Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran?

The Observer ^

[UKrepublican]

Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran?

Peter Beaumont Sunday September 16, 2007 The Observer The head of Israel's airforce, Major-General Eliezer Shkedi, was visiting a base in the coastal city of Herziliya last week. For the 50-year-old general, also the head of Israel's Iran Command, which would fight a war with Tehran if ordered, it was a morale-boosting affair, a meet-and-greet with pilots and navigators who had flown during last summer's month-long war against Lebanon.

[UKrepublican]

Interesting read indeed.

[shove_it]

Ditto

[George W. Bush]

Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran?

Hopefully.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Iran has been a tad quiet in the last few days.

Are we now going to have a Tehran Tom to amuse us?

[AU72]

According to the Jerusalem Post, the raid was a wet run.

[nuconvert]

“Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran?”

Why would they need one?

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Doubtful. Geographically, Iran is the size of Alaska. Its nuke plants are located in the central and far southeastern parts of the country. The IAF, which is not very big, doesn't have the range or numbers to take out Iran's enormous nuke infrastructure on its own. Any strike would have to take-place over Jordan, Iraq (even if U.S. controlled), or Saudi Arabia, a dubious proposition at best.

It'll have to be the USAF or USN that takes out the Iranians since we're not talking about a single Iranian reactor here, like at Saddam Osirak, but a spawling industrial complex spreading out for miles at several different sites.

[George W. Bush]

This is one of best articles I've read on the raid. Everybody who's interested should click through and read it all.

Bump.

[tet68]

Interesting but I can’t put much faith in it.
On a raid like this, the pilots would not be “briefed in the air”.

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Very interesting.

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Here's a short article about Turkeys involvement.

'Turkey gave Israel intel on Syria'

[Alouette]

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[M. Espinola]

Let's hope the Syrian raid was indeed a test for Iran - before it's too late.

Moscow is the enemy behind the enemy.

Iran: Fuel Ready For Bushehr

Official: Russian Fuel Ready for Iran

Putin due in Tehran on October 16

[marron]

They have pointed out that an almost bankrupt Syria has neither the economic nor the industrial base to support the kind of nuclear programme described, adding that Syria has long rejected going down the nuclear route.

This remark does nothing to refute the earlier suggestion that North Korea and Iran might be providing radioactive materials to Hezbollah. Whatever it was that they hit, it was something worth going to war with Syria over.

Others have pointed out that North Korea and Syria in any case have also had a long history of close links - making meaningless the claim that the North Koreans are in Syria.

This line is particularly incoherent.

[marron]

They have pointed out that an almost bankrupt Syria has neither the economic nor the industrial base to support the kind of nuclear programme described, adding that Syria has long rejected going down the nuclear route.

In any case, North Korea doesn't have the economic nor industrial base to support the kind of nuclear programme described, but they have it anyway.

[marron]

This is as good a theory as any:

It sounds to me as if Kim sold his nuclear material to the Iranians. The Syrians acted as brokers for the sale, collecting their cut of the proceeds and acting as transfer agent. The U-235 or Pu-238, along with the casings made in North Korea, would have been transferred to Tehran on Syrian military aircraft with IRGC personnel on board. Boy President gets some money and distracts attention away from Syria in long run. He wins. And so does Kim. He gets cold cash for Bomb material he really can't use anymore.

[marron]

I meant to post the link with that...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897339/posts?page=35#35

credit to section9

[sanchmo]

The most interesting thing about this whole event is that the MSM isn't touching ti with a ten-foot pole. One palestinian gets a splinter from throwing a stick and it's all over the front pages for weeks... but an air raid on a Syrian nuclear facility and....

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[UKrepublican]

Also, is there even any pictures yet?

I haven’t seen any. (in terms of damage done).

[TheSpottedOwl]

Hell yes!!! I do find it very disturbing that North Korea is involved. God bless our brothers and sisters in Israel.