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War Clouds Over Iran

S F Hasnat April 8, 2007

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#9 Posted by asfand on April 12, 2007 4:16:26 pm
Iranian leadership knows if the bombings start on them then it is a matter of time before Iran will lose its infrastructure and the regime my lose it control over the country. So the Iranians will try to bring the pain upfront on their enemy. They will first try to disrupt the oil supply from the gulf. They will first start ground to ground missle attack on oil wells in countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, etc. In parallel to this they will also try to disrupt the Hormouz Channel. They can silpmy do it by hitting one or two super oil tankers. This will cause an oil spill that will probabaly stop the traffic flow from the strait. They can also start dumping oil from Kharg island in the strait. 2 million barral a day will cause quite a slick in the channel making oil supply through the channel almost impossible. There is also a chance that they might put it on file by using white phosphorus igniters.

Oil prices, with this type of disruption, will reach around $300 per barrel practically bringing the rest of the world into recession including USA.

This is just a begining. What they can do in Iraq and Israel through itheir proxies is also a disaster picture.

Asfand
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