Posted on 01/22/2006 10:01:31 AM PST by Boundless
DEBKAfile’s Iranian sources add: FDI reporting has a reputation for credibility. ... For Israel, the timing is getting tight in view of its general election on March 28. Acting prime minister Ehud Olmert must take into account that a ruling party which allows an Iranian nuclear explosion to take place six days before the poll would draw painful punishment from the voter.
(Excerpt) Read more at debka.com ...
Links from yesterday:
Tehran planning nuke test by march
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562045/posts
Tehran plans nuclear weapon test by March
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561669/posts
Iran - Tehran plans nuclear weapon test by March
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561373/posts
Well lets hope it goes real good as in opps what happened to half of Iran
It's hit or miss with Debka. Not really much credibility but they have been known to get it right a few times.
And of course we have:
IAEA chief holding off Iran report until March ("Mohamed" ElBaradei cuts Iran slack)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562365/posts
There's that March date again.
Words never used when referring to DEBKA.
I don't put much stock in DEBKA but this is perfectly believable. What is not believable is the estimates that year after year keep pushing Tehran's nuke-ready date farther into the future.
Perhaps the most discrediting thing about these reports is
that simple A-bombs don't need testing.
The Hiroshima gun-type U238 bomb was never tested.
Only the Nagasaki plutonium implosion device was
tested.
So if Iran runs a test, it's either because they are
actually just sending a message, or they are trying
for a more sophisticated delivery device. In either
case, however, they blow off a major percentage of
their fissionable inventory.
March is looking to be a most scary month. All of these different sources point to something big going down soon. I guess we'll know soon enough...
All these sources reading each other's stuff and jumping on the bandwagon.
I don't believe any of them.
Anyone care to place bets as to the day the IAF initiates "OsirakII"?
I'll offer a window of a week either way of Iran's proposed Test Date.
Jack.
the betting pool is here
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1538092/posts
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