missiles? Those were spare parts for the baby milk factory.
I agree. The truck convoy they used to move their planes was very impressive and gives me pause.
A cruise missile will smoke by one of those things like its sitting at a red light changing a flat tire. It’s widely reported are we have 300-400 in the bullpen waiting in region.
It’s Israeli Jets and spotter planes I more worry for.
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Anyone know if a phalanx can take out an incoming cruise??
One of the main reasons the brutal Tehran Shi’ite dictatorship can continue issuing threats against Israel and the termination of crude oil shipments to various E.U. member states, is the continued nuclear technology and numerous weapons systems coming from Putin’s Russia, the same Russia supporting Iran’s ally, Assad’s Syria.
Putin’s Kremlin has created an extremely dangerous situation for the Mid-East region and the whole world in economic terms, by the Russians being the prime enabler of 7th century-minded (or lack of) butchers hell bent for mass genocide against Israel, then the West.
I bet they just photoshopped those planes to the nuke sites.
That will leave Bandar Shapur un guarded
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