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If I recall correctly, and I think I do, mushroom clouds were mentioned prominently in the propoganda barage leading to the Iraq War.

Am I hearing them again in the propogand barage about Iran?

Do you believe that the Israelis possess nuclear weapons and a willingness to use them on targets in Iran?

Are you aware of the reported or alleged Israeli Air Strike that was thwarted by the US over Iraq, apparently headed to Iran?
The only, I think, report of this aborted mission was on a website of dubious credibility, and it explains away the lack of coverage with a story of Men In Black and Busy Signals on interrupted phone calls. But the headline of the most recent posting is "Wrestling With The Devil -- Behind The Story Of Israel’s Aborted Nuclear Strike"
http://www.willthomas.net/Convergence/Weekly/Aborted_Israeli_Air_Strike.htm
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I don't remember any talk of Iraq having nukes. I could be wrong, but all I remember is either chem/bio or the generic "weapons of mass destruction". Nukes are WMDs, but I don't remember them being mentioned specifically.

I believe that Israel has nukes, but I don't think they will use them offensively. If they did, all the Arab nations would not stand for it. On this subject, I think the Iraeli military is over rated. The reason Israel won 6 Days and Yom Kippur is because of shock surprise tactics and mass call ups of their reserves. From watching the recent attacks against Lebanon, Israel dosen't appear to have any such tactics anymore. They bombed them for nine days before they attacked into Lebanon.

In the past Israel flew brand new F-16s (the first combet mission for the design) and bombed Iraq's nuclear development facility. That pretty much ended Iraq's nuclear hopes. I haven't heard of a similar attempt against Iran.
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Originally posted by Alphonse:
I don't remember any talk of Iraq having nukes. I could be wrong, but all I remember is either chem/bio or the generic "weapons of mass destruction". Nukes are WMDs, but I don't remember them being mentioned specifically.

I believe that Israel has nukes, but I don't think they will use them offensively. If they did, all the Arab nations would not stand for it. On this subject, I think the Iraeli military is over rated. The reason Israel won 6 Days and Yom Kippur is because of shock surprise tactics and mass call ups of their reserves. From watching the recent attacks against Lebanon, Israel dosen't appear to have any such tactics anymore. They bombed them for nine days before they attacked into Lebanon.

In the past Israel flew brand new F-16s (the first combet mission for the design) and bombed Iraq's nuclear development facility. That pretty much ended Iraq's nuclear hopes. I haven't heard of a similar attempt against Iran.


If Iraq has/had nukes, then they are VERY well hidden... none found so far.
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Originally posted by Alphonse:
I don't remember any talk of Iraq having nukes. I could be wrong, but all I remember is either chem/bio or the generic "weapons of mass destruction". Nukes are WMDs, but I don't remember them being mentioned specifically.

I believe that Israel has nukes, but I don't think they will use them offensively. If they did, all the Arab nations would not stand for it. On this subject, I think the Iraeli military is over rated. The reason Israel won 6 Days and Yom Kippur is because of shock surprise tactics and mass call ups of their reserves. From watching the recent attacks against Lebanon, Israel dosen't appear to have any such tactics anymore. They bombed them for nine days before they attacked into Lebanon.

In the past Israel flew brand new F-16s (the first combet mission for the design) and bombed Iraq's nuclear development facility. That pretty much ended Iraq's nuclear hopes. I haven't heard of a similar attempt against Iran.


I remember several statements regarding smoking guns in the form of mushroom clouds, Condi Rice used the similie several times.
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Originally posted by Delldude:
WHY NOT? hell thats what TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS are for.
LET'EM (the Isralies have a go at them Iranians) HAVE AT IT! Razzer Eventually its going to happen anyway so Why Not?

Semper Fi 333
Delldude

You shock me. But maybe you have forgotten the side effects of Nukes. There are pockets of cancer in Utah still from the nuclear testing of the early 50's.
If Israel delivers nukes they will do it with American made aircraft.
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Originally posted by Alphonse:
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I remember several statements regarding smoking guns in the form of mushroom clouds, Condi Rice used the similie several times.


I'm not denying you. My memory isn't what it used to be.


Actually Alpnonse you are recalling almost as well as I. There were claims that Iraq was close to having a Nuke, That Iraq was trying to obtain uranium ore, that Iraq was supporting terrorists, that Iraq, in possession of a Nuke might sell it to terrorists, that Iraq had designs on the security of the US, and had to be prevented from getting a nuke.
All of it lies, and not believing the lies may have led you to forget them. That's Right Christian of you.

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