What would the world look like today if it weren't for the events of June 7th, 1981 **MUST SEE

Alisrael Shockwave Presentation ^ | Alisrael

[yonif]

This is a shockwave presentation describing the events that took place leading up to Israel's decision to bomb the Iraqi nuclear reactor, the reactions, and Ilan Ramon's part.

http://www.alisrael.com/tamuz/index.html

Very interesting, try to read all info.

[illumini]

I never knew. Thanks for this post, from one very appreciative gentile.

[An.American.Expatriate]

bump for later

[Valin]

Flag!

[OXENinFLA]

Bump

[MJemison]

There was an excellent book written and published in the early 80's (?) about this operation. I read it and loaned it out, never got it back, and can't remember the name. A photo of an Israeli jet flying over a desert is on the cover. Might you know the name of it?

[Jael]

Hey, thought you might like to see this one!

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Magnificent!

Would do well to be a part of school history curriculums. (I'm not holding my breath).

[joesnuffy]

Tanks ......

[oyez]

Bump. I almost forgot about that.

[yonif]

Could this be it? There is no photo of the cover.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671638718/qid=1046282597/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_3/102-2109130-4818535?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[yonif]

Ping.

[SJackson]

Israel prevented atomic disaster in 1981

…The Times was sarcastic about fear of Saddam Hussein (``even assuming ... hellbent") and sanguine about his acquiring nuclear weapons which would deter Israel from using such weapons. But 10 years later Americans had reason to be thankful for Israel's muscular unilateralism in 1981.

Today on Ivry's embassy office wall there is a large black-and-white photograph taken by satellite 10 years after the raid, at the time of the Gulf War. It shows the wreckage of the huge reactor complex, which is still surrounded by a high, thick wall that was supposed to protect it. Trees are growing where the reactor dome had been.

The picture has this handwritten inscription. ``For Gen. David Ivry, with thanks and appreciation for the outstanding job he did on the Iraqi nuclear program in 1981--which made our job much easier in Desert Storm." The author of the inscription signed it: ``Dick Cheney, Sec. of Defense 1989-93."

Were it not for Israel's raid, Iraq probably would have had nuclear weapons in 1991 and there would have been no Desert Storm. The fact that Bush and Cheney are keenly appreciative of what Ivry and Israel's air force accomplished is welcome evidence of two things…

[SJackson]

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[k2blader]

Bump for later viewing.

[dennisw]

Thanks...it's good and has the photo of Chirac and Saddam inspecting French nuclear reactors prior to purchase.

[MJemison]

Many Thanks! I believe it was the Dan McKinnon book I read. But now I can re-read that one, and look forward to reading the other.

[veronica]

BTTT.

[CyberAnt]

Yeah, and the world jumped up and down, and screamed and yelled when Israel did it too; but it later proved to be extremely important to the security of the region.

[tet68]

Bullseye, one reactor. D. Mckinnon.
just picked it up at the used book store.
interesting, how france supplied all this stuff.