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Sunday, August 19, 2012

How will Israel destroy Iran


There have long been rumors that Israel wants to attack Iran's nuclear installations to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons. The U.S. blogger Richard Silverstein claiming to have gotten hold of a meeting note from the Israeli Security. The note allegedly outlining strategic attack plans against Iran. The authenticity of the note has not been verified.
Apparently the attack plan
First Israel, according to the note, implement a cyber assault with intent to harm the Iranian infrastructure. Then they conduct a massive missile attacks to hit the country's nuclear facilities, command centers, research centers and homes of senior officials associated with Iran's nuclear program, reports the BBC . In the final phase, according to the note, the manned aircraft taking into Iran and sure to knock out the rest of the goals. It is completely in line with how it is normally done, leader of the Center for International and Strategic Analysis (SISA), Helge Luras, the online newspaper. Luras emphasizes that the order of the various estimates can vary and that the estimates can also be implemented simultaneously.

An information war
He doubts, however, strongly that Israel actually has concrete plans to attack Iran on its own. This despite the fact that both Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Matan Vilnai preparedness minister has in recent days talked loudly about Israeli consequences of a possible full-scale war with Iran. Both estimates an outcome with 500 killed Israelis. I interpret this as an information war that is part of efforts to create political pressure on the U.S. to harden sanctions against Iran. But of course, a goal also creating uncertainty in Iran general says Lurås. Vilnai has estimated that a war with Iran will last for 30 days.

Doubt Israeli attack
I highly doubt that Israel will attack Iran. I stand by my earlier account, they do not have the capacity to significantly set back Iran's nuclear program alone. At least not while they have to deal with the other effects, says Luras. Luras says among other things will be very challenging for Israel to carry out a manned bomb attacks in Iran. - The problem for Israel is the distance to Iran. If they fly the shortest route, so they might just be able to come back again without having to refill the tank. But probably have to do that too, he says.

Hostile Airspace
Another problem for Israel is to be allowed to fly in the airspace of countries they must cross on their way to Iran. They need overflight rights, so they do not need to fly over hostile territory. And know that Israel does not have too many friends in the area. They might fly over Syria and Iraq. Neither Syria or Iraq has an airforce that will be a huge problem for the Israelis. But Israel will definitely try to avoid flying over two hostile countries before they reach Iran, as it has been mostly speculation that they would fly over Saudi Arabia. But it will be difficult for Saudi Arabia to actively approve it. If Israel were to fly a mission, then Saudi Arabia say that they are not caught up.But if the raids taking place over several days, so they can no longer claim it. So if Israel does, then I think they would do it in one massive assault pack, with one attempt and see what they can do. What I've read and seen of the analysis, so it is a very marginal chance Israel has to come back and forth, he said.

Gamble on U.S. aid
One possibility is that the Israelis would gamble that the U.S. will assist them once an attack may be in progress. It is not inconceivable that they would hope that Americans will feel compelled to follow up with an attack, says Luras.  Do you think Iran will attack Israel? No, not unprovoked. Iran has nothing to gain by attacking Israel unprovoked.

Egyptian President Morsi will visit Iran on August 30 for the non-aligned summit

New Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Muslim Brother, August 30 to attend Tehran summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. This will be the first visit to Iran of a leader of the Egyptian state since the birth in 1979 of the Islamic Republic. According to sources in the presidency quoted Saturday by the official MENA news agency, the head of state will attend the summit of the Non-Aligned returning from a trip to China. since the fall in February 2011 , President Hosni Mubarak, the most populous country in the Arab world and Iran have expressed their interest in a rapprochement more than 30 years after the advent of the clerical regime in Tehran and the decision of Egypt sign a treaty peace with Israel. However, any improvement in bilateral relations is likely to face two obstacles: the increasing isolation of Iran in the international arena because of its controversial nuclear program and funding by the United States most part of the Egyptian military budget. In June, Mohamed Morsi announced its intention to pursue Iranian news agency who had lent him the intention to renew diplomatic ties with Tehran.

Pakistan: Christian girl Down arrested would have burned pages of the Quran


A 11 year old Christian and suffering from Down syndrome, has been arrested and charged with blasphemy for having burned pages of the Quran. Broke the news of the Christian community of Islamabad and the local police station confirmed the arrest and the charges against the baby. But it seems that it's all an invention to drive Christians out of the area. The charges to the girl may be false and in fact have been produced in a context of religious struggle between the two communities, Christian and Muslim. The girl, Rifta Masih, had burned pages of August 16 and would have thrown in the trash after they have been placed in a plastic bag. Masih lives in rural Mehrabadi, near Islamabad. Shortly after the incident, residents of the area took to the streets to protest, but were dispersed after the girl was arrested, and saved from the crowd. A hypothesis it's all false is the site "Christians in Pakistan," where it says that Rifta have Down syndrome and that the girl was falsely accused of having burned 10 pages of the Quran would be all a pretext to expel from the community Christian.

The latest UN monitors leave Syria


The latest UN observer mission in Syria which ends tomorrow, August 19th, have begun on Saturday to leave the country, according to a UN spokesman, Juliette Touma, cited by international media. Touma explained that members of the Monitoring Mission in Syria UN (UNSMIS) continue there, about a hundred people left the country in the next few hours, as reported by the Russian news agency, RIA Novosti. Created by the adoption on 21 April 2043 the UN resolution, UNSMIS originally had 300 unarmed military observers but halved in late July. The mission was established to monitor the ceasefire between the government and opponents of President Bashar al-Assad came into force on April 12, but the resurgence of violence have impeded their work.  On 16 August, the Security Council of the UN announced the end of the mission and the establishment of a liaison office civil efforts to keep UN and the Arab League to reach a settlement. Syrian authorities said the conflict affecting the country for the last 17 months has caused about 8,000 deaths. In contrast, non-governmental organizations estimate that between 17,000 and 20,000 people have died in the fighting.

A U.S. drone kills 6 insurgents in northwest Pakistan

A US drone killed six insurgents Saturday in a tribal village northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, officials said Pakistani security. The drone fired two missiles on a hideout located in the Shuwedar village in the region of North Waziristan, considered a stronghold of Taliban and insurgents close to Al-Qaeda. U.S. drones fired two missiles on a hideout of insurgents. Six bodies have so far been discovered, said a security official told AFP. Residents and officials of Pakistani intelligence confirmed the attack and the balance sheet. 's attack occurred when people the region celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, they said. Attacks by unmanned U.S. aircraft missiles are equipped with highly criticized by Pakistan, which alleged a violation of its sovereignty and believes that they inflame anti-Americanism. Saturday, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry has protested strongly against the new drone strike. Pakistan has always maintained that these attacks constitute a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the ministry said in a statement. shares to neutralize the Haqqani network, close to Al-Qaeda present in the north-west Pakistan is an important issue of friction between Islamabad and Washington, the United States has long been calling for action against this group of Pakistan, author of deadly attacks in Afghanistan. accuses Washington of the Haqqani network responsible for attacks êtreà against the U.S. Embassy in Kabul last September and act on behalf of certain sectors of the Pakistani intelligence services. According to Washington, the semi-autonomous region of northwest Pakistan is the hub of attacks by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda against the West and Afghanistan. (© AFP / August 18, 2012 5:27 p.m.) 

Chinese is the new "Miss World"

All smiling but inside there are nerves And a bit of hatred against the other contestants. At the end of the famous beauty pageant Miss World 2012, which was held Sunday in the gray city of Ordos, in China, the candidate of Malawi to be the most beautiful woman on the planet Earth has gotten a discreet but strong nudge to New Zealand. It seems that the Malawian pursued with the swipe occupy a good position in front of the jury.  It was an ugly and useless gesture because eventually, everything has stayed home. The Chinese Wenxia Yu has become the woman this afternoon in supposedly more beautiful in the worldThe Venezuelan Ivian Sarcos, winner at last year, the Chinese gave the famous crown Dongsheng futuristic stadium, with a capacity of 35,000 spectators .Yu for a year enjoy a privileged life of promotions to boost his career as "top model" or actress.