Thursday, August 2, 2012

The Iranian - Israeli Silent War (Commentary)



Iran, Israel Waging Silent War -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei believes that his government is so deeply penetrated by U.S., Israeli and other intelligence agencies that when he eventually gives an order to build a nuclear weapon it will be quickly known.

As a result, Khamenei is creating redundancy in production sites, adding centrifuges and more low- and medium-level enriched uranium to Iran’s stockpile so when the time comes Israel will not have the capability to carry out a surgical strike against Tehran’s nuclear complex. Perhaps not even the United States could do it major harm.

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My Comment: They have been anything but silent. I still believe that Israeli does not have the capabilities to effectively stop Iran's nuclear program by a military strike .... but the covert war is another story, and I expect to see this heating up.

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