Kent Brockman reporting-- A source from the secret Israeli base in Saudi Arabia says... 
the tough as nails Israeli Raid Commander has been identified!
Film... 
at 11!
Posted on 06/23/2010 6:50:35 AM PDT by jhpigott
By JPOST.COM STAFF 06/23/2010 15:57
Israel Air Force aircraft have been spotted in recent days at a Saudi Arabian military base unloading military equipment in the city of Tabuk, in northwestern Saudi Arabia, according to a report from Iranian news agency FARS.
The base will reportedly be used as a forward operating base by the Israelis as part of an offensive on an Islamic country.
Obama’s poll numbers tanking, time for a little Clintonesque ‘wag the dog’ to distract from his utter failure.
Barry has been refusing the Israelis for over a year, but now will relent in order to get the heat off himself. NOtice the 11 warships passing through the Suez earlier in the week. Mideast war by August, imho.
An FOB in Tabuk doesn't make sense as it would not be forward to Iran, or Syria, or Turkey. Only to Yemen or Oman, and only marginally (it's a short drive from Tabuk to the Jordanian border and Aqaaba, and Eilat from there).
Iran will not know when its coming and from what direction. All these reports could be intended to get Iran to look in the wrong direction.
The Shia Iranians and Sunni Saudis hate each other.
This could be a telegraph from Iran to Saudi, saying 'don't even think about it.'
story picking up some steam in Israel. INN now reporting it as well. More details, apparently the IDF forces landed in SA 10 days ago.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138231
Reports: IAF Landed at Saudi Base, US Troops near Iran Border
(Israelnationalnews.com) The Israeli Air Force recently unloaded military equipment at a Saudi Arabia base, a semi-official Iranian news agency claimed Wednesday, while a large American force has massed in Azerbaijan, which is on the northwest border of Iran.
Both reports follow by less than a week the Pentagon’s confirmation that an unusually large American fleet sailed through the Suez Canal Saturday. Several reports stated that an Israeli ship joined the armada.
The Pentagon played down the news, saying the American maneuvers were routine. However, a report by Iran on Wednesday that it has enriched dozens of pounds of 17 per cent enriched uranium serves as a reminder that time is running out to stop Iran from being able to produce a nuclear weapon.
Iran’s Fars News Agency said the Israeli military aircraft landed 10 days ago at the Saudi base near the city of Tabuk, located in northwest Saudi Arabia, one of the closest areas in the oil kingdom to Iran.
Fars said that the Tabuk base will be the central station for an Israeli attack on Iran. It quoted an Islamic news site that a commercial airline passenger said the airport in Tabuk was closed to all other traffic during the alleged Israeli landings. The passenger said that “no reasonable explanation” was given for shutting down the airport and those passengers were compensated financially and booked in four-star hotels.
“The relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel have become the talk of the town,” the passenger added. The chief authority in Tabuk, Prince Fahd ben Sultan, was reported be coordinating the cooperation with Israel.
Azerbaijan
Iran’s government-funded Press TV reported that the Revolutionary Guards began closely patrolling the Islamic Republic’s northwestern border after noticing the American forces, which Iran claimed also included Israeli troops. Azerbaijan’s independent Trend news site also reported on Wednesday that American armed forces are in the country, which is in an armed conflict with rebels.
Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Mehdi Moini said Tuesday that his forces are mobilized “due to the presence of American and Israeli forces on the western border.” The Guards reportedly have called in tanks and anti-aircraft units to the area in what amounts to a war alert.
Enriched Uranium
As signs point to a higher American-Israeli military profile aimed at Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, the Islamic Republic’s vice president and director of the nuclear program, announced Wednesday that Iran has produced another 37 pounds of uranium enriched to 20 percent. The production of the uranium defies United Nations demands that Iran stop its unsupervised nuclear development, although the 20 percent level is far below level that is needed to build a nuclear weapon.
“Potentially, we can produce 5 kilograms (11 pounds) a month, but we are not in a hurry over this,” Salehi told the semiofficial ISNA news agency.
Kent Brockman reporting-- A source from the secret Israeli base in Saudi Arabia says... the tough as nails Israeli Raid Commander has been identified!
Film... at 11!
Bush’s fault!!!!!!111
The guy that got screwed in the Iranian election last year was an Azeri and they were not happy about it.
At this point in time only, my opinion is that Imanutjob and the Mullahs are mostly all camel and no hat. They're no way prepared for all-out war.
("Imanutjob and the Mullahs"......isn't that the audience warm-up act for the Beck-O'Reilly Traveling Road Show?)
Leni
(Unless, of course, they wanted to be spotted)
I fails to mention that the base is the King Faisal Air Base that is only 120 miles from Israel.
OK, forward staging need to be in forward locations.
This story was generated by FARS and PressTV, both PR wings of Iran. Pure nonsense.
If Israel were allowed to use Tabuk, where the Saudi's keep most of their F-15's, no one would know about it.
This story started with an air traveler at the public airport who saw an Israeli El AL cargo plane unloading freight to be trucked into Saudi Arabia as that is the only port of entry for Israeli airplanes.
I hope it’s true that Israel is doing something, but I have serious doubts about this report. I wish Israel would get on with it though - and finish the job thoroughly - which is probably the attitude of most Americans, most non-Islamic Europeans, and even most Arabs. The down side is that once Israel saves our bacon (why do I suspect that the Arabs don’t use that phrase?), everyone is going to complain about Israel, protest the actions they are secretly celebrating, and generally try to make Israel pay politically for doing what Obama is too big a sissy to do and every other country is too weak to risk.
I am sure zer0bama will back Iran and Ahminthemoodforjihad.
we might even shoot down Israeli jets if they fly over Iraq to attack Iran.
way to go America for voting in Hope and Change.
That's certainly possible.Who knows what individual/entity leaked this.Was it friends/enemies of Israel...friends/enemies of Iran?
with putin’s blessing
I’m with you . . . this story is non-sense. I’m more interesting in why the Israeli press is running this Iranian drivel.
Jpost and INN aren’t known for re-printing Iranian propoganda from FARS or PressTV
Looks like “over” is not the correct word. “In” is.
“The Shia Iranians and Sunni Saudis hate each other.”
Yes they do, but keep in mind that they tend to hate Jews and Christians even more than they hate each other. And (at least in religious terms) they hate other ‘infidels’ (Hindus, Buddhists, atheists) even more than they hate Jews and Christians.
Obama might order our fighters to intercept Israeli fighters to stop them from attacking Iran. Would he order US fighters to shoot down Saudi fighters? Doing so would be a no-win scenario.
But I agree with other posters that this seems Debka-style fantasy.
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