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04 Apr 2006 12:09:26 AM |
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WORLD WAR III NEWS, Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 AD............. |
http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/060403180818.17wmqgi9.html
Iran flexes military muscle amid nuclear standoff
Apr 03 2:09 PM US/Eastern
Iran test-fired what it described as a highly destructive torpedo in
war games in the Gulf, warning the West not to "play with fire" at a
time of mounting tensions over its nuclear program.
The spokesman for the week-long maneuvers, Rear Admiral Mohammad
Ebrahim Dehqani said on state television the torpedo was "a serious
threat for the warships. It can strike the submarines deep in the sea
and break them in half."
He added the torpedo, developed by the Islamic republic's elite
ideological army, the Revolutionary Guards, "has been developed by
domestic experts and has reached mass production."
The maneuvers, which Iran says were planned long before, coincides with
a critical phase in the dispute over its nuclear ambitions, which the
United States alleges is cover for a weapons program.
Tehran denies the charges and officials said the success of the war
games showed that the Islamic republic would never back down in the
atomic standoff.
"After weeks of psychological warfare (over the nuclear issue), they
(the West) expected that we back down and give up our rights," the head
of Iran's Islamist militia, the Basij, General Mohammad Hejazi said on
state television.
"Not only we did not do that, but we showed our capabilities by these
maneuvers," he boasted.
"The security of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea is everybody's interest;
our economic interests depend on the Persian Gulf as the world energy
supply depends on this region," Hejazi said.
But he added that "if the region is not to be safe, the ones
responsible for it will pay a high price... The enemies must know they
should not be playing with fire."
Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday "the Iranian
nation and government are determined to use their rights to nuclear
technology", the official IRNA news agency reported.
On the maneuvers' first day, Friday, Iran said it had tested a new
missile, which can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously
using multiple warheads.
A high-speed underwater missile capable of destroying large warships
and submarines was successfully launched at the weekend.
Dehqani said more missiles would be test-fired within days and that
Iranians would have "important news that will make them proud", without
specifying what type of missiles would be launched.
"One of the messages of the war games for the enemies is that if they
slightly violate the Islamic republic's interests in the Persian Gulf,
we will firmly confront them," Dehqani was quoted as saying.
"These maneuvers have worried the American and British forces in the
region and they are on alert," he added.
A vital corridor for the world's oil supplies, the Gulf is where the US
Navy's 5th Fleet is based, in the Gulf state of Bahrain.
Iran already has medium-range Shahab-3 missiles with the capability of
2,000 kilometers (1,280 miles), able of hitting arch-enemy Israel and
US bases across the Middle East.
Iran regularly carries out war games and the officials say the one
currently held in the southern waters had been planned long ago.
Iran holds the northern side of the Straits of Hormuz, the narrow neck
in the Gulf through which two fifths of the world's traded oil passes.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States remained
committed to pursuing a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear crisis
but refused to rule out military action if Iran refuses to bow to
international pressure.
The UN Security Council late Wednesday unanimously approved a
non-binding statement giving Iran 30 days to abandon sensitive uranium
enrichment activities -- which Iran promptly refused to comply with.
Thousands of Iranian troops are conducting the war games, which involve
the Revolutionary Guards Corps navy and air force, Iran's regular army
and navy, the volunteer Basij militia, and the Iranian police.
They kicked off last Friday and are due to run until Thursday.
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