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Fearing strike, Iran shuffles its mobile missile launchers every 24 hours LONDON Iran, concerned over an Israeli or U.S. attack, has ordered the redeployment of its Shihab-3 intermediate-range missile force. Western intelligence sources said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has received orders to move Shihab-3 launchers in an attempt to prevent their destruction by an Israeli or U.S. air strike. The sources said the launchers were relocated to positions near the Iraqi border closer to U.S. military positions around Baghdad. "The IRGC has been placed on war-footing," an intelligence source said. "The Shihab-3 units have been alerted to the prospect of an immediate strike." On Feb. 1, Iranian Defense Minister Mustafa Najar said the military was ready to repel any air attack. Najar made his remarks during a tour of an air base in Bushehr, home of Iran's first nuclear facility. "An attack against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities would be met by a quick and decisive response by the country's armed forces," Najar said. Najar did not discuss the redeployment of the Shihab-3 batteries. But sources said the IRGC issued an order to the Shihab-3 missile units on Jan. 19. The units were ordered to move the Shihab launchers every 24 hours. Over the past 12 days, Shihab missile launchers have moved every night to a different position, the sources said. The launchers remain within a 35-kilometer radius, apparently within range of their command and control centers. The IRGC has also moved advanced Shihab-3 units to the provinces of Kermanshah and Hamedan. The sources said reserve mobile launchers were relocated to the provinces of Fars and Isfahan. Iran is believed to have at least six Shihab-3 brigades. They contain both the standard Shihab-3, with a range of between 1,300 and 1,500 kilometers, as well as the enhanced Shihab, with a range of 2,000 kilometers. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
