Saturday, April 01, 2006

Just What Bush Was Waiting For?


It looks like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a death wish. He's giving Bush ample reason for an invasion.

Iran's military said Friday it successfully test-fired a missile not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously, a development that raised concerns in the United States and Israel.

The Fajr-3, which means "victory" in Farsi, can reach Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East, Iranian state media indicated. The announcement of the test-firing is likely to stoke regional tensions and feed suspicion about Tehran's military intentions and nuclear ambitions.

And Israel wasted no time in ratcheting up the rhetoric.
"This news causes much concern, and that concern is shared by many countries in the international community, about Iran's aggressive nuclear weapons program and her parallel efforts to develop delivery systems, both in the field of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles," said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev.

"The combination of extremist jihadist ideology, together with nuclear weapons and delivery systems, is a combination that no one in the international community can be complacent about," Regev said.

I'm sure this test and announcement had nothing to do with the US atomic test scheduled for June.

Note: That is a generic missle picture, not the Fajr-3.

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