War Watch News - Israel-Iran-USA for 2-4-12
War Watch Update
For
February 4, 2012
Editor's Note: See Also Related Article: Iran's Supreme Ayatollah Issues New Threats. See LINK HERE. See also our regular Middle East News Spotlight for other news of a prophetic nature in the Middle East region. Mideast Spotlight - LINK HERE.
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Israeli Facilities in N. America & World on High Alert
Iranian Threats Against Jewish Targets Will Increase
ABC News is reporting that Israel has placed its facilities on high alert around the world. In the US, federal and local officials are giving special concern to Jewish facilities in America.
The heightened alert comes amid reports that Iran is seeking to retaliate against Israel and Jews for the assassinations of key Iranian nuclear scientists. For more on this story, LINK HERE.
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Israel's Top Intel Chief:
Iran's Nuke Weapons Program "Complete"
Israel's top military intelligence chief, General Aviv Kochavi revealed on Thursday (2/2) that Iran's nuclear weapons program has completed development of all aspects of building a nuclear bomb. The only thing left for Iran is to actually assemble the nuclear bomb components and install a weapon onto a delivery vehicle.
General Kochavi also estimates that by the end of 2012 or early 2013 Iran may have a single nuclear weapon and thereafter within two year the inventory could jump to four or five. The General's revelations parallel conclusions reached by the Enterprise Institute which had simultaneously published its own findings concluding that Iran would be able to make a 15 kiloton nuclear warhead by August of this year.
In a related development, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon revealed that a huge explosion last November at an Iranian missile base near Tehran destroyed a new advanced type of ICBM with a range of 10,000 kilometers, enough to reach much of the USA. The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that no Iranian underground facility is immune from attack.
Israeli officials also noted that there are 200,000 rockets and missiles now pointed at Israel from various sources including Iran, Syria, Hezbollha and Hamas. General Kochavi added that many of those 200,000 rockets and missiles are now being dispersed and integrated into civilian areas within metropolitan cities to minimize their vulnerability to enemy attack. Those rockets and missiles are being primarily targeted at Israeli population centers.
For mainstream media coverage click the headline links shown below:
Iran/4 Bombs = Jerusalem Post:
200,000 Missiles = Haaretz News
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Iran Working on ICBMs To Strike USA
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Israeli Army Chief:
Nation Needs to Be Ready To Strike Iran
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US Think-Tank Warns
Iran Could Have Bomb By August
Could Be USA Election Surprise
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Debka.com Intel Analysis
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Israel & U.S. Divided Over Iran Policy
As we've been reporting in recent A-O Intelligence Digest articles, there are a divergent viewpoints between the Obama Administration and Israel. The situation is now spilling out into the mainstream media coverage. Bloomberg News is now reporting on these divergent views - see LINK HERE for more details.
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US Def Sec'y Panetta Believes
Israel Will Strike Iran's Nukes
In April, May or June
The Washington Post is reporting that in the opinion of U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will strike Iran's nuclear facilities sometime in the Spring such as April, May or June. The Washington Post article describes the Obama Administration's assessment of the situation. Read the article, LINK HERE.
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A "MUST READ" Article:
Iran: The Point of No Return Is Here
An Israeli Op-Ed Article
We'd like to direct your attention to an Op-Ed article published by an Israeli news website connected to Israel's Arutz Sheva radio.
This article provides one of the best overviews of the Iranian nuclear crisis. It explains how we've now arrived at the point of no return with regards to Iran. It also explains the overall consequences for the world and much, much more.
In my opinion, this is a MUST READ article for A-O Readers. You can access it at the LINK HERE.
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Iranian Websites Disclose Iran's War Plans
Includes Lengthy Statistics on US Targets
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Pentagon Underestimates Iran's Bunkers
New Bunker-Buster Bomb Not Big Enough
Orders New Improvements
Pentagon discovers its largest monster bomb won't destroy Iran's deepest bunkers, so the Pentagon is seeking additional dollars to modify their biggest bomb to do the job. This new revelation may in part explain why military action against Iran has been delayed. More details, LINK HERE.
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US Spy Chief Says:
Iran Stepping Up Terror Support & Spying
More Willing To Support Terror In USA
In testimony before Congress, America's head of intelligence reports that Iran will likely resort to terror strikes inside America in the event of a military clash over Iran's nuclear facilities. For more details, LINK HERE. and still more, LINK HERE. CBS News Coverage LINK HERE.
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Top US General Told Israel:
US Won't Join Israel in War on Iran
America's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey reportedly told Israeli leaders on January 20 during a visit to Israel that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran, if it was begun by Israel. More details, LINK HERE.
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UN Nuke Inspectors Conclude Iran Trip
To Return To Iran Later in February
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Chinese Poised To Profit From
Iran Oil Embargo
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Iran Launches Space Satellite into Orbit
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Pentagon Orders Special Commando Ship
For Persian Gulf Assignment
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US Spy Chief Says Iran Keeping Options Open
On Nuclear Weapons Development
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Gulf Arabs Plan To Oppose Iran on Hormuz
GCC Members Ban Together To Thwart Iran
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US Navy Holds Amphibious Exercises
Operation Bold Alligator Underway
Simulates Iranian Beach Landings
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Israel's Top Spy Chief of Mossad
Held Secret US Meetings With CIA
And Key Democrat Senator
According to public testimony at a U.S. Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, (1/31/12) the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency met with his American counterparts as well as Senator Diane Feinstein "earlier in the week" in Washington. The subject dealt with Iran's nuclear program and Israel's growing concern about the growing Iranian nuclear threat to Israel. For more on this story, LINK HERE.
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Israeli Military Leaders Warn Against Iran Attack
As January came to an end, a British newspaper reported that a former Israeli general advised the newspaper that most of Israel's top military leaders are opposed to attacking Iran. It may be that this, and similar, recent stories triggered an Israeli government blitz of announcements revealing Israeli intelligence assessments on the Iranian nuclear threat. Israel's Deputy Prime Minister along with Israel's top general made grave, public announcements revealing the true extent of the Iranian threat to Israel's existence. To read the prior article that may have helped trigger the latest Israeli government revelations, see the LINK HERE.
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Israeli Analysts Warn of Israeli Attack on Iran
Given a sudden surge in saber rattling by Iran, Israel and the United States officials, some Israeli analysts warn that Israel could attack Iran unilaterally without US support. Here is a late-breaking analysis from the Israeli viewpoint.
Israeli analysts previously sceptical of a scenario in which Israel might act unilaterally against a possible Iranian nuclear device have started to shift their views. Writing his weekly column in the daily Ha’aretz, the highly regarded defence analyst Amir Oren openly addressed the possibility of Israel launching an attack against Iran without previous coordination with the United States. For more details, LINK HERE.
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Iran Helping Al Qaeda?
War Hysteria Builds
CBS News LINK
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Iranian Lawmaker Says Iran Will Punish
The EU for 5 to 15 Years for Oil Embargo
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Iran Officials Predict Global Oil Prices
To Soar by 50 Percent
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