From: "John Beamish" 

Interesting analysis here (matches yours and Adam's)

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20061105&art
icleId=3713

On November 2, Iran tested three new types of land-to-sea and sea-to-sea
missiles in the context of its "Great Prophet II" military
exercises carried out on land in the desert (See images below), in the
Persian Gulf waters, the Sea of Oman and 14 of Iran's provinces.

Western and Israeli military analysts were taken by surprise. According to
Debka, the Israeli intelligence publication (5 November), several features
of Iran's military capabilities were unknown to the Pentagon:

"The spectacular swarm of sophisticated missiles fired in Iranƒ ™s
surprise military exercise stuns military planners in the US, Israel and
Europe"


The rest of the piece is related observations reinforcing the analysis.



On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:58:18 -0500, Phil Payne
 wrote:

> http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/06/front2454053.7506944444.html
>
> U.S. naval armada set to sail into Gulf to 'intimidate' Iran
>
> "WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy has gathered aircraft carriers and troop
> transports for entry in the central Gulf. Included, officials said, were
> at
> least 10 warships that would arrive in the region over the next few days.
>
> 'The reason is to intimidate the Iranians," an official said.
"There are
> two
> crises: Iraq. The second is Iranian efforts to recruit Iraq and Gulf Arab
> states in an alliance.'"
>
> Oh, for fuck's sake, NO!
>
> Iraq cubed.  Fucking total disaster.
>
> This could make Iraq into a sideshow.  Two or three carrier groups
> against a
> local enemy with in-depth support and B1-proof hardened bunkers?  With
> enemies local on all surrounding coasts?
>

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