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2006-05-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

"Iran can also be wiped off the map", Israel.

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Posted by DarthVader 2006-05-08 15:26|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Iraq ... did not have a legitimate government."

This would seem to imply the 'coalition of the willing' had a silent partner. Can you hear me now, France?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-05-08 18:32|| 2006-05-08 18:32|| Front Page Top

#2
Israeli Nuclear Program Pioneered by Shimon Peres

In 1953, at age 30, Shimon Peres was appointed by Israel's first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, to become Director-General of the Ministry of Defense. Within three years, Peres had laid the foundation for Israel's nuclear weapon program. He picked France as the major supplier, arranged the sale of a nuclear reactor, and spent the next decade overseeing the construction of the Dimona nuclear weapon production complex.

And he can be quite decisive when he wants

Entebbe...

The discussion at the cabinet meeting continued on and at one point Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel passed a note to the Israeli Defense Minister, Shimon Peres telling him that they should begin the operation, that they could always call the operation off. Peres smiled and Rabin realized that the operation was already in process. Within an hour, the cabinet had voted unanimously to approve the operation.

Posted by john 2006-05-08 19:32|| 2006-05-08 19:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe he's seen the light, especially with the election of Hamas? Can't conduct peace with someone who'll kill you the minute you turn your back. Fatah always played the "miltary vs political wing" game very well...as AlanC(?) noted this weekend

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-08 19:46|| 2006-05-08 19:46|| Front Page Top

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