Israel plans using mini nukes to blow up Iran nuclea facilities

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I wish I could believe this. How ****ing awesome would that be?

[Patroklos]

Are you referring to some other article?

Nice

[chequita guevara]

So, Iran has a nuke weapons program even though the enrichment process they use only gets the material to about 5% of the purity needed to make an usable atomic weapon?

[Darius871]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
the enrichment process they use only gets the material to about 5% of the purity needed to make an usable atomic weapon

When was that fact unequivocally established?

[Fake Boris]

It has numerous times. They're most likely a small decade from having a functional device.

[Darius871]

I'm more curious about the actual sources from which this 'common knowledge' originates.

I'd imagine on-site Mossad infiltrators could offer a more accurate assessment than a few CIA satellite photos of anonymous bunkers or a few phone calls by some pencilneck on the NYT floor.

[Sirotnikov]

Didn't you know Oncle Boris works for Mossad? He knows what's going down


This sounds viable to be an absolutely last resort plan...

I can see the meeting over this issue:

Shadowy General: ..So in closing. That would be our last but most definite option, in case we couldn't perform the other 3...

Shadowy Person: Wow... that's heavy.

Shadowy General: ... Yep. Well, you know. You dream up of interesting ideas when pressured.

Shadowy Person: This is crazy though.

Shadowy General: Yep.

Shadowy Person: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Shadowy General: Let's leak it, and make everyone tremble?

Shadowy Person: *widely grinning* TOTALLY!!

[Darius871]

Of course, but I work for VEVAK and need to pry out what he knows for a briefing this Wednesday. Don't worry though, I'm secretly bringing them down from the inside. *taps nose*

[Sirotnikov]

What the heck is VEVAK?

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by MarkG
no way, they are the good guys

So nice to see paiktis back, no?


Especially that he has rethinked his views.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
What the heck is VEVAK?

The Iranian intel ministry, and successor to the Shah's notorious SAVAK.

[Ned]

Darius, while there is a lot of Israeli this and Israeli that in the article, it never really identifies who disclosed the information to the Times. I agree that some Americans believe the original disclosure came from Israel. But I would find it amazing, literally, that the Israeli military would disclose that they are practicing already, etc., and the high level of detail in the Israeli plans. If they did disclose it to the press, I would have to believe that the disclosure was authorized by the Israeli government.

However, if they shared all this info with the US, I wouldn't be surprised at all if someone on the American staff that had the info disclosed it to the Times. The only question I have is whether the disclosure was by the Administration or one of its oponents that still works in the Administration.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Ned
I think this disclosure is going to backfire big time against both the US and Israel as the Muslim world is going to be outraged regardless of whether Israel actually uses the weapons or not. It also somewhat justifies the acquistion of nukes by the like of Iran as a deterent to the "aggressive" Israelies.

An astute observation.

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by Darius871


The Iranian intel ministry, and successor to the Shah's notorious SAVAK.

Congrats to odd sounding farsi names.


I think the coolest organization name ever is "Mossad".

Silent. Powerful.

[Darius871]

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