Azaran on 23/12/2011 at 06:19
Although not officially confirmed by all news sources, (
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-173099/US-missiles-hit-Iranian-village.html) earlier today the US reportedly fired missiles into Iran, hitting an oil depot and injuring civilians in a village....
Two American missiles struck a village in south-west Iran early today.
The news was given in a report by the country's Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
IRNA had said yesterday that three people were injured when an earlier US missile struck an oil depot in Abadan.
The state-run news agency also said British and American jets had entered Iranian airspace several times.
The two rockets hit Manyuhi village near the border with Iraq's Al-Faw Peninsula, an Iranian military commander told IRNA.
He gave no details of casualties or damage.
"In the border city of Arvand-Kenar, the invading American and British airplanes violated the airspace of the Islamic Republic of Iran three times," the commander said.
"In two cases, two rockets... hit the Manyuhi village."
The governor of Abadan told IRNA that three people, including a guard at the oil depot, had been released from hospital after receiving treatment.
Iran has strongly condemned the US-led military assault on Iraq.
And so begins another war...
Koki on 23/12/2011 at 06:34
14 moths after withdrawing from Iraq. Phew, I was getting worried Uncle Sam was getting rusty
Azaran on 23/12/2011 at 06:43
Update: apparently the(
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/december222011/iran-attack.php) Daily Mail fucked up royally, and reran an old story from 2003:
UPDATE: - Report Claiming U.S. Missiles 'hit Iranian village' actually from 2003
Salem-News.com
The Daily Mail released a story from 2003 as a new report, there is no current strike on Iran.
Salem-News.com
(LONDON) - We have determined that the following story was carried in error by the Daily Mail in the UK. It is a 2003 report that was somehow recycled, we presented the material as unconfirmed, we now confirm that the information is carried in error.
The report indicated that a pair of U.S. missiles had hit a target in Iran and that the source was the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
A scan of their English site did not reveal the information and that was setting off alarms, however there have been plenty of cases in the past where news is carried in Arabic and other languages and simply not carried on the English versions of their news Websites.
We are in an age when Iran is continually threatened by Israel and the United States, and propaganda about the country's ambitions, which are almost always extremely out of context with Iranian media, call perpetually for action against Iran.
Sorry :nono::(
demagogue on 23/12/2011 at 06:43
Suspiciously timed with America's pullout from Iraq & Iraq's descent back into civil war (which might be another reason rockets are flying around), and the main source is Iran's official news agency lol. Smells fishy. We need reputable confirmation because it's just too much in Iran's interest to have America suddenly bombing small defenseless Iranian villages for no apparent reason (in an election year, 2nd lol).
Edit: Ninja'd. Ah. I'm actually surprised that doesn't happen more often the way the 24hr news cycle mania works.
Muzman on 23/12/2011 at 11:23
It's just the remake/reboot craze finally spreading to the news. "We've got all these great stories sitting around in the past. Why not unlock that value?"
Ulukai on 23/12/2011 at 16:08
The Daily Mail has got to be the worst paper in the uk, beginning to think it's published merely to incite rage in the website's commentards.
june gloom on 23/12/2011 at 18:23
Either that or trick highschoolers who think they're freethinking rebels like Azaran into reposting.
Seriously, DAILY MAIL dude? I was hoping you were at least smarter than that. Nice job proving me wrong.
SubJeff on 23/12/2011 at 18:37
Quote Posted by Ulukai
The Daily Mail has got to be the worst paper in the uk, beginning to think it's published merely to incite rage in the website's commentards.
That really is all it's for. I hate it more than The Guardian.
Azaran on 23/12/2011 at 23:17
Yeah, in the future I'll follow my usual rule: if it's not on BBC, it didn't happen
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Either that or trick highschoolers who think they're freethinking rebels like Azaran into reposting.
Welcome to my ignore list
CCCToad on 24/12/2011 at 04:32
Although this story was inaccurate, my first impression was that its entirely plausible. We've been engaged in covert actions against Iran for sometime, and our long term posturing and force layouts (such as preparations to begin basing larger numbers of bombers in Kandahar) are indicative of future plans to engage in kinetic military action against Iran.
