Middle East Meltdown

[Grumpmeister]

Israel will bomb the Iranian facilities leading to the Iranians retaliating and blowing the hell out of Israel and going head to head with the American fleet.

Dubya must be dancing in exctement, he could be going out with a bang.

Iran will strike Israel and the US navy in the Gulf if it is attacked over its nuclear programme, a senior Iranian official has warned.

"The first US shot on Iran would set the United States' vital interests in the world on fire," said Ali Shirazi, an aide to Iran's supreme leader.

"Tel Aviv and the US fleet in the Persian Gulf would be the targets that would be set on fire," he said.

Tehran denies Western claims that it is seeking to build a nuclear weapon.

It has repeatedly rejected demands to halt enriching uranium, which can be used as fuel for power plants or material for weapons if refined to a greater degree.

The European Union imposed new sanctions on Iran in June.

But it has offered a package of incentives to persuade Iran to suspend uranium enrichment.

Iran has said it is prepared to negotiate with major world powers, but insisted the talks must address Iran's nuclear rights.

No 'bullying'

Ali Shirazi is a cleric working as representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the naval unit of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards.

His comments come amid reports of possible US or Israeli plans to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.

"The Zionist regime is pressuring White House officials to attack Iran. If they commit such a stupidity, Tel Aviv and US shipping in the Persian Gulf will be Iran's first targets and they will be burned in Iran's crushing response," Mr Shirazi was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies.

"The Iranian nation will never accept bullying. The Iranian nation is a nation of believers which believes in jihad and martyrdom. No army in the world can confront it," he said.

Last week, the top US military officer said opening up a new front in the Middle East - after Iraq and Afghanistan - would be "extremely stressful" for US forces.

Adm Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was commenting on the likelihood of US or Israeli military action over Iran's nuclear programme.

President George W Bush has maintained that all options are on the table but that military action against Iran will not be his first choice.

[Darwins Selection]

".. blowing the hell out of Israel"

"..head to head with the American fleet"

"..going out with a bang"

You are Kenneth Horne and I claim my £5

[Grumpmeister]

Alright I admit it, I've been listening to Round the Horne and Beyond Our Ken on the BBC 7 website but those remarks were completely unintended.



It isnt my fault you have the kind of dirty mind that reads double ententres in my post 

[Nick]

 

What is the Middle East coming to?







































BANG

[Grumpmeister]

And now Iran is testing missiles. Including one with enough range to hit Israel having declared they arent afraid of an air strike. 

[Uncle Mort]

I notice it can reach Cyprus as well. 

[Snoopy]

I notice it can reach Cyprus as well. 

Not a problem ~ The servers that hold our deathless prose and endless meanderings are a loooooooooooong way from Cyprus 











Be a shame 'bout BM tho'

[Grumpmeister]

Easy solution there, give cyprus a couple of missiles with enough range to hit Iran and fill them with BM's home brew. That would do far more damage.

[Uncle Mort]

Surely BM's home brew is the fuel ~ stick Nick in the warhead.

[Grumpmeister]

An intercontimental ballistnick missile?







That isnt a weapon of mass destruction, thats a weapon of planetary armegeddon 

[Snoopy]

Let us not forget that Mrs Nick is heading out thataways shortly. One glance as she flies over Cyprus and they'll be in a ice age. She'll quell the Arabs with a whithering look I suspect.

Keep Nick in reserve for the really big one ................. Number Ten!

[Barman]

 

[Nick]

Mrs Nick is heading for North Africa. Look at a map!

Even I had to explain to her where Libya is 

[Snoopy]

Maps I understand ~ Air journeys however pay little heed as they must follow flight routes that often do not agree with the obvious but take account of air traffic requirements, permissions for various airlines to over fly certain areas and in some cases whole countries, not forgetting of course fuelling and other transit stops.

[Nick]

http://www.welt-atlas.de/datenbank/karten/karte-4-634.gif

That would be some detour from Heathrow!