Iran tests new space missile while increasing nuclear production
Iranian state media reported advances in the Islamic regime's nuclear development and missile programs on Wednesday. In direct defiance of UN demands that Iran halt its nuclear program, the Islamic Republic announced that it now has 5,000 centrifuges operating at its uranium enrichment plant, a significant increase from the 4,000 it said were spinning in August. The UN Security Council has already imposed three rounds of sanctions on Iran in an effort to halt operation of the centrifuges needed to produce uranium, the key ingredient for a nuclear weapon. Later Wednesday, state media reported the successful launch of the "Kavosh 2" rocket, a ballistic missile designed to "create a basis for scientific and technological development in the field of space." Israeli missile experts contend that Irans space program is really a cover for developing inter-continental ballistic missiles.
Iran holding massive naval maneuvers near Persian Gulf
Iran on Tuesday launched a large-scale, six-day naval maneuver in the Sea of Oman, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, which will involve about 60 warships and numerous aircraft, the official news agency IRNA, reported. This type of "maneuver has been rare in the past 30 years both in its size and commissioning of new weapons," IRNA quoted the maneuver's spokesman, Adm. Ghasem Rostamabadi, as saying. Iran regularly holds war games in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, which are linked by the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which 40 percent of the world's crude oil passes. Tehran has repeatedly warned that it would close the narrow strait if the US or Israel attacked its disputed nuclear program. Israels former deputy defense minister, Ephraim Sneh, said on Tuesday that "Iran's unprecedented naval activity is actually a drill for taking over the Gulf all-important oil route. "The Iranian aggression is a threat to the entire world and should not be passed over quietly," warned Sneh.
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UN holds urgent session on Israel's blockade of Gaza-bound ships
The UN Security Council held an emergency session late Wednesday to discuss a Libyan complaint over Israel's refusal to allow a Libyan ship carrying humanitarian aid to dock in Gaza. Israel blocked the vessel on Monday, citing security concerns pertaining to possible weapons smuggling, while adding that Libya is a hostile state to Israel. Tripoli charged that Israel was committing an act of "piracy on the high seas," but Council members refused to take any action. Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Gabriella Shalev, used the opportunity to launched a fiery rebuke, calling the emergency session a "cheap trick. Shalev went on to note that if Libya was genuinely intent on transporting humanitarian aid to Gaza, it could have done so through accepted channels.
Is the U.N stupid enough to bring on Armageddon??
Israel making plans to attack Iran without US assent
IDF would have to operate without flight access codes
In drawing up contingency plans for possible pre-emptive air strikes on Irans renegade nuclear facilities, Israeli officials have decided to also prepare for having to launch the long-range missions without critical flight codes to allow access thru American-controlled Iraqi airspace.
In a Jerusalem Post exclusive on Thursday, Israeli defense officials revealed they would prefer to act in consultation with Washington but are preparing a myriad of options that would allow them to launch an operation single-handedly.
US security officials were quick to downplay the reports, saying that a bombing run by Israeli forces acting alone would probably fail to take out all of the Iranian regime's nuclear facilities, many of which are buried deep underground and scattered throughout the country.
"We could not risk an operation which would only partially succeed," according to a US defense official, "That would leave us open to an attack from Iran's remaining weapons stock. Israel would likely need the support, the backing, of forces from a Western ally to successfully carry out the operation," he said.
Israeli officials, however, said that it would be difficult, but not impossible, to launch a strike absent US support, including the American airspace codes needed to overfly Iraq.
Jerusalem asked for the codes in 1991 during the First Gulf War, but Washington declined. Several news agencies have claimed that US President George Bush has refused to give Israel a green light for an attack on Iranian facilities, the latest turndown coming during his visit in May of this year.
In what may have been a consolation prize, Washington deployed the state-of-the-art X-band radar in Israel, along with a 120 person team to operate the complicated system designed to shave crucial minutes off Jerusalem's reaction time in the event of an Iranian attack.
Luke 21 : 20"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near.
Iran holding massive naval maneuvers near Persian Gulf
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UN holds urgent session on Israel's blockade of Gaza-bound ships
The UN Security Council held an emergency session late Wednesday to discuss a Libyan complaint over Israel's refusal to allow a Libyan ship carrying humanitarian aid to dock in Gaza. Israel blocked the vessel on Monday, citing security concerns pertaining to possible weapons smuggling, while adding that Libya is a hostile state to Israel. Tripoli charged that Israel was committing an act of "piracy on the high seas," but Council members refused to take any action. Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Gabriella Shalev, used the opportunity to launched a fiery rebuke, calling the emergency session a "cheap trick. Shalev went on to note that if Libya was genuinely intent on transporting humanitarian aid to Gaza, it could have done so through accepted channels.
Is the U.N stupid enough to bring on Armageddon??
Israel making plans to attack Iran without US assent
IDF would have to operate without flight access codes
In a Jerusalem Post exclusive on Thursday, Israeli defense officials revealed they would prefer to act in consultation with Washington but are preparing a myriad of options that would allow them to launch an operation single-handedly.
US security officials were quick to downplay the reports, saying that a bombing run by Israeli forces acting alone would probably fail to take out all of the Iranian regime's nuclear facilities, many of which are buried deep underground and scattered throughout the country.
"We could not risk an operation which would only partially succeed," according to a US defense official, "That would leave us open to an attack from Iran's remaining weapons stock. Israel would likely need the support, the backing, of forces from a Western ally to successfully carry out the operation," he said.
Israeli officials, however, said that it would be difficult, but not impossible, to launch a strike absent US support, including the American airspace codes needed to overfly Iraq.
Jerusalem asked for the codes in 1991 during the First Gulf War, but Washington declined. Several news agencies have claimed that US President George Bush has refused to give Israel a green light for an attack on Iranian facilities, the latest turndown coming during his visit in May of this year.
In what may have been a consolation prize, Washington deployed the state-of-the-art X-band radar in Israel, along with a 120 person team to operate the complicated system designed to shave crucial minutes off Jerusalem's reaction time in the event of an Iranian attack.
Luke 21 : 20"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near.
