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Israel readies forces for strike on nuclear Iran
The Sunday Times ^ | December 11, 2005 | Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv, and Sarah Baxter, Washington

Posted on 12/10/2005 6:48:44 PM PST by rhainw

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To: F15Eagle

"And our sats would notice many of them sailing a few days before (most don't leave the docks from what I understand)."

One striking thing that I've read, that I forgot to include, would be to watch out for the merchant ships coming down past Norway, en masse. This is not noticed because we've been "blinded."


262 posted on 12/11/2005 1:52:48 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: softwarecreator

If even one soldier dies because of this hubras, those who openned their jaws should be in jail.


263 posted on 12/11/2005 1:58:12 PM PST by jb6 (The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
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To: RegulatorCountry

I hope that the US has no real role in the end times prophecies because we are decimated by the Rapture. After all, we are still a Christian country I hope.

Also, after the rapture, the supporters of Israel will be gone, I don't see those left being very concerned about the continued existence of Israel, and the tribulation is all about God's dealing with Isreal, therefore no mention of the US.


264 posted on 12/11/2005 2:06:13 PM PST by Mom MD
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To: Mom MD

"After all, we are still a Christian country I hope."

Go out in public, to a shopping mall or public event, and look around you, listen to popular music on the radio, watch popular television shows, read your local MSM rag of a so-called "newspaper," and you'll likely reach the conclusion that the self-described Christian majority in our nation is Christian in name only. This has happened in a fairly short period of time, in the greater scheme of things; less than a generation. We're running out of time to turn the tide.


266 posted on 12/11/2005 2:28:18 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Mom MD

"I think it would be better if we did it than Israel. IF we do it, they hate us already, so what. If Israel does it, it may lead to broader war in the ME if Russia/Syria/Iran etc retaliate.

? this touches off Ezekiel 37-38 for you prophecy buffs"

I think it will either way. I'm afraid the US may not come out of this unscathed.


267 posted on 12/11/2005 2:59:57 PM PST by dmanLA
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To: streetpreacher

..an old Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."


268 posted on 12/11/2005 3:46:00 PM PST by COBOL2Java (The Katrina Media never gets anything right, so why should I believe them?)
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To: oolatec

because the Sunday Times hates Israel and wants to do everything possible to forestall the operation


269 posted on 12/11/2005 3:55:47 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: JeffersonRepublic.com

The Iranians don't need a Sunday Times article to warn them. They, and any other Arab country knows that Israel will not allow them to go nuclear.

Ergo, Iran is, and has been ready. Israel, however, will do what is necessary. When your existence is at stake you don't play games or take chances.


270 posted on 12/11/2005 3:59:03 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: F15Eagle

The Saudis want nothing to do with Iranian nukes, they'll be high fiving each other in Riyadh if and when Israel acts.

Israel might take off from Turkey or even Northern Iraq.

I think ALCM will be used, or those launched from subs, the aerial strike may be tougher to pull off. Although if it's needed, the IAF pilots have spent their lives training for this. If the IAF can't be used for a mission like this it's pointless. They don't need it to buzz Beirut every 6 months, that's for sure.

As for the SAM batteries, if you look at the IAF's performance against the Syrian SAM batteries in the Bekaa Valley in 1982, they did a pretty good job.

When it comes down to losing a few planes or letting Iran go nuclear, it's not really a contest.


271 posted on 12/11/2005 4:05:19 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888

If Putin has to choose between Washington and Tehran, he won't need long to make up his mind.


272 posted on 12/11/2005 4:08:13 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: rhainw

WW3 was the cold war, WW4 is the war on terror, this would actually be WW5 or an escalation of WW4..


273 posted on 12/11/2005 4:11:06 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
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To: oolatec

I do not think the top Isreali Brass really wears their top secret plans on their sleeves.


274 posted on 12/11/2005 4:14:42 PM PST by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

"We're already fighting WWIV."

That model is as follows:

1914-1918 WWI
1939-1945 WWII
1945-1990 WWIII (Cold War)
2001- WWIV (War on Terror)


275 posted on 12/11/2005 4:14:59 PM PST by edwin hubble
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To: rhainw

I have the Sam Adams Lager on ice just waiting to toast the Israeli Air Force once the strike is made..........


276 posted on 12/11/2005 4:17:32 PM PST by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: Tommyjo
Not nonsense, but it isn't very likely to happen. If Iran gets a nuke and they want to strike the US, they'll hit DC, LA or NYC, not try and conduct an EMP strike. While it's scientifically possible, it hasn't ever been done in actual combat operations (unlike, say, Nagasaki), and the Iranians wouldn't waste their only shot (presumably) testing it out.
277 posted on 12/11/2005 4:38:02 PM PST by Termite_Commander (Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
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To: edwin hubble

We're already fighting WWIV."

That model is as follows:

1914-1918 WWI
1939-1945 WWII
1945-1990 WWIII (Cold War)
2001- WWIV (War on Terror)

Your chronology is correct.


278 posted on 12/11/2005 6:26:30 PM PST by docbnj
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To: docbnj

And where are the EU countries in all of this?

They are nowhere. They are USELESS, or worse.

Next time you see one of those idiots, let him know what you think. I have little respect left for any Europeans majorities west of the Oder-Niesse line. They are weak, fearful, cowardly, drunk, drugged-out, and stupid.


279 posted on 12/11/2005 6:30:09 PM PST by docbnj
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To: Termite_Commander
If Iran gets a nuke and they want to strike the US, they'll hit DC, LA or NYC

Iran would have no shot in hell of hitting any of the above cities here in the States - They wouldn't have enough nukes to "flood the zone" per say -

280 posted on 12/11/2005 7:47:01 PM PST by SevenMinusOne
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