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| Israel cannot attack Iran: IRGC commander |
| 2012-09-08 |
| [Iran Press TV] A senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander has flatly dismissed Israel's capability to launch military aggression against Tehran. "The fake and illegitimate regime occupying al-Quds (Jerusalem) does not have the power to attack Iran," IRGC Navy Commander Rear-Admiral Ali Fadavi told ISNA on Friday. "Throughout the history of its wholly evil presence, the Zionist regime [of Israel] has never had an existence separate from the US and is not known as a separate entity," he added. Israel has repeatedly threatened to attack Iran's nuclear energy facilities based on unsubstantiated claims that the activities there may be directed toward military purposes. Iran rejects the allegations, arguing that as a committed signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency, it has the right to use the nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Despite warnings by former and current Israeli security and intelligence officials, the Tel Aviv regime has recently stepped up its aggressive rhetoric against Iran with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Military Affairs Ehud Barak spearheading the belligerent campaign. Iranian officials have promised a crushing response to any military strike against the country, warning that any such measure could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 IIRC TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > [Israeli DM Ehud -] BARAK: US MILITARY PREPARATIONS IN GULF [in + around Persian Gulf] MAY ELIMINATE [Israel's]NEED FOR IRAN STRIKE. All things equal, it still coms down to the US either joining Israel in joint mil attack on Iran's NucProgs, or else finishing up what Israel started, under threat of Iran-ordered retaliatory response vee proxy [NUke-WMDS?]international terror. AGAIN, IFF THE US DIDN'T WANT OR DSIRE TO INVADE IRAN BEFORE VEE GROUND/CONVENTIONAL CAMPAIGN, IT WILL HAVE TO AFTER A MAJOR ATTACK BY IT ANDOR ISRAEL AGZ IRAN'S NUCPROGS. Iran isn't gonna let it slide. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-09-08 22:12 |
| #1 I'm reading Israel, but I'm hearing Saudi Arabia, i.e. Shia Rising Iran's desire to replace the Sunni KSA as Defender of the Faith + Islamic Holy Places, OWG Caliphate, etc. Whether Israel survives or not, the outcome of this Sunni-Shia competition for Ideo, Geopol dominance 'taint gonna be pretty. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-09-08 22:02 |