Things have been going “boom” with some regularity over in the Islamic Republic of Iran these days. Another event in Isfahan today:
An explosion rocked the western Iranian city of Isfahan on Monday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, adding that the blast was heard in several parts of the city.
According to reports, frightened residents called the fire department after the blast, forcing the city authorities to admit there had been an explosion.Residents reported that their windows shook from the explosion’s force.
Speaking to an Iranian news website, the government of Isfahan said that the explosion occurred as a result of a military drill, denying reports that the blast was somehow related to the nearby nuclear facility.
“There is no such thing, the blast was entirely from the military maneuver,” the Iranian official said…
Speaking with Fars news agency earlier Monday, Isfahan’s deputy mayor initially confirmed the reports and said the authorities are investigating the matter. However, after the incident was reported in Israel, the report was taken off the Fars website.
It seems that city authorities and the Iranian government were embarrassed by the reports of a blasts, releasing contradictory versions of the alleged events. One example is a statement given by the same deputy mayor to the Mehr news agency, saying he had no reports of an explosion.
The Iranian government is sitting atop a powder keg, a fact of which it is evidently well-aware. Its claim to legitimacy rests on a god-given right to break skull at home and abroad. If the mullahcracy can’t keep Mossad at bay – or the CIA, or poor standards of workmanship, or pick any excuse you favor – how can they suppress the legitimate desires of their own people?
A powder keg, all right. All it lacks is a match.
Time to do a little downwind sniff of what’s out there-and I will bet our Intelstat guys have an idea…
UF6 is not a good thing to have loose in the atmosphere…
This was a Sat photo of the Missile site on FNC website this am. Can any of you guys tell me where the blast originated?
Loos to me like ah, above?
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/11/29/satellite-image-shows-extensively-damaged-iranian-missile-site/
I just hope that this string of “unfortunate accidents” continues, or accelerates.
BZ to someone, maybe, but if purely accidental, I’ll take that too!
I would be delighted to find Ol’ Beady Eyes becoming accident prone as well.
Murphy doesn’t been a passport or visa to get a j*b…
and no security check will ever catch him.
After all, dictators meeting with unfortunate freak accidents is nothing new…I mean, this one could’ve happened to anyone – it was so obvious it was just waiting to happen….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_England#The_Rufus_Stone
Anybody got a light?
I think I have one of those permanent matches I got at a gun show many years ago I’d behappy to donate to the cause, Grandpa.
Speak to the BATF under-secretary for Mixers, Matches and Bullets…
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone on the inside is trying to blow the whole place up?
Considering how things are going, I’m rather looking forward to their first plugs-out test. Be a shame if their expensive little toy went off while rumbling past the reviewing stand, now wouldn’t it?