Iran says could deploy navy near U.S. coast

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in all seriousness, short of a direct attack on us by Iran, I really don't believe Obama would take aggressive action against them, IMO
 
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theFallGuy said:
in all seriousness, short of a direct attack on us by Iran, I really don't believe Obama would take aggressive action against them, IMO
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I agree. I would expect it from the Israelis if all the UN crap wasn't going down now.
 
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If they are in international waters, not much that could be done about it other than to put some of our ships a few thousand yards off their sterns so that, should they make an errant move of some sort, they'd know that they'd be chum in about 12 seconds.
 
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Because there are over 100 million people who live on the east coast in cities such as our nations capital and the greatest city in the world (NYC)
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If we are going to arm anybody why are we not arming Iranians? At least they are freedom loving people's in that country. Instead we are arming terrorists in Libya. Good job.
 
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The dromon (from Greek δρόμων, dromōn, i.e. "runner") was a type of galley and the most important warship of the Byzantine navy from the 6th to 12th centuries AD. It was indirectly developed from the ancient trireme and was usually propelled by both oars and sails, a configuration that had been used by navies in the Mediterranean Sea for centuries.
Literary sources and accounts reveal that there were at least three varieties of dromon, while the exact relation of the dromon proper with the chelandion, a term with which it is often used interchangeably, somewhat unclear. These were, firstly the ousiakon which took its name from one company or ousia of 100 men. This was a two-banked galley with the lower rank rowing only, and the upper rank rowing or disengaging to fight when required. Secondly the slightly larger pamphylos with a crew of between 120 and 160. Thirdly the dromon proper, which had a crew of 200: 50 on the lower bank, and 100 on the upper bank in two files, together with 50 marines.
The dromons had a central tower (xylokastron – Greek: "wooden castle") near the main mast, from which the marines could use their bows and arrows or throw spears and other projectiles. Dromons were frequently equipped with flamethrowers (siphones, and as such the ships were described as siphōnophoroi dromones) that discharged Greek fire and catapults capable of hurling 10 kg projectiles up to 250 meters.
Middle English dromond and Old French dromont are derived from the dromon, and described any particularly large medieval ship.[1]
 
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Tell Paul Watson that the Iranians are whaling. The barrage of stink bombs should send them packing.
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lawgator1 said:
If they are in international waters, not much that could be done about it other than to put some of our ships a few thousand yards off their sterns so that, should they make an errant move of some sort, they'd know that they'd be chum in about 12 seconds.
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subs in contact the entire way
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Germans were invovled in the Black Tom explosion of 1916.

Black Tom Island

The term "Black Tom" originally referred to an island in New York Harbor next to Liberty Island. The island received its name from a local legend of an African American resident named Tom. By 1880, a causeway and railroad had been built connecting it to the mainland for use as a shipping depot.[2] Sometime between 1905 and 1916, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, which owned the island and causeway, expanded the island with landfill, resulting in the addition of the entire area to the limits of Jersey City. The area contained a mile-long pier that housed the depot as well as warehouses for the National Dock and Storage Company.
Black Tom was a major munitions depot for materials manufactured in the northeast. Prior to a 1915 blockade of the Central Powers by the Royal Navy, American industries were free to sell their materials to any buyer, but by this time the Allies were the only possible customers. It was reported that on the night of the attack, two million pounds (1 kiloton) of ammunition were being stored at the depot in freight cars, including one hundred thousand pounds of TNT on the Johnson Barge No.17, all awaiting eventual shipment to Britain and France. Jersey City's Commissioner of Public Safety, Frank Hague, reported he had been told the barge had been "tied up at Black Tom to avoid a twenty-five dollar towing charge" [3] (US$503 in 2011).
 
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After midnight, a series of small fires were discovered on the pier. Some guards fled, fearing an explosion. Others attempted to fight the fires and eventually called the Jersey City Fire Department.
At 2:08 a.m. (6:08 GMT), the first and largest of the explosions took place. Fragments from the explosion traveled long distances, some lodging in the Statue of Liberty and some in the clock tower of the Jersey Journal building in Journal Square, over a mile away, stopping the clock at 2:12 a.m. The explosion was the equivalent of an earthquake measuring between 5.0 and 5.5 on the Richter Scale[3] and was felt as far away as Philadelphia. Windows broke as far as 25 miles (40 km) away, including thousands in lower Manhattan. Some window panes in Times Square were completely shattered. The outer wall of Jersey City's City Hall was cracked and the Brooklyn Bridge was shaken. People as far away as Maryland were awakened by what they thought was an earthquake.
Property damage from the attack was estimated at $20 million (US$ 402 million in 2011). The damage to the Statue of Liberty was valued at $100,000 (US$ 2,012,000 in 2011) and included the skirt and the torch.[4]
Immigrants being processed at Ellis Island had to be evacuated to lower Manhattan. Reports vary, but as many as seven people may have been killed, including:
a Jersey City policeman [5][6]
a Lehigh Valley Railroad Chief Of Police [5]
a ten week old infant [6]
the barge captain [6]
Injuries numbered in the hundreds. Smaller explosions continued to occur for hours after the initial blast.
 
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wonder if anyone has asked Ron Paul what he thinks about this. He seems to have a soft spot for Iranian military aggression.
 
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Al-Qaida calls on Ahmadinejad to end 9/11 conspiracy theories | World news | guardian.co.uk

Al-Qaida has sent a message to the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, asking him to stop spreading conspiracy theories about the 9/11 attacks.

Iranian media on Wednesday reported quotes from what appears to be an article published in the latest issue of the al-Qaida English language magazine, Inspire, which described Ahmadinejad's remarks over the 11 September attacks as "ridiculous".

In his UN general assembly speech last week, Ahmadinejad cast doubt over the official version of the 2001 attacks.

"The Iranian government has professed on the tongue of its president Ahmadinejad that it does not believe that al-Qaida was behind 9/11 but rather, the US government," the article said, according to Iranian media. "So we may ask the question: why would Iran ascribe to such a ridiculous belief that stands in the face of all logic and evidence?"
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