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Israel has three days to attack Iran – ex-US ambassador to UN
Published: 18 August, 2010, 08:16
Edited: 19 August, 2010, 14:38
TAGS: Conflict, Nuclear, Middle East, Iran
Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton has warned Israel that it only has three days left to attack Iran's Bushehr power plant.
Bolton made the statement in an interview with Fox News. He said the danger of releasing radiation into the atmosphere would be too great once the Bushehr plant is launched on August 21, ruling out military attacks by Israel or the US on the facility after then.
Russia's state nuclear energy company, Rosatom, recently announced it will transfer fuel rods to the facility on that date.
Moscow says the plant poses no threat as it will be operating for peaceful purposes under the control of the UN nuclear watchdog.
However, investigative journalist and RT contributor Wayne Madsen says this might not prevent Israel from launching a strike.
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“If the Israelis decide to attack Iran it does not matter if there are civilian volunteers over there or if the New York Yankees happen to be in Tehran. None of that is going to matter. They are going to hit Iran and people like John Bolton, one of the neo-con types who lied about intelligence to get us into the Iraq war, will continue to provide crooked intelligence,” Madsen blamed.
“The Bushehr reactor is a peaceful one, it has nothing to do with weapons production,” he pointed out.
“We know that Israel is in range for some Iranian missiles. Depending on how good [the Israeli] air defenses are, they could be hit. But I think Hezbollah would also react in Lebanon and we would see a wave of rocket attacks.”
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir, a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Studies in New York, says an Israeli attack so soon is unlikely, but the idea remains on the table.
17.08.2010, 22:37
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John Bolton is stupid Megalomaniac , war criminal , has so much of Iraqis blood on his hand, he should be prosecuted in the Courts of Human Rights, as well as few members of previous administration ,whom they are well known in the intellectual societies , they can run but can not hide , soon or late they will be brought to justice.
No one is going to attack Iran, not the US, and especially not Israel (no matter how much the likes of Bolton and other warmongers would like them to). War is costly and unpredictable as Israel have found out in Lebanon and Gaza, and the US have found out in Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan - to name but a few of thier 'lost' wars. Yes the US and Israel could theoretically 'win' a war with Iran, but at what cost - the state of Israel?, the US hegmony of the Middle East?, the Union of the US itself (think collapse of the oil economy, value of the US dollar, and social unrest - and that is only the beginning). If Iran were going to be attacked it would have happened when they were at thier weakest shortly after the Iran / Iraq war. The window has now passed - Iran knows this, the US knows this, and Israel knows this. The best that Israel and the US can do is try to isolate Iran 'North Korea style', but with big players such as China, Russia, Turkey, and Brazil not taking part in this we shall see only a war of words. My worry however is that we may see a US ship (or Israeli sub) sunk off the coast of Iran in a 'North Korea style' false flag attack. Things may then get out of hand quite quickly.
1956).He might think he looks funny with that mush but he is very dangerous