Iran test-fires 3 new missiles in Gulf

[cyberpj]

By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 58 minutes ago

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran test-fired three new sea missiles in the Persian Gulf Friday, indicating that the maneuvers should send a clear message to the U.S. not to conduct any more military exercises in the area.


Iranian state television broadcast footage of the Revolutionary Guards firing naval-warfare missiles with a range of about 106 miles. It was the second day in a row that Iran had announced the development and testing of missiles in the maneuvers.

The tests and exercises came only days after the U.S. conducted naval maneuvers in the Gulf, and as U.N. Security Council members wrangle over what steps to take against Iran for ignoring its call to cease uranium enrichment — a key step in making nuclear bombs.

"Our enemies should keep their hostility out of the Persian Gulf," said Adm. Sardar Fadavi, the deputy chief of the Revolutionary Guards navy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061104/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_missile_test_30

[Poiuyt]

1. Is the Eisenhower Carrier Group still in the area?

Are we actually done with our exercises there?

[cyberpj]

2. I'd bet on it - found these recent articles:

Warships deploy around S. Arabia oil facilities
Britain cites al-Qaida threat; U.S. naval forces on heightened alert

NBC News and news services
Updated: 2 minutes ago
LONDON - Coalition naval forces in the Persian Gulf have been deployed to counter possible seaborne threats to an oil refinery in Bahrain and to Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura terminal, which is the world’s biggest offshore oil facility, Britain's Royal Navy said on Friday.

Saudi Arabia confirmed it was taking measures to protect its oil and economic installations from a “terrorist threat” by al-Qaida.

“The terrorist threat to the kingdom’s economic installation exists and it is a declared goal of the straying faction to affect the interests of the Saudi citizen,” an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15442751

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Oct. 27, 2006, 9:47AM
Coalition watch for oil attacks in Persian Gulf

By JIM KRANE
Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ­ Coalition naval forces in the Persian Gulf are on watch for possible terror threats to oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, a British navy official said here today.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said a threat from al-Qaida last month to target Gulf oil terminals had resulted in stepped-up security and vigilance at Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura terminal, as well as a refinery in Bahrain.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4292245.html

[Greeby]

3. Anyone feel a Gulf Of Tonkin moment coming on?

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[coffeenap]

4. yes. nt

[DemoTex]

5. Perfect cover for a "false flag" operation.

Our fleet's presence is deliberately provocative. It is much more overt and much more dangerous than what happened (or did not happen) in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964.


USS Turner Joy (DD-951)


USS Maddox (DD-731)