Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border
Israel to bomb Iran through Turkey?: "The
Israelis would not attack (Iran) over Iraq. The way to go is through
Turkey...When Israel
attacked the reactor in Syria, it went up the Mediterranean and
through Turkish air space," Hurriyet quoted Krauthammer as
saying.
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Forget it, Israel needs to play a dummy attack to the north
to draw the US in to protect their northern border.
If you remember they lost badly to a bunch of 'towel-heads' just
a short time ago and are still smarting up north.
Israel will be (I believe) attacking Iran from the south using
Saudi Air space to refuel, and across the Gulf.
Israel cannot handle two wars at a time and must draw a quick
primary attack to the north for the US to play protector.
France, UK, US, and Israel are likely to be players in this attack,
but the primary attack will be Israeli led.
US to Activate Anti-Missile Radar in Israel Mid December.
Mid December ha ? ... that's not long to wait ...
I'm looking at the markets and this war and considering that some
time when the braindeads are all pissed at the beach would be
a great little time to strip all the banks out and plunge the
world into a war.
Here's the latest rightdowns.
Citigroup - $295.2B
Posted on November 21, 2008 3:03 PM
Bank of America - $72.1B
Posted on November 13, 2008 11:16 PM
JP Morgan Chase - $20.1B
Posted on November 13, 2008 2:15 PM
BNP Paribas - $10.4B
Posted on November 5, 2008 11:01 AM
UBS - $225B
Posted on November 4, 2008 11:22 AM
Commerzbank - $32.1B
Posted on November 3, 2008 10:08 AM
Despite economic meltdown, Rothschild posts record profits
Rothschild group staff have received record bonuses, it has
emerged after the bank reported a 31 per cent improvement in
profits before tax to €459 million, although it still wrote
off €96 million because of souring loans.
Neal
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Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border
Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry
of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran's borders, a
high-ranking security source said Tuesday.
"The latest military intelligence data point to heightened
U.S. military preparations for both an air and ground operation
against
Iran," the official said, adding that the Pentagon has probably
not yet made a final decision as to when an attack will be
launched.
He said the Pentagon is looking for a way to deliver a strike
against Iran "that would enable the Americans to bring the
country to its knees at minimal cost."
He also said the U.S. Naval presence in the Persian Gulf has
for the first time in the past four years reached the level that
existed shortly before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov, vice president of the Academy of
Geopolitical Sciences, said last week that the Pentagon is
planning to deliver a massive air strike on Iran's military infrastructure
in the near future.
A new U.S. carrier battle group has been dispatched to the Gulf.
The USS John C. Stennis, with a crew of 3,200 and around 80
fixed-wing aircraft, including F/A-18 Hornet and Superhornet
fighter-bombers, eight support ships and four nuclear submarines
are heading for the Gulf, where a similar group led by the
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has been deployed since December 2006.
The U.S. is also sending Patriot anti-missile systems to the region.
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US to Activate Anti-Missile Radar in Israel Mid December.
120 US troops deploy to Israel to set up and operate ‘X-band
radar’ ahead of possible strike against Iran
.
A radar system, which the United States agreed in July to deploy
in Israel as Tel Aviv mulls attacking Iran, is to go operational
in mid-December, army radio reported on Saturday.
The US military technicians who will operate the system are currently carrying out the final tests, the radio said.
The radar system, which has a range of more than 2,000 kilometres
(1,250 miles), has been installed in the Negev desert in
southern Israel.
Some 120 US troops have been deployed to Israel to set up and operate the system, public radio reported in late September.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates agreed to the deployment
after Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak and army chief
Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi made separate visits to Washington
in July to discuss Iran.
The two governments' allegations are expected to top the agenda
of outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's White
House talks with US President George W. Bush on Monday.
"The idea here is to help Israel create a layered missile
defence capability to protect it from all sorts of threats in
the region,
near and far," a senior Pentagon official said in late July,
although it is Washington and Tel Aviv who have been making war
threats in the region.
The so-called X-band radar system, also known as an AN/TPY2,
is a powerful phased array radar that is designed to track
ballistic missiles through space and provide ground-based missiles
with the targeting data needed to intercept them.
The Pentagon was scheduled to deploy the radar to Israel in
the autumn of 2009 for a joint exercise but moved it up a year
following the talks in Washington earlier this year.
The system includes two massive radar antennae which have been
under construction near the Dimona nuclear plant in the
Negev.
The Maariv newspaper reported on October 5 that the two 400-metre-high
(1,300 foot) masts being erected near the
top-secret military plant, where Israel has developed its nuclear
arsenal, would be the largest in the region.
Data from the radar will be provided to Israel's missile defence
system, but it will remain owned and operated by the US
military.
Iran, which boasts a number of ballistic missiles, repeatedly
warned that it would defend itself against any US or Israeli
aggression.
Israel on Wednesday displayed air power it could use to attack Iran.
Israeli pilots declined to comment on reports earlier this
year that they had already conducted a training mission to practise
for
a strike at Iranian sites.