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Iran could launch pre-emptive Israel strike-commander
Reuters ^ | September 23, 2012 | Zahra Hosseinian and Rania El Gamal

Posted on 09/23/2012 3:50:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike on Israel if it was sure the Jewish state was preparing to attack it, a senior commander of its elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Amir Ali Hajizadeh, a brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, made the comments to Iran's state-run Arabic language Al-Alam television.

"Iran will not start any war but it could launch a pre-emptive attack if it was sure that the enemies are putting the final touches to attack it," Al-Alam said, paraphrasing the military commander.

Hajizadeh said any attack on Iranian soil could trigger "World War Three".

"We can not imagine the Zionist regime starting a war without America's support. Therefore, in case of a war, we will get into a war with both of them and we will certainly get into a conflict with American bases," he said.

"In that case, unpredictable and unmanageable things would happen and it could turn into a World War Three."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made increasing hints that Israel could strike Iran's nuclear sites and has criticized U.S. President Barack Obama's position that sanctions and diplomacy should be given more time to stop Iran getting the atomic bomb.

Tehran denied it is seeking weapons capability and says its atomic work is peaceful, aimed at generating electricity...

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bible; duplicate; ezekiel38; iran; islam; israel; netanyahu; nuclearweapons; obama; prophecy; shia; wmd; zechariah14
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Talk is cheap, general.
1 posted on 09/23/2012 3:50:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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A reminder for General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

Zechariah 14: 12 This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. 13 On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.

2 posted on 09/23/2012 4:00:36 PM PDT by BigFinn (The King is coming and He isn't riding a donkey this time.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wondered why there was all this talk about Israel hitting Iran. I thought maybe it was a way of pressuring Iran. Maybe its a way of giving Iran cover for its first-strike on Israel.


3 posted on 09/23/2012 4:07:53 PM PDT by marron
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And the man commanding this army is Lieutenant Commander Charles Darwin.


4 posted on 09/23/2012 4:11:07 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Someone help me out here: If Israel and Iran are in a war before election day, who do you think it would hurt the most; Obama or Romney? Obama’s foreign policy inexpericence is starting to be very obvious. On Foreign Policy questions today, Chris Wallace had obama spokesman, Robert Gibbs, absolutely rattled. So, who would an Israeli/Iranian War hurt most; Obama or Romney? I’d really like some insight here.


5 posted on 09/23/2012 4:11:19 PM PDT by Cherokeesquaw
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well General DabbaDoo; you may as well have at it. Because you can be quite sure that Israel will attack. Unless you hit first, you may never get the chance to strike at all. Do not despair, though. No matter what happens I will preserve the memory of the proud name of Yabba for future generations. General Yabba DabbaDoo, I salute you!


7 posted on 09/23/2012 4:12:08 PM PDT by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When you have both nations using preemptive language
it doesn’t bode well for the future.


8 posted on 09/23/2012 4:15:20 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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For eight long years, none of the big mouth ayatollas in Iran couldn defeat Sadam Husien’s Iraq, which shares a border with the Persian scum. This is the same Iraq that the USA crushed in only three weeks, without having to use any of it’s most lethal weaponry. I always laugh and fart when the ayatolla generals talk about their “so called” military power.


9 posted on 09/23/2012 4:19:09 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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Iran
10 posted on 09/23/2012 4:23:05 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Flavious_Maximus
I wish that there will be a way that the people of Iran rid themselves of the Mad Mullahs and Ayatollahs.

Iranians (at least some of them) laugh at the Mullahs behind their backs.

The Persians go back a long way and are quite capable of being a great civil people.

11 posted on 09/23/2012 4:25:47 PM PDT by stboz
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To: Cherokeesquaw

“War hurt most; Obama or Romney? I’d really like some insight here.”

I think it would put obama in a tight position that would make him very uncomfortable. He would be forced to back Israel. Either that, or lose the election.

The Israel knows this, and that’s why I think it will happen before the election.


12 posted on 09/23/2012 4:31:09 PM PDT by babygene
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If Iran hits one of our bases obama will immediately surrender to the muslims. Oh, wait. He already has. Why would Iran consider themselves at war with a country whose president has already surrendered?


13 posted on 09/23/2012 4:32:06 PM PDT by Terry Mross (The Clintons seem to be very afraid of obama. Do they owe him their souls?)
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Dear BGEN Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps:

1. An Israeli EMP strike by Jericho 3 ICBMs renders all of Iran electronically and electrically deaf, dumb, and blind. This is permanent and puts the Iran back in a pre-industrial age because NOTHING electrical works. Your country is over in minutes and not hours or days.

2. Once electronically neutered, the Israelis strike and seal the underground factories, making them into tombs for the Iranians there.

3. If Iran has contingency plans with Hamas or Hezbullah to attack Israel, they turn the IDF loose and kick their butts — no prisoners — and simultaneously tell the Syrians, Egyptians, and Saudis that if they want a REAL war, Israel will obliterate them as utterly as it did Iran.

14 posted on 09/23/2012 4:33:37 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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“An Israeli EMP strike by Jericho 3 ICBMs renders all of Iran electronically and electrically deaf, dumb, and blind.”

I was trying to explain this to my son this morning mover breakfast. You can be sure that Israel has such weapons.


16 posted on 09/23/2012 4:38:48 PM PDT by babygene
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To: babygene

mover = over


17 posted on 09/23/2012 4:40:56 PM PDT by babygene
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To: F15Eagle

Could be the Last Days for Iran if they attack Israel.

All of this is, of course, pointless. Israel has no interest in Iran, other than the threat they pose. The destruction of Israel won’t help the Iranians one little bit.


18 posted on 09/23/2012 4:52:43 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The first priority is get Obama out of the White House.)
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To: BigFinn
This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. 13 On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.

"Oh, you mean like democrats."


19 posted on 09/23/2012 4:54:43 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I suggest Iran read up on the Egyptians attempt to do this in 1967.
Hint:it didn’t end well


20 posted on 09/23/2012 5:08:20 PM PDT by bestintxas (Somewhere in Kenya, a Village is missing its Idiot, thankfully.)
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