Analysis: Israel’s shadow war against Iran

jpost ^ | 3/16/11 | YAAKOV KATZ

[Nachum]

The seizure of the 'Victoria' cargo ship is just another chapter in the larger covert war that Israel is waging against Iran.

Israel waged war against Iran on Tuesday. No Iranians were present and not a single shot was fired, but make no mistake – the seizure of the Victoria cargo ship is part of Israel’s battle against Iran, one that is fought in the shadows and sometimes in the most unlikely places.

When the commandos from the navy’s Flotilla 13 approached the ship under cover of darkness late Monday night, they still did not know what to expect. Only as they made their final approach toward the ship, some 320 km. west of Israel, did Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu give his final approval to board the vessel.

In such cases, the risk is huge, and for this reason the Foreign Ministry was on standby with officials ready to contact Germany and Liberia. A German company owns the ship, and it was flying a Liberian flag.

After contacting the captain of the ship by radio, the commandos climbed aboard and, encountering no resistance, began a brief search of the cargo. They went to the “suspicious” containers, the ones that were loaded at the Syrian port of Latakia and were slated to be unloaded at the Egyptian port of Alexandria, according to the cargo manifest.

[PGR88]

The Greeks, and Israel, have been pretty much constantly fending off aggressive Persia for the last 3000 years.

In other words, things are normal.

[wizr]

Thank you.

[SunkenCiv]

Stuxnet is an example. Thanks Nachum.

[SJackson]

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[blasater1960]

This war will be coming out of the shadows....in the not too distant future.

[Eleutheria5]

So then we might have an ally in Greece. Where’s Alexander when you need him?