Israelis targeting Iran?

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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592

    #1

    Israelis targeting Iran?

    Time will tell, and the clock runs out in March;

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  • KvHagedorn
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 10725

    #2
    If so, it's moronic to just tell everyone like this.. all that intelligence would be for nothing.. Iran would move its sites.

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    • dZeus
      Moderator
      • Aug 2000
      • 4622

      #3
      well what do you know? maybe they're trying to make the Iranians 'do stuff' to their secret sites which will give away the location of some more of them by releasing this news...

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      • TransformX
        Super MURCer
        • Sep 2003
        • 4946

        #4
        Originally posted by KvHagedorn
        If so, it's moronic to just tell everyone like this.. all that intelligence would be for nothing.. Iran would move its sites.
        How do you move a nuclear site...?
        "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

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        • Jammrock
          The Berserker
          • Aug 1999
          • 8661

          #5
          Originally posted by TransformX
          How do you move a nuclear site...?
          Very carefully.
          “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
          –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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          • schmosef
            Super MURCer
            • Dec 2002
            • 5813

            #6
            The upside of the UN's and IAEA's toothlessness is that Israel can expect little more than a harshly worded letter in response to taking this unilateral action.
            P.S. You've been Spanked!

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            • KRSESQ
              Super MURCer
              • Feb 2000
              • 3224

              #7
              In fact the Israelis may not be planning anything at all. They might have just thrown this out there to keep the Iranians off balance and looking over their collective shoulder.

              They've probably had an attack plan on the shelf for decades, just for this contingency.

              Kevin

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              • schmosef
                Super MURCer
                • Dec 2002
                • 5813

                #8
                Debka.com has been strangely silent about the whole thing.

                Maybe they're embarrassed that they were scooped.

                The story would have a lot more credibility if Debka confirmed it.

                The reality is that the political situation in Israel is really complicated right now.
                P.S. You've been Spanked!

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                • schmosef
                  Super MURCer
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 5813

                  #9
                  Dry Bones

                  P.S. You've been Spanked!

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                  • TransformX
                    Super MURCer
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 4946

                    #10
                    Some people are worried that Sharon might pull a 'Begin'..
                    Menahem Begin, Israel's late prime minister was responsible for the atack on the nuclear facility in Iraq, a short time before the elections, in which he was expected to lose. He won.
                    "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

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                    • Dilitante1
                      Administrator
                      • Aug 1999
                      • 1829

                      #11
                      beats what the UN might do:

                      Blix: I'm sorry, but the UN must be firm with you! Let' me see your whole palace, or else!
                      Kim: Or erse, what?
                      Blix: Or else we will be very, very angry with you, and we will write you a letter telling you how angry we are.
                      Better to let one think you are a fool, than speak and prove it


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                      • Dr Mordrid
                        Moderator
                        • Apr 2001
                        • 26592

                        #12
                        DeZeus is correct; the Israelies are giving the Iranians enough rope to hang themselves

                        Dr. Mordrid
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