Newswire:


Iran 81mm Mortar Story: Twists, Turns, and Eating Crow

KurtNimmo.com

...Mike Rivero of the news site WhatReallyHappened.com has completed a bit of investigative work into the supposed death merchant allegedly responsible for cranking out 81mm mortars, said to be in the arsenal of Iraq’s Shi’a militias.

Rivero takes note of spelling inconsistencies, errors, and awful fishy graphic and design details on the supposed death merchant page (see his post "THE "IRANIAN" 81MM MORTAR WEB PAGE IS A FAKE!" on the WRH site). Moreover, the “phone numbers on the contact page are all 7 digit numbers. But in July of 2005, Iran switched over to an 8-digit phone system,” Rivero explains. But what really clinches it is the IP information:

Information related to '213.176.96.0 -
213.176.96.255'

inetnum: 213.176.96.0 - 213.176.96.255
netname: MUT-AC-IR
descr: Malek Ashtar University
country: IR...


...While it is possible the Malek Ashtar University is hosting a web page for an arms merchant, this is, to say the least, highly suspect. In short, the IP information alone leads me to believe there is something extremely fishy about this whole affair. More...