By COLlive reporter
Karl Vick in Jerusalem and Aaron J. Klein in Tel Aviv report in Time Magazine that the explosion in the Iranian Missile Base was in fact the job of the Mossad, Israel’s overseas spy agency.
The powerful blast or series of blast devastated a missile base in the gritty urban sprawl to the west of the Iranian capital. The base housed Shahab missiles, which, at their longest range, can reach Israel.
The explosion killed at least 17 people, including Major General Hassan Moqqadam, described by Iranian state media as a pioneer in Iranian missile development and the Revolutionary Guard commander in charge of “ensuring self-sufficiency” in armaments, a challenging task in light of international sanctions, TIME reported.
“Don’t believe the Iranians that it was an accident,” an intelligence official tells TIME, adding that other sabotage is being planned to impede the Iranian ability to develop and deliver a nuclear weapon.
Last week’s report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran had experimented with removing the conventional warhead on the Shahab-3 and replacing it with one that would hold a nuclear device. Iran says the explosion was an accident that came while troops were transferring ammunition out of the depot “toward the appropriate site.”
“May there be more like it,” was all Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak had to say on Sunday when asked about the mysterious explosion on Army Radio.
VIDEO: Images of the blast
Mazel Tov..now destroy the entire country
may all the reshaim dye
Excellent job! Hopefully this is only the tip of the iceberg.