Archive for June 25th, 2008

Israel and Iran Re-Re-Re-Re-Re-Re-Visited

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

From The Guardian.co.uk

Israel believes that Syria was planning to supply Iran with spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing into weapons-grade plutonium from the site it bombed last September, and which is currently being inspected by the UN’s nuclear watchdog.

That would be the IAEA, run by one Mohamad ElBaradei, a Muslim and Iran sympathizer. I have full confidence that the inspection of Syrias ruined nuclear processing plant will prove that it’s nothing more than a dog food factory, knowing how much Muslims adore dogs.

The claim from an adviser to Israel’s national security council, came yesterday as speculation mounts about a possible Israeli attack on Iran. The Israeli government officially backs UN sanctions to force Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment but has little faith they will succeed.

Details about the alleged Syrian reactor and the Israeli raid remain shrouded in secrecy. Syria denies it has or had a covert nuclear weapons programme and insists the Israelis hit an ordinary military structure being built at al-Kibar, in the country’s north-eastern desert.

The Israeli adviser told the Guardian: “The Iranians were involved in the Syrian programme. The idea was that the Syrians produce plutonium and the Iranians get their share. Syria had no reprocessing facility for the spent fuel. It’s not deduction alone that brings almost everyone to think that the link exists.”

Actually, it would be the height of gross stupidity to not know, let alone just think that the processed fuel was going to Iran. Clearly the Israelis know it, which is why they recently conducted a practice bombing raid on Iran, flying in the opposite direction but with a massive military operation along with full logistical support. I don’t think this was intended as a warning, since the Israelis actually seem to be very poor at issuing warnings. When threatened, they simply attack. They’re sensible about it.

Sooner or later war will break out between Israel and Iran and very possibly Syria. In the meantime, the dance music plays on. I don’t think we’ll know when the final number will play until it actually happens.