Two american aircraft carrier groups (the Harry S. Truman and the Abraham Lincoln) will be in position by early May, adding to the Israeli-aligned floatilla positioned just off Lebanon and in the Persian Gulf. Israel has requested to hook up with the american BMEWS- the third time Israel has been connected to the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System. The first was in 1991 before the first Gulf War and the second in 2003 before the US invasion of Iraq. Then, Israel feared Iraqi missile attack, which indeed materialized in 1991.Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Iran: We'll 'eliminate Israel' if it launches attack
[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: For Google translation of orignal Arabic report
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Iran: We'll 'eliminate Israel' if it launches attack
THE JERUSALEM POST Apr. 15, 2008
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Iran will destroy Israel if Israel attacks Teheran, Iranian deputy chief of
staff, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, warned Tuesday in response to a threat issued
last week by National Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer.
\"We are not worried by the recent Israeli maneuvers, but \"If Israel wants to
take any action against the Islamic republic, we will eliminate Israel from
the scene of the universe,\" the Iranian Mehr agency quoted him as saying.
Ben-Eliezer had warned that \"Iran will be wiped off the face of the earth if
it dares to fire any missile at us.\"
Later in the week, Ben-Eliezer would not retract his statement: \"I do not
regret the threats I directed at Iran and its leaders. I am sick of
receiving threats to Israel's existence on a daily basis.\"
These past few days has seen an uptick in Iraqi violence as the US/Iraqi forces have started focusing on eliminating or weakening Al Sadr's Mahdi army in Baghdad and Basrah- it is these forces which would be causing harm in Iraq if Iran were to be involved in hostilities.Report: Syria bracing for Israeli attack
(Video) Qatari newspaper al-Watan reports of Syrian preparations against Israeli strike during coming summer; says Israel looking to May, June as possible window for attack
Roee Nahmias
Published: 04.14.08, 15:00 / Israel News
VIDEO - Is Syria preparing for war? Qatar's al-Watan newspaper reported Monday that political and media sources in Damascus expressed concerns that war may breakout between Israel and Syria before long.
According to the report, the nationwide emergency drill held by Damascus in response to a similar drill held by Israel last week, is one of the preemptive steps taken by Syria, which is supposedly responding to reports of Israel holding strategy meeting with the US in an attempt to devise an attack on both Syria and Iran.
Israel, claimed the report, is eyeing the period between the end of May to mid June as a possible window of attack; and the proof, as a senior Syrian official told al-Watan, is in the fact that the Israeli drill covering the Golan Heights was closely monitored by a high-ranking American general.
This close cooperation, added the source is evident that the two wish to send a message to the \"resistance\" in the area, namely Syria, Iran, Hizbullah and Hamas, that any the US is aware of the fact that any American strike against Iran may entail the latter bombing Israel and launching two new fronts against Syria and Lebanon.
Though titled a readiness drill against natural disasters, the Syria-crossing drill, added the report, has raised public concerns of a Mideast war pending in the summer.
The question: is the US about to attack Iran's cross-border insurgency camps and nuclear research facilities? Will things escalate beyond the middle east (with Syria's alignment with Russia and chinese support)?
