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World War III **NEWS** Sunday, 25/2/7 |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/24/wiran124.xml
Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike
By Con Coughlin in Tel Aviv
Last Updated: 12:30am GMT 25/02/2007
Cheney step the rhetoric against Iran
American armada prepares to take on Iran
Con Coughlin: Ready for war
Vicki Woods: Iraq inquiry could stop Iran war
In pictures: On board the USS Eisenhower
Audio: Damien McElroy on the deck of the US flagship
Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly
over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, The
Daily Telegraph can reveal.
To conduct surgical air strikes against Iran's nuclear programme,
Israeli war planes would need to fly across Iraq. But to do so the
Israeli military authorities in Tel Aviv need permission from the
Pentagon.
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A senior Israeli defence official said negotiations were now underway
between the two countries for the US-led coalition in Iraq to provide
an "air corridor" in the event of the Israeli government deciding on
unilateral military action to prevent Teheran developing nuclear
weapons.
"We are planning for every eventuality, and sorting out issues such as
these are crucially important," said the official, who asked not to be
named.
"The only way to do this is to fly through US-controlled air space. If
we don't sort these issues out now we could have a situation where
American and Israeli war planes start shooting at each other."
As Iran continues to defy UN demands to stop producing material which
could be used to build a nuclear bomb, Israel's military establishment
is moving on to a war footing, with preparations now well under way
for the Jewish state to launch air strikes against Teheran if
diplomatic efforts fail to resolve the crisis.
The pace of military planning in Israel has accelerated markedly since
the start of this year after Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service,
provided a stark intelligence assessment that Iran, given the current
rate of progress being made on its uranium enrichment programme, could
have enough fissile material for a nuclear warhead by 2009.
Last week Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, announced that he
had persuaded Meir Dagan, the head of Mossad for the past six years
and one of Israel's leading experts on Iran's nuclear programme, to
defer his retirement until at least the end of next year.
Mr Olmert has also given overall control of the military aspects of
the Iran issue to Eliezer Shkedi, the head of the Israeli Air Force
and a former F-16 fighter pilot.
The international community will increase the pressure on Iran when
senior officials from the five permanent of the United Nations
Security Council and Germany meet at an emergency summit to be held in
London on Monday.
Iran ignored a UN deadline of last Wednesday to halt uranium
enrichment. Officials will discuss arms controls and whether to cut
back on the $25 billion-worth of export credits which are used by
European companies to trade with Iran.
A high-ranking British source said: "There is a debate within the six
countries on sanctions and economic measures."
British officials insist that this "incremental" approach of
tightening the pressure on Iran is starting to turn opinion within
Iran. One source said: "We are on the right track. There is time for
diplomacy to take effect."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/24/wiran24.xml
American armada prepares to take on Iran
By Damien McElroy aboard USS Eisenhower
Last Updated: 12:30am GMT 25/02/2007
Cheney steps up the rhetoric against Iran
Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike
Con Coughlin: Ready for war
Vicki Woods: Iraq inquiry could stop Iran war
In pictures: On board the USS Eisenhower
Audio: Damien McElroy on the deck of the US flagship
It is four and a half acres of American power in the middle of the
Arabian Sea but the influence of USS Dwight D Eisenhower stretches for
hundreds of miles.
Crew on board the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower are on alert in the
Arabian Sea
The aircraft carrier, backed by its sister vessel, a handful of
destroyers and a shoal of support ships, has placed a maritime ring of
steel around an increasingly unstable region.
While the Eisenhower is ostensibly assisting US operations in
Afghanistan and Iraq, it is the looming threat of Iran that
increasingly occupies its attention.
Recent tensions between America and Iran over Teheran's attempts to
develop a nuclear weapon have raised the prospect of its third
regional war in a decade.
The addition of a second aircraft carrier to its strike groups has
fuelled the belief that America is gearing up for a fight with Iran.
Not since the Iraq war in 2003 has America amassed so much fire power
around the Gulf.
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As flagship of the Fifth Fleet, the Eisenhower welcomed the arrival of
a second Nimitz class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS John
C. Stennis, and its accompanying destroyers on Tuesday.
Captain Dan Cloyd, the Eisenhower's commanding officer, compared the
situation with the international tension of the Cold War.
"There was a time when we had two aircraft carriers in the
Mediterranean," he told The Daily Telegraph. "The world changes and we
adapt."
The quiet-spoken Capt Cloyd embraced the suggestion that the dual
deployment is at the forefront of efforts to stop Iran getting a
nuclear bomb, pointing out that his maritime assets have been tasked
to quash any challenge to global security.
"Our presence here is an affirmation of our resolve in this area to
engage with the nations of the region either where we share common
goals or where we face challenges."
Every hour and fifteen minutes a handful of jets scream north across
the ocean. The range of missions an aircraft carrier as big as the
Eisenhower - it has more than 5,000 people onboard - can carry out is
virtually limitless.
The Eisenhower is not only the flagship of the carrier group that
protects The Gulf through which one-fifth of the world's oil is
shipped. It has also helped overthrow a hard-line Islamic regime in
Somalia during a stint off the Horn of Africa.
Its fighter jets now offer close support to Nato and US forces in
Afghanistan.
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Jordan's King says peace hopes dimming Fri Feb 23, 4:09 PM ET
Jordan's King Abdullah II said in remarks broadcast Friday that
prospects for Mideast peace were dwindling, and the latest window of
opportunity might be the last.
"We find ourselves at this very important crossroads ... that I do
feel really is the last opportunity for peace for all of us," Abdullah
told Israel's Channel 2 TV, in an excerpt from an interview to be
broadcast in full on Saturday.
"I think that the opportunities that we have are diminishing, the
frequency of conflict is rising rapidly in the Middle East," the king
said.
With renewed international interest in resolving the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict following Israel's war last year against
Hezbollah guerrillas, "this is the golden opportunity that is in front
of all of us," Abdullah said.
Ending Israeli-Palestinian hostilities would, in turn, lead "to a
greater stability between Israelis and Arabs," he added.
Earlier this week, Abdullah urged the U.S. to keep trying to broker a
final Israeli-Palestinian accord. Jordan signed a peace treaty with
Israel in 1994.
Meanwhile, the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas said on
Friday that his faction will not budge from its commitment to Israel's
destruction. Hamas' political leader Khaled Mashaal blamed the U.S.
for the failure of the international community to lift the crippling
financial embargo on the Palestinians.
The future of peace efforts has been called into question by
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' recent power-sharing pact with
Hamas. Western powers, led by the U.S. and backed by Israel, have said
they won't lift international sanctions against the Palestinians
unless the new unity government explicitly recognizes Israel, disarms
and recognizes existing Israeli-Palestinian peace deals.
The outline of the new government's platform only mentions "respect"
for existing peace pacts.
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Lieutenant Commander Matt Pothier returned yesterday from Afghanistan
having delivered air support to British soldiers. He said: "Right now
I have more opportunities than I've ever had to use weapons where we
know there aren't any friendly people. In combat that's very
rewarding."
In the carrier's Combat Direction Centre, Warrant Officer Michael
Myers can spot anything untoward in a 256 mile radius from his radar
screen. He can identify objects as small as wooden boats on the open
sea and small aircraft in a swathe of countries from the Arabian
peninsula to the northern shore of the Sea of Arabia.
Should Lieutenant Commander Craig Stapleton, the tactical operations
officer, give the order, WO Myers can put up Hawkeye, an EP2
surveillance plane with massive radar capable of establishing American
air traffic control across half a continent. "Those planes alone
extend our radar horizon to a huge circle of the sky. I could see for
1,000 miles if I wanted to."
As it patrols the shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz, the
Eisenhower ensures the safe passage of oil tankers. It also prevents
the trading routes being used to transport materials that would help
rogue nations build a nuclear weapon.
Capt Cloyd said: "Our maritime security mission is about denying the
use of the seas to any potential spread of weapons of mass
destruction."
Iran's belligerent posture has increased the challenges facing the
Eisenhower since it deployed to the Middle East last October. Vice
Admiral Patrick Walsh, the commander of the Fifth Fleet, issued a
stark warning that Iran risks triggering an "accidental war" during
aggressive military maneuvres.
During the Great Prophet 2 missile test in November, the Islamic
Republic fired a Shabab missile into the six mile corridor of shipping
lanes in the Straits of Hormuz. In such a constricted corridor, the
results could have been disastrous.
With Teheran's real strategic intentions unclear, the US takes the
threats it has made very seriously.
"They threaten to use oil as a weapon. They threaten to close the
Strait of Hormuz," Adml Walsh said.
"And so it is the combination of the rhetoric, the tone, and the
aggressive exercises in very constrained waters that gives us
concern."
US commanders ascribe the increase in instability to increasingly
aggressive actions by Teheran. For that reason the deployment of the
carriers in the region is designed to intensify the pressure on Iran
to step back from the brink.
"In the past year and a half it [Iran] has become much more strident,
more vocal and in your face," said Walsh. "What concerns me is
miscalculation."
Capt Cloyd said his personnel, 70 per cent of whom have never
participated in a long term mission before, are aware that the
workload could grow more intense before the deployment is over.
"We're aware of the environment and the need to respond to the
environment so that we can protect regional security and stability.
We're aware of what other countries could do.
"We're busy but we would move to a higher tempo if need be."
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24 Feb 2007 10:43:02 PM |
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Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike
Wait a minute. Weren't you sure that the United
States was going to bomb Iran? And now you're
all about Israel bombing Iran?
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| Title: Re: World War III **NEWS** Sunday, 25/2/7 |
24 Feb 2007 11:01:46 PM |
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"JTEM" <jtem01@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1172378582.251317.233260@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
stargatedecember2...@yahoo.ca wrote:
Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike
Wait a minute. Weren't you sure that the United
States was going to bomb Iran? And now you're
all about Israel bombing Iran?
Ideally, to satisfy everyone concerned, it would be *great* to have the
Jews and the Yanks hit Iran at the same time, flying side by side, smiling
and waving to each other, as they let go of their missiles and bombs.
The only hitch is that the Israeli Navy won't be sailing side by side with
the USN...but it's only a minor irritation to war-watchers.
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| User: "JTEM" |
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24 Feb 2007 11:05:15 PM |
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"Dr. Bipolar" <perfectlilan...@godsblessedland.com> wrote:
Ideally, to satisfy everyone concerned, it
would be *great* to have the Jews and the
Yanks hit Iran at the same time, flying side
by side, smiling and waving to each other,
as they let go of their missiles and bombs.
The only hitch is that the Israeli Navy won't
be sailing side by side with the USN...but
it's only a minor irritation to war-watchers.
So Bush hates Iran and loves Israel?
There must be more than one Bush...
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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24 Feb 2007 11:16:22 PM |
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On Feb 24, 9:05 pm, "JTEM" <jte...@gmail.com> wrote:
"Dr. Bipolar" <perfectlilan...@godsblessedland.com> wrote:
Ideally, to satisfy everyone concerned, it
would be *great* to have the Jews and the
Yanks hit Iran at the same time, flying side
by side, smiling and waving to each other,
as they let go of their missiles and bombs.
The only hitch is that the Israeli Navy won't
be sailing side by side with the USN...but
it's only a minor irritation to war-watchers.
So Bush hates Iran and loves Israel?
There must be more than one Bush...
Why, yes, there is. Haven't you noticed we're dealing with a multiple
personality? Jeez...where have you been??
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