Iran Shows Off New Missile - Thumbs Nose at Israel and U.S.
More rhetoric to inflame the west on the eve of President I’ma-jihad’s trip to the U.N. on Monday. Any predictions on a full scale war with Iran before the 2008 election?
(TEHRAN) …The head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Jaafari, warned bluntly: “My message to the enemy is that they will regret it (an attack). Do not do it.”
The Ghadr missile, which has a “baby bottle” style nose for extra aerodynamic efficiency, is seen as an improved version of Iran’s existing longer-range Shahab series, which was also paraded.
Officials have said in the past that the Shahab-3 could reach 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles), but the announcer said it had a 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) range.
The parade today was marked by a litany of slogans calling for “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” Western military attaches, apparently warned of this in advance, boycotted the rally for the second year running.
“The Western attaches did not come. It was because of the slogans about Israel and the United States,” said one foreign representative who declined to be named.
“Israel should be eliminated” and “No Iranian Muslim, no Muslim recognises Israel,” were among the slogans borne on the back of military vehicles, quoting the words of Iran’s revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
“Israel has to be wiped off the map,” read another Khomeini quote which aroused worldwide controversy when it was repeated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005.
The parade came amid growing tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme, which the United States alleges is cover for a nuclear weapons drive but which Tehran insists is aimed solely at producing electricity. — Associated Foreign Press - Stuart Williams More…
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meanwhile said in a speech that warnings of military action and further UN sanctions would have no effect on Tehran’s nuclear drive.
“Those who think that with outmoded instruments like psychological warfare and economic sanctions they can stop Iran’s march towards progress are making a grave mistake,” Ahmadinejad said.
President I’ma-jihad is also to deliver a speech at Columbia University, address the Christian and Jewish leaders, and meet with a number of American Muslim leaders (probably CAIR) during his visit to New York.
It really is time for the U.S. to ask the world to find another home for the U.N. — ZZ
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