'Die Welt': Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela

[Bacchus39]

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=220879


Talkbacks (51) BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket launch bases in Venezuela, the German daily Die Welt wrote in its Thursday edition.

Iran is building intermediate-range missile launch pads on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and engineers from a construction firm – Khatam al-Anbia – owned by the Revolutionary Guards visited Paraguaná in February. Amir al-Hadschisadeh, the head of the Guard’s Air Force, approved the visit, according to the report. Die Welt cited information from “Western security insiders.”

The rocket bases are to include measures to prevent air attacks on Venezuela as well as commando and control stations.



The Iranian military involvement in the project extends to bunker, barracks and watch tower construction. Twenty-meter deep rocket silos are planned. The cost of the Venezuelan military project is being paid for with Iranian oil revenue. The Iranians paid in cash for the preliminary phase of the project, which amounted to “dozens of millions” of dollars, Die Welt wrote.

The Paraguaná Peninsula is on the coast of Venezuela and is roughly 120 kilometers from America’s main South American partner, Colombia.

[Judi Lynn]

1. Published by a right-wing crapfest, and posted in FreeRepublic, Lucianne, and Newsmax.

How could it be bogus?

I see it's also being published in Rapture Days! Woohoo! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

http://www.rapturedays.com/apps/forums/topics/show/4807385-iran-building-rocket-bases-in-venezuela?page=last





http://apostolicendtimescenario.blogspot.com/2009/10/two-distinct-phases-of-second-coming-of.html http://silentmouth.com/2005/10/page/2/



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BaddaBOOM!
Halp, rockets from Venezuela will get us! http://i444.photobucket.com.nyud.net:8090/albums/qq165/junah42/Snark/Falme/stickfigure50x30ani.gif

Oh, well, the Rapture will be that much sooner.

[Bacchus39]

2. I don't read from those sources like you

[Judi Lynn]

3. General Pinochet's lovely daughter, Lucia, sends her greetings.

http://narcosphere.narconews.com.nyud.net:8090/userfiles/Lucia-Pinochet-Zelaya-pretendia-dar-golpe-hija-de-Pinochet_noticia_full.jpg.jpeg

[Bacchus39]

4. I didn't know he had a daughter and didn't know you were on a first name basis

[Judi Lynn]

5. Aw, ain't love grand?

http://prophetofdoom.net.nyud.net:8090/pics/Islamic_Clubs_Taliban/George_W_Bush_Prince_Abdullah_kiss_hold_hands.jpg

[naaman fletcher]

6. I believed that Osama Bin Laden was recently killed,

but then I saw it was posted on Free Republic and Newsmax so it must not be true.

[Bacchus39]

7. I do plead ignorance to the content or even the existence of some of those sites

I've never heard of some of those so I defer to our resident right wing expert and photo collector.

[flamingdem]

11. Judy what a gallery of lunacy, LOL! nt

[Judi Lynn]

16. Shocking, isn't it, when the fringe of the fringe is the only source publishing world-shaking news?

Avoiding the truly big stories will be the undoing of the ordinary corporate media puppets!

http://lincolnmccardle.com.nyud.net:8090/_Media/stumble-2.jpeg

[flamingdem]

17. No doubt a teaparty person depicted there! nt

[Judi Lynn]

18. Truly! Like a real patriot, the Tea Party dignitary didn't drop THE FLAG. God bless him or her. n/t

[EFerrari]

8. If the JP says so, it must be true. n/t

[Zorro]

9. Thought Bacchus' OP said it was reported in Die Welt

Is Die Welt a questionable source?

http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article13366204/Iranische-Raketenbasis-in-Venezuela-in-Planungsphase.html

[EFerrari]

10. That's right. It's a JP revision of a conservative German paper.

[CJvR]

12. Very dangerous...

...IF accurate, but it seems to me there would be lots more noise about this if there was any serious substance behind it.

[Zorro]

14. Looks like there might be more noise coming

<snip>

Lost in the world media's fixation with public figures beset by zipper problems is a troubling piece of news from the north shore of South America:

The Iranians are engineering what easily could be an offensive medium-range underground missile complex in Venezuela capable of striking the U.S. mainland.

Various reports have it that the silos will be sited on the Paraguana Peninsula, northwest of Coro. Initial reports had it that the missiles would be short-range, capable of striking, say, Colombia. But the Iranians' intent, aided and abetted by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, suddenly has turned every bit as chilling as what the Soviets planned for Cuba half a century ago.

<snip>

More at: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_737528.html

[Judi Lynn]

15. Here's more on that same story, now it's getting BIG!

It's from that well known publication, The Trumpet:

U.S. to Be in Range of Iran’s Nukes?
May 19, 2011 | From theTrumpet.com
Iran is planning to build a missile base in Venezuela, Die Welt wrote on May 13. Last November, the German daily stated that Iran and Venezuela had signed an agreement on October 19 to build the base. Now, citing “security insiders,” it says the two nations have agreed on the location for the base—on the Peninsula de Paraguana—and have begun planning it.

It states that engineers from Khatam al-Anbia—a construction firm owned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards—visited the site in February, accompanied by Amir al-Hadschisadeh, head of the Guard’s air force.

According to its November report, the base will be manned by both Venezuelan and Iranian soldiers. Iran has permission to use the missiles in case of an emergency. Venezuela has permission to use the base for “national needs.”

Die Welt stated that Iran will be deploying Shahab 3 rockets, with a range of 800 to 930 miles, Scud-B missiles, with a range of 180 to 205 miles, and Scud-C missiles, with a range of 185, 310 or 435 miles.

This would leave America outside of Iran’s range. However, the Federation of American Scientists states that a modified variant of the Shahab 3, sometimes called the Shahab 4, has a range of 1,200 miles. This would put Miami just within reach of Iran’s rockets.

More:
http://www.thetrumpet.com/?q=8273.6959.0.0

Wanting more information on this publication, I found the following:

About Gerald Flurry

Gerald Flurry is the pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God and editor in chief of the Trumpet news magazine, which he began publishing in 1990. He is also founder and chairman of the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation, known for its cultural, charitable and humanitarian activities, and founder and chancellor of Herbert W. Armstrong College in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Mr. Flurry has been an ordained minister for over 35 years. He formerly served under Herbert W. Armstrong as a pastor in the Worldwide Church of God. After being excommunicated from the Worldwide Church of God for resisting sweeping doctrinal changes, Mr. Flurry founded the Philadelphia Church of God in 1989.

More:
http://www.thetrumpet.com/?page=help&q=geraldflurry

http://i.ytimg.com.nyud.net:8090/vi/MyRp5ZPP7B8/0.jpg

Pastor Flurry praying for you, or perhaps those Iranian missiles in Venezuela.

[CJvR]

19. SCUDs

Deploying SCUDs in silos is stupid, they are mobile by nature and sticking them in silos are utterly pointless.

I do note it mentions Die Welt as the source so it is just repeating, not independently verifying through it's own sources.

[Judi Lynn]

20. Hysterical right-wing propagandist writers are always a little careless with minutia like facts. n/t

[bemildred]

13. Bizarre in so many different ways, all at the same time. nt