How Iran will fight back

[LibertyorDeath]

TEHRAN - The United States and Israel may be contemplating military operations against Iran, as per recent media reports, yet Iran is not wasting any time in preparing its own counter-operations in the event an attack materializes.

Chronologically speaking, Iran produced the 50-kilometer-range Oghab artillery rocket in 1985, and developed the 120km- and 160km-range Mushak artillery rockets in 1986-87 and 1988 respectively. Iran began assembling Scud-Bs in 1988, and North Korean technical advisers in Iran converted a missile maintenance facility for missile manufacture in 1991. It does not seem, however, that Iran has embarked on Scud production. Instead, Iran has sought to build Shahab-3 and Shahab-4, having ranges of 1,300km with a 1,600-pound warhead, and 200km with a 220-pound warhead, respectively; the Shahab-3 was test-launched in July 1998 and may soon be upgraded to more than 2,000km, thus capable of reaching the middle of Europe.

Henceforth, any US attack on Iran will likely be met first and foremost by missile counter-attacks engulfing the southern Persian Gulf states playing host to US forces, as well as any other country, e.g., Azerbaijan, Iraq or Turkey, allowing their territory or airspace to be used against Iran. The rationale for this strategy is precisely to pre-warn Iran's neighbors of the dire consequences, with potential debilitating impacts on their economies for a long time, should they become accomplices of foreign invaders of Iran.

more http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/121704_iran_fight.shtml

[acmavm]

1. Yeah, but all this won't stop the neocons from cranking out the "we're

bringing freedom to the Iranian people. They'll throw flowers at our soldiers and they will sing songs about us for a thousand years" crap all over again.

I often wonder if they'll replay the "the Iranian people will be thrilled when we liberate them from a tyrannical government" hype as well.

[eauclaireliberal]

2. An American invasion of Iran would be a winner for Bush

...because unlike Iraq, Iran DOES HAVE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION...and fundamentalist lunatics at the helm, too.

[LibertyorDeath]

3. An American invasion of Iran will be a complete & utter failure

it will by comparison make Iraq look like a shining success. imo

PERSIAN PERIL

Is the Bush administration about to commit the fatal imperial error in Iran?

(Part I)

by
Stan Goff

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/080904_persian_peril.shtml

[eauclaireliberal]

8. It would be a winner....

because then the BFEE could use this to "justify" our presence in the ME...after 1046 U.S. troops have been killed for a complete lie. The NASCAR dads would eat it up. And the rest of us would be subjected to another neo-con presidency.

"Iraq, Iran....hey what's the difference? They both start I-R-A, so get over it. The preznit is only human! Get over it you stoopid lib-rhuls!" They would use this "he's only human" bullshit if the general public got hold of him boffing another woman.

It would be a loser move for everyone but them.

That was my point.

[neverforget]

4. With what Army would we invade Iran with? We seem have our

hands full in the flower pot of Iraq.

[SweetLeftFoot]

9. Yeah

Iran DOES HAVE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION...and fundamentalist lunatics at the helm, too.

Just like America then.

[Oversea Visitor]

5. US cannot invade Iran

If they do they be booted out of UN
UN relocated to EU
Economic sanction imposed on the US
Assets of US frozen
Massive civilian uprising in Afghan and Iraq
UN World coalition force send in to stop killing of civilian
US troops disarm and send back home
UN resolution call for destruction of WMD in US
US President abolish the need of election in this trying time
Saddam Book on How to become a Dictator carefully study

Then the nightmare begins

[Vitruvius]

6. Or the world can stop loaning money to finance Bu$h's deficits:

the US gov't ran a $650 billion deficit in 2004, and financed it largely by borrowing from foreign central banks -- in Japan, Europe, and China. It's called "enabling".

So a first step the world can take is to cut off the money -- Bu$h is running his bloodthirsty empire on a credit card -- and the civilized world can take away that credit card any time it wants to...

[Oversea Visitor]

7. Yup

The world have been proping up the US dollar for a long time.
But things change shit happen.
American people need to thank Bush for that fine effort.

[Tinoire]

10. I hope Bush understands that

Personally though, I'm expecting the nightmare. He's already proved that he doesn't care about the world's opinion- or even the world itself.

Welcome to DU again Oversea Visitor; you bring a nice touch to this place. Btw, I'm very sorry about the missing in Malaysia but glad that the damage wasn't more extensive.