Pentagon Officials Believe Israel Will Attack Iran

07/01/08
Pentagon officials fear that Israel may attack Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of this year, a move they say that will have enormous security and economic repercussions for the United States and the rest of the world, The ABC television network quoted a Pentagon official saying chances of an Israeli attack on Iran are rapidly increasing.


The Sunday Times reported at the beginning of the week that the Iranians repositioned their Shahab-3B missiles, which have an estimated range of more than 2000 kilometers following Israel's large scale exercise last month over the Mediterranean that was described as an apparent rehearsal for a strike on Iran's nuclear sites. Time will tell if the increasing media reports are just a spin or whether the world will witness a strike on Iran's nuclear sites in reality.

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• Israel
• Iran
• Pentagon
• nuclear
• attack
• strike
• Natanz
• wms
• Shahab
• missile

[noelmasson]

Israel would need US permission to strike Iran otherwise Israel would have to breach US airspace in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

[KafirAlalazoo]

@noelmasson The Saudis have given Israel overflight rights, so they would require no permissions to traverse Iraqi airspace. 

[KafirAlalazoo]

Correct. Mecca is NOT Jerusalem.

In fact, Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Quran, so the Muslim insistence that Jerusalem belongs to them is clearly a fabrication.

Thr Arabs are to teach Israel to live peacefully with neighbors? That's amusing considering virtually the entire history of Islam has been armed conflict with the non-Muslim world, and that the Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis have been warring for centuries.

Take a look at Somalia, Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan. Yes, very peaceful.

[roslancool]

stupid isreal..

[KafirAlalazoo]

You are correct - Israel was stupid to allow Hamas to continue firing rockets into their sovereign territory for so many months.

But they are now in the process of correcting that error.

[vrghiks]

Israel will have my support on any military

threat against them.Iran is such a threat!

[KafirAlalazoo]

Agreed.

[iran1309]

viva israel and free IRAN ..iranians like me will help israel to destroy iranian islamic dictator regim

[PotatoGunsRule]

Well, no American controls Israel. They are their own country and have such a great economy we can have no power over them. In fact, they design, build, and sell their OWN weapons...no longer dependent on USA. They have to protect themselves, and are so small, waiting to be attacked is not an option. Why Iran must try to push people around I do not know...bullies are just like that.

[mja2035]

Iran has got it coming. Soon it will be payback time. The mullahs have to go, or something bad is gonna happen.

[crocfme]

The bible also describes a snake having an intelligent conversation with a woman.

I don't think such things are meant to be taken litterally or seriously.

[jerryg50]

I somehow don't believe Israel will attack Iran. This could grow in to a huge armed conflict and instability through the whole Middle East. Millions of innocent people will perish in such a dispute. Nobody can really stop progress. Everyone was saying that N.Korea would be attacked if they build nuclear weapons. Now, N.Korea has them, and nothing much happened!

[noearaujo]

Israel will bomb the living shit out of those radical Muslims. Iran, Gaza strip, Venezuela and all those who oppose the Holy Land better watch their backs because its even written in the book of Amos that God will send fire through their borders and will wipe every breathing thing that opposes Israel.

[romolus2000]

Iran it's not a problem for Israel a couple of EMP bombs and end of story, after that Iran army will be s siting ducks.

[woody4188]

God bless America! God is with Israel!