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Originally posted by iqonx
Although i agree with you that russia itself will not fight the war don't under estimate what russia will do if a war breaks out between Iran and America you can bet Russia will be providing satellite Images and weapons to Iran to help it.
hypersonic jets?
Originally posted by Nygdan
Did I misuse a term? Can't a jet be hypersonic? I don't claim to understand the tech and terminology all that much, but what I am alluding to is that there's not much that troops on the ground can do about the most advanced black ops projects that the US has bombing them.
[edit on 27-7-2006 by Nygdan]
Originally posted by Mdv2
Originally posted by the_sentinal
This puts virtually all of Europe within range of the soon-coming nuclear tipped Iranian missiles — and at the whim of Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Remember him? He is the one who believes Allah has chosen him to fulfill an “end time” Muslim prophecy by starting a world apocalypse in which the long-awaited ‘Mahdi’ (Muslim Messiah) will appear and subject all survivors to Allah.
Very interesting; good find!
Well, Russia would never (read: coming 10 - 15 years) allow Iran to nuke Europe, as the trade (especially that of oil and gas) is too important for Russia and its economy.
If they do, Russia might see Iran as an uncontrollable thread and think of taking it out. They have the capability of doing it.
Personally, I think it's a good thing Iran continues its uranium enrichment program as it would definitely make Israel think twice before committing brutal crimes like they do today. For the US... it would balance the forces, the current admin causes general hate against Americans, among most countries (Israel is an exception of course). With another major Arab nuclear power they hopefully will be more carefully before deciding the US needs to rule the world (no offence here; with all due respect to the US citizens).
As for now, the US, in most Arab countries seen as enemy number II, has nothing to fear. The Iranian missiles aren't capable of reaching the US. But bear in mind North Korea and Iran have tight bands. What if Iran decides to give North Korea the missiles they need and don't have themselves, which have the capability of reaching the US?
Originally posted by steve99
What makes you think america wants to rule the world. Statements like that don't make sense to me. Also the statement of america colonizing othe rcountries.
Originally posted by steve99
What makes you think america wants to rule the world. Statements like that don't make sense to me. Also the statement of america colonizing othe rcountries.
If Iran shot nukes into europe.The only people going to speak to allah will be the Iranians. Unless Iran has enough to destroy all of europe and the US also. Do you think France and england are going to let themselves be detroyed by Iran.
Talk to average Iranians these days and they are full of such facts. Why, they want to know, is Iran being singled out by the United States when they are surrounded by far worse offenders whom no one confronts? Iran is, after all, a signatory to the NPT, which permits member states to pursue peaceful uses of nuclear technology, as Iran’s government claims it’s doing.
At a time when Iran’s foray into nuclear power development has come under the international microscope, with the assumption that the “mad mullahs” are busying themselves to get the Bomb, Pakistan has thus far avoided such scrutiny, despite the fact that it’s an unstable military regime that could easily turn from a nuclear-armed US ally to a nuclear-armed enemy in the time it takes to say coup d’etat. And what about India? Like Pakistan and Israel, it has a nuclear arsenal and refuses to sign on to the NPT. Yet India is being rewarded for this behavior by US assistance with its civilian nuclear program, an act that is undermining nonproliferation efforts and the treaty itself.
In the case of Iran, the stark double standards of US foreign policy have become more pronounced than usual, and potentially more dangerous to global security. Since 2002 – long before the election of Iran’s current president whose scruffy beard, sunken cheeks and provocative outbursts against Israel have all the hallmarks of a villain straight from central casting – Iran was already marked as a member of the “axis of evil.” This at a time when its president was the gentle reformist-philosopher Mohammad Khatami, who pressed for an international “dialogue of civilizations” in hopes that it might melt the longstanding Iran-US cold war and mitigate rising tensions between Islamic nations and the West.
Originally posted by DaFunk13
And am I the first to notice that his source is a site using "prophecies" to get people to turn to Jesus? How reliable is this? He even calls himself an Oracle!
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Methinks someone has an agenda....
Greater China
Apr 18, 2006
China, Russia welcome Iran into the fold
By M K Bhadrakumar
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which maintained it had no plans for expansion, is now changing course. Mongolia, Iran, India and Pakistan, which previously had observer status, will become full members. SCO's decision to welcome Iran into its fold constitutes a political statement. Conceivably, SCO would now proceed to adopt a common position on the Iran nuclear issue at its summit meeting June 15.
Speaking in Beijing as recently as January 16, the organization's secretary general Zhang Deguang had been quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying: "Absorbing new member states needs a legal basis, yet the SCO has no rules concerning the issue. Therefore, there is no need for some Western countries to worry whether India, Iran or other countries would become new members."
The SCO, an Intergovernmental organization whose working languages are Chinese and Russian, was founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The SCO's change of heart appears set to involve the organization in Iran's nuclear battle and other ongoing regional issues with the United States.
SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT SUGGESTS NEW RUSSIA-CHINA LINKS
By Sergei Blagov
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
As the six Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members gathered Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, on July 5, the summit meeting seemingly adopted a measure of anti-Western rhetoric. The SCO states (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan) not only suggested that the U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan should announce a timetable for withdrawal, they also issued a declaration demanding, among other things, a limit to outside interference in a country's internal affairs.
The SCO leaders signed a joint declaration and a "Concept of SCO Cooperation against Terrorism, Separatism, and Extremism." The Tashkent summit last year decided to strengthen the SCO, and the organization moves towards multilateral cooperation between member states and growing interaction with other international organizations, said the declaration.
The SCO declaration, as well as a bilateral Russo-Chinese declaration on "World Order in the 21st Century" adopted on July 2, did not mention the United States directly. However, these documents are understood to target perceived U.S. domination in international affairs. Both declarations reiterated the principles of mutual respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression and non-interference.
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However, the SCO states would not allow a security vacuum to emerge following the anticipated coalition withdrawal from the region. The SCO leaders would rather fill the vacuum themselves: they pledged to boost security cooperation. Chinese President Hu Jintao said after the summit meeting in Astana: "We have to make every effort to step up security cooperation or else all our talks about stability will be pointless."
Beijing has been repeatedly emphasizing a security angle, noting that the SCO plays an important role in safeguarding regional security and promoting member states' common development. Hu Jintao outlined this view in a written interview with the Kazakhstan News Agency, on the eve of the SCO summit (Xinhuanet, July 2).
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Russian media and analysts appear to agree that the SCO has been leaning towards anti-Western thinking, and possibly a course of action. The SCO countries proved vulnerable to "color revolutions," hence the SCO now re-thinks its concept of operation, Kommersant commented. Now the SCO aims to counter "color revolutions" through collective action (Kommersant, July 5).
In the wake of "color revolutions" in the former Soviet Union and the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the SCO seeks to curb U.S. influence in Central Asia, said Vyacheslav Nikonov, president of the Politika Foundation, a Moscow-based think tank. The SCO states are "coming to share an interest in restricting American influence in Asia," he said (RIA-Novosti, June 29).
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In the meantime, the SCO officials approved observer status for Iran, Pakistan, and India. The leaders believe the decision to grant observer status to India, Iran and Pakistan "will expand the capacity of the organization to develop multilateral and mutually beneficial cooperation," according to the declaration.
The Times June 16, 2006
Iran in talks to join alliance against West
From Oliver August in Beijing
MAHMOUD Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President, held talks with Chinese and Russian leaders at a summit meeting yesterday to build up a security grouping in opposition to the US and Nato.
Mr Ahmadinejad was invited to address a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), a China-sponsored proto-alliance that aims to strengthen defence links across Central Asia.
In an implicit reference to the US and its pressure on Iran to end its nuclear weapons programme, he said that the SCO could “ward off the threats of domineering powers to use their force against and interfere in the affairs of other states”.
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian intelligence services warned Washington several times that Saddam Hussein's regime planned terrorist attacks against the United States, President Vladimir Putin has said.
The warnings were provided after September 11, 2001 and before the start of the Iraqi war, Putin said Friday.
The planned attacks were targeted both inside and outside the United States, said Putin, who made the remarks during a visit to Kazakhstan.
However, Putin said there was no evidence that Saddam's regime was involved in any terrorist attacks.
"I can confirm that after the events of September 11, 2001, and up to the military operation in Iraq, Russian special services and Russian intelligence several times received ... information that official organs of Saddam's regime were preparing terrorist acts on the territory of the United States and beyond its borders, at U.S. military and civilian locations," Putin said.
He said the information was given to U.S. intelligence officers and that U.S. President George W. Bush expressed his gratitude to a top Russian intelligence official.
Originally posted by Muaddib
The older members already know all the evidence some members such as Phoenix and I have been presenting for the past 2 years and a half, and some members have done it even longer, about the "master plan" which the Kremlin still has to alienate our allies, and ultimately destroy the United States, or make it join a new federation of "socialist countries" (read Communist countries).... China and a few others are in with this plan, because they also had a similar plan for the United States and our allies.
That is my friends, the greatest conspiracy fact, which will change the world one way or another, because the goals of this "master plan" are coming to fruition as we speak.
[edit on 27-7-2006 by Muaddib]