K Miller wrote:

Life is going to be a '*****' for the Iranian President when he has
to "Cow Tow" to the United Nations for assistance in helping those
in the Northern Region of Iran that has just suffered 3 Substantial
Major earthquakes.

But, Israel will still have to see a threat as a "Threat".

I still see April 5 as Dooms Day.

;-)

It will come like a thief in the night, Kim !

It will come like a thief in the night !

& very few will be prepared for the coming hell, woken from
their materialistic slumber like a rude awakening.....

This is definately the year, 2006, when the sh!t hits the fan
& the Fat Lady bellows !

The best case scenario, if Israel were to delay it's impending,
imminent,
pre-emptive strike on Iran would give us only a few weeks to a few
months
-- at the very most !!

In the words of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry:

"I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking, did he fire six
shots or only five? Well to tell you the truth, I forgot myself in all
this excitement. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful
handgun in the world and will blow your head clean off, you've got to
ask yourself a question: do I feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?"

HOOROO

UNCLE WALLY

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Last update - 12:57 01/04/2006

News of successful Iranian missile test worries Israel, U.S.

By News Agencies

Iran successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and

hit

several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads, the

military

said Friday, a development which raised eyebrows among officials

in

Washington and Jerusalem.

The Fajr-3, which means "Victory" in Farsi, can reach Israel and

U.S.

bases in the Middle East, state Iranian media indicated - causing

alarm

in the United States and Israel. Friday's announcement also is

likely

to stoke regional tensions and feed suspicion about Tehran's

military

intentions and nuclear ambitions.

"I think it demonstrates that Iran has a very active and

aggressive

military program under way," U.S. State Department deputy

spokesman

Adam Ereli said in Washington. "I think Iran's military posture,
military development effort, is of concern to the international
community.

Israel said it too was alarmed by the missile report.

"This news causes much concern," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark

Regev

said. Gen. Hossein Salami, the air force chief of Iran's elite
Revolutionary Guards, did not specify the missile's range, saying

it

depends on the weight of its warheads.

But state-run television described the weapon as "ballistic" -
suggesting it's of comparable range to Iran's existing ballistic
rocket, which can travel over 2,000 kilometers (about 1,200 miles)

and

reach arch-foe Israel and U.S. bases in Iraq and the Persian Gulf
region.

"Today, a remarkable goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran's

defense

forces was realized with the successful test-firing of a new

missile

with greater technical and tactical capabilities than those

previously

produced," Salami said on television, which showed a brief clip of

the

missile's launch.

"It can avoid anti-missile missiles and strike the target," Salami
said. He said the missile would carry a multiple warhead, and each
warhead would be capable of hitting its target precisely.

"This news causes much concern, and that concern is shared by many
countries in the international community, about Iran's aggressive
nuclear weapons program and her parallel efforts to develop

delivery

systems, both in the field of ballistic missiles and cruise

missiles,"

said Regev.

"The combination of extremist jihadist ideology, together with

nuclear

weapons and delivery systems, is a combination that no one in the
international community can be complacent about," he said.

Yossi Alpher, an Israeli consultant on the Mideast peace process,

said

the news "escalates the arms race between Iran and all those who

are

concerned about Iran's aggressive intentions and nuclear

potential."

"Clearly it's escalation, and also an attempt by Iran to flex its
muscles as it goes into a new phase of the diplomatic struggle

with the

UN Security Council." Andy Oppenheimer, a weapons expert at Jane's
Information Group, said the missile test could be an indication

that

Iran has MIRV capability. MIRV refers to multiple independently
targetable re-entry vehicles, which are intercontinental ballistic
missiles with several warheads, each of which could hit a

different

target.

"From the description, it could be a MIRV. If you are saying that

from

a single missile, separate warheads can be independently targeted

then

yes, this is significant," he said.

"But we don't know how accurate the Iranians are able to make

their

missiles yet, and this is a crucial point," Oppenheimer said.

"If the missile is adaptable for nuclear warheads, then they are

well

on the way," he added. "But they have not made a nuclear warhead

yet.

The current estimates are it could take five years."

The existing ballistic rocket is called Shahab-3, which means

"shooting

star," and also is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

Israel and the United States have jointly developed the Arrow
anti-ballistic missile system in response to the Shahab-3.

Iran launched an arms development program during its 1980-88 war

with

Iraq to compensate for a U.S. weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran

has

produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and a
fighter plane.

Last year, former Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said Tehran had
successfully tested a solid fuel motor for the Shahab-3, a
technological breakthrough in Iran's military.

Salami, the Revolutionary Guards general, said Friday the

Iranian-made

missile was test-fired as large military maneuvers began in the

Persian

Gulf and the Arabian Sea. The maneuvers are scheduled to last a

week

and will involve 17,000 Revolutionary Guards as well as boats,

fighter

jets and helicopter gunships.

The tests come amid growing concern over Iran's nuclear program.

The

United States and its allies believe Iran is seeking to develop

nuclear

weapons, but Tehran denies that, saying its program is for

generating

electricity.

The UN Security Council is demanding that Iran halt its uranium
enrichment activities. But an Iranian envoy said its activities

are

"not reversible."

Iran says won't use oil as weapon in nuclear row
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Teheran would not

use

oil as a weapon in the row over its nuclear program and was open

to

compromise, comments that caused the price of oil to plummet.

Mottaki stressed Iran would not give up its right to develop

nuclear

energy for civilian use, which he said was enshrined in the

nuclear

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

"We're not going to use energy as a political leverage," Mottaki

told

reporters in Geneva during a two-day visit.

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