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| Benjamin Netanyahu seeks cabinet support for Israeli strike on Iran |
| 2011-11-02 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, is seeking cabinet support for a military strike on Iran, Haaretz newspaper has reported after days of speculation on plans for such an attack. The report, citing a senior Israeli official, said Mr Netanyahu was working with Ehud Barak, the defence minister, to win support from sceptical members of the cabinet who oppose attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. Israel test-fired a ballistic missile from a military base in central Israel on Wednesday, Israel Radio said. The report said the launch was carried out from the Palmachim facility. It quoted a Defence Ministry statement as saying the launch was aimed at testing the missile's propulsion system. Israel has Jericho missiles widely believed to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The reports of Mr Netanyahu pushing for a military strike on Iran came after days of renewed public discussion among Israeli commentators about the possibility that the Jewish state would take unilateral military action against Iran. Haaretz said that Mr Netanyahu and Mr Barak had already scored a significant win by convincing Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to throw his support behind a strike. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 The question for Benji + Knesset is whether the reelection-minded POTUS Bammer + Admin will mil support wid Israel agz any Iranian military or terror counter-response. Lest we fergit, among other WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT RETALIATORY TERROPS, TO INCLUDE NUKES-WMDS, AGZ THE US GOVT. + NCA PERSONAGES PER SE INSIDE CONUS, NOT JUST US TARGETS OVERSEAS. The Bammer will become a de facto terror targets along wid every other US Representative + Senator, etal. in the Fed-level. As for Israel, the IDAF certainly can carry out such a strike, but IMO a large-scale Commando or Joint Operat would be more thorough + espec DISCREET/SILENT = PDENIABLE. The next alternative would be two or more accurate, non-nuclear LRBM Strikes. ALL OF IRAN'S NUCPLEXES, ETC. WOULD NEED TO BE STRUCK SIMULTANEOUSLY. As a general rule, HUMINT + HUMACTS on the ground is far more accurate in regards to actions agz hardened = undergound targets. AGZ IRAN, BENJI = ISRAEL WILL HAVE TO "GO FOR BROKE" [all-out], AS PARTIAL OR LIMITED DAMAGE AGZ IRAN'S NUCPROGS WON'T BE ENOUGH. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-11-02 20:54 |
| #5 Dan, IsraelForTheJews is a race-hater, a moby, and a just plain asshole. He's going to be sink trapped each and every time he posts until we get a block on him. AoS |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-11-02 17:42 |
| #4 Ok, semi-groovy. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-11-02 16:46 |
| #3 wow -- sink trap used to contain really offensive comments...looking at them today why would they be in the sink trap? rantburg PC? say the f word or some islamo terrorist should be killed and your in the trap......let the true emotions of america shine through....the american problem with the WOT is it is being sugar coated.... |
| Posted by: dan 2011-11-02 16:03 |
| #2 Not groovy. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-11-02 15:30 |
| #1 Go Bibi go! We can now kill them all. Exterminate all the shiites, flatten the sunnis, incinerate the christians - ensure our security - kill them all. They had their chance but their empires are finished, their land will be ours we will exterminate them all like animals and they can prey to their fake prophets all they like but they will know then they burn that they have been preying to an illusion. Bibi will tell them where the fuck to stick their fucking Church of the Nativity!!! |
| Posted by: IsraelForTheJews 2011-11-02 15:04 |