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Israel seen lifting nuclear veil in Iran stand-off
reuters.co.uk ^ | Sept 25-06 | Dan Williams

Posted on 09/28/2006 5:43:58 AM PDT by ruready4eternity

In October 1973, with its forces battling to repel invasions by Egypt and Syria, Israel did what had previously been unthinkable: It briefly wheeled its nuclear-capable Jericho-1 missiles out of their secret silos.

That, historians believe, was picked up by U.S. spy satellites and stirred up fears in Washington of a catastrophic flare-up between the Jewish state and the Soviet-backed Arabs. Message received, an urgent American shipment of conventional arms to Israel was quick to follow, and helped turn the war.

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We know Ahmadinejad said He wants to usher in the Islamic saviour and He's the one to do it. But A quick solution is to unveil these nuke as a deterrant and put Ahmadinejad in his place.

Pat Robertson needs to get in some more hot water and "put out the call" if you know what I mean :))

1 posted on 09/28/2006 5:44:01 AM PDT by ruready4eternity
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To: ruready4eternity

The Israelis also have missle armed submarines probably nuclear capable. I have heard that in a doomsday scenario Mecca is on the target list for Israeli missles.


2 posted on 09/28/2006 6:34:04 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir wölle bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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To: ruready4eternity

bump.


3 posted on 09/28/2006 6:40:19 AM PDT by Centurion2000 ("Be polite and courteous, but have a plan to KILL everybody you meet.")
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