Posted by
Cary Wesberry on Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:26:34 AM
Iran has divided the country up into 31 military sectors as part of its stepped up preparations for war, DEBKAfile’s Iranian sources report. Sunday, June 29, Brig. Gen. Mir-Faisal Baqerzadeh, head of the Iranian Army’s Foundation for the Remembrance of the Holy Defense and MIAs, said the 320,000 graves were to be dug for enemy forces in case of an attack on Iranian territory.
“We don’t wish the families of enemy soldiers to experience what Americans had to go through in the aftermath of the Vietnam War,” said Baqerzadeh.
Our sources report that it was obvious to the average Iranian that the graves, concentrated in the border regions, were intended for prospective domestic victims of US and Israeli bombardments.
The plan to divide the country into 31 military districts was approved at a top-level consultation at the office of Supreme Ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week.
Each sector will have its own command center headed by a Revolutionary Guards officer-in command, which in a war contingency will assume control of the district government and keep supplies of food, water, medicines running as well as emergency services for evacuations.
A military force attached to each command will be responsible for maintaining order and responding to problems.
According to DEBKAfile’s military sources, Iran has in effect established a home front command controlled by the Revolutionary Guards and manned by the million- strong Basij volunteer militia, the Guards’ local reserve units. This arrangement guarantees the government regime in Tehran effective control of every part of the country in any war contingency.
The Iranians should definitely dig those graves, but for themselves. What a ridiculous piece of propaganda to dig 320,000 graves for their enemies in advance of a supposed attack. Such intimidating showmanship! The Iranian government should be more worried about their own people engaging in a real revolution and removing them from power. Ultimately, that is what the Iranian government is scared of and is also why they are digging those graves. The 320,000 graves are probably for Iranians who could rise-up during an attack by Israel or the United States for the purpose of freeing themselves from tyranny. If that is the case, then I hope there's a nice shallow grave ready for Ahmadinejad.