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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran Launches Rapid Deployment Force
2005-01-21
More masked marauders. Oboy.
Iran has launched a rapid deployment military force. Officials said the military has organized the rapid deployment force over the last year. They said the unit participated in the Payrovan-i Vilayat exercise in southwestern Iran on Dec. 8. The rapid deployment force was meant to respond within hours to any military emergency in or outside Iran. Officials said the force was the size of a brigade and contained C-130 aircraft for rapid transport as well as armored vehicles, anti-tank missiles and artillery. Officials said the first appearance of the rapid deployment force was at Payrovan-i Vilayat, deemed the largest military exercise ever in Iran. They said the force would be a major element in Iran's defense against any attack by the United States.
Posted by:Fred

#17  Nada,
I hear that agent Scully was seen in the suburbs of Natanz last Friday......
Any comments on that ?
Posted by: EoZ   2005-01-21 12:55:53 PM  

#16  Seafarious, your interpretation makes much more sense than mine. But won't that brigade be awfully crowded in the web master's basement?
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-21 11:35:40 AM  

#15  time for psy-ops to go into high gear. Start the internal purges, Mullahs!
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-21 10:47:19 AM  

#14  Let's hope it's called "The Khomeini Martyrs Brigade" or "Allah's Speed Bumps" or something optimistic like that.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-01-21 10:42:08 AM  

#13  I interpret "military emergency" to mean "university students with cardboard signs" or "a couple of guys with a website."
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-01-21 10:41:19 AM  

#12  the bilateral cooperation, particularly in the field of space exploration and the development of satellites. In addition to UFO-related contracts Russia and Iran are working on the details of the agreement to launch the Zohreh satellite.


UFO-related contracts???????????????

Give credit to the Russkies, what a con job.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2005-01-21 10:23:47 AM  

#11  Iran has launched a rapid deployment military force.

Hezbollah moves to slow, eh?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-01-21 9:37:15 AM  

#10  Top speed of a camel?
Posted by: John Q. Citizen   2005-01-21 9:33:16 AM  

#9  and contained C-130 aircraft for rapid transport

Of course a C-130 isn't much good if you cant get it off the ground.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-01-21 9:16:50 AM  

#8  They're going to set a brigade against an invasion? Do they honestly expect this to be successful?
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-21 9:05:05 AM  

#7  Once they get into combat, they'll be a Rapidly Destroyed Force.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-01-21 7:22:38 AM  

#6  can you hide a c130 under a school in a residential area? huh huh
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI   2005-01-21 3:54:13 AM  

#5  I should've done a little research before I posted. Those guys are on it, doggone it!!!

LINK
Posted by: nada   2005-01-21 2:03:35 AM  

#4  Are they still seeing UFOs over there in Iran? Maybe we'll start seeing more UFO and meteor reports over there...
Posted by: nada   2005-01-21 1:54:40 AM  

#3  Ahh, but if they're outside, who's going inside?
Posted by: anonymous2u   2005-01-21 12:30:46 AM  

#2  Jumping beans.


Lots of turbans getting nervous thereabouts.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2005-01-21 12:30:17 AM  

#1  The Iranians are determined not to be 'caught' with their 'pants' down; either the psy-ops programs are working or they are jittery as Mexican Jumping beans!
Posted by: smn   2005-01-21 12:16:41 AM  

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