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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Some Israeli Analysts Thinking the Unthinkable

In line with this reporter's repeated warnings, an increasing number of Israeli defense analysts are advocating preemptive nuclear missile strikes on Iranian nuclear and missile installations should last-ditch diplomacy fail to preserve the peace.

The rationale for going nuclear grows stronger by the day, given Islamonazi Iran's nuclear gains--made possible by American appeasement-- growing arsenal of long-range missiles capable of leveling Israeli population centers, and threats to annihilate the Jewish State.

It is important to recall that Israel nearly used nuclear weapons during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Thirteen 20-kiloton nuclear weapons were assembled as Israel faced defeat following an effective Egyptian surprise attack and ahead of an astonishing Israeli counterattack spearheaded by the legendary Ariel ("Arik") Sharon.

It behooves China and Russia to support international efforts to end Iran's illicit nuclear arms program.

# posted by Confidential Reporter @ 8:08 PM
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Iran Challenged by Ethnic Insurgency

A must read analysis from RFE/RL:

The conflict in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province between the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Jundallah (Soldiers of God), an ethnic Baluch insurgent group also known as the People's Resistance Movement of Iran, has continued on and off for the last six years. The latest spate of violence, which occurred on October 18, killed five prominent IRGC commanders and left dozens of others dead and injured.Iranian leaders again accused Western powers of supporting the insurgent group. The day after the brazen attack, the commander of the IRGC, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, said that Iran's security services had "submitted documents" indicating that Jundallah leader Abdolmalek Rigi was "in direct contact" with U.S., British, and Pakistani intelligence services. Jafari said a delegation would go to Pakistan to "present this document to Islamabad."Both the United States and Britain have condemned the attack, while Pakistan denied the Iranian implication that its security agents were cooperating with the perpetrators.The two coordinated attacks on October 18 show that Jundallah, as well as improving its intelligence gathering, is adopting new tactics. The first attack was a suicide bombing that targeted a meeting of Shi'ite-Sunni tribal leaders and provincial commanders of the IRGC in Pishin district near the town of Sarbaz, close to the border with Pakistan.

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