War games in Iran

Guardian:

Iran opened a sabre-rattling show of military might today by firing a long-range weapon said to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads and striking Israel and US forces in the Middle East.

Revolutionary Guards tested a Shahab-3 missile at the start of 10 days of war games in a calculated rebuff to the west as it seeks to impose sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme. The UN security council’s permanent five members - the US, Britain, France, Russia and China - plus Germany are locked in discussions over an appropriate punishment for Iran’s refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, which many in the west suspect is a front for making atomic bombs.

The war games, codenamed Operation Great Prophet 2, were announced in retaliation for US-led manoeuvres earlier this week in the strategically vital Gulf, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes. In an apparent rehearsal for an anti-Iranian embargo, allied warships practised surveillance of suspected illegal shipments of weapons parts. The US and Britain want sanctions to include a ban on components that could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons.

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Iran has been posturing like a puffed up rooster for several months. Now we have the "peace be upon him" Operation Great Prophet 2. I judge them not so great, but if they want to lift their skirt they should not be surprised that people will take a look.

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