Posted on 03/01/2006 4:21:34 AM PST by Sic Luceat Lux
Appearing at a closed-door session of the Kneset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Maj.Gen. Aharon Zeevi-Farkash, the chief of IDF Intelligence Branch, has presented a detailed briefing. Gen. Zeevi-Farkash updated the committee on how IDF intelligence assesses latest developments in Iran, Iraq, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and along the Lebanese border.
The international diplomatic effort has only four months to halt Iran’s drive to produce nuclear weapons’. Gen. Aharon Zeevi-Farkash painted a grim picture when he presented his latest intelligence assessment.
International diplomacy is failing to deter Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Gen. Zeevi-Farkash says Teheran is thumbing its nose at the international threats of sanctions that have not materialized. Iran has produced 45 tons of UF-6 gas that is used in the centrifuge process for producing enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. In Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency has backed off and refrained from transferring the issue to the U.N. Security Council. Gen. Zeevi-Farkash concluded that if there is no decisive diplomatic action by the end of March, the diplomatic effort will have come to the end of the road.
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Israel's about to smoke 'em up (Iran) - - and I don't blame them.
Beware the ides of March!
I still think there will not be a military strike until the end of 2006 or early 2007.
I disagree. I don't think Israel will take any chances. If just one Iranian missile makes it to Israel or an Iranian nuke goes off in a car in Israel-there is no more Israel.
Word on the street has Iran testing a weapon during their New Year, in mid-March.
I also don't think the strike will come from the Israelis, but the USA or unlikely but possible, and it would sure be nice, NATO.
Now having said that, 'think' is a long way from convinced but I sure hope it is not Israel.
"Unilateral Israeli action, without provocation from Iran, could unleash a diplomatic, economic and military backlash such as the Jewish state had never witnessed since 1948, Mr. Sharon argued."
If it is Israel, though, then yes, it would be sooner rather than later.
"Perhaps Hillary will go to Iran and start kissing cheeks to help save Israel?"
Maybe, but wouldn't that make the U.S. liable to an accusation of exporting terrorism?
ping
I know/ have to wait and see.
lol/ good one
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/2/28/181730.shtml?s=im Irans plans in case of a preemptive strike by US or Israel.
Their plans call for extensive use of ground-launched tactical missiles, coastal artillery, as swell as strategic missiles aimed at Saudi Arabia and Israel tipped with chemical, biological and possibly nuclear warheads.
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The clock is running.
Have to admit, all of this makes me a bit worried this particular month. : (
Oh, and check and rotate the Y2K stash. :)
I am with you. I hope Israel will not take chances.
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