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The Pentagon announced Friday that it has reached a preliminary agreement on a complex $10 billion arms deal with Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, in what would represent the latest major weapons sale to U.S. allies in the Middle East. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will attempt to finalize the arms package next Under terms of the deal, the United States would deliver V-22 Osprey transport aircraft, KC-135 refueling planes [...] A joint resolution set to be introduced by Sens. Lindsey Graham (SC) and Robert Menendez (NJ), a Republican and Democrat, respectively, declares U.S. support for an Israeli military strike against Iran’s nuclear program. The resolution, which expresses the sense of the Congress, will be supported by the thousands of delegates to the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee annual conference that will stream through the Capitol this weekend. With prominent liberal Democrats already [...] Images show Iran’s Arak plant is operational The Telegraph says Tehran operating Arak heavy-water production plant in effort to produce plutonium which can be used to make nuclear bomb. Plant protected by anti-aircraft missiles The images show signs of activity at the Arak plant, located 150 miles south-west of Tehran, including a cloud of steam that indicates heavy-water production. http://www.ynetnews.com/…./448335317801283408258no.jpg Mark Fitzpatrick, a former US State Department official told the British newspaper that Arak [...] Kurt Nimmo The Times of Israel reports that president Obama will tell Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu during a visit next month that a “window of opportunity” for a military strike on Iran will open in June if current diplomatic efforts fail. Israeli TV reported on Monday that the United States will tell Israel to “sit tight” on the sidelines and keep a low profile as it attacks Iran’s nuclear facilities. Obama set [...] presstv.ir Palestinian fighters have downed an Israeli warplane flying over the Gaza Strip as retaliatory rocket attacks from the enclave continue to sound alarms across Israel. According to Hamas sources, the Israeli F-16 fighter jet was shot down on Friday. Meanwhile, several Israelis were injured after three rockets fired from Gaza hit the Zionist settlement of Gush Etzion in al-Quds (Jerusalem). Palestinian missiles and rockets have also hit the other Israeli cities [...] Iran has drawn back from its ambitions to build a nuclear weapon, Israel’s defense minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday, while warning that his country may still have to decide next year whether to launch a military strike against it. http://news.yahoo.com/iran-pulls-back-nuclear-bomb-goal-israeli-defense-184216417.html  ETA 5 HOURS South Korea is preparing to evacuate more than 800 residents along the demilitarized zone after North Korea threatened to fire on activists planning to send balloons across the border carrying leaflets critical of the communist regime. Citizens residing within the civilian control line will be evacuated if any North Korean movements for a possible attack are spotted, Park Kwang Hae, an official at Paju City Council, said by phone late yesterday. No [...] North Korea warns of ‘strike’ over South if propaganda leaflets are dropped on monday morning. The Korean People’s Army (KPA) vowed to initiate the strike if a group ofNorth Korean defectors now living in the South went ahead with plans to scatter propaganda leaflets next Monday from balloons floated over the border. The threat came a day after South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak made a surprise visit to an island close to the [...] Iran’s Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei gave his instructions to the country’s Revolutionary Guard, and all its affiliated units, especially the Quds Force, to stop their activities worldwide, especially in Africa and Latin America, and to focus on the neighboring countries, Al Arabiya reported on Friday, citing a source at the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. The source, who talked to Al Arabiya on the condition of anonymity, explained that the Supreme Guide fears [...] As tensions mount between Israel and the U.S. over Iran, a poll by the Chicago Council for Global Affairs shows widespread support for the Administration’s cautious policies. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/new-poll-majority-of-americans-oppose-military-strike-on-iran.premium-1.464330 Iranian TV announces upgrades to short-range missiles and more powerful naval engine
Israel is planning a military strike against Iran’s nuclear programme before November, security sources in Israel have claimed. British officials say prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun a process of ‘sounding out’ his voters to gauge support for airstrikes [...] Israel on Thursday wound up nationwide testing of an SMS warning system against missile attack, sending texts to mobile phones in Jerusalem and other parts of the country, a military spokeswoman said. The five-day exercise, which began on Sunday, took place to the backdrop of mounting speculation over a possible Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and a resulting Iranian counter-attack. The army said that along with Jerusalem, Thursday’s test included the [...] hangthebankers.com The families of Iranian nuclear scientists assassinated by foreign-backed terrorists have filed a lawsuit against Israel, the United States and the United Kingdom, for their involvement in the murders. Rahim Ahmadi Roshan, father of Iranian scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, who was killed in a terrorist attack in January, told a press conference in Tehran on Wednesday, that the families have asked Iran’s Judiciary to pursue their complaints and bring [...] US’ National Intelligence Estimate report says Tehran rapidly approaching critical point after which its nuclear program will no longer be vulnerable to a military strike http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4266931,00.html Netanyahu and Barak steadfast in gearing up for Iran strike Prime minister and defense minister seemingly unwilling to wait for Washington to back them up http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-and-barak-steadfast-in-gearing-up-for-iran-strike/ Gantz: We Need to be Prepared for a Multi-Front War http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/158771#.UCT3K0We6CN
Top Israel official: Iran nuclear threat bigger than one Israel faced before Six-Day War A [...] An Israeli military strike on Iran may be just weeks or at most a couple of months away,” a former Israeli intelligence chief said Friday, while stressing that he personally did not think the time was right for an Israeli attack. “It seems to me,” said Aharon Zeevi Farkash, former head of Military Intelligence in the IDF, “that [an Israeli attack] could come in the near future… that is, weeks or [...] An Israeli military strike on Iran may be just weeks or at most a couple of months away,” a former Israeli intelligence chief said Friday, while stressing that he personally did not think the time was right for an Israeli attack. “It seems to me,” said Aharon Zeevi Farkash, former head of Military Intelligence in the IDF, “that [an Israeli attack] could come in the near future… that is, weeks or [...] The fortification of dozens of critical infrastructure facilities, including water, power, oil refineries and communication towers, is set to begin next week, Ynet learned Tuesday.
The massive project, headed by a designated Home Front Command division is estimated at tens of millions of shekels – a cost carried in full by the companies undergoing the security upgrade.
The facilities in question have been defined by the government as “strategic facilities” that may be targeted [...] JERUSALEM (AP) — Mitt Romney would respect an Israeli decision to make a unilateral military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability, a top foreign policy adviser said Sunday as he outlined the aggressive posture theRepublican presidential candidate will take toward Iran in a speech in Israel later in the day. Romney has said he has a “zero tolerance” policy toward Iran obtaining the capability to build a nuclear weapon. “If Israel has to take action on [...] Israel’s opposition leader Shaul Mofaz, who until last week served as deputy prime minister to Benjamin Netanyahu, gave a broad hint on Monday that the prime minister intends to launch a military strike against Iran. Mofaz, who led his Kadima party out of the coalition last week, declared that Kadima wanted no part in “operational adventures” planned by Netanyahu, which he said would endanger Israelis. “Kadima will not set out on operational [...] The US Navy has unexpectedly dispatched a fourth aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, along with a fleet of underwater drones in what is being considered just the latest move in a series of escalations leading towards a potential war with Iran. The deployment of dozens of small, unmanned submarine-like watercraft was confirmed by the Los Angeles Times this week, which cites military officials speaking on condition of anonymity. The United States [...] US Navy to get 361 new Tomahawk cruise missiles, most of which are meant for Fifth Fleet destroyers based in Bahrain. Meanwhile, pressure to mount military strike against Tehran is permeating presidential campaign WASHINGTON – The United States has commissioned 361 new Tomahawk cruise missiles, and some 238 of them are meant to find their way to the Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, Ynet learned on Sunday.
According to the Business Insider, [...] Talk of a joint U.S.-Israeli military strike on Iran has waned recently — while talk of U.S.-Israel cyberattacks have taken its place — but that hasn’t stopped Iran, Israel and the U.S. from continuing “to prepare all other options“ for a possible strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
U.S. defense contracts, an Iranian F-16 acquisition, and Israel’s new military preparations suggest that all sides are getting ready for whatever may come. Among recent U.S. defense contracts that could relate [...] RT If Israel strikes Iran on its own accord it would involuntarily drag the US into a new war in the Middle East – one that America is very reluctant to fight, Yiftah Shapir, the head of the Middle East Military Balance Project, shared with RT. The expert from the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Israel does not believe a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities will force Iran to [...] A senior Iranian Defense Ministry official has stated that the Islamic Republic now ranks among the top military powers of the world in terms of missile capabilities. Press TV – Speaking at a ceremony in the southwestern city of Shahr-e Kord late on Thursday, Iranian Assistant Defense Minister Brigadier General Ali Shamshiri said that Iran is currently the fifth or sixth greatest missile power in the world. He also noted that the Islamic [...] This sanction was supposed to bring Iran to its economic knees. Looks like another Obama fail. Netanyahu could now effectively argue that sanctions are not working and make a military strike even more likely. Iran designs alternative system for SWIFT: CBI Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mahmoud Bahmani says the country has designed and implemented a new system for conducting international transactions. Bahmani said on Saturday the new system, which has [...] Russia’s top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan to build a missile shield. President Dmitry Medvedev said last year that Russia will retaliate militarily if it does not reach an agreement with the United States and NATO on the missile defense system. Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov went further in [...] By W.J. HenniganApril 20, 2012, 5:45 p.m. The results are in from last summer’s attempt to test new technology that would provide the Pentagon with a lightning-fast vehicle, capable of delivering a military strike anywhere in the world in less than an hour. In August the Pentagon’s research arm, known as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, carried out a test flight of an experimental aircraft capable of traveling at 20 times the speed of sound. The [...] Kurt Nimmo Israel has responded to word from Istanbul on Saturday that Iran and Western diplomats have decided to continue talks on Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, gives a press conference Saturday in Istanbul. On Sunday, Channel 10 in Israel “broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities in the event that diplomacy and sanctions fail and Israel decides to carry out a [...] GREG TEPPER A major Israel TV station on Sunday night broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities in the event that diplomacy and sanctions fail and Israel decides to carry out a military strike. The report, screened on the main evening news of Channel 10, was remarkable both in terms of the access granted to the reporter, who said he [...] A major Israel TV station on Sunday night broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities in the event that diplomacy and sanctions fail and Israel decides to carry out a military strike. The report, screened on the main evening news of Channel 10, was remarkable both in terms of the access granted to the reporter, who said he had spent weeks with the pilots and [...] |
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Israel want US PROMISE of attack by Sept-25!
On Tuesday, an article in Ma’ariv suggested that Netanyahu and Barak have set a deadline of 25 September for Obama to clearly state that the US itself will take military action. The date is the opening of the UN general assembly in New York, and also the eve of Yom Kippur, one ofthe most significant dates in the Jewish calendar.
The implication is that, in the absence of a public declaration, Israel will press on with [...]