Iran fears US attack in summer: Israel (Sorry if Repost)

[carlos3652]

Iran fears US attack in summer: Israel
(Reuters)

1 April 2007

JERUSALEM - Iran is making defensive preparations for what it fears will be a US military attack this summer, Israel’s military intelligence chief said on Sunday.


Major-General Amos Yadlin also told the Israeli cabinet that Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas and Syria believed they could be targeted in any U.S.-initiated war against Iran, an Israeli government official said, briefing reporters on his remarks.

‘What we are seeing is their preparation for the possibility of war in the summer. My assessment is that they are defensive preparations for war,’ Yadlin was quoted as saying, referring to Iran, Syria and Hezbollah.

The government official said Yadlin spoke about Iranian fears of a U.S., not an Israeli, offensive.

The official gave no details about the type of military preparations Yadlin said Iran was making to meet any US attack.

‘We are closely monitoring these preparations because (Iran, Syria and Hezbollah) could misinterpret various moves in the region,’ Yadlin said, according to the official.

In Washington on Thursday, US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said the United States was ‘convinced diplomacy is the way to proceed’ to curb Iran’s nuclear programme.

Burns told the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee that Washington did not believe conflict with Teheran was inevitable.

The UN Security Council widened sanctions against Iran on March 24 after it defied a second deadline to stop enriching uranium, a process Teheran says will yield solely electricity but world powers fear could be used to build atomic weapons.

Washington and London also accuse Iran of supporting insurgents fighting their forces in Iraq.

[Mr. Kotter]

We should feed into the notion too; kinda like scaring your sibblings on Halloween....

Stupid bastards.

[StcChief]

I guess ignoring UN deadlines like Saddam did, taking British service men/women.

This would make you think hey we could get hit.

[ChiefsCountry]

Is this real or another stupid April Fool's joke?

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

We should feed into the notion too; kinda like scaring your sibblings on Halloween....

Stupid bastards.

Stupid bastards? You are too kind. Ass sphincters sounds more appropriate...

[carlos3652]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Is this real or another stupid April Fool's joke?

Another article, from a different source, for those who doubt... no april fools joke...

Foes preparing defences for summer war: Israel
(AFP)

1 April 2007



JERUSALEM - Israel’s chief of military intelligence warned on Sunday that Hezbollah, Syria and Iran were preparing for a possible attack on Teheran by Israel’s main ally the United States as early as this summer.


Amos Yadlin told the weekly cabinet meeting that Israel’s three principal foes were steeling their defences because they feared a US attack on Iran, a senior official who attended the meeting told AFP.

‘Their preparation is defensive ahead of war,’ the official quoted Yadlin as saying on condition of anonymity. ‘They fear a war initiated by the Americans because they understand that there might be an attack against Iran over the summer, but not by Israel.’

Although Yadlin insisted Israel had no intention of becoming embroiled in such a conflict, he warned that any moves by the Jewish state could be wrongly interpreted by its neighbours as a sign of hostile intent.

‘If the Americans launch an offensive in Iran, Hezbollah and Syria will think the move had been coordinated with Israel and would expect Israel to strike them too,’ another government official at the meeting told AFP.

Yadlin said he feared a repeat of 1967 when sabre-rattling, brinkmanship and miscalculations upset a fragile calm and plunged the region into war.

‘We might again find ourselves in a war no one wanted,’ Yadlin told ministers. ‘Israel must be prepared and make sure its steps will not lead to any miscalculation on the other side.’

‘Israel is closely following developments on this front out of a concern that the three players might misinterpret certain steps taken by Israel,’ Yadlin was quoted as saying.

Yadlin said Hezbollah was abiding by a UN-brokered ceasefire in southern Lebanon, but alleged the Shia militants were busily rearming north of the Litani river -- out of the jurisdiction of UN peacekeepers.

Israel fought a difficult 34-day war against Hezbollah last summer after two soldiers were captured in a cross-border raid. Around 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers, died in the conflict.

‘Hezbollah has no intention of getting into a second round of conflict,’ Yadlin was quoted as saying. ‘But it is busy rebuilding its forces and has accelerated those efforts for fear of a summer attack.’

On Saturday, Iran’s joint chief of staff warned Arab states neighbouring Israel against what he called a ‘Zionist suicide attack’ this year.

‘The Zionists plan to carry out a suicide plot in the summer,’ the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Major General Hassan Firouzabadi as saying.

He predicted that an Israeli attack would start from Lebanon and Syria and proceed to Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

[big nasty kcnut]

All we have to do is tell iran if you don't give back the british guys and girl then we will destroy your gas refinery they only have one and if it blows up then iran will have no gas

[recxjake]

Originally Posted by kcnut

All we have to do is tell iran if you don't give back the british guys and girl then we will destroy your gas refinery they only have one and if it blows up then iran will have no gas

It's a little more complicated then that....

[leviw]

I'm I wrong to be deathly afraid of getting involved with Iran?

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by leviw

I'm I wrong to be deathly afraid of getting involved with Iran?

You shouldn't be worried, the Iranian government is scared shitless of us

[stlchiefs]

Originally Posted by recxjake

It's a little more complicated then that....

Damn, I haven't posted on here long, but from my understanding it's a bad thing to agree with Recxjake isn't it?

[Garcia Bronco]

Recent history has proven that none of these nations can really fight.

[Mr. Kotter]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Recent history has proven that none of these nations can really fight.

No shit. Maybe we've learned though. NEXT time, we just tactical nuke their GD capital...what, "Tehran" or some other gay-ass sounding name, right....and turn it into the biggest glass plate, in the world. Then the rest of those dickweeds now know we mean business, and sell us our damned oil at...what, $45-50 per barrel, to be fair...you know....

Sounds good to me....

[kcmaxwell]

"No shit. Maybe we've learned though. NEXT time, we just tactical nuke their GD capital...what, "Tehran" or some other gay-ass sounding name, right....and turn it into the biggest glass plate, in the world. Then the rest of those dickweeds now know we mean business, and sell us our damned oil at...what, $45-50 per barrel, to be fair...you know....

Sounds good to me...."

amen!!
maxwell

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by carlos3652

Iran fears US attack

They should.

After Iraq ANY US President (Dem or Rep) will pull "A Bosnia" and make the war as damaging from long range as possible without groud troups.

And we are perfectly capable of completely ruining $3it from the air...