How come no one is talking about Iran's nuclear missile tests last week?

Question

Just wondering....

I only caught a 5 second piece of this information last week... I was busy and figured I'd hear more later but never did.

Is it that it wasn't broadcast very much? If so, I wonder why?

I did a search in YAHOO news and found this information about it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061104/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_missile_test_30

Btw, the guy that mentioned this on Friday's PBS The Newshour said they were nuclear... I just read that article and it doesn't mention they were nuclear so that part may be incorrect.

Point is we have received such a small amount of info on this... wondering why?

Dd and Uncle, yea I caught my era... was just going by what I heard then I read the complete article. My bad.

Answer 1

I heard about missile test, maybe they are able to carry nuclear war heads, but there is no evidence whatsoever that Iran is making Nuclear weapons, or even intends to.
But that will be the excuse when George Dubya attacks Iran before the end of his term in office. Of course this is a very bad idea, but the wheels are already in motion, and only mass protest in the USA can stop it. The Mid-term elections can't stop it, most democrats will go along with a new war that will have severe consequences for the entire world.

It is not good news for Dubya at this point in time that the media reports Iranian missile tests, because it show the consequences of his foreign policy, Iraq and Afghanistan Invaded, North Korea safe from invasion. In short the whole world can see that if you don't want to be invaded by the USA, get your hands on some nukes as quickly as possible.
http://www.portalino.it/nuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18792

Answer 2

The missile wasn't nuclear. I read the article you linked. They are just showing they have some long range missile capabilities. A nuke could be put on the thing, but first they'd have to get it. I'm sure that nut bag in Korea would sell them one. They don't like the idea of being tied down. The government and it's followers are off the deep end over there. They honestly think Israel should not exist and literally want to wipe it off the map. They don't care about what happens after that. To them it's the great will of Allah. The UN made Israel a nation back in the 60's I think. It said they would help defend Israel from any attackers while it was building it's new government and stuff. Three months later, Israel was invaded by Palestine and the UN did nothing. (Of course). The fighting has been going on ever since. If the "great" UN would've done what it was supposed to do, we may not have the conflict we have over there now.....maybe.

Answer 3

First off, they weren't nuclear missiles. If they had been you would have seen much more news coverage because Iran does not have nuclear weapons, yet.... The reason there wasn't alot of coverage is because unlike the North Korean test a few months back, all the missiles fired in this test have been fired on several times before. Also they were only medium range missiles that can barely hit Israel. They pose no danger to the US mainland or even Europe.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

We are in the middle of an election, and alot of s*** is coming to light, I truely believe that every country has the right to be able to defend it-self. Just imagine if you were a citizen there (Iran) would you feel safer knowing that you had the means to protect your-self? America has them, so why not other countrys'? We are soooo busy trying to get others to think the way we do, we forget sometimes about their culture and standard of living. If you talk Politics, years ago involing Russia at the time, the whole world would diarm their nuclear war-heads, it was a nice talk, but nothing ever came of it. America should be taking care of the American citizens, there are plenty od low-income familys', homeless, and drugs, with disease. Iran wants the missles to protect it-self from Iraq, but we should NOT be involved in this...

Answer 6

Because election day is looming and the news agencies are too busy covering the mudslinging tv ads and trying to predict who is going to win by the results of whatever b.s. poll was taken that day.

There is no room for the really important stuff until after Tuesday, well, except for maybe Saddam's sentencing.

Answer 7

Funny how we only get a portion of the news that is out there. This is the first I have heard.

Answer 8

How come no one is talking about the toxic mud volcano in indonesia- thats still happening right now? it's just selective news.

Answer 9

They weren't nuclear missiles. They were missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Answer 10

The government doesn't want you to pay attention to that. It wants your attention on what John Kerry said, Iraq, and gay-marriage.