Posted on 06/27/2020 8:47:15 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion that rattled Iran’s capital came from an area in its eastern mountains that analysts believe hides an underground tunnel system and missile production sites, satellite photographs showed Saturday.
What exploded in the incident early Friday that sent a massive fireball into the sky near Tehran remains unclear, as does the cause of the blast.
The unusual response of the Iranian government in the aftermath of the explosion, however, underscores the sensitive nature of an area near where international inspectors believe the Islamic Republic conducted high-explosive tests two decades ago for nuclear weapon triggers.
The blast shook homes, rattled windows and lit up the horizon early Friday in the Alborz Mountains. State TV later aired a segment from what it described as the site of the blast.
One of its journalists stood in front of what appeared to be large, blackened gas cylinders, though the camera remained tightly focused and did not show anything else around the site. Defense Ministry spokesman Davood Abdi blamed the blast on a leaking gas he did not identify and said no one was killed in the explosion.
Abdi described the site as a “public area,” raising the question of why military officials and not civilian firefighters would be in charge. The state TV report did not answer that.
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Another mysterious happening in Iran. Hmm..
Wasn’t there a “coincidental” finding of radioisotopes just the other day?
Headline? The blast was struck by a site?
LOL, that’s why I mentioned it in my #1.
Makes no sense.
Great title by our very literate media /s
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I read it 4 or 5 times and it still didn’t make sense. I thought maybe because I’ve been up all night.
Makes no sense.
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That was AP’s intention...to mislead and confuse.
The Israeli Air Force circling overhead confirmed it was just a gas explosion. :)
Ah, yes. Billy Sol Hurok and Big Jim McBob.
Here’s the guy who wrote it. I think he needs some continuing education courses.
https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/mjf/about/spotlight/gambrell-jon/index.html
It was the Kung Flu. The Mountain wasn’t wearing a Face Mask.
No wonder I read it four times and still couldn’t understand it.
I think it is supposed to read, “Iran site struck by missle”
I think it is supposed to read, “Iran site struck by suspected missle”
Congressional junket visit by Jerry Nadler and Nancy Pelosi. And a little too much fluid on the charcoal grill as in National Lampoon Vacation. Hot stuff.
Wow, looks like instant crater lake in that satellite image.
I thought it should read:
“Suspected Iranian missile site hit by explosion.”
I thought it should read:
“Suspected Iranian missile site hit by explosion.”
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