U.S. Has Stopped Shipping Certain Arms To Israel -- This Is Why There Will be No Israeli Attack On Iran's Nuclear Facilities

The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.

Israel Asks U.S. For Arms, Air Corridor To Attack Iran
-- Haaretz.com

he security aid package the United States has refused to give Israel for the past few months out of concern that Israel would use it to attack nuclear facilities in Iran included a large number of "bunker-buster" bombs, permission to use an air corridor to Iran, an advanced technological system and refueling planes.

Officials from both countries have been discussing the Israeli requests over the past few months. Their rejection would make it very difficult for Israel to attack Iran, if such a decision is made.

About a month ago, Haaretz reported that the Bush administration had turned down an Israeli request for certain security items that could upgrade Israel's capability to attack Iran. The U.S. administration reportedly saw the request as a sign preparations were moving ahead for an Israeli attack on Iran. Diplomatic and security sources indicated to Haaretz that the list of components Israel included:

Bunker-buster GBU-28 bombs: In 2005, the U.S. said it was supplying these bombs to Israel. In August 2006, The New York Times reported that the U.S. had expedited the dispatch of additional bombs at the height of the Second Lebanon War. The bombs, which weigh 2.2 tons each, can penetrate six meters of reinforced concrete. Israel appears to have asked for a relatively large number of additional bunker-busters, and was turned down.

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My Comment: This article deserves more attention and reporting. If true, this means that an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities will not happen. Reason ..... there is no possibility for success because (1) the munitions are not sufficiently powerful enough to be effective, (2) the strike team cannot be refueled on their return trip to Israel, and (3) there is no guarantee that U.S. anti-aircraft missiles and defense systems will not be used against the Israeli planes.

This news report does not state it .... but I will. These turn of events is a strategic and diplomatic victory for Iran and its nuclear program. The Iranians know it. The Russians and Chinese know it. The Arabs in the Middle East know it. And now .... the Israeli's know it.