Iran got trolled by Star of David
Did Israeli prankster architects sneak a Star of David onto the roof of the Teheran airport, or is the controversy in Iran over a Google Earth revelation much ado about nothing?
Regardless of whether it was happenstance or an act of architectural subterfuge, government officials in Iran were incensed this week when they discovered the outline of a Star of David atop the roof of the headquarters of Iran Air, Al- Arabiya reported on Monday.
The six-pointed star was discovered by an eagle-eyed Google Earth user recently, over three decades after the building that houses the national airline of the Islamic Republic was constructed by Israeli engineers.
Israel and the Shah’s Iran maintained good ties until the Islamic Revolution of 1979 ended the relationship. Before 1979, Israel brokered arms deals with Iran, and there were regular flights between Teheran and Tel Aviv.
Once the existence of the Star of David was reported in Iranian media, government officials called for the immediate removal of the apparently offensive Jewish symbol.
The discovery of the symbol came three months after the Iranian public learned of the existence of a Star of David on the roof of a building in Teheran’s Revolution Square.
www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=197395&R=R1&utm_source=...
Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=teheran+airp...
It took them 30 years to realise?
kinda funny though! :)
Paranoia
oooooppppsssss..... Ahmadinejad is busy fighting off enemies abroad. he forgot to have a good look in his own yard..
OK.. So here's the thing.. How do we know that it has been there since the pre-revolution days ?? Why has no one noticed it before ? I mean, there are aircraft flying overhead , left , right and centre.
If I may theorize...
This is a recent undertaking by Mossad to show the Iranians that they can infiltrate and carry out acts such as these without hinderance or notice..
Today, the airport - TOMORROW THE CENTREFUGES !
Bwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaahhaha !
Oh and before I get bashed this has nothing to do with religion, I like the post for the prank value. Not because Israel got one over. It's my sense of humour that this appeals to, and the imagination of the pranksters who pulled this off.
Hehe. I used to live near a mosque in KSA where all the windows were star of David shaped. I hadn't the heart to tell them ;o)
Oh this is my favourite thread all week. The building was just pure genius on the part of the Israelis, and the aircraft parking post by Translator beggars belief.
I would love to know what they used to create the star. Perhaps air-conditioning ducts in conjunction with something else so that it didn't look obvious at eye level.
The Iranians were too busy figuring out how to park their aircrafts, the removal of the star was the next thing to do, see this http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=teheran+airport&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=60.246331,66.269531&ie=UTF8&hq=airport&hnear=Tehran,+Iran&t=h&ll=35.695195,51.313502&spn=0.003424,0.004823&z=18 (which is in the same airport as the building with the star)
They've been punked :O)
The level of intelligence on the planet is constant. It's just the population that's continuously growing.
(I don't remember exactly who said it)