[PGR88]

targetted assassination when these people travel internationally would make them think twice about helping Iran.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Mossad needs to get busy. Pour encourager les autres.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Enabling muslim nations can backfire. Guess the Russians have forgotten that time when the Germans got cozy with the Ottoman Empire.

[SolidWood]

It would be quite an irony if any Jews were among them...

[Walkingfeather]

sounds like we are going to see some russian scientists looking like swiss cheese in a couple weeks.

[familyop]

Russia has a few military friends in its Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO: members listed below). Iran has "observer" status in the organization.

The following excerpts are from the CIA World Factbook

Russia

Religions:
Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule

Kazakhstan

Religions:
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%

Kyrgyzstan

Religions:
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%

Tajikistan

Religions:
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan

Religions:
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Belarus

Background:
Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion remain in place.

Religions:
Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)

Armenia

Religions:
Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%

[familyop]

Here's some history in an excerpt from PalestineFacts.org:

What led to the Six Day War in 1967?

Military Provocation By Arab Countries and Soviet Disinformation

At the same time, and unknown to the Israelis, the Soviet Union mounted a disinformation campaign pushing Egypt to join Syria against Israel. At that time, the Soviets were providing military and economic aid to both Syria and Egypt. On May 13, 1967 a Soviet parliamentary delegation visited Cairo and informed the Egyptian leaders that Israel had concentrated eleven to thirteen brigades along the Syrian border in preparation for an assault within a few days, with the intention of overthrowing the revolutionary Syrian Government. This was a complete fabrication designed by the Soviets to destabilize the Middle East. Similar false information may have been given to Egypt by the Soviets as early as May 2.

The build up and aggressive intent were denied by Israel. UN Secretary General U Thant reported that UNTSO observers on the Syrian border:

   ... have verified the absence of troop concentrations and absence of noteworthy military movements on both sides of the [Syrian] line.

Nasser probably correctly interpreted the Soviet information as an indication to him that the time was ripe for an attack on Israel and that he had their backing. With the United States deeply distracted by the War in Vietnam, the Soviets had reason to think there would be no US intervention. Nassar then abandoned his former cautious policy and took the lead for new aggression against Israel. Syria and Iraq eagerly joined Egypt's preparations, increasing the momentum toward war.

[shield]

Wonder what else was shown to the Russians? I have an idea.

[pctech]

Well it’s about time someone started implicating Russians in helping Iran with their nuclear ambitions. If anyone still doesn’t think Russia wants to stir up trouble in the Middle East, just keep your eye glued to the news.

[shield]

Qom facility. It's buried deep - so deep that probably only nerve gas dropped with penetrator weapons down the ventilation shafts could do the job.

Plus the urban location means a lot of civilian casualties, regardless of whether anyone cares about blasting an ersatz "holy" city.

Which means the Israelis now must shift their strategy from an attack on the Mullahs' nuclear facilities to an attack on the Mullah regime itself. There is a term for this. It's called a Decapitation Strike.

Wipe out the Presidential Palace, the HQ of the Al Quds and Pasdaran forces, the Basiji offices, the command-and-control centers, collapse the regime, incapacitate it from reasserting its authority. The Mullah regime would be history in 24 hours. During the resultant anarchy until a new government is formed (or governments, as Iran may well break apart), commando teams can be inserted to demolish the nuclear facilities on the ground.

I know this is being considered - but will Bibi give the final thumbs up? Only Bibi knows. Per Jack Wheeler

[Parley Baer]

Meanwhile, Andrea Mitchell NBC News reports about the progress Obama has make with regard to Iran and the nukes. Sure Andrea, keep on dreaming along with your friends in the rest of the state run media. Buffoons all.

[SunkenCiv]

Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb
New York Times | October 3, 2009 | WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER
Posted on 10/03/2009 1:21:37 PM PDT by maquiladora
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2354257/posts

[TomasUSMC]

should have handed them the heads.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Excellent! The next ‘Arkady Renko’ Soviet mystery by Martin Cruz Smith coming right up!

Wish I were a writer; the plots just write themselves these days. :(

[OldNavyVet]

The winds of war are blowing strong.
Tis not the time to “get along.”

[Candor7]

The Russians obviously still want to control the Gulf and the oil that flows through it to the West.

This will spring back at them one day. Iran will set a few off around the Caspian.

[xzins]

All nations against Israel

[2harddrive]

This is an EXPLOSIVE new development in the news!

[GWConservative]

I was in Saratov in 1999 (one of ten trips to Russia) when I was shown an interesting device - a very small electron scanning-tunneling microscope and images of supposed viruses taken with it. The scientist told me American universities should "hire their scientists to do research in Russia so they would not go abroad and develop weapons for countries like Iran".

If Russia (and they do read this)'s authorities don't round up and prosecute the individuals who were named by the Israelis, they would be implicated in having helped Iran develop nuclear weapons on a national level. -Try to export this sort of technology from the USA and you would be in solitary confinement for the rest of your natural life.

[SJackson]

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