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Israel must be ready for any Iranian attack: minister
Reuters ^ | 08/22/2006 | Reuters Newswire

Posted on 08/22/2006 2:13:51 PM PDT by garbageseeker

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel should prepare for the possibility of a missile attack from Iran, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday.

"We are liable to face an Iranian missile attack. The Iranians have said very clearly that if they come under attack, their primary target would be Israel," Rafi Eitan, a member of the decision-making inner cabinet, told Israel Radio.

Iran could fire missiles at the Jewish state "therefore we must prepare for what could come, and prepare the entire country for a missile strike attack, to prepare all the civilian systems so they are ready for this," Eitan said.

The radio said Eitan, a former spymaster, meant that Israel should prepare its bomb shelters to protect against a possible Iranian attack.

It quoted Eitan as alluding to the current international standoff with Iran over its uranium enrichment, saying if the situation deteriorates, Israel would be the first to come under attack.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map." He has said Israel "should not assume" its ceasefire with Iranian-backed Hizbollah guerrillas last week means an end to the crisis.

Hizbollah fired 4,000 rockets on northern Israel during the war.

Iranian cleric Amad Khatami has said that Iran would hit Tel Aviv with medium-ranged missiles it came under attack. Arms experts say Iran's Shahab-3 missiles are capable of striking Israel.

Eitan's remarks also came as tensions rose between Iran and six world powers led by the United States, who have sought to persuade Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment program, with an August 31 deadline for Tehran to face possible sanctions from the United Nations.

Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; War on Terror
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1 posted on 08/22/2006 2:13:53 PM PDT by garbageseeker
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To: garbageseeker

Yeah..you really should start planning ahead..kind of like you did for the last one in Lebanon??? Geez, anyone running the ship over there??


2 posted on 08/22/2006 2:16:56 PM PDT by samadams2000
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To: Alouette; SJackson

Please ping this to your respective lists.


3 posted on 08/22/2006 2:18:57 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: garbageseeker; All
...Eitan, a former spymaster,...

Seems like al-Reuters couldn't resist the opportunity to get in a little jab.

4 posted on 08/22/2006 2:29:28 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

bump


5 posted on 08/22/2006 2:34:38 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men.- General George Patton)
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To: garbageseeker
Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East.

As of 14:32 pm PDT, August 22, 2006, this has got to be the dumbest, PC-induced statement ever heard.

"Widely believed to be the only"? If she weren't, Israel wouldn't still exist as a country.

D'OH!!

6 posted on 08/22/2006 2:35:05 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Publius6961

I agree.


7 posted on 08/22/2006 2:36:22 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men.- General George Patton)
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Israel's Arrow missle defense system
8 posted on 08/22/2006 3:57:49 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men.- General George Patton)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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9 posted on 08/22/2006 4:37:36 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
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To: Publius6961

Amen!


10 posted on 08/22/2006 4:57:43 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: justiceseeker93

There's no such thing as a 'former' spy. Only good ones, and dead ones.


11 posted on 08/22/2006 5:21:57 PM PDT by struwwelpeter
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To: garbageseeker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOwPxBj9yD4


12 posted on 08/22/2006 10:25:13 PM PDT by joyce11111
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To: joyce11111

Awesome video.


13 posted on 08/22/2006 10:34:44 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men.- General George Patton)
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To: joyce11111

Thanks


14 posted on 08/22/2006 10:35:01 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men.- General George Patton)
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To: garbageseeker

I liked it too


15 posted on 08/22/2006 10:51:39 PM PDT by joyce11111
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To: justiceseeker93
Seems like al-Reuters couldn't resist the opportunity to get in a little jab.

Yeh, but OTOH, nothing wrong with being a former spymaster. President Bush (41) is a former spymaster, having headed up the CIA from 30 Jan '76 to 20 Jan '77. The HQ compound of the CIA is named for him.

16 posted on 08/23/2006 8:02:34 AM PDT by El Gato
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