I thought there was only one Iranian satellite, however, that's neither here nor there. Even if Iran has a satellite that can double as an optical "spy satellite" I wonder what its live transmission capacity is and also the optics, as we know the U.S. and I doubt the Russians would sell such to them. Perhaps the French but the images from SPOT don't have the sort of resolution you'd need.persis said:
Iran has captured 15 british marines
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The lowest form of life are also those who abducted non-armed diplomats in Iraq; and have abducted humans and kept them in Guantanomo Bay prisons without any trial for several years.onthebottom said:
Of course, Hollywood can go ahead make another movie of the bravery and chivalry of the US/British occupying forces in the ME, and the monster-looking Iranian officials, they can even add James Bond somewhere there too so you can cheer all you want
lol
since when is Spot a military satellite?
Iran is unfortunately replying to the American abductions of Iranian consulates in Iraq. UK and the US can't say much about that event because they are doing the same - except that it's not for a ridiculous blackmail/test of strength I agree.
since when is Spot a military satellite?
Iran is unfortunately replying to the American abductions of Iranian consulates in Iraq. UK and the US can't say much about that event because they are doing the same - except that it's not for a ridiculous blackmail/test of strength I agree.
It isn't. But pay the fee and the French will sell you a photograph. And, I'd be willing to bet for the right amount of money they'd even sell you the satellite. The resolution is pretty good, but it isn't anywhere near close to "read the newspaper" standards.osanowo said:
Unfortunately military commanders sometimes pay attention to their legal advisers when they shouldn't and don't pay attention when they should. This would have been much better handled by either having the Iraqi's declare them persona non grata, or have the Iraqi Army detain them.osanowo said:
I have no doubt that they are in fact Officers in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, but these niceties have been enshrined in treaty for a reason.
..alot depends on what Russia and China are saying to Iran behind the scenes.
Bush has reall only accomplished one thing during his presidency, he has managed to unite former enemies to oppose US ambitions in the region.
Sooner or later they will judge the time right, to confront the US.
An attack on Iran may trigger that moment.
Bush has reall only accomplished one thing during his presidency, he has managed to unite former enemies to oppose US ambitions in the region.
Sooner or later they will judge the time right, to confront the US.
An attack on Iran may trigger that moment.
It has been a couple of decades since I did a Grad. School paper on the topic. The evidence is there.maxweber said:
You can choose to believe what I wrote or not. However, this is TERB not the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association and I really don't think I need to provide footnotes and attributions for every statement.
Do you speak with the SPs you see - which is after all the principle purpose of this board - in the same manner? Or, is this an honor reserved solely for your fellow TERBites?TOVisitor said:
Two apropos news items from AP
"Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami told reporters on Saturday that he hopes the current standoff will be resolved peacefully 'instead of facing a new disaster not only for Iranian-British relations, but for Iran internationally.'"
"The National Council of Resistance of Iran — the political wing of the Iranian MEK opposition group which is listed as a terrorist group by Britain, the U.S. and the European Union — said the British crew's capture was planned in advance, but offered no evidence to support the claims.
Hossein Abedini, a member of the opposition group's foreign affairs committee, said that an Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval garrison had been on alert from the night before the kidnapping, to prepare for the operation. "You can see that the clerical regime had in a premeditated act arrested British sailors in order to win concessions from the international community and divert attention from its nuclear project, claims that the sailors were arrested in Iranian territorial waters are baseless."
Mohammad Mohaddessin, who handles foreign affairs for the council, said in a statement that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had ordered the detention of the Britons in the hope of pressuring the British government over a threat to toughen U.N. sanctions."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_on_re_eu/british_seized_iran
"Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami told reporters on Saturday that he hopes the current standoff will be resolved peacefully 'instead of facing a new disaster not only for Iranian-British relations, but for Iran internationally.'"
"The National Council of Resistance of Iran — the political wing of the Iranian MEK opposition group which is listed as a terrorist group by Britain, the U.S. and the European Union — said the British crew's capture was planned in advance, but offered no evidence to support the claims.
Hossein Abedini, a member of the opposition group's foreign affairs committee, said that an Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval garrison had been on alert from the night before the kidnapping, to prepare for the operation. "You can see that the clerical regime had in a premeditated act arrested British sailors in order to win concessions from the international community and divert attention from its nuclear project, claims that the sailors were arrested in Iranian territorial waters are baseless."
Mohammad Mohaddessin, who handles foreign affairs for the council, said in a statement that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had ordered the detention of the Britons in the hope of pressuring the British government over a threat to toughen U.N. sanctions."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_on_re_eu/british_seized_iran
In an unsurprising piece of news The Times (London) reports that an internal power struggle is going on in Iran. 'Major-General Yahya Rahim Safavi the Commander of the Revolutionary Guards is said to have told the country’s Supreme National Security Council on Friday that the situation regarding the British hostages was “getting out of control” and urged its members to consider the immediate release of the prisoners to defuse tension in the Gulf.
However, Yadollah Javani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ political bureau, was said to have denounced Safavi accusing him of weakness and “liberal tendencies” and is said to be demanding the hostages be put on trial.'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1596694.ece
However, Yadollah Javani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ political bureau, was said to have denounced Safavi accusing him of weakness and “liberal tendencies” and is said to be demanding the hostages be put on trial.'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1596694.ece
