Israel Prepares To Strike Iran

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7465170.stm

Israel has carried out an exercise that appears to have been a rehearsal for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, US officials have told the New York Times. The Israeli exercise, it seems, was designed to send a message to Tehran that Israel has the power and will to attack if it thought Iran was close to getting a nuclear weapon, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen reports. Diplomats in Washington described the exercise as muscle-flexing, a message that Israel would be ready to take unilateral action against Iran if needed. But they add that if Israel ever decides to strike, there will be little advance warning - just like when it targeted a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria last September and Iraq's nuclear plant in Osijek in 1981.

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Vulcan.

Attack what? Nuclear reactors or civilians? Those Israelis better be more precise... if it's a reactor, why not? But if they're going to strike populated areas and kill people who aren't very pleased with their government already, the plan will be totally useless and of course will cause disgust among many organizations. By the way, wouldn't it be a mistake to strike Iran as they may have a few nuke head missiles ready to obliterate Israel???
Retarded claims if you asked me...

At Osirik (Iraq) the first two bombs made holes in the containment wall.  The rest WENT THROUGH THE HOLES.

Any guesses how long til they do attack? my guess 2010  you know its going to happen evetually!

flightboy

I wouldn't feel safe with Israel, Pakistan and India having nukes...

India and Pakistan, if they ever use them, will use them on each other.   I can't see either of them "wasting" even one warhead elsewhere, as that would be one less for them to have for one another.

Because they are using for what they're designed for - deterrent.

Iran has the will to actually use them for killing people.

There's a big difference.

Don't forget also that Iran is a dictatorship. Its people seem happy because of what they're told by state governed media etc.. but they're brutal to their population if they're even perceived to have broken the law.

If a woman gets raped - she faces jail or even the death sentence for example! Don't think Iran is a nice place for one second. I'm sure the general populace are fine - it's always the people in power that are the problem.

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Vulcan.

A country that has them has pulled off a fiat accompli.  How are you going to get India or Pakistan or Israel to give them up?  Or Russia or China or France or Britain or North Korea or the US, for that matter.

His threat to 'wipe Israel of the map' was interpreted by Ahmadinejad fans as 'wipe the Israeli regime' of the map. The true interpretation is open to question. Either way, it's a threat to Israel. You don't depose a countries government any other way but with violence. Of course there is the under handed 'fund terrorism’ way.

 

I've watched interviews with Ahmadinejad, and the guy seems like an incredibly intelligent person. He has some very good perspectives on things.

 

Strange he does such a good job of poking a stick at the west and Israel then. He may get a few Israeli bombs on his reactors. That doesn't sound intelligent to me. Having a nice friendly dialogue with the west and not enriching scary stuff would be better don’t you think?

 

You would think he would make less ambiguous speeches if he were intelligent. An intelligent man wouldn't leave them open for interpretation. After all it’s not difficult to express your self is it?

 

People should be willing to take Iran seriously, rather than automatically perceiving Iran as a threat.

 

How can we not perceive them as a threat when they insist on progressing their nuclear ambitions? While at the same time funding terrorism and making 'ambiguous [some would say] speeches, and statements that could be interpreted as threats.

This is the nation we are taliking about...