Der Speigel: Israel preparing strike to take out Iranian nuclear sites

[Emillereid]

By Ellis Shuman  October 12, 2003


The German weekly Der Spiegel reported Saturday that the Mossad has marked six Iranian nuclear facilities as targets for an Israeli Air Force pre-emptive strike. An unnamed IAF pilot told the weekly that such a mission would be "complex, but feasible." The Los Angeles Times reported that Israel has modified U.S.-made Harpoon cruise missiles so it can launch nuclear warheads from submarines.

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According to Der Spiegel, a special unit of the Mossad received an order two months ago to prepare a detailed plan to destroy Iran's nuclear sites. The Mossad believes Iran has reached an advanced stage in its nuclear program and is capable of producing enriched uranium, a vital ingredient of nuclear bombs. The report said that three of Iran's nuclear sites were totally unknown to the outside world.

The Mossad's plan is now ready and has been delivered to the Israeli Air Force, which will carry out the strike, Der Spiegel said. The simultaneous air strike on six Iranian nuclear facilities would be carried out by IAF F-16 fighter jets. The paper quoted an unnamed IAF pilot who said the operation, which would be far more complicated than Israel's strike at Iraq's nuclear reactor at Osirak in 1981, would be "complex, but feasible." .....

http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article%5El2851&enZone=Security&enVersion=0&

The proverbial shit is about to hit the fan -- naturally we are helping the Israelis.

[Guaranteed]

1. These people have no morals.

To strike "pre-emptively" is to do nothing but start a war.

[megaplayboy]

2. Wouldn't they have to fly through airspace WE control?

And wouldn't our letting fully fueled and armed f-16s fly through Iraqi airspace unchallenged essentially amount to an admission by us that they are our proxy to bomb Iran?

Wow, just the thing to let the Arabs know how "fair and balanced" we are:eyes:

[truthisfreedom]

3. isn't this going to spread a lot of nuclear materials around?

ala dirty bomb?

[hang a left]

4. Well if it was supposed to be a surprize, I hate to break it to ya,

But the cat's out of the bag. Everybody is on to ya now. Oh, maybe that was the idea, huh?

[ze_dscherman]

5. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=162509&mesg_id=162509


Also: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=161389

[rhite5]

6. There was another thread on this.

Reportedly, parts of this news have been denied.