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Come March, We'll see whats really good with Iran

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nibs:

--- Quote from: virtuoso on January 29, 2006, 01:48:03 PM ---This is once again a move by the maniacal corporations to have complete control over the middle easts oil reserves. The wealth of oil that Iran has is simply incredible. That they are prepared to slaughter hundreds of thousands of people again to further their goals should come as no surprise.
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amusingly, people talk about the need for "energy independence" and the development of alternative energy sources to free the u.s. from the whims of tyrranical islamist dictators.  true alternative energy could potentially free the u.s. govt from the clutches and interests of big oil at home.  almost ironic.


--- Quote ---I have read that since 1991 half of all soldiers are now on the disabled list, over here we had the gulf war syndrome crap I would bet anything that was attributed to the chemical weapons that they were using against the Iraqis and DU.
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i think it was that control room documentary that showed little kids collecting scrap metal, from destroyed tanks and military vehicles, in order to sell and make money.  unknowingly dealing with radioactive materials contaminated from depleted uranium.


--- Quote ---I am just lost for words, how no one in the U.S was impeached over the use of phosphorous weapons in Fallujah or as those u.s minions would call "shake and bake".
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yeah, white phosphorous was a story for a short second in the run up to the presidential election, and really hasn't been mentioned since.  the effect on the iraqi people simply isn't covered by the u.s. media.  the effects on the u.s. soldiers is only barely covered.

virtuoso:

I have a friend who joined the army about 18 months, when I asked him if he aware of the effects of Depleted Uranium, surprisingly he said he was and when i asked him what drew his attention to that he made reference to a friend of his who is part of the tank personnel and was told in no uncertain terms if you drop a tank shell run like hell because the DU could escape. I then asked him since you know this how the hell could you expose yourself to such danger and he just shrugs his shoulders and says we are fighting for peace and by the point I just couldn't muster a response.

nibs:

--- Quote from: Kassem on January 29, 2006, 10:58:26 AM ---iran isn't that weak .there shehab missle can fuck up all us soldiers in iraq afganistan and it can reach isreal

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iran apparently has alot of confidence in those missiles:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1697505,00.html#article_continue
Senior Iranian officials further raised tensions with the West yesterday, implicitly warning that Tehran would use missiles to strike Israel or Western forces stationed in the Gulf if attacked.

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For the moment, Iran's most powerful weapon is the Shahab-3 missile, which can strike more than 2,000km from their launch site, putting Israel and American forces in the Middle East in easy range. The Revolutionary Guard was equipped with the missiles in July 2003.

'We are producing these missiles and don't need foreign technology for that,' Safavi said pointedly in his speech to the nation. Iran announced last year that it had developed solid-fuel technology for missiles, a major breakthrough that increases their accuracy.

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