Could Iran Join Forces With Russia ?

Posted by on March 12th, 2012 | Comments off

Could Iran Join Forces With Russia ?

With Israel openly discussing a possible attack on Iran, the thought of revisiting the cold war seems, for some, a frightening idea and, for others an unfinished fight that deserves a second look.

The recent (and controversial) Russian Presidential election that propelled Vladimir Putin back to the throne has highlighted some worrisome trends in Russia. Russia is still a country that attracts the attention of average U.S. citizens. In fact, in the 2008 Presidential election, Arizona Sen. and presidential candidate John McCain said that he saw “ the KGB” when he looked into the eyes of former and (newly) elected Russian president Vladimir Putin—as opposed to former President Bush, who said he had seen Putin’s soul. With two American political leaders from the same political party saying two vastly different things, it is quite obvious that suspicions remain.

But besides the most recent troubles in the Presidential election, one has to wonder what would happen if Russia became more aggressive on the world stage. What other countries or states would form a coalition with them? A coalition, which would also serve that country’s agenda without being taken hostage by Russia?

By looking at maps and a state’s total GDP, it is important to consider that this country should be strong, culturally different and also, far enough away, physically speaking, as to avoid any type of military advancement into there country from Russia. One such country that fits this description is Iran. Although its total GDP is roughly half the size of Russia’s, they could not overwhelm Iran for several reasons.

Russia and Iran are separated by the Caspian Sea and also three smaller states, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. This would make any type of Military maneuver extremely difficult, and would keep the Russians from even considering such a move—at least in the short term. In addition, Russia and Iran are culturally and historically very different. Iran is an Islam-centered theocracy. Although most Iranians have pro-western views, the possible impending conflict with Israel could drive moderate-thinking people to become more nationalistic.

The reason Iran would want to form a coalition with Russia, if in fact Russia became more aggressive, is because they would have similar interests. Russia has increasingly become more aggressive in the last several years with not only Georgia, but also other neighboring territories. It is clear that Russia would like to establish itself as a world power once again. Russia has the size and the military might—by virtue of a stockpile of nuclear weapons—and also money. Russia remains one of the ten richest countries in the world.

With energy an emerging problem throughout the world, Russia may see an opportunity to leverage its oil for more wealth, thus becoming a more powerful international actor on the world stage. With Iran as a military ally, given its close proximity to Iraq and it’s own allies in Palestine and Lebanon, Russia, one could argue, could have enormous influence with not only the European Union but more specifically the U.S—which would be the incentive for Iran to form a coalition with Russia.

Iran has increasingly become a target of the U.S. Before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, President Bush in his state of the Union address called Iran, along with Iraq and North Korea the “ axis of evil.” The U.S. continues to believe Iran is trying to attain a nuclear weapon. Iran claims the reason it wants to acquire nuclear technologies is for energy purposes. If Iran were to form a coalition with Russia, the U.S. would not only have to contend with Iran possibly acquiring nuclear technology, they would also have to contend with Iran being a Russian ally.

The combination could potentially force a military confrontation similar to the cold war—only with a different state actor involved, Iran. If this were to happen, it is quite possibly not only the beginning of another Cold War, but maybe the beginning of World War III. Hopefully, Russia and the U.S. can view each other as a competing partner as opposed to vicious enemies. The world depends on it.   FULL ARTICLE

Source : SouthEnd Patch

 

The war described by the Prophet Ezekiel in Ezekiel 38

Posted by on March 12th, 2012 | 1 Comment

From The Web : The war described by the Prophet Ezekiel, in Ezekiel 38 !

The looming war between Israel and Iran over Iran’s nuclear weapons program could trigger World War III and thermonuclear war that could spread globally. Russia and China are rapidly building up their war machines in preparation for such a conflict. This war could easily involve Weapons of Mass Destruction and space-based weapons being developed by Russia and China. In a global economic meltdown and an ever increasing need for oil, the stakes are even higher.

Prior to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War, I had a private meeting with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. We talked at length about the war described by the Prophet Ezekiel, in Ezekiel 38. Ezekiel 38 is also known as the War of Gog and Magog. The War of Gog and Magog depicts a massive invasion against Israel in the last days, which is led by Russia, Iran and an alliance of Islamic nations. I talked with Prime Minister Olmert about the Bible’s warning of the strategic danger of giving up land for peace. While in Israel, Prime Minister Olmert read my book, “Are You Ready?” The book outlines the Abrahamic Covenant and the conflict in Ezekiel 38. The Prime Minister read “Are You Ready?” just before the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. Unfortunately, he weakened and gave up land for peace, which only invited more terrorist attacks.

The Prophet Ezekiel and the Prophet Zechariah in the Old Testament, predict both the Ezekiel 38 conflict, where Israel is invaded by nations like Iran and Russia. The prophets also predict Armageddon, where all the nations of the world invade Jerusalem in the last days. However, even Freemason leaders, like Albert Pike predicted the three world wars and World War III. Pike predicted that World War III would start in the Middle East. The same Biblical prophets, who predicted these wars, also predict the coming of a one world religion, which is led by the False Prophet, who causes the world to follow the Anti-Christ. At some point in the near future, a world charismatic leader is going to arise and convince the world to follow him. This Anti-Christ is going to sign a seven year peace treaty with Israel and solve the conflict between Israel and militant Islam. The Anti-Christ is called the First Beast and he is a political leader, as well as the head of the coming one world government. However, what will cause the world to follow the Anti-Christ is the Second Beast or False Prophet. The False Prophet will have supernatural powers. “He performs great signs so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs he was granted to do in the sight of the beast.” – Revelation 13:13-14.

This is purely speculative, but it could be possible that when the False Prophet calls fire down from heaven, that it could have something to do with the Alien deception. The late rocket scientist, Werner von Braun, warned that a sophisticate psy-ops plan could be launched to convince people that we are under alien attack. The existence of aliens and their role in directing human affairs could be an essential part of this one world religion.   FULL ARTICLE

Source : Newswithviews

Netanyahu to Obama: We can’t wait much longer, Iran has not one but ten Fordows !

Posted by on March 7th, 2012 | 1 Comment

Netanyahu to Obama: We can’t wait much longer, Iran has not one but ten Fordows !

Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu brought 14,000 pro-Israel lobby cheering delegates to their feet repeatedly – especially when he pledged Monday night, March 5, “Never again will our people have to live in the shadow of annihilation.”

Earlier, he and US President Barack Obama took a break from rhetoric and used a brief private interlude during their three-hour long meeting attended by advisers to get down to brass tacks in their argument over how and when to arrest Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon.

Debkafile’s Washington sources disclose a couple of their comments.

While publicly reiterating that there is still a window that allows for a diplomatic resolution of the issue, Obama admitted privately to Netanyahu that the Fordow underground uranium enrichment plant can no longer be destroyed by bombs and missiles; American commanders say all that can be done is to block the vents of this underground facility and slowly stifle the personnel inside. Time and several strikes would be needed to accomplish this.

Netanyahu: Iran is building not one Fordow but ten. We can’t wait much longer. In other words, the talk of open windows and more time is moot.

Obama: There is no intelligence that Iran has made a final decision to pursue a nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu: Time is growing short.

Debkafile’s Washington source denied media reports that the prime minister had assured the president that Israel has not yet decided to attack Iran’s nuclear sites, meaning he had offered the president the time he wanted for diplomacy and sanctions to work. Our sources report, to the contrary, that he insisted Israel is operating on a shorter timeline than the United States.

Then, in his speech to AIPAC, he set the record straight by declaring Israel can’t afford to wait much longer” and lauded the president for affirming Israel was entitled to “defend itself, by itself.” How much is “much longer” is the subject of debate, but one thing is clear:  Israel won’t wait beyond 2012 or until after the US presidential election in November. “Israel has waited six years for sanctions to stop Iran,” he told the AIPAC audience, but they have failed.

He produced two documents dated 1944 in reply to the widely-reported view that Israel is short of the capacity to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities and an attack would cause disastrous consequences for the region and the world. One document was a World Jewish Congress plea to the US State Department for the Americans to bomb the Auschwitz death camp. The second was a rejection of the WJC’s appeal, explaining that diverting large-scale air power from America’s primary front would bring forth “even more vindictive action from the Germans.”

Netanyahu drew loud cheers when he declared :

“As Israeli Prime Minister I will never let my people live in the shadow of annihilation!  Never again!”

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Washington did not resolve Israel’s differences with the Obama administration on if, when and by whom military force should be applied to shutting down a nuclear Iran. Therefore, no joint communiqué or statement followed their White House meeting, which was also attended by White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon and the prime minister’s security adviser Yaakov Amidror.

But he made a powerful address to American Jews to rally them behind his conviction that a nuclear weapon in Iran’s hands imperils not just Israel’s survival but, if it is not preempted, would allow Tehran to use it in one form or another to as a weapon of terror against every nation in the world.  An Israeli attack on Iran is therefore to be expected at some time in the coming months. Before winding up his five days in the US and Canada, Netanyahu is meeting House Speaker John Boehner and other Congressional leaders in a bid for support for his strategy for a nuclear Iran.   Full Article

Source : Debka

North Korea tested Iranian warhead or “dirty bomb” in 2010 !

Posted by on March 6th, 2012 | 1 Comment

North Korea tested Iranian warhead or “dirty bomb” in 2010 !

German and Japanese intelligence sources Monday, March 5, confirmed – and qualified – to debkafile reports in the German Der Spiegel and Welt am Sonntag that Western intelligence had known for 11 months that at least one of North Korea’s covert nuclear tests in 2010 was carried out on an Iranian radioactive bomb or nuclear warhead.
Those sources report five facts are known for sure:

1. North Korea carried out two covert underground nuclear explosions in mid-April and around May 11 of 2010 equivalent to 50- 200 tonnes of TNT.

2. Two highly lethal heavy hydrogen isotopes, deuterium and tritium,  typical of a nuclear fission explosion and producing long-term contamination of the atmosphere, were detected and analyzed by  Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBOTO) monitoring stations in South Korea, Japan and Russia.

3. The presence of tritium in one of the tests led several intelligence agencies watching North Korea’s nuclear program and its longstanding links with Iran and Syria to examine the possibility that Pyongyang had tested the internal mechanism of a nuclear warhead on Iran’s behalf.  This strongly indicated to German and Japanese intelligence that Iran had already developed the nuclear warhead’s outer shell and attained its weaponization.

4.  Another possibility examined was that North Korea had tested an Iranian “dirty bomb” – i.e. a conventionally detonated device containing nuclear substances. Tritium would boost its range, force and lethality. This was one of the conclusions of atmospheric scientist Larsk-Erik De Geer of the Swedish Defense Research Agency in Stockholm, who spent a year studying the data collected by various CTBOTO stations tracking the North Korean explosions.
On February 3, De Greer published some of his findings and conclusions in Nature Magazine. His paper will appear in the April/May issue of the Science and Global Security Journal.

5. The Japanese and German sources found confirmation of their suspicions that North Korea had abetted Iran’s nuclear aspirations in three events:

a)   Shortly after the April explosion, a large group of Iranian nuclear scientists and technicians arrived in Pyongyang. They apparently came to take part in setting up the second test in May.
b)  In late April, Tehran shipped to Pyongyang a large quantity of uranium enriched to 20+ percent – apparently for use in the May test.
c)  Straight after the May test, the Central Bank of Iran transferred $55 million to the account of the North Korean Atomic Energy Commission. The size of the sum suggests that it covered the fee to North Korea not just of one but the two tests – the first a pilot and the second, a full-stage test.

It is not by chance that this incriminating disclosure about Iran’s nuclear achievements sees the light Monday, just hours before US Barack Obama receives Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the White house for an argument over an expeditious military action to stop Iran going all the way to a nuclear weapon.
The disclosure invalidates the main point the US President made in his speech Sunday to the pro-Israeli lobby AIPAC convention in Washington that there was still time for diplomatic pressure and sanctions to bring Iran’s leaders to a decision to halt their nuclear momentum before military action was called for, whether by the US or Israel.

It now appears that Western intelligence has known about the North Korean tests for Iran for eleven months. Therefore, it is too late for him to try and persuade the Israeli prime minister that there is still time to spare for cutting short a nuclear Iran.

It was announced in Washington Monday that no joint American-Israeli communiqué would be issued at the end of their talks, meaning they will have agreed to disagree: Obama, to stand by his opposition to military action against Iran; Netanyahu, to decide what Israel must do in the interests of its security.
There is no doubt he would have preferred an American initiative for – or partnership in – an operation for curtailing the Iranian nuclear threat. But that is not part of Obama’s policy.   Full Article

Source : Debka.com

WWIII comes closer : First foreign troops in Syria !

Posted by on February 8th, 2012 | Comments off

WWIII comes closer : First foreign troops in Syria !

British and Qatari special operations units are operating with rebel forces under cover in the Syrian city of Homs just 162 kilometers from Damascus, according to debkafile’s exclusive military and intelligence sources. The foreign troops are not engaged in direct combat with the Syrian forces bombarding different parts of Syria’s third largest city of 1.2 million. They are tactical advisers, manage rebel communications lines and relay their requests for arms, ammo, fighters and logistical aid to outside suppliers, mostly in Turkey.

This site is the first to report the presence of foreign military forces in any of the Syrian uprising’s embattled areas. Our sources report the two foreign contingencies have set up four centers of operation - in the northern Homs district of Khaldiya, Bab Amro in the east, and Bab Derib and Rastan in the north. Each district is home to about a quarter of a million people. More details as they unfold will be available in the coming DEBKA-Net-Weekly issue out Friday.

The presence of the British and Qatari troops was seized on by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan for the new plan he unveiled to parliament in Ankara Tuesday, Feb. 7. Treating the British-Qatari contingents as the first foreign foot wedged through the Syrian door, his plan hinges on consigning a new Turkish-Arab force to Homs through that door and under the protection of those contingents. Later, they would go to additional flashpoint cities.

In the close to eleven months of the Syrian revolt, Erdogan has hatched more than one scheme for countering the Assad regime’s savage crackdown on dissent. His most persistent was a plan for the creation of military buffer zones to shelter rebels and civilians persecuted by the Syrian authorities. But nothing came of those plans because, every time they came up, Assad reinforced his contingents on the Turkish border and deployed air defense and surface-to-surface missile batteries. He made it clear that the first Turk crossing the border would spark a full-scale war.

It is hard to say at this point whether the latest Turkish leader’s current plan is any more practical than his earlier schemes. For now, he has put the ball in the American court.  Wednesday, Feb. 8, he sent Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to Washington to ask for the Obama administration’s cooperation. The Turkish prime minister is also in urgent consultation with Saudi and several other Gulf rulers in the hope of bringing them aboard.

The British-Qatari troop presence in Homs was at the center of Assad’s talks in Damascus Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian SVR intelligence chief Mikhail Fradkov. Senior Syrian intelligence officers laid their updates from the field before the Russian visitors and received SVR data and evaluations in return.

Western intelligence officials familiar with the talks describe the atmosphere between Assad and the Russian officials as uneasy and tense. Later, Lavrov reported optimistically that he had received assurances from the Syrian ruler of an end to the violence, talks with all Syrian parties and an early referendum on a new constitution for political reforms. His account was no more than prevarication to conceal the opposite outcome of their talks. In fact, their conversation focused on more violence, namely, Assad’s plans for his next assault on rebels and protesters and his military response to the rising covert presence of foreign Western, Arab and Muslim troops in Syria.   Full Article.

Source : Debka

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