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Things are still looking up in Iran

Things are still looking up in Iran. Did we say “looking”? We meant blowing: “Two more explosions today. One at the big refinery in Isfahan, the other at the very important Revolutionary Guards base in Kerman, which is the headquarters for the RG’s operations in the East (think Afghanistan, etc.) I don’t have casualty figures yet, but the Kerman blast was a biggie.” Our bad.

This post was last modified on December 20, 2011

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toocoldinwa says:

December 21, 2011 at 9:54 am

Thanks for the uplifting news to begin my day :)
Notsosilent says:

December 21, 2011 at 9:14 am

I am still hoping for the big one, the one that makes a billion ash trays out of the sand....
Sidekick says:

December 20, 2011 at 9:43 pm

Something is afoot in Persia. Can not help but wonder if these explosions are inside jobs. They are not getting much attention in the media, which is odd.
deepthinker says:

December 20, 2011 at 6:46 pm

Oh shit that top secret drone must have had a top secret self destruct device built in. Wonder if Allah was proud of this one as well?

Somebody somewhere is doing thinigs right, just keep it up.