Paper (Sunday Times): Israel Plans Nuclear Strike on Iran

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[LenS]

Since Iran wishes to exterminate Israel and exterminate or enslave us, I have no problem with using devices that make Hiroshima look like a firecracker. In fact, that's better since it will kill millions of Iranian and not a hundred thousand or so. This is a war to the knife. The survivor is the winner.

[EndWelfareToday]

I'm tellin all ya all. It's better if Mecca were nuked first. I really don't think Israel plans on using "nukes" of any kind to destroy Iran's nuclear program. Bunker busters yes. Nukes? NO!

Remember when the US first used our largest bunker buster? Remember the reports by Al Qaeda that we'd dropped limited thermal nuclear devices in Afghanistan? The propaganda wing of Al Qaeda supported by their friends in the media are only setting up the eventual false allegations in order to turn world opinion against Israel. What everyone (Including Israel) seems to forget however is that God (Elohim not allah) is on the side of Israel. ;)

[moose2004]

Didn't the media also film the SEALS landing in Somalia back in 1993?

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Therefore they believe they will inherit the earth by being more willing to take casualties than we are to inflict them. "

This was the same game the Soviets played and Reagan asked to see their cards. They folded. Same thing needs to happen to Islamofacism. We need to present one threat that will put the genie back into the bottle for a couple of hundred years. Every few years, open the bottle, grab whatever is in there by the neck, smack it a few times and back into the bottle it goes.

The problem the West has isn't with Islamofacism. The problem the west has is Marxism using Islamofacism to achieve its goals of global domination.

European Marxists cannot do anything about their own Islamo problem until the fabric of US Democrracy is destroyed. Theory being that if Europe goes on a crusade and we join in, the people would rise up against Marxism also, returning Europe to its Christian ways.

That's why 2006 was huge for the Democrats.The final battle is not between us and Islamofacism. It is between Communism and Islamofacism, with both sides willing to sacrifice their proletariat for global control.

Christianity is the one obstacle that both face and while the left is trying to destroy it through politics, the Islamofacists are using terror and death.

That is also why Iraq is killing the left just like Vietnam did.

[Brit1]

Unless you have your head in the sand since 1948 the whole world expects nothing less from the Israeli' than a nuclear strike on Iran's atomic sites although we don't know when it will happen.

Whats 'irresponsible' about publishing something everybody already Knows?
Now if the 'Sunday Times' published the type of weapon the date and the time of an attack that would be irresponsible but they are never going to know that untill after it happens.
The Israeli's are not stupid.

[sono]

Consider the Source:

... One must consider the source of this story. The Sunday Times journalist in question Uzi Mahnaimi, is a controversial figure, who co-authored a book with Bassam Abu Sharif, former senior adviser to Yasser Arafat and PLO press officer. While some may believe he has actual military sources in Israel who use him to leak stories that won’t make it past censors, others think he is used by foreign agents to push stories that embarrass Israel. Still others go farther, calling him unprintable names and charging that that despite the fact he works for a mainstream British newspaper, his sources makes Jamil Hussein look like the White House press secretary.

One thing is clear: Mahnaimi makes a regular habit of reporting that Israel is about to attack Iran. If his reporting was accurate, Iranian nuclear facilities would already be a smoking ruin – not once, but multiple times.

Sometimes, the backstory is far more interesting.

[newzjunkey]

Talk, talk, talk. I'll believe it when it's actually happened and appears in Breaking News.

[aculeus]

Your 253: excellent!

[houeto]

http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/emp.htm

[OKIEDOC]

Woooo there partner.

I'm not against taking out Iran's nuclear plants.

In fact I support any workable plan such as the one mentioned in this article.

I was merely stating that Iran will try to take out it's anger on anyone close to them.

They will most definitely try to disrupt world oil supplies by blocking the Straight.

I believe this action plan needs to happen sooner than later.

[OKIEDOC]

Please read my post at 290.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

You're right. The bigger picture is that Israel wouldn't deploy without US approval, which would mean Pres. Bush would be fully aware of the plan if it were imminent, which means that some Leftist mole in one of his departments would have leaked it to the NYT long before we'd hear about it through the Sunday Times.

[Starrgaizr]

Is it possible that Natanz is just a diversion and the real (or additional) centrifuges are being built under civilian areas? I'd prefer regime change of the armored division kind.

[GregoryFul]

I've seen it in a couple of different places prior to seeing the claim here - I was disappointed.

[I Like Lincoln]

It forces us to reason our arguments

Then how about explaining the reason for your ridiculous tagline.

[rintense]

Preaching to the choir!

[HoosierHawk]

Thanks, I steal only the best. ;)

[I Like Lincoln]

"Letting israel take care of this will be a catastrophe because it will create all out war in the middle east. People are actig too hawkish without thought for the consequences. Throwing nukes around should scare even the most hawkish of hawks."

Thank-you for being brave enough to inject some sense into this thread. I wonder how many Israel 'supporters' here would be willing to go defend Israel after Iran gets bombed.

[Grampa Dave]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763318/posts

EYEING IRAN: WHY W'S TAPPING ADMIRAL TO HEAD CENTRAL COMMAND
NY Post ^ | Ralph Peters


Posted on 01/06/2007 4:34:24 AM PST by slowhand520


EYEING IRAN WHY W'S TAPPING ADMIRAL TO HEAD CENTRAL COMMAND

January 6, 2007 -- WORD that Adm. William Fallon will move laterally from our Pacific Command to take charge of Central Command - responsible for the Middle East - while two ground wars rage in the region baffled the media.

Why put a swabbie in charge of grunt operations?

There's a one-word answer: Iran.

ASSIGNING a Navy avia tor and combat veteran to oversee our military operations in the Persian Gulf makes perfect sense when seen as a preparatory step for striking Iran's nuclear-weapons facilities - if that becomes necessary.

While the Air Force would deliver the heaviest tonnage of ordnance in a campaign to frustrate Tehran's quest for nukes, the toughest strategic missions would fall to our Navy. Iran would seek to retaliate asymmetrically by attacking oil platforms and tankers, closing the Strait of Hormuz - and trying to hit oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf emirates.

Only the U.S. Navy - hopefully, with Royal Navy and Aussie vessels underway beside us - could keep the oil flowing to a thirsty world.

In short, the toughest side of an offensive operation against Iran would be the defensive aspects - requiring virtually every air and sea capability we could muster. (Incidentally, an additional U.S. carrier battle group is now headed for the Gulf; Britain and Australia are also strengthening their naval forces in the region.)

Not only did Adm. Fallon command a carrier air wing during Operation Desert Storm, he also did shore duty at a joint headquarters in Saudi Arabia. He knows the complexity and treacherousness of the Middle East first-hand.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763318/posts

[pierrem15]

I think you're right: unless Olmert and his cretinous government go, any such 'leaks' are mainly bluff.

Both we and the Israelis seem to have convinced ourselves that we can win without killing our enemies. This is an illusion of which we will eventually be cured, but whether that occurs before it's too late for us or for them is unknown.

Iran's strategy is clear: a) obtain a credible nuclear detterent to protect itself; b) have it's proxies Hexbollah and Hamas shell Israel into economic collapse; c) drive the US from Iraq using its proxies there. Final goal: reestablishment of the Persian Empire stretching from he eastern Med to Afghanistan with all of the Persian Gulf's oil effectively under Iran's control.