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Report: What Will An Israeli Attack On Iran Look Like?
IsraelNationalNews ^ | February 3, 2012 | By Elad Benari, Canada

Posted on 02/04/2012 7:16:48 AM PST by Strategy

As the rampant speculations that Israel will soon launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities continue, a report on NBC on Friday revealed what such an attack may look like.

The report, the main points of which were presented by Israel's Channel 10 News, is based on conversations the American network held with current and former officials in Israel and the United States. The report suggests that an attack on Iran will combine air and ground forces but will not include naval forces.

The officials interviewed said that the attack will be led by the Israeli artillery, which will use Jericho 2 missiles that have a range of 2,500 kilometers. The report also says the artillery will be assisted by F-15i aircraft and Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

The officials also told NBC that the operation will include ground units, but that they will not be involved in the actual attacks, focusing instead on marking targets or collecting intelligence.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel
KEYWORDS: iran; islam; israel; middleeast
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1 posted on 02/04/2012 7:16:54 AM PST by Strategy
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To: Strategy

>> As the rampant speculations that Israel will soon launch a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities continue &etc

This breathless Israeli attack speculation has “continued” for, oh, only about five freaking years now.

I’m hoping it materializes someday, but I’ll believe it when I see it.


2 posted on 02/04/2012 7:21:31 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Strategy
What idiots would announce to the world they were going to launch a "sneak" attack? The Israeli's have too much sense to broadcast this. Not going to happen.
3 posted on 02/04/2012 7:25:16 AM PST by immadashell
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To: Strategy

Why wouldn’t Israel use its submarines ?


4 posted on 02/04/2012 7:25:59 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: Nervous Tick

I agree.

And it’s just killing them (msm) that they don’t know ‘when’ or ‘how’, hence the ‘speculation’..

How dare the Israelis’ not inform them of their intentions.

How will they ever ‘warn’ Iran without the ‘inside’ information?


5 posted on 02/04/2012 7:27:36 AM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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6 posted on 02/04/2012 7:29:52 AM PST by hoosiermama (FR Unite... Get active contacting MSM, RNC. etc... freepmail : Mountain Mary.)
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To: Strategy

God Bless Israel and her allies, in the fight with any country that threatens Israel


7 posted on 02/04/2012 7:29:58 AM PST by darylmh (new workers, new prisons)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Why wouldn’t Israel use its submarines ?

I think any public reports about how they will do it is nothing more than speculation. If the Israelis use submarines, only they will know, not some Canadian analyst.

8 posted on 02/04/2012 7:33:30 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Controlling RINOs in Congress is like herding cats; should we be surprised Newt got scratched?)
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To: Nervous Tick

The attack will look like this.

Systems Administrators in Iran will start shutting things down. Chances are they are Israeli sleepers anyway. Israel commandos, who have been in Iran for months will take out key political and religious figures. In addition, key figures will be taken out in Syria, Gaza, Lebanon and Europe.

Israel will then blind Iranian radar with something technologically brilliant. It will only be for a minute or two, just enough to tell Iran something is amiss.

Two submarines will surface in the gulf. Each will launch 1 missile. The first will target the Revolutionary guards command and control center. The second will target a weekly status meeting between scientists and the guards.

It will be over in 1/2 hour. Israel will deny responsibility.

Message sent.


9 posted on 02/04/2012 7:34:49 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Most Conservative in the Primary, the Republican Nominee in the General.)
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To: Strategy
NukedDC Do it nice or do it twice. This may be what the end game looks like if we dont stop them soon.
10 posted on 02/04/2012 7:35:15 AM PST by halfright ("Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". -TJefferson)
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To: Strategy
Not going to happen. They need to jack up the hits toward the top of the food chain in Iran, those old bastards in Iran want the power and the money and the young girls. So pick them off one at a time.
11 posted on 02/04/2012 7:36:18 AM PST by org.whodat (Sorry bill, I should never have made all those jokes about you and Lewinsky, have fun.)
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To: Strategy; FARS; LucyT; little jeremiah

One thing for sure, Iran will not try to “defeat” anybody on the battlefield, sea or air. They’ll try but will succumb very quickly.

Primarily, they will retaliate by bombarding the oilfields and oil industry from Iraq to Bahrain. They’ll use mainly short-range surface-to-surface missiles and put the Gulf’s western seaboard on fire for months to come.

Even if Israel attacks alone, our cowardly President won’t apologize fast enough to stop Iran from attacking US assets and the Arab countries who allowed Israeli planes safe passage and/or air bases.


12 posted on 02/04/2012 7:38:03 AM PST by melancholy (Professor Alinsky, Enslavement Specialist)
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To: Strategy

This is the most publicized “secret” attack since Attila the Hun made early restaurant reservations in Rome for 50,000.


13 posted on 02/04/2012 7:40:50 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Strategy

Watch for Chicom or South Korean diplomatic personnel quietly urging the departure of business people from Teheran holding their respective citizenships and passports. Very quietly but rumors will leak. Then “show time” should not be that far off. When the final ‘essentials’ from their embassies padlock things and redploy to say Gulf nations or India or what not, it will be the Eve of the Main Event.


14 posted on 02/04/2012 7:42:30 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Major riots notwithstanding, let us kick this Marxist imposter out of office once and for all!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Is that *you*, Tom Clancy? :-)


15 posted on 02/04/2012 7:42:30 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: org.whodat
IMHO I think this is a smoke screen putting them in the alert mode for an attack while most of the plan is covert.
16 posted on 02/04/2012 7:52:58 AM PST by boomop1 (term limits is the only way to save this country.)
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To: Strategy
What will an Israeli attack on Iran look like?
An accident! If you do it right nobody can prove you did anything at all.
17 posted on 02/04/2012 7:55:00 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: melancholy
One thing for sure, Iran will not try to “defeat” anybody on the battlefield, sea or air. They’ll try but will succumb very quickly.

Primarily, they will retaliate by bombarding the oilfields and oil industry from Iraq to Bahrain. They’ll use mainly short-range surface-to-surface missiles and put the Gulf’s western seaboard on fire for months to come.


Yep. Arabs are all talk. But they're big on the "scorched earth" policy.
18 posted on 02/04/2012 7:59:22 AM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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To: GonzoGOP
An accident!

Gee, Mr. Imanutjob, you say your oil refinery just caught fire? And that it was totally destroyed? We're so sorry, Mr. Imanutjob, but clearly we had nothing to do with it.

19 posted on 02/04/2012 8:04:17 AM PST by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the People's Republic of Boulder)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Barry being schlepped off the golf course kicking and screaming will be another clue.


20 posted on 02/04/2012 8:04:37 AM PST by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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