SAMXXV

Not everyone who went to a public school is an idiot :O :ok:

SAM

What are you talking about?
What has this to do with the subject?
Why are you still posting after promising not to?

Why should a civilian not be paid extra for serving in a war zone? All private guys expect extra for dodgy places, so why not public?

@uck me !!!

The guy at Pravda.ru makes SAM look almost sane.

time to bring this thread back to life again as the Iranians have finally come up with an explanation for the november explosion

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn

TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that the last November blast at an IRGC center in the vicinity of Tehran took place as the center was conducting research on solid fuel for satellite carries.
The November 12 blast at the IRGC center in the village of Bidgoneh, in the vicinity of Malard in the Northern Alborz province, some 40 kilometers to the West of the capital, killed 17 people including General Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, known as the father of the Islamic Republic missile technology.
Answering a question about the impact of the blast on the IRGC missile projects and capability, the IRGC commander said, "It was just a part of our missile research program that was hit by the accident. The accident could only delay our research for 6 months and now the program is back on."
"What was done in there pertained to solid fuel for satellite carriers and not defensive (military) missiles," Jafari added.
Following the blast, a series of the news reports in the Western media tried to link Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, to the November 12 blast.
Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi rejected the western media reports on Israel or US involvement in the blast.
Firouzabadi also said that Iran's missile projects have remained unaffected

james, thank you.

Often seems better to attribute accidents to error than malfeasance, unless the evidence leads one to the latter line of inquiry. :ok:

Sam, nobody wants a war. The region has enough issues as it is.

Here we go again:

https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/im...SxupnumLKe2AlQ

Glojo

I was thinking exactly the same thing.


SAM
Re "By the rhetoric being postulated by the Israeli PM in the past 72 hours, I would say that a joint Israeli/US supported strike is imminent....."


I am tempted to put some more money up against that statement if you care for another wager ?

Do you care to define "imminent" ?
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SAM:

More noise, no substance.

Please give it a rest.

SAM

I'll wager the equivalent of $20 - $50 (you choose) that no strike by a combined Israeli / US force will occur before the end of September - Midnight on 30th.

Money to charity of choice which for me will be one that support UK troops
either here in Aus or the UK.

this from the Jerusalem Post Expert: US rejection of red line... JPost - Iranian Threat - News would rather suggest theres too much of a gap between Israel and the O'bama administration for a combined attack to happen at present.
However of course it could be part of an elaborate plot to give the USA plausible deniability in the event of a raid.
SAM - what sort of timescale were you thinking of? "Imminent" is one of those variable terms that means different things to different people. I think most others assume you mean the next couple of weeks - is that your intention?

Strange post on the FARS website today, basically another dose of posturing
Fars News Agency :: Iranian Army Warns Enemy of All-Inclusive, Crushing Response to Aggression

But why the emphasis on 21st September and their "Sacred Defence Week"?
Do you think they are trying to draw parallels between the timing of the attack by Iraq and any possible Israeli attack? SAM - is that what you were thinking?

SAM
you don't want to take 500N's money then?

Once bitten, twice shy ?

I must admit it too a bit og goading to get him to bite last time !


Has he come back onto this thread since he threw the grenade in ?