Thursday, 18 February 2010

Love of the Land: Iranian students 'fire' paper missiles at Israel

Iranian students 'fire' paper missiles at Israel

Hundreds of Iranians work hard at making paper airplanes and pretend to send them off to Israel


Dudi Cohen
Israel News/Ynet
16 February '10

The Iranian education system has found some particularly creative ways of teaching children about the strategic objectives of the Islamic Republic. Their pedagogical approach is to hold a celebration in which children launch "missiles" at the Zionist enemy.

Some 650 of such "missiles" were fired at Israel shortly after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called upon his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad to respond to any Israeli provocation and "to put an end to this once and for all."

An Iranian internet site reported Monday that a "symbolic" competition was held on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Hundreds of pupils gathered in order to launch paper airplanes at Israel.

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Love of the Land: Iranian students 'fire' paper missiles at Israel

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