{"article":{"id":38932,"heading":"We're Bombing Iran Now?","author":"Christy","created":"2003-03-23 16:27:34","modified":"2003-03-24 16:28:59","last_modified":"Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:28:59","article":"

Stray bomb hits building in Iran

March 22 2003

Two people were injured when a missile landed in western Iran near the border with Iraq today, an Iranian parliamentarian said.

\"This is unacceptable and Iran will protest this incident,\" said Mohammad Kianoush Rad, a member for the south-west Iranian province of Khuzestan, where the missile landed.

He said the missile hit an Oil Ministry building in the Iranian city of Abadan.

\"Two people were injured, but no one died,\" he said.

\"We hope this was only a stray missile,\" Rad told The Associated Press by telephone.

He said it was not clear where the missile had come from. Abadan is about 50 km east of the city of Basra in southern Iraq, which is reportedly under attack by coalition forces.

Iranian government spokesman, Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, confirmed that a missile had landed somewhere in Iranian territory near the Iraqi border, but he would not give details.

However, he said that Iran had demanded explanations from the Swiss and British embassies in Tehran.

The Swiss embassy looks after US interests in Iran. The United States does not have diplomatic relations with Iran.

- AP



<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/articles\/2003\/03\/22\/1047749974247.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"ooops - sorry!","numcomment":9,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/03\/38932.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":38948,"heading":"Stray","article":"You won't hear anything about this on CNN folks. Isn't this just typical. while the public is glued to the fireworks display in Iraq, the minions of Bush quickly scatter to perpetrate new acts of evil elsewhere. \r\n\r\nShame on us if we let this one be supressed!\r\n","author":"Gillian Loop","parent_id":38932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-23 17:29:23","modified":"2003-03-23 17:29:23","fileurl":""},{"id":38951,"heading":"What do you mean?","article":"What you you mean, "you won't hear anything about this on CNN?"\r\n\r\nFor god sakes, it's an Associated Press wire story. Everyone gets those including CNN.\r\n\r\nIt's pretty comical, Fruit Loop, to see that you perceive left leaning CNN as pro Bush. They're far left of center and always have been. They have Larry King, of soft-ball interview fame.\r\n\r\nFor real honest, fair, and balanced news you must turn to Fox News Network.\r\n\r\nAnd for got sakes don't swallow any more sedition pablum from Pacifica Radio.","author":"Bush Admirer","parent_id":38932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-23 17:38:12","modified":"2003-03-23 17:38:12","fileurl":""},{"id":38987,"heading":"Am I really THAT stupid?","article":"I mean, I actually believe that the Fox News Channel is "fair and balanced." I believe anything they tell me, for they do my thinking for me. ","author":"Bush Admirer","parent_id":38932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-23 18:47:05","modified":"2003-03-23 18:47:05","fileurl":""},{"id":38994,"heading":"yeah, well...","article":"I just did a search for this on CNN and found no mention. Is it true?","author":"FluxRostrum","parent_id":38932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-23 19:06:08","modified":"2003-03-23 19:06:08","fileurl":""},{"id":39049,"heading":"CNN & IRAN","article":"Well if you were watching the television you would have seen the story, which was just announced.","author":"FRED","parent_id":38932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-23 22:41:49","modified":"2003-03-23 22:41:49","fileurl":""},{"id":39360,"heading":"IRAN BOBMBING?","article":"What do you mean you will hear this on CNN? I heard it once thus far...and read it once (on the scroll)...I have also heard that it was 3 missles. And read an article posted on this sight that a total of 12 missles have landed on the Iran\/Iraq border. But I have still not heard anythingelse? Anyone know anything? Website or articles are preferred if you are going to deliver information. \r\n\r\nThanks.","author":"Derby","parent_id":38932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-24 11:16:39","modified":"2003-03-24 11:16:39","fileurl":""},{"id":39412,"heading":"How Tasteful","article":"As we continue with this mass insanity known as war the sickness of those who promote becomes ever more apparent.","author":"Diogenes","parent_id":38932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-24 15:53:34","modified":"2003-03-24 15:53:34","fileurl":""},{"id":39418,"heading":"Yes!","article":"Amen, Diogenes. The innocents are the ones who are paying the price...and all in the name of oil. ","author":"Sammie","parent_id":38932,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-24 16:28:59","modified":"2003-03-24 16:28:59","fileurl":""}]}