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Monday, October 18, 2010

Blast at Iranian facility may be linked to Kurdish unrest

Shahab 3An explosion that ripped through an Revolutionary Guards Corps. base last week in western Iran, killing 18 soldiers, has attracted international attention because the site is reportedly used to store medium-range Shihab-3 missiles.

According to the Global Security website, the Imam Ali base is situated in a mountain pass and is run by the Al-Hadid Brigade, a unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Command Missile Force.

“The missile launching sites are mobile and hidden in the heights,” the website said.

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