Iran Holding "Great Prophet" war games

On the heels of our naval maneuvers in the Gulf region, Iran is holding its own war games that is, in the words of Revolutionary Guards Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, "aimed at demonstrating the deterrent power of the guards against possible threats."

On the surface, it sounds like peacock struts. But it only takes a situation like this where there is a potential for a "misunderstanding" to start the ball rolling into a war.

Article here.

[edit on 1-11-2006 by behindthescenes]

sodom

good timing, sems like some people got the finger on the trigger....


sodom

Great find indeed! Going to do some research on it. Thanks!

On Wednesday, Safavi told state TV: "The guard's air force will test fire the Shihab-3 (missile), equipped with cluster a warhead, in the war game."

Jerusalem Post

[edit on 1-11-2006 by Mdv2]

are the shihabs air to surface (ships) missiles?

hmm.

Originally posted by behindthescenes
Iran Holding "Great Prophet" war games

Are you sure that they aren't calling their war games, 'Great Profit'?

[edit on 1-11-2006 by In nothing we trust]