Iran Nuclear Standoff

[cycloneye]

Iran will open a new Nuclear Plant next summer



With the help from Russia,Iran will open a new Nuke plant by next summer.They say it will be for peaceful use,ummmm.

[HURAKAN]

It's getting cold in here. Maybe a 2nd cold war?!?!?!?

[cycloneye]

[cycloneye]

Iran will answer questions to IAEA about its nuclear program



I know that there is another thread about Iran,but that one is about the Iranian boats confrontation with U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf and nothing to do with the issue of this thread,Irans Nuclear Program.

The question is,will they really go to to the table and disclose all of their Nuclear Program? I dont think so,but with Israel waiting for the best chance to strike those nuke plants,maybe they will capitulate.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Details just coming in on bombing targetting US embassy vehicle


Considering Iran and its close ally Syria, and their proxy terror army, the Party of Allah (Hezb'Allah) are behind most of the mischief around Beirut.

[Cryomaniac]

Details just coming in on bombing targetting US embassy vehicle


Considering Iran and its close ally Syria, and their proxy terror army, the Party of Allah (Hezb'Allah) are behind most of the mischief around Beirut.

Interesting. If this was Iranian, then I think it's a cause for war. Of course, you have the whole business of having to prove the link.

[cycloneye]

U.S. to push for new sanctions against Iran



The talk about new sanctions against Iran surfaces again as the United States is trying to persuade the other U.N. Security Council members to join them.Read the information at link above.

[HURAKAN]

This is getting old. Just like with Cuba, sanctions are fruitless.

[cycloneye]

Israel worried about Russia sending Nuclear fuel to Iran



I am convinced that Israel is waiting for a oportunity to strike the Iranian Nuclear Plants and that may be fairly soon.

[Cryomaniac]

I am convinced that Israel is waiting for a oportunity to strike the Iranian Nuclear Plants and that may be fairly soon.

Me too. I think they will wait until after the latest round of sanctions are posted against Iran, then use them as an excuse for military action. From a strategic point of veiw, just attacking the nuke plants would be stupid, on the grounds that Iran could then retaliate by attacking western shipping in the gulf, which from a defensive point of view is pretty vunerable, in my opinion.

[Coredesat]

Israel worried about Russia sending Nuclear fuel to Iran



I am convinced that Israel is waiting for a oportunity to strike the Iranian Nuclear Plants and that may be fairly soon.

I would have to agree, and I'm fairly convinced Israel is waiting for the U.S. to strike first. Israel has one of the more powerful and better equipped conventional armies in the world, but if they struck first, they could be overwhelmed by other countries that join the conflict on Iran's side.

[cycloneye]

Israel worried about Russia sending Nuclear fuel to Iran



I am convinced that Israel is waiting for a oportunity to strike the Iranian Nuclear Plants and that may be fairly soon.

I would have to agree, and I'm fairly convinced Israel is waiting for the U.S. to strike first. Israel has one of the more powerful and better equipped conventional armies in the world, but if they struck first, they could be overwhelmed by other countries that join the conflict on Iran's side.

In my view,if Israel strikes first those nuke plants,the U.S. will support them and join.And if that happens,then Russia for sure will side with Iran and help them militarywise.The big question if all of this scenario occurs is,what will China do?

[cycloneye]

Amateur photographs posted on Israeli news Web sites showed a white plume in the sky above central Israel -- suggesting a test of a large missile rather than of smaller, anti-missile defensive rockets that Israel is also believed to be developing.

Israel Radio, the public broadcaster, said the missile was capable of carrying an "unconventional payload" -- an apparent reference to the nuclear warheads Israel is assumed to possess, though whose existence it has never publicly confirmed.

In 1981, Israel sent jets to destroy Iraq's nuclear reactor and last September bombed a site in Syria without explanation -- analysts speculated it was a military facility of some kind.

Security experts and Israeli sources do not rule out pre-emptive Israeli strikes on Iran, although Olmert's political weakness and a recent U.S. intelligence report may have made that less likely. The U.S. report said Iran halted its nuclear weapons efforts in 2003 -- a conclusion rejected by Israel.


Israel Tests Missile




JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel tested a missile on Thursday, prompting Iran to vow retaliation if the Jewish state carried out recent veiled threats to launch strikes, possibly atomic, against Tehran's nuclear facilities.

Israel is widely assumed to have nuclear warheads and missiles able to hit Iran. It gave no details of the trial. A defence official said it was "not just flexing its muscles", three days after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged to consider "all options" to prevent Iran building nuclear weapons.

As oil prices rose almost 1 percent on the new Middle East tension, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who says his country wants only atomic energy, said Israel would hold off: "The Zionist regime ... would not dare attack Iran," he said.

"The Iranian response would make them regret it. They know this," he told Al Jazeera in remarks translated into Arabic.


Iran Defiant after test



Umm now things appear to really heat up in this standoff.

[Coredesat]

Well, so much for my comment about Israel waiting for us to attack Iran first.

[Derek Ortt]

I do not think Russia would help Iran militarily

they have everything to lose and I cannot see them causing the destruction of both of our countries over Iran

[Cryomaniac]

I do not think Russia would help Iran militarily

they have everything to lose and I cannot see them causing the destruction of both of our countries over Iran

I think it could end up being Israel v Iran, with the US and Russia giving "behind the scenes" kind of help (i.e not actually sending troops).

[Derek Ortt]

even if we become involved (which could occur due to Iran doing something idiotic like they did in the Iran-Iraq War), I cannot see Russia blowing up half the plent over Iran. We did not do that over Afghanistan in the 1980s

[cycloneye]

What about that so called (Sleeping Giant)? Will they play a roll in the standoff if things get to the brink?

[Derek Ortt]

in the grand scheme of things, Iran is not worth blowing up half the world for, any more than Afghanistan was

Now, if Red China were to invade Taiwan and the US and Japan (as they would do per a 2005 defense pact) intervened, those 3 countries could very well go down that road

[Cryomaniac]

even if we become involved (which could occur due to Iran doing something idiotic like they did in the Iran-Iraq War), I cannot see Russia blowing up half the plent over Iran. We did not do that over Afghanistan in the 1980s

No, but we (using the term loosely) did help the Afghans.