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Netanyahu Says Israel Ready to Strike Iran 'if Necessary'
2012-11-06
[An Nahar] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said his country is ready to strike Iran's nuclear sites "if necessary."

An Israeli TV network said Sunday that Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak in 2010 ordered the army to prepare an attack against Iranian nuclear installations, though the order was later rescinded.

According to private television Channel 2, the order was not implemented due to opposition from the army chief at the time, General Gabi Ashkenazi, and from then Mossad chief Meir Dagan.

At a meeting of top ministers, Netanyahu decided to order the elevation of the army's preparedness level to "P plus", a code meaning the armed forces must be ready to take action.

But Dagan opposed the move, Channel 2 reported, noting that a decision to launch a war against Iran could be taken only by the security cabinet comprising around 15 ministers.
Posted by:Fred

#2  OOOPPPPSS, my Post#1 should read "Attack Iran either in early Spring 2013 ...", not "2012".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-11-06 01:08  

#1  Doesn't spare or do the US anything good as per retaliatory TerrOps - Iran has times said any attack by Israel will be deemed the same as an attack by the US. At minima Israel's attack will be deemed by Iran as known + approved by Washington.

* See also BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Guardian.UK]ISRAEL'S "RED LINE" ON IRAN: 240-KGS, of Enriched Uranium i.e. the amount required for one Nuke/Uranium Bomb.

IIUC, Israel calculus has its timeline for Iran attack predicated on how soon Iran, at current or known rates of enrichment, can stockpile 240-kgs of EU for one Bomb, be it direct [singular purpose = NucWeaps only] or indirect [multi-use, includ for NucWeaps].

ARTIC NUTSHELL = Iff the above is correct, ISRAEL MAY UNILATERALLY ATTACK IRAN EITHER IN EARLY SPRING 2012, OR DURING SUMMER 2013.

and

* TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > IRAN DENIES REPORTS OF ENRICHMENT SUSPENSION.

* FYI BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Jerusalem Post] SUNNI ISLAMISM [ + Sunni Arab identity] IS REPLACING ARAB NATIONALISM.


Turks, Persians, Kurds, ...@etc. non-Arab Sunni Muslims need not apply.

ARTIC > SUNNI = RADICAL SUNNI ISLAMISM, to includ NUCLEAR SUNNI ISLAM, by virtue of it being the majority in the Islamic World is a potens greater threat or danger to the International Community than a NUCLEAR-ARMED IRAN. SIGNIFICANT SECTARIAN RIFTS/SCHISMS WIDIN ISLAM CAN INCREASINGLY BE SEEN AS PER
> Theological differences.
> Individual Leaders, Personages.
> Organizations + Polities.
> Muslim State(s) competing or vying for Power-N-Primacy.

Once again, as I've said or inferred times before, 9-11 + GWOT = WAR FOR OWG-NWO = AS MUCH AN INTER-MUSLIM STRUGGLE FOR POWER-N-INFLUENCE/DOMINATION-N-CONTROL, ETC. AMONG ISLAMIC NATIONS AS IT IS ISLAM-VS-NON-ISLAM.

The Sunni Saudis have major, even dangerous?, rivals, + not just as per Shia Iran either.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-11-06 01:06  

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