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Israeli TV report shows air force gearing-up for Iran attack, says moment of truth is near
The Times of Israel ^ | April 15, 2012 | Greg Tepper

Posted on 04/15/2012 6:59:09 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

A major Israel TV station on Sunday night broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities in the event that diplomacy and sanctions fail and Israel decides to carry out a military strike.

The report, screened on the main evening news of Channel 10, was remarkable both in terms of the access granted to the reporter, who said he had spent weeks with the pilots and other personnel he interviewed, and in the fact that his assessments on a strike were cleared by the military censor.

No order to strike is likely to be given before the P5+1 talks with Iran resume in May, the reporter, Alon Ben-David, said. “But the coming summer will not only be hot but tense.”

In the event that negotiations fail and the order is given for Israel to carry out an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, “dozens if not more planes” will take part in the mission: attack and escort jets, tankers for mid-air refueling, electronic warfare planes and rescue helicopters, the report said.

Ben-David said the Israel Air Force “does not have the capacity to destroy the entire Iranian program.” There will be no replication of the decisive strikes on Iraq’s Osirak reactor in 1981 or on Syria in 2007, he said. “The result won’t be definitive.” But, a pilot quoted in the report said, the IAF will have to ensure that it emerges with the necessary result, with “a short and professional” assault.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airforce; attack; bhomiddleeast; gearing; gearingup; iaf; iran; iraniannukes; israel; israelattack; israeli; isreal; moment; near; nucleariran; report; shows; truth; tv
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To: reardensteel

like when syria invaded israel, after pretending all the time. So at least one country learns from its history, except when it comes to their religion.


21 posted on 04/15/2012 10:32:44 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Nifster

This isn’t a leak. It was cleared with the IAF and they were given access. They wanted this out there. Why, I couldn’t say, only maybe to feed them misinformation.


22 posted on 04/15/2012 11:19:12 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Batman11

Maybe we should all write him and ask him for their help.


23 posted on 04/15/2012 11:27:33 PM PDT by Bellflower (The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
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To: Dogbert41

Daniel 8:8. This he-goat was Alexander the Great. Who in 323 B.C. at about thirty-three years of age, and at the height of his power, died. His empire was divided to these four Generals, of which Cassander had Macedonia, Seleucus had Syria, Antigonus had Asia the less, and Ptolemeus had Egypt.


25 posted on 04/16/2012 1:57:12 AM PDT by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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To: South Dakota

Agreed, it will be Iran waking its sleepers all across the country,


26 posted on 04/16/2012 3:09:23 AM PDT by aces
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To: Free ThinkerNY

As Slim Pickins said on Dr. Strangelove...Yeeeee Hawwww


27 posted on 04/16/2012 3:10:15 AM PDT by aces
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To: SpaceBar

I have a piece of land they could blow themselves up in, ,fertilizer is not cheap and the buzzards look a little skinny..


28 posted on 04/16/2012 3:13:45 AM PDT by aces
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I guess the Israelis didn’t get the “wait until October” memo from Hillary or Obama.


29 posted on 04/16/2012 4:43:59 AM PDT by hattend (Jesus wants me to make churches pay for abortions. - Barack Obama)
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To: Chode

The article says this information was cleared by Israeli censors.

Therefore, in some information warfare manner, they want the enemy to know this. Is it because it is what they’ll do, because it isn’t what they’ll do, or is there some other reason they want this particular info to be known?

But, you can bet they want this known, and they want the enemy to react or not react. It’s a game within a game within a game....


30 posted on 04/16/2012 5:19:04 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If they want to attack, we should let them. But I don’t want to start another war we won’t be allowed to win.


31 posted on 04/16/2012 5:29:36 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
“dozens if not more planes”

Obviously, Israel wants Iran looking at the sky. My conclusion: Mitch Rabb is going in on the ground with John Clark, Chuck Norris, and Remo Williams. The terrorists and nuclear scientists won't know what hit them.

32 posted on 04/16/2012 5:41:07 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Can we afford as much government as welfare-addicted voters demand?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The IAF has a full-sized unmanned plane, the “Eitan,” that is said to be able to fly to Iran, the report indicated. “This plane can do all that is required of it when the order is given,” a pilot said, without elaboration.

With the Israelis it's best to expect the unexpected.

33 posted on 04/16/2012 5:41:07 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't go wobbly on me now Newt. You're our only hope.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

But...but...but soetoro’s reelection!...


34 posted on 04/16/2012 5:55:57 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Free ThinkerNY

We’ll know when the Israeli strike on Iran happens when we see the following two words on our television screens:

SPECIAL REPORT


35 posted on 04/16/2012 6:07:38 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The TEA Party is my cup of tea.)
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To: Eleutheria5
This isn’t a leak. It was cleared with the IAF ..

Good call .. dollars to doughnuts.

36 posted on 04/16/2012 6:21:52 AM PDT by tomkat ( Newt / Sarah)
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To: xzins
what i get for not reading the whole article...
37 posted on 04/16/2012 7:16:03 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Dogbert41

I believe the ram to have been Alexander the Great when he defeated the Persians. Its not clear what the offshoot horns are supposed to represent. There’s theories that and I tend to believe them, that while Satan doesn’t know the day of the Messiahs return, he has had throughout the ages people ready to step up and play out the end-times. We’re definitely ripe for the end-times now but we can never truly know till it happens.


38 posted on 04/16/2012 7:20:13 AM PDT by eak3
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To: claudehopper
How many times does Israel cry wolf?

Two main reasons:

1) By crying wolf, the Israelis force the Iranians to react every time, tiring them out, forcing them to expend resources and fuel for their air-defense patrols, and making it more likely that Iranian forces will treat the real thing as another false alarm when it happens.

2) They may not be able to stop the leaking of the real thing, but by leaking many false alarms, it makes it harder for the Iranians to know a real leak from a faked leak when the time comes.

39 posted on 04/16/2012 7:26:43 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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To: claudehopper
Not a fan of Israel? Having the U.S. as an ally means nothing now? Same goes for Taiwan?

Welcome to FreeRepublic 4 days ago.
40 posted on 04/16/2012 7:49:46 AM PDT by CaptSkip
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