Topic: Nuclear Terrorism
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Heartening news from WorldNetDaily:
Israel Ready to Strike IranLet's hope "unlikely to block" means the US also will not take the shameful position it took in 1981, joining the fictitious "international community" in condemning Israel's civilization-saving attack on Saddam's Osirak nuclear reactor.
Israel has conducted military exercises for a pre-emptive strike against several of Iran's nuclear power facilities and is ready to attack if Russia supplies Iran with rods for enriching uranium, Israeli officials told reporters.
An Israeli defense source in Tel Aviv told the London Sunday Times, which first published the story, that "Israel will on no account permit Iranian reactors - especially the one being built in Bushehr with Russian help - to go critical."
The source was also quoted as saying that any strike on Iran's reactors would probably be carried out by long-range F-15I jets, flying over Turkey, with simultaneous operations by commandos on the ground.
Russia is expected to deliver the enriching rods, currently being stored at a Russian port, late next year after a dispute over financial terms is resolved.
"If the worst comes to the worst and international efforts fail," the source said, "we are very confident we'll be able to demolish the ayatollah's nuclear aspirations in one go."
The source explained that any strike could be accompanied by an attack on other Iranian targets, including a facility at Natanz, where the Iranians have attempted to enrich uranium, and a plant at Arak, which International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors suspect of nuclear activity.
The Sunday Times also quoted a senior U.S. official warning of a pre-emptive Israeli strike if Russia continues cooperating with the Iranians. He said Washington was unlikely to block Israeli attacks against Iran.
Recent reports on the Bush administration strategy look promising. Sky News reports:
Bush Sets Sights on IranNow ask yourself, would John "I'll-make-the-French-like-us-again" Kerry take such action?
The American government has reportedly set it sights on toppling the regime in Iran if it wins a new term in office.
The US wants to trigger a revolt within Iran by stoking up dissent among the population, a White House official told The Times.
The claim came as an Iranian minister said intelligence services had dismantled all branches of
the country's al Qaeda network.
Iran is part of the "axis of evil" named by the US President along with Iraq and North Korea.
But unlike the toppling of Saddam Hussein, The Times said a change in Iran's rulers would not come about through military action.
However, the anonymous official, known to be a hawk, hinted at a possible strike against Iran's contentious nuclear programme.
Iran has agreed to defuse its nuclear threat but the US remains unconvinced.
"If George Bush is re-elected there will be much more intervention in the internal affairs of Iran," the official said.
If you would like to again express your support for regime change in Iran and a strike against Iranian nuclear targets before the reactors go critical, you can contact the White House here, and use our Take Action page to copy your Senators and Representative.
Posted by Tim
at 12:23 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, August 6, 2004 11:01 AM EDT
