Iran threatens Gulf blitz if US hits nuclear plants

[jpak]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1909896.ece

IRAN has threatened to launch a missile blitz against the Gulf states and plunge the entire Middle East into war if America attacks its nuclear facilities.

Admiral Ali Shamkhani, a senior defence adviser to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned that Gulf states providing the US with military cooperation would be the key targets of a barrage of ballistic missiles.

Shamkhani told the US journal Defense News that missiles would be launched not only at US military bases but also at strategic targets such as oil refineries and power stations.

Qatar, Bahrain and Oman all host important US bases and British forces are based in all three countries. Any Iranian attack would be bound to draw in the other Gulf Cooperation Council states: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.

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[indepat]

1. Tennis anyone?

[Pharaoh]

2. Let's watch Nascar!

[Chipper Chat]

3. Chucklenuts probably called up Big Dick on the phone

and they had great phone sex while discussing their war plans for Iran.

[Journeyman]

4. Cue the Opening Scene of Lina Wertmüller's "Seven Beauties". . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGvfe9bAUyU

One of the better explications of the madness of our times (and every time). . .

[marmar]

5. Joe Lieberman will have an orgasm if that happens....

:yoiks:

[jpak]

6. If they were building wind farms or PV arrays or biomass or geothermal power plants

no one would care.

But then again, this could be The Cheney Plan to fight global warming...

The US attacks Iran's nuclear infrastructure.

Iran retaliates against Gulf oil infrastructure and transport.

Global oil shortages raise the price of crude to $100+ a barrel which results is global economic recession.

Fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions decline - reducing the rise in global temperatures.

Pure Evil Genius I tell you...

[LiberalEsto]

8. All that burning gulf oil

is going to generate a LOT of CO2

[jwirr]

7. So much for protecting our allies: Isn't Israel in the ME? Anyone

dropping a nuke in the ME is endangering the entire area as well as parts of EU. What a bunch of fools run this world.

[Strelnikov_]

9. What's the worry? Loss of nearly 50% of the worlds export capacity, no problem

We'll just uncap all those wells in Texas and drill ANWR and it will open up all that easy oil we all know is just offshore but they can't drill cause of the environmentalists. That should do it, right?

Loss of about 50% of the worlds export market shouldn't be a problem. I mean, we import less than 2/3rds of our petroleum needs.

And I'm sure the Asians and the Europeans will continue to loan us money so we can outbid them on what remains of the worlds export market.

Oh, worst case, maybe $100/bbl for a few weeks. No 10 gal/mo gas ration. No mass layoffs. No depression.


Let's go get um, Joe. We're just waiting for you to jump out of the trench and yell 'Follow Me'.

[Journeyman]

10. Yes, but when he does jump from the trench to lead us. . .

let's all count three, wait for the noise to abate, then go back to playing cards, secure in our belief Joe's in a better place now that what's left of him is spread all over No-Man's Land.