tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post853644897800716195..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: no data for someAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-84654739486997198332009-06-05T12:39:51.839+01:002009-06-05T12:39:51.839+01:00http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Photographic_evidence_of...http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Photographic_evidence_of_Sudanese_arms_embargo_violations:_UN_Panel_of_Experts_on_the_Sudan:_Mid-term_Briefing_During_Extended_Mandate_of_the_Panel_under_SCR_1713%2C_10_Apr_2007<br /><br />Some pretty pictures of planes you might recognise?NotRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950043268430049922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-23795456105638436412009-06-02T10:54:09.899+01:002009-06-02T10:54:09.899+01:00No, because they're going Zahedan-UAE, not UAE-Zah...No, because they're going Zahedan-UAE, not UAE-Zahedan.ajaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-86573036093748051072009-06-02T00:31:22.163+01:002009-06-02T00:31:22.163+01:00Specialized equipment of a kind available in the G...Specialized equipment of a kind available in the Gulf--building a pumping station for the big Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline? (Perhaps not unconnected with the string of Zahedan bombings)William Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166598591220818178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-81355506773026496872009-05-27T09:40:52.360+01:002009-05-27T09:40:52.360+01:00Ah, gotcha. Sounds like we need someone on the gro...Ah, gotcha. Sounds like we need someone on the ground with a long lens in that case.ajaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-16969312789141373922009-05-26T17:42:26.659+01:002009-05-26T17:42:26.659+01:00I can't tell if they are full; I can tell, however...I can't tell if they are full; I can tell, however, that they aren't going out from Dubai or Sharjah *to* Zahedan. They are coming from somewhere else to Zahedan, then going to the UAE.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-24521981962807929712009-05-26T14:14:58.882+01:002009-05-26T14:14:58.882+01:00So you can tell that the flights are coming into S...So you can tell that the flights are coming into Sharjah full and returning to Zahedan empty? Or am I misunderstanding you?ajaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-37519786195537991982009-05-26T12:43:49.445+01:002009-05-26T12:43:49.445+01:00Every fule knows Iran/Pakistan is the Next Big Thi...Every fule knows Iran/Pakistan is the Next Big Thing.. Makes sense that your XML-Borne Early Warning System would pick up on this.<br /><br />Not sure as to the actual things going in or coming out, but my ears twitch lately at anything that links these 2 countries. Would seem obvious that the next phase of The Great Game needs to tie together Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.NotRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950043268430049922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-33463640691126305792009-05-26T11:25:18.197+01:002009-05-26T11:25:18.197+01:00Well, the great bulk are coming *in* to the UAE; i...Well, the great bulk are coming *in* to the UAE; in the same period there have only been four or so outbounds.<br /><br />I wasn't aware it was such a big place, either; over 500,000 people. And the airfield is huge! <A HREF="http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IR63184" REL="nofollow">Rwy 17/35</A> is 13,993x148ft - that's 2,000 feet longer than either of the 09/27s at Heathrow.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-16278327330553707022009-05-26T10:55:25.783+01:002009-05-26T10:55:25.783+01:00At a guess: smuggling. People and goods. Zahedan's...At a guess: smuggling. People and goods. Zahedan's been a smuggling town for decades.<br />It would be fascinating to know whether all those flights are taking stuff into Zahedan or bringing it out.ajaynoreply@blogger.com