Saturday, December 24, 2005
Israel Ready to Strike Iran by End of March
Al Jazeera - December 22, 2005
In October, a Russian rocket carried Iran's first spy satellite, the Sinah-1, into orbit. This launch accelerated Israel's plans to strike Tehran's nuclear facilities; the Jewish state is now getting ready for an attack by the end of March.
Thus the Iranians will soon have a satellite network in place to give them early warning of an Israeli attack. However, Iran's satellites won't be as efficient as the more powerful Israeli and American space spys.
Moreover, Russia signed a $1 billion contract to sell Iran an advanced defense system that can destroy guided missiles and laser-guided bombs.
A strike against Iran would be popular in Israel, where everyone agrees that Iran cannot be allowed to have the kind of nuclear weapons that Israel itself possesses in such bristling abundance. By the late 1990s, the U.S. intelligence community estimated that Israel possessed between 75-130 nuclear weapons, including missiles and bombs, according to the Federation of American Scientists.
Israel did its homework. The March deadline also comes with an International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's NUCLEAR PROGRAM, which could lead to UN sanctions against Tehran, as Israel and the United States want. According to the Sunday Times, SHARON had already ordered Israel's special forces to be at the "highest stage of readiness" for the strike. Commenting on the report, a top White House official said that the threat of a nuclear Iran was moving to the top of the international agenda, and the question "what next?" would have to be answered in the next few months. (Meaning: Sure, March could work for us.)
Only a fool would believe that the Bush administration gave up its ambitions for "full-spectrum dominance" in the Middle East just because Iraq turned into a disaster. To Washington, Iraq has always been a step towards Iran; which was never punished for removing the U.S.'s puppet, the shah, and seizing the American Embassy in Tehran. In fact, Iran is the first step to Washington's ultimate goal; planting U.S.-controlled hands on Middle Eastern and Central Asian oil, thus halting the political rise of China and India, and ensuring a "new American century" of unchallenged profit and privilege. For the elite, of course; as always, those back home have to deal with the bills and the body bags from these war games.
The United States and Israel have already begun a covert war against Iran. With defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, BUSH and SHARON will have little trouble gaining support for such an attack. In the next few months, we'll see the usual charade of "diplomacy" as military plans are being final.
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Al Jazeera - December 22, 2005
In October, a Russian rocket carried Iran's first spy satellite, the Sinah-1, into orbit. This launch accelerated Israel's plans to strike Tehran's nuclear facilities; the Jewish state is now getting ready for an attack by the end of March.
Thus the Iranians will soon have a satellite network in place to give them early warning of an Israeli attack. However, Iran's satellites won't be as efficient as the more powerful Israeli and American space spys.
Moreover, Russia signed a $1 billion contract to sell Iran an advanced defense system that can destroy guided missiles and laser-guided bombs.
A strike against Iran would be popular in Israel, where everyone agrees that Iran cannot be allowed to have the kind of nuclear weapons that Israel itself possesses in such bristling abundance. By the late 1990s, the U.S. intelligence community estimated that Israel possessed between 75-130 nuclear weapons, including missiles and bombs, according to the Federation of American Scientists.
Israel did its homework. The March deadline also comes with an International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's NUCLEAR PROGRAM, which could lead to UN sanctions against Tehran, as Israel and the United States want. According to the Sunday Times, SHARON had already ordered Israel's special forces to be at the "highest stage of readiness" for the strike. Commenting on the report, a top White House official said that the threat of a nuclear Iran was moving to the top of the international agenda, and the question "what next?" would have to be answered in the next few months. (Meaning: Sure, March could work for us.)
Only a fool would believe that the Bush administration gave up its ambitions for "full-spectrum dominance" in the Middle East just because Iraq turned into a disaster. To Washington, Iraq has always been a step towards Iran; which was never punished for removing the U.S.'s puppet, the shah, and seizing the American Embassy in Tehran. In fact, Iran is the first step to Washington's ultimate goal; planting U.S.-controlled hands on Middle Eastern and Central Asian oil, thus halting the political rise of China and India, and ensuring a "new American century" of unchallenged profit and privilege. For the elite, of course; as always, those back home have to deal with the bills and the body bags from these war games.
The United States and Israel have already begun a covert war against Iran. With defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, BUSH and SHARON will have little trouble gaining support for such an attack. In the next few months, we'll see the usual charade of "diplomacy" as military plans are being final.
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