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Originally posted by Oneolddude
reply to post by Mdv2
Deny Ignorance
Well,I don't see anything stating that Syria would be attacked.
Most likely they would respond back in force on the Hezbollah areas in southern Lebanon.
They are telling Syria that they will be responsible for the deaths of innocent civilians.
That is all.
Deny Ignorance
[edit on 18-4-2010 by Oneolddude]
(visit the link for the full news article)
Israel has delivered a secret warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad that it will respond to missile attacks from Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese-based Islamist group, by launching immediate retaliation against Syria itself.
In a message, sent earlier this month, Israel made it clear that it now regards Hezbollah as a division of the Syrian army and that reprisals against Syria will be fast and devastating.
“We’ll return Syria to the Stone Age by crippling its power stations, ports, fuel storage and every bit of strategic infrastructure if Hezbollah dare to launch ballistic missil
The worse thing about all this, is that this same country, America, the country that appears to more against other countries arming themselves with nuclear weapons is the only country that's actually used them or similar on another country.
Farcical.
Originally posted by TheCoffinman
reply to post by On the Edge
could you elaborate on what moves russia, and libya have made to fullfill those prophecies?
It sounds to me like Israed qualified this with IF HEZBO LAUNCHES A MISSILE AT ISRAEL. I dont see "pre-emptive" anywhere here. All is peaceful unless the stupid as Hezbos do something.
Originally posted by Blue_Jay33
reply to post by princeofpeace
It sounds to me like Israed qualified this with IF HEZBO LAUNCHES A MISSILE AT ISRAEL. I dont see "pre-emptive" anywhere here. All is peaceful unless the stupid as Hezbos do something.
Sure ok, but.............
False Flag Operation=War
IAEA fears Iran working now on nuclear warhead
Mark Heinrich and Steve Holland
VIENNA/WASHINGTON
Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:05pm EST
Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it fears Iran may be working now to develop a nuclear-armed missile, as Washington warned Tehran of "consequences" for ignoring international demands to stop its atomic program.
World
In unusually blunt language, an International Atomic Energy Agency report for the first time suggested Iran was actively pursuing nuclear weapons capability, throwing independent weight behind similar Western suspicions.
The IAEA seemed to be cautiously going public with concerns arising from a classified agency analysis leaked in part last year which concluded that Iran has already honed explosives expertise relevant to a workable nuclear weapon.
Iran may be seeking nuclear warhead, U.N. watchdog says
Read more: www.mcclatchydc.com...
By Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Thursday it suspects that Iran might be trying to develop a nuclear warhead that could be placed atop a missile, its sharpest challenge to date of Iran's claims to be pursuing an exclusively peaceful nuclear program.
The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency conflicts with a 2007 U.S. intelligence community assessment that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in the fall of 2003. It is more in line with reported European and Israeli estimates that Iran, along with enriching uranium that could fuel a nuclear bomb, is experimenting with constructing a warhead.
Read more: www.mcclatchydc.com...
www.telegraph.co.uk...
Iran could have ability to build nuclear bomb by 2010, study warns
By David Blair, Diplomatic Editor
Published: 8:05PM GMT 27 Jan 2009
To have a proper weapons system, Iran would also need to build missiles capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. At present, Iran has Shahab-3 missiles with a range of about 1,250 miles. Documents in the hands of the IAEA suggest Iranian scientists have studied how to convert these weapons to carry nuclear warheads.
news.bbc.co.uk...
Iran 'would like nuclear option'
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he believes Iran is mastering nuclear technology and it wants the option of a nuclear weapon.
news.bbc.co.uk...
Excerpts: IAEA report on Iran nuclear programme
ALLEGED ACTIVITIES
Among the activities which the agency has attempted to discuss with Iran are: activities involving high-precision detonators fired simultaneously; studies on the initiation of high explosives and missile re-entry body engineering... and various procurement-related activities.
Specifically, the agency has... sought clarification of the following: whether Iran's exploding bridgewire detonator activities were solely for civil or conventional military purposes; whether Iran developed a spherical implosion system, possibly with the assistance of a foreign expert knowledgeable in explosives technology; whether the engineering design and computer modelling studies aimed at producing a new design for the payload chamber of a missile were for a nuclear payload; and the relationship between various attempts by senior Iranian officials with links to military organisations in Iran to obtain nuclear-related technology and equipment.
The agency would also like to discuss with Iran: the project and management structure of alleged activities related to nuclear explosives; nuclear-related safety arrangements for a number of the alleged projects; details relating to the manufacture of components for high explosives initiation systems; and experiments concerning the generation and detection of neutrons.
Since August 2008, Iran has declined to discuss the above issues with the agency or to provide any further information and access (to locations and/or people) to address these concerns, asserting that the allegations relating to possible military dimensions to its nuclear programme are baseless and that the information to which the agency is referring is based on forgeries.
blogs.abcnews.com...
Obama, Brown, Sarkozy Issue Strong Statement to Tehran
September 25, 2009 9:27 AM
President Obama said "the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program" and called its construction a "direct challenge to the basic compact at the center of the nonproliferation regime. These rules are clear: All nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy, those nations with nuclear weapons must move toward disarmament, those nations without nuclear weapons must forsake them."
"Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow, endangering the global nonproliferation regime, denying its own people access to the opportunity they deserve, and threatening the stability and security of the region and the world," President Obama said.
Originally posted by Tholidor
Secondly, Iran is a signatory to the NPT and allows full inspections by the IAEA. (Source for their "secret facilities" please?).
By FARNAZ FASSIHI and JAY SOLOMON
Iran announced a massive expansion of its nuclear program on Sunday and threatened to pull out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, moves that would dramatically escalate the country's standoff with the international community if Tehran follows through.
(snip)
The IAEA, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, passed a resolution Friday censuring Iran for its lack of transparency and for not heeding calls to halt enriching uranium. The resolution was the first the agency has passed against Iran since 2006, when it agreed to send Iran's case to the U.N. Security Council. Friday's resolution won the support of all five permanent members of the Security Council -- the U.S., Britain, France, China and Russia.
Obama condemns Iran over secret nuclear plantIran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, warns the US president his ultimatum on nuclear programme is a mistake
Ian Traynor, Julian Borger and Ewen MacAskill guardian.co.uk, Friday 25 September 2009 16.32 BST
The US, Britain and France issued a strongly worded ultimatum to Iran today after US officials disclosed the existence of a secret nuclear plant which the Iranian authorities have kept hidden from UN inspectors for years.
Thirdly, Syria (and NOT Iran) has admitted arming Hizbollah with scud missiles. There is no Iranian connection there as far as I can see.
Syria denies supplying scud missiles to Lebanon
Syria has denied Israeli accusations it had supplied scud missiles to the militant group Hezbollah.
Israeli President Shimon Perez had accused Damascus on Tuesday of shipping the long-range missiles to guerrillas in the south of Lebanon.
The US expressed alarm at the accusation. The Obama administration has re-establish relations with Syria after a five-year hiatus.
A Syrian government statement said the accusations were "fabrications".