U.S. intelligence on alert for Israeli strike on Iran
Now according to Israel News
'Israel plans to strike Iran in
September'
Ex-CIA official Robert Baer
believes an Israeli strike against Tehran is rather imminent; predicts US will
have to get involved Israel may mount a strike
against Iran in the fall, longtime CIA officer Robert Baer, who spent 21
years in the Middle East, told a Los Angeles radio station Saturday.
Baer ventured such a move will drag the United States into another major war
and endangering US military and civilian personnel throughout the Middle East
and beyond.
Baer spoke on the provocative KPFK Los Angeles show Background Briefing, hosted
by Ian Masters.
Baer didn't name sources for his prediction of an Israeli attack, but
the few he did cite are all Israeli security figures who have publically warned
that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was adamant to strike Iran, such as former Mossad Chief
Meir Dagan.
Baer said that "There is almost near certainty that Netanyahu is
planning an attack (on Iran)… and it will probably be in September before the
vote on a Palestinian state. And he's also hoping to draw the United States into
the conflict," he explained.
The ex-CIA official went on to guess that the Israeli air force would attack
"Natanz and other nuclear facilities to degrade their capabilities. The Iranians
will strike back where they can: Basra, Baghdad," effectively forcing the US to
"jump into the fight" with attacks on Iranian targets.
"Our special forces are already looking at Iranian targets in Iraq and across
the border (in Iran) which we would strike. What we're facing here is an
escalation, rather than a planned out-and-out war...it's a nightmare scenario.
We don't have enough troops in the Middle East to fight a war like that. I think
we are looking into the abyss," he said.
Dagan: Iran strike - only as last
resort
Ex-Mossad chief warns against
military attack on Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities, says regional conflict
might drag Hezbollah, Syria into war. Dagan also voices opposition to returning
captive soldier Gilad Shalit 'at all costs'
Former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan on Wednesday said that a strike on Iran should
only be considered as the last resort and after all other means and methods have
been exhausted.
Speaking at a conference at the Tel Aviv University, Dagan said: "A military
attack will give the Iranians the best excuse to pursue the nuclear race.
Khamenei will say 'I was attacked by a country with nuclear capabilities; my
nuclear program was peaceful, but I must protect my country. "
The former secret service chief warned that if a regional war breaks after
Israel attacks Iran, Hezbollah will join forces with the Islamic Republic, and
Syria might also be dragged into the confrontation.
Dagan also addressed reports of trade ties between the Ofer Brothers and the
Islamic Republic. "There is no law prohibiting a ship from docking in Iran," he said.
"I am not the defender of the Ofer family, nor am I their representative – I
simply care about the State of Israel; I care for the thousands of employees
working for the Ofer family, whose livelihood might be jeopardized. "
Dagan also referred to the legal aspect of the affair, saying "they didn’t trade
with Iran – they are a shipping company; besides, there is no boycott on Iran,"
he stated.
Dagan, currently the chairman of Gulliver Energy Ltd, a gas and oil
exploration company, also commented on the peace process, saying that Israel
should have accepted the "Saudi Peace Initiative", which he claimed provided "a
good basis to adopt" because it does not deal with core issues such as the
refugees.
Speaking of the recent reconciliation pact between Hamas and Fatah, the
former Mossad chief said "there is a very problematic situation between Hamas
and the Palestinian Authority, which presents Israel with complex dilemmas.
'Israel facing complex
dilemmas.' Dagan (Photo: Ben Kelmer)
"Parts of the Authority do not recognize Israel, and this casts doubt on
whether an agreement with the Palestinians will have validity in the future," he
said, noting that Israel should wait until "the dust settles on their
relationship. This is not an historic pact because the conceptual ideological
differences are crosscutting – not only on the Israeli issue, but also vis-à-vis
Palestinian society as a whole."
During the panel, Dagan commented on kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit,
saying that "returning a soldier at all costs is something the state cannot
withstand."
Dagan stressed that while he is not opposed to a prisoner exchange deal,
he does not support the current one that will see 450 prisoners with blood on
their hands set free.
"What will be the human cost of such a deal? A day will come when a father will
say – who allowed you to play with the fate of my son who was killed because you
released a murderer."
Throughout his speech, Dagan referred indirectly to the criticism
directed at him and other security officials who publicly commented on sensitive
issues after retiring from their posts. "I think it is the duty of former senior
officials to present their opinions although sometimes these may be unpopular,"
he noted.
America states
U.S. intelligence on alert for Israeli strike on Iran
The Pentagon is watching for the possibility that Israel could use the
occasion of an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the
United States as a pretext for launching a long-anticipated attack on Iran’s
nuclear sites, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
The source, who is in a position to monitor Israeli defense activities, said
the U.S. is watching “an indicator and warning matrix” in which the U.S. can “go
so far as to plot the illumination tables to pick out what nights would be best”
for such an attack.
The intelligence source said that there is “a green light” for the Israelis
“to do a strike.”
The source said that the concern among some U.S. analysts is that an attack
could be “imminent.”
For some time, Israel has sought to get the U.S. to launch an attack on
Iran’s nuclear-enrichment facilities sprinkled throughout the country. Until
now, however, the U.S. has sought to impose more stringent sanctions against the
Islamic republic, even though Tehran insists that its nuclear program is for
peaceful purposes and it has a “right” under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
treaty to engage in enrichment for its reactors.
The indicators and warning, or I&W, are being watched closely following
an arrest last month and an indictment this week in a New York federal
courthouse in Manhattan of an Iranian-American, Mansour Arbabsiar, allegedly for
conspiring to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., Adel al-Jubier.
Arbabsiar was arrested in a sting operation by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
The U.S. alleges that Arbabsiar, a used-car salesman living in Texas, had
conspired with individuals in Iran said to be linked to Iran’s Quds Force. The
Quds Force is an arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps that undertakes
foreign operations.
According to the indictment, Arbabsiar allegedly had contacted a member of a
Mexican drug cartel who was an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to
carry out the assassination at a Washington restaurant frequented by
al-Jubier.
Arbabsiar allegedly was to funnel some $1.5 million from the Quds Force to
the Mexican drug cartel contact. Prior to the arrest, two payments adding up to
$100,000 allegedly were sent from Iran as a down payment, with the rest to be
paid once al-Jubier was killed.
A total of $5 million potentially was to be paid out for other operations,
which allegedly were to include attacks on the Israeli and Saudi embassies in
Argentina following al-Jubier’s assassination.
The U.S. intelligence source said while some analysts believe an Israeli
attack may be imminent, close I&W monitoring of Israeli defense posture
indicated that only their civil defense had been “spun up” at the moment.
“You can’t launch a strike where the possibility of massive retaliation is
very high and not have anything activated,” he said.
“One curious thing is that we’re taking a lot of imagery of the (Israeli)
defense sites – more than usual,” he added. “You might see one report every few
weeks on something (but) there were five just today.”
Even President Obama has stated that “nothing is off the table” when it comes
to responding to Iran.
FROM
JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN
U.S. intelligence on alert for Israeli strike on Iran
Pentagon monitoring ally to see if attack 'imminent'
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is watching for the possibility that Israel could
use the occasion of an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador
to the United States as a pretext for launching a long-anticipated attack on
Iran's nuclear sites, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
The source, who is in a position to monitor Israeli defense activities, said
the U.S. is watching "an indicator and warning matrix" in which the U.S. can "go
so far as to plot the illumination tables to pick out what nights would be best"
for such an attack.
The intelligence source said that there is "a green light" for the Israelis
"to do a strike."
The source said that the concern among some U.S. analysts is that an attack
could be "imminent."
For some time, Israel has sought to get the U.S. to launch an attack on
Iran's nuclear-enrichment facilities sprinkled throughout the country. Until
now, however, the U.S. has sought to impose more stringent sanctions against the
Islamic republic, even though Tehran insists that its nuclear program is for
peaceful purposes and it has a "right" under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
treaty to engage in enrichment for its reactors.
The indicators and warning, or I&W, are being watched closely following
an arrest last month and an indictment this week in a New York federal
courthouse in Manhattan of an Iranian-American, Mansour Arbabsiar, allegedly for
conspiring to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., Adel al-Jubier.
Arbabsiar was arrested in a sting operation by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
The U.S. alleges that Arbabsiar, a used-car salesman living in Texas, had
conspired with individuals in Iran said to be linked to Iran's Quds Force. The
Quds Force is an arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps that undertakes
foreign operations.
According to the indictment, Arbabsiar allegedly had contacted a member of a
Mexican drug cartel who was an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to
carry out the assassination at a Washington restaurant frequented by al-Jubier.
Arbabsiar allegedly was to funnel some $1.5 million from the Quds Force to
the Mexican drug cartel contact. Prior to the arrest, two payments adding up to
$100,000 allegedly were sent from Iran as a down payment, with the rest to be
paid once al-Jubier was killed.
A total of $5 million potentially was to be paid out for other operations,
which allegedly were to include attacks on the Israeli and Saudi embassies in
Argentina following al-Jubier's assassination.
The U.S. intelligence source said while some analysts believe an Israeli
attack may be imminent, close I&W monitoring of Israeli defense posture
indicated that only their civil defense had been "spun up" at the moment.
"You can't launch a strike where the possibility of massive retaliation is
very high and not have anything activated," he said.
"One curious thing is that we're taking a lot of imagery of the (Israeli)
defense sites – more than usual," he added. "You might see one report every few
weeks on something (but) there were five just today."
Even President Obama has stated that "nothing is off the table" when it comes
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