Israel hands Bush documents, photos of Iran nuclear sites

[Niccolo]

Direct Link - Al Jazeera - 12/04/2005 (http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7919)

Israel hands Bush documents, photos of Iran nuclear sites
4/12/2005 5:00:00 PM GMT

Ariel Sharon’s military adviser General Yoav Gallan has reportedly handed Bush documents and aerial photos of Iranian nuclear installations during the Israeli prime minister’s Monday meeting with the U.S. President George W. Bush, Israeli public radio reported on Tuesday.

Gallan, who accompanied Sharon in his summit with Bush at his Texas ranch, presented the photos together with information the Israeli intelligence services gathered on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, the Israeli radio added, without mentioning how the photos were taken. It just said that the images showed that the Iranian nuclear programme was at a “very advanced” stage.

Meanwhile, White House spokesman Scott McClellan on the other hand, confirmed the two leaders had “talked about their shared concern about Iran’s intentions with their nuclear programme”.

Israeli defense officials asked Sharon to raise the option of military attack against Iran's nuclear facilities during talks with President Bush. On the other hand, U.S. defense officials had so far refused Israeli entreaties to discuss the military option against Iran as a last resort if diplomatic pressure fail.

Israeli and U.S. officials couldn’t be available for comment.

Israel has previously made clear it considers all options legitimate for preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear bomb. Analysts say that the Jewish state wouldn’t resort to force unless being supported by its chief ally the United States.

"We are not managing to get the Americans to talk about what will happen if the diplomatic efforts fail and Iran resumes enriching uranium, putting it on track to an atomic bomb," a senior defense official as saying.

Washington and Israel have repeatedly accused Iran of covertly trying to develop a nuclear weapons’ programme, a charge denied by Tehran, which maintains it needs nuclear power as an alternative energy source.

Although Israel has never publicly acknowledged that it maintains a nuclear arsenal, foreign experts assert it has between 100 and 200 nuclear warheads.

Washington has previously expressed its support to the ongoing EU diplomatic initiative to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program, however, the U.S. President George W. Bush has said that he won’t rule out the possibility of military strikes.

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Washington and Israel claim that Iran is covertly trying to develop a nuclear weapons’ programme

[Niccolo]

Although Israel has never publicly acknowledged that it maintains a nuclear arsenal, foreign experts assert it has between 100 and 200 nuclear warheads.

U.S. President George W. Bush has said that he won’t rule out the possibility of military strikes.

THEM again, pushing their puppet Bubbus Bush to do their dirty work!

[Florian Geyer]

Direct Link - Al Jazeera - 12/04/2005 (http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7919)

Israel hands Bush documents, photos of Iran nuclear sites
4/12/2005 5:00:00 PM GMT



Rock on Niccolo.Major scoop.Even the kikes in the US dont know how many warheads the jews have. What they have they've had a long with constant upgrades.One thing's for sure,push comes to shove,the jews would use tactical nuclear strikes if they were losing the struggle.But before they pushed the button,how many of the rats would leave the "sinking"ship for europe and america with their shekels.:rolleyes:

[Marco Polo]

i hope that america attacks iran.

This time Europe (including Britain) will turn against america for sure. Then we will start to move towards the east!

[PassionOfTheSerpent]

The European leaders would not defend America in this war of agression, but neither would the European leaders support Iran. It is possible that Russia and China would give limited support, but the Iranians would need to take care of themselves whatsoever. They have either two options, according to interrupt 00h, the resident Russian ultranationalist - either, they could lure the Americans deep into their country and crush them there, or they could try to instigate a rebellion in nearby Iraq.

http://www.technocracy.ca/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=957

Here is a thread about that subject by the way, which I feel is defining at least the military and diplomatic preferences in a potential conflict between Israel and USA, and Iran.

[Niccolo]

Have a look at the two articles posted below!

One of them says that Israel wants to purchase 100 guided bunker-busting bombs from the USA. The other says that Israel opposes Russian arms sales to the Palestinians.

Them, always THEM!!

[Niccolo]

Direct Link - Reuters - 26/04/2005 (http://www.reuters.co.il/showstory.php?topic=N2HGEN&storyid=N2SR11TG)

Pentagon proposes bunker bomb sale to Israel
26 April 2005 22:34

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - The Pentagon notified Congress on Tuesday of a proposed sale to Israel of 100 guided bunker-busting bombs, a move that analysts said could prompt concerns about a unilateral Israel strike against Iran.

Israel has requested the sale of the Lockheed Martin Corp. GBU-28s worth as much as $30 million, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a notice required by law for government-to-government military sales.

The GBU-28 was developed for penetrating hardened command centers located deep underground and would be used by the Israeli Air Force on their U.S.-built F-15 aircraft, the agency said.

Israel -- believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear armed state -- has denied speculation that it might make a military strike on Iran to prevent it from producing an atomic bomb.

In 1981 Israel sent jets to bomb an Iraqi reactor, driving Saddam Hussein's quest for a bomb underground, and fueling speculation of a similar strike on Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a interview with CNN earlier this month, said his country was not planning any military attack on Iran.

Sharon, in a separate interview with Fox News, said: "Of course we take all precautions and all the steps to defend ourselves. But it's not that Israel should give the answer to the international problem" of Iran potentially developing a bomb.

In January, Vice President Dick Cheney warned Israel could in the future try to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the sale of the GBU-28s would "not affect the basic military balance in the region."

John Isaacs, president of the Council for a Livable World, said the proposed sale was clearly "a provocative step" that would prompt concerns about a unilateral Israel strike, particularly in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East.

"One could be suspicious that these bombs could be used for an Israeli attack on Iran," Isaacs said, noting that the bunker-busting bombs in question were nonnuclear, which limited their ability to dig far underground.

"This particular munition is designed to destroy deeply buried high-value assets such as command centers or nuclear weapons facilities," agreed Loren Thompson at the Virginia-based Lexington Institute. "Draw your own conclusions."

The success of any such strike on possible Iranian nuclear facilities would depend on the quality of intelligence about the location of such facilities, as well as how far underground such sites were buried, Isaacs said.

"It's not a slam-dunk in any way," he added. Once notified, Congress has 30 days to reject planned foreign military sales but rarely does so.

[Niccolo]

Direct Link - Al Jazeera - 28/04/2005 (http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8030)

Israel opposes Russian arms sales to the Palestinians
4/28/2005 11:30:00 AM GMT

Israel prepares to pressure the Russian President to cancel plans to sell military equipment to the Palestinians unless the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas disarms resistance groups, an Israeli official said on Thursday as President Vladimir Putin arrived in Israel, part of his Mideast tour which he started yesterday with his visit to Egypt.
“We will not allow the Palestinians armoured troop carriers as long as they dither in unleashing a war against terrorism,” a senior Israeli official said.

Khairi al-Aridi, Palestinian envoy to Moscow, has told reporters earlier this week that Putin is expected to offer the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas 50 armoured vehicles when they meets with him in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Friday.

“Such equipment cannot be supplied while reforms of the Palestinian security services have not really started and some members of these services are implicated half-time in terrorist activities,” the Israeli official argued.

Putin will arrive in the occupied Palestinian territories on Friday, the first visit ever made by a Russian president to the country, that comes in the framework of his Middle East tour.

"The visit has a significant importance, specially, with the present political developments. The Russian president will meet with the PA president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah on Friday", Nasser Al-Qudwah, PA FM said.

"We will discuss several issues with him, including ways and means of pushing forward the Middle East peace process and of implementing the Quartet committee's road map plan in addition to the upcoming Israeli unilateral disengagement plan", he added.

"The Putin visit will help strengthen our bilateral relations and we will sign several deals in various fields including the security field to make up for the huge Israeli destruction of our security capabilities", Qudwah pointed out.

Mr. Putin met Thursday with Israeli President Moshe Katsav, and both leaders expressed willingness for closer ties between the two countries.

The Russian President will also meet with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon later today.

He arrived in Israel Wednesday evening, from Cairo, where he held talks with the Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, and unveiled a plan to host a Middle East peace summit in Moscow.

The Palestinians welcomed Putin’s suggestion; but the Israelis, who are focusing on implementing Sharon’s Gaza withdrawal plan, to begin later this year, claim that the conditions are not yet right for such a conference.

According to analysts, Putin’s aim behind his suggestion remains unclear. They are also questioning why did he decide to come to the Middle East now.

Stephanie Hoffman, a Russian expert, formerly of Hebrew University, says no significant agreements are expected.

She wonders if Putin is just trying to re-establish a Russian role in the peace process.

"One could say that Russia is trying to reassert itself and to show that is had both weight and input among all the parties in [the] Middle East settlement process," said Ms. Hoffman.

Backing Israel, Washington too didn’t welcome the summit suggestion. Scott McClellan, White House spokesman, echoed Israel’s opinion; saying that the time has not yet come for an international conference.

The so-called "road map" peace plan calls for such a conference during its second phase; but neither party has yet fulfilled the requirements of the first phase.

[Florian Geyer]

I posted the same 2 articles in world issues Niccolo.One 19 hours ago and the other 4 days ago.1 titled "more trouble brewing" the other "what are they afraid of".;)

[Niccolo]

Just saw them now. We can merge the threads if you want.

Jew hallihom kif inhuma!

[Florian Geyer]

Just saw them now. We can merge the threads if you want.

Jew hallihom kif inhuma!

Do whats best Niccolo.;)