Three explosions jolt southern Iran - agency

[Scurrilous]

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"Three strong explosions jolted southern Iran on Thursday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, but gave no information about possible casualties.

"Three explosions were so strong that they shook windows of houses," the agency said.

It was not clear what had caused the explosions in Khorramshahr in the province of Khuzestan, which borders Iraq.

An Oil Ministry official said the explosions occurred far away from any oil facilities in Khuzestan, the heartland of Iran's oil industry, where small bombs damaged 15 pipelines and one oil well in September 2005.

Khuzestan has been simmering with unrest among the province's mostly Arab population for more than a year."

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11589898.htm

[spooked]

1. Is THIS what B*sh was alluding to last night?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3090448

[lonestarnot]

2. Even if it is not, we will be blamed after last night.

The "moran" has instigated the coming firestorm.

[ShortnFiery]

14. Firestorm? No, he's presently opening up THE GATES OF HELL!

Impeach NOW! Impeach ... with extreme prejudice. Impeach ... while there's still time to short circuit the realization of Armageddon. :scared: :grr: :scared:

[Jacobin]

3. And we're OFF..................

Cambodia and Laos? Anyone old enough to remember?

[Chulanowa]

4. So long as history books remain closed...

Everyone will be old enough to forget. :(

[kineneb]

13. sure am.

"we are not in Cambodia or Laos..."



cue the sound of helicopters and Wagner...

Apocalypse Now, Part II

[Vinca]

5. This was the plan all along - expand the fiasco into Iran.

Frightening.

[aquart]

6. We don't have enough soldiers to hold Baghdad.

But you think we're going to ...what? Invade Iran? Poke it and annoy it? What?

I'm really startled that we haven't put up a thread saying Israel bombed Iran.

So far, we haven't got a concrete link to anything.

[Vinca]

9. Shrub's had wet dreams about taking out whatever he thinks

their nuclear facilities are. It doesn't take soldiers, it takes bombs. He also believes the Iranian people will rise up and overthrow the government. Sound familiar?

[aquart]

10. Yeah. Sounds like Tim McVeigh in Oklahoma.

So the nuke facilities are where?

[hiaasenrocks]

7. Relax...for now. There's not a lot of info on this yet, but here's something...

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=48787&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

[Az]

8. Add to the mix we just destroyed an Iranian Consulate in Kurdish Iraq

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3093310

[ohio2007]

11. Isn't that the part of Iran inhabited by the minority Arabs?

They say Iran has a minority population of SHia Arabs living in the oil producing areas.This may also be the area where somebody took a shot at the Iranian president or tried to blow up a car in an official presidential convoy
Sorry, I don't have any links but I do remember reading such stories not long after they elected their president and he went on tour outside the capital Tehran.

[GeorgeGist]

12. About 90% of Iranians...

are Shiites. So they say http://www.reference.com/search?q=iran

[ShortnFiery]

15. But it balances out because a similar majority percentage in

Saudi Arabia are Sunni! :crazy:

Killing - Retribution.

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

[ohio2007]

16. Iranians consder themselves "Persian" with an Arab minority

living along the border. I saw an article that stated the explosions were from mine clearing operations on the Iranian side. Clearing mines would create a safe path for an invading army. I would think the Iranians should rather beef up the border defenses to prevent an army from entering Iran.