Human MIRV's: 40,000 Suicide Bombers

Not reassuring: While the Iranian leadership renews its promise that Israel's elimination is a matter of time, while the Bush administration continues its propaganda war over Iran's impending nukes, and while oil hits $70 a barrel again over the collective anxiety, the UK Times reports over the weekend that "Iran has 40,000 trained suicide bombers ready to strike at US and British targets if the nation's nuclear sites are attacked by the West. In Iran, the main force of suicide bombers, named the Special Unit of Martyr Seekers in the Revolutionary Guards, was first seen last month when members marched in a military parade, dressed in olive-green uniforms with explosive packs around their waists and detonators held high. Hassan Abbasi, head of the Centre for Doctrinal Strategic Studies in the Revolutionary Guards, said about 29 Western targets had been identified."We are ready to attack American and British sensitive points if they attack Iran's nuclear facilities," he said in a speech, a recording of which has been heard by London's Sunday Times newspaper. He said some were in Iraq, "quite close" to the Iranian border." See the full story...