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Going it alone?
The JPost is reporting on Thursday that the IDF is preparing to attack Iran on its own, with or without American support. "It is always better to coordinate," one top Defense Ministry official explained last week. "But we are also preparing options that do not include coordination." Israeli ...
IDF preparing options for Iran strike | Iran news | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com — The IDF is drawing up options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has learned. While its preference is to coordinate with the US, defense officials have said Israel is ... (more) IDF preparing options for Iran strike | Iran news | ...
Annals of National Security: The Iran Plans: The New Yorker
newyorker.com — The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air attack. Current and former American ... (more) Annals of National Security: The Iran Plans: The New Yorker
 Israel 'prepared to attack' Iran nuclear plants
Israel 'prepared to attack' Iran nuclear plants
timesonline.co.uk — President Ahmadinejad of Iran announces an expansion of his country's nuclear programme at its Natanz enrichment facility (more) Israel 'prepared to attack' Iran nuclear plants
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Kumbayah My Lord, And Prepare The Airstrikes
Jules Crittenden — ... take Israel seriously.“We think that regional and international developments and the complicated situation faced by Israel itself will not allow it to launch military strikes against other countries,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi told reporters in Teheran, according to the Press TV Web site. “Israel makes threats to promote its psychological and media warfare,” he said.  I wonder what international developments and complicated situations he’s talking about. Israel Matzav  is unimpressed by sanctions, and likes it when Iranians are kept guessing. ...

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