Author Topic: Something brewing around Iran (Read 1066 times)

Matthew · « **on:** June 27, 2010, 02:30:14 PM »

Taken from the ModernSurvivalBlog website:

Ten US warships have just entered the Persian Gulf including the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier strike group. This same group of warships had secretly practiced Iranian bombing runs just 2 weeks ago. According to IsraeliNationalNews.com, Israeli military aircraft recently landed at a Saudi base near Tabuk, one of the closest Saudi areas to Iran. Iran is now on ‘War Alert’ and is pouring Revolutionary Guards units with equipment into the Caspian region, according to a report from DEBKAfile, as apparent US troops build up on the northwest border, Azerbaijan. Iran reported on Wednesday that it has enriched dozens of pounds of 17 per cent enriched uranium.

Is this all simply posturing, or could this be a prelude to the actual attack on Iranian nuclear facilities?

The real question I have is, If an attack on Iran takes place, how will that affect the rest of us?

Will the price of oil spike, since so much of the world’s oil must transit through the Strait of Hormuz which is right off the Iranian coastline?

* Answer: Probably, yes, since Iran could threaten to shut down tanker traffic or worse, actually sink a ship.

Will financial markets fall?

* Answer: Probably, yes, since volatility will be so high (it already is), especially if the price of oil jumps to very high levels which would in turn will raise the costs of most manufactured goods.

Will there be Iranian sponsored terrorism?

* Answer: Probably, yes, since Ahmadinejad has always been very clear about his hatred towards the West.

Will Iran launch missiles at Israel?

* Answer: Probably, yes, since they have ballistic missile capability, including the Shahab-3, which can reach any point in Israel in 8 minutes.

Will this escalate into a wider ranging war in the Middle East?

* Answer: Probably, yes, since it is already a powder keg ready to blow with tensions between Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, Hezbollah and the Israeli naval blockade against the Gaza strip

Will other countries become involved, such as Russia and China, if such a war escalates?

* Answer: Probably indirectly at first, by supplying weaponry, such as MiG-29 fighter jets, Pantsir short-range air defense systems, the advanced S-300 air defense system, and armored vehicles from Russia while China is aggressively asserting itself in arms sales while also promoting their Shenyang J-11 fighter jet based on the Russian SU-27.

If Israel is attacked, will they use their nuclear weapons?

* Answer: Hopefully NOT, but if they are dealt a severe enough blow, and if their survival depends upon it… they have nuclear-capable ballistic missiles as well as offshore submarines with nuclear-capable cruise missiles.

The above scenarios are only my opinion, but if this does occur, we may all be affected, and perhaps badly. We should be prepared for our own survival. Not that we will be affected directly, but being prepared for the side effects of such an occurrence would be prudent.

It is not unreasonable to be prepared for short term or even long term disruption possibilities, and in fact, it is your responsibility to think it through.

Are you prepared? Where are your investments and how exposed are you to the economic fallout? Keep extra cash on hand. Have extra food on the shelf. Why not keep your gas tank full and a few filled gas cans around. As Gerald Celente often says, “Even if nothing happens, you’ve lost nothing”.

We live in an increasingly dangerous and uptight world while our governments struggle to find new ways to stay in control and keep the economy from completely sinking.

War is one way to do this.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2010, 10:08:33 AM »

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[ghosttroop] AMERICAN ALERT: Israel and Iran
Monday, June 28, 2010 9:11 AM
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AMERICAN ALERT: Israel and Iran
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Captain Eric H. May
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HOUSTON, 6/28/2010 – Worldwide, from Israel to Iran and throughout both U.S. mainstream and alternative media, articles are making an alarming argument of a U.S. fαℓѕє fℓαg attack as the beginning of a world war. We may be about to discover the true meaning of the “Global War on Terror.”
I leave it to the discerning reader to peruse the links below, which make the case:

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1. "US, Israel Warships in Suez May Be Prelude to Faceoff with Iran," Arutz Sheva, http://www.israelna tionalnews. com/News/ news.aspx/ 138164
2. "Reports: IAF Landed at Saudi Base, US Troops near Iran Border," Arutz Sheva, 6/23/2010, http://www.israelna tionalnews. com/News/ News.aspx/ 138231
3. "Israel to spy on Iran with new satellite," Press TV, 6/23/2010, http://www.presstv. ir/detail. aspx?id=131613&sectionid=351020202
4. "Iran on war alert over "US and Israeli concentrations" in Azerbaijan," DEBKAfile, 6/23/2010, http://www.debka. com/article/ 8868/
5. "G-8 'fully believes' Israel will attack Iran, says Italy PM," Haaretz, 6/27/2010, http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/g- 8-fully-believes -israel-will- attack-iran- says-italy- pm-1.298597
6. "USS George H.W. Bush Conducts First Missile Launch," Space Daily, 6/28/2010, http://www.spacedai ly.com/reports/ USS_George_ HW_Bush_Conducts _First_Missile_ Launch_999. html
7. "Turkey 'closes airspace' to Israel," Aljazeera, 6/28/2010, http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2010/06/20106287 1949989367. html

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1. "Kristol: ‘Better’ For US to Attack Iran Than if Israel Did," World News Daily, 4/5/2010, http://www.informat ionclearinghouse .info/article251 40.htm
2. "Napolitano: Internet Monitoring Needed to Fight Homegrown Terrorism," FOX News, 6/18/2010, http://www.foxnews. com/politics/ 2010/06/18/ napolitano- internet- monitoring- needed-fight- homegrown- terrorism/
3. "American-born al Qaeda spokesman appears in new video," By the CNN Wire Staff, CNN, 6/20/2010, http://www.cnn. com/2010/ US/06/20/ al.qaeda. video/
4. "Supreme Court upholds terrorism support law," Reuters, 6/21/2010, http://www.reuters. com/article/ idUSTRE65K4B4201 00621
5. "Times Square Car Bomber Details Chilling Plot," Boston Globe, 6/22/2010, http://www.zimbio. com/Faisal+ Shahzad/articles /nDgGx-4AJ6V/ Times+Square+ car+bomber+ details+chilling +plot
6. "Obama Internet kill switch plan approved by US Senate," TECHWORLD, 6/25/2010, http://news. techworld. com/security/ 3228198/obama- internet- kill-switch- plan-approved- by-us-senate/ ?olo=rss
7. "FBI/DHS Attempt to Seize Colorado Indymedia Server," CLG, 6/26/2010, http://www.legitgov .org/FBIDHS- Attempt-Seize- Colorado- Indymedia- Server
8. "CIA's Panetta: Iran has enough uranium for 2 bombs," World News, 6/27/2010, http://article. wn.com/view/ 2010/06/27/ CIAs_Panetta_ Iran_has_ enough_uranium_ for_2_bombs_ y/

Recommended Reading

1. "U.S. troops would enforce peace under Army study," Washington Times, 9/10/2001, http://www.public- action.com/ 911/sams. html
2. "Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel," Haaretz, 4/16/2008, http://www.haaretz. com/news/ report-netanyahu -says-9-11- terror-attacks- good-for- israel-1. 244044
3. "9/11 Was Good for Us! -- The Case against Israel," The Lone Star Iconoclast, 4/19/2008, http://tinyurl. com/3n7lmp

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Belloc · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2010, 11:11:58 AM »

well, as long as we do not blame the people of America nor its Founders, for we can disembody the 2 from the USA Govt.

Dawn · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2010, 05:18:35 AM »

Third US carrier, 4,000 Marines augment US armada opposite Iran
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 28, 2010, 10:45 PM (GMT+02:00)Tags: Iran Persian Gulf USS Nassau

USS Nassau: More US naval-air-marine muscle off Irandebkafile's military sources report that Washington has posted a third carrier opposite Iran's shores. It is supported by amphibious assault ships and up to 4,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel, bringing the total US strength in these waters to three carriers and 10,000 combat personnel.
The USS Nassau (LHA-4) Amphibious Ready Group 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, tasked with supporting the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet area of operations, is cruising around the Bab al-Mandeb Straits where the Gulf of Aden flows into the Red Sea. Its presence there accounts for Tehran announcing Sunday, June 27 that its "aid ship for Gaza" had been called off, for fear an American military boarding party would intercept the vessel and search it. This would be permissible under the latest UN sanctions punishing the Islamic Republic for its nuclear program.
The third US carrier group to reach waters around Iran consists of three vessels:
1. The USS Nassau Amphibious Assault ship is not just an enormous landing craft for the 3,000 Marines aboard; its decks carry 6 vertical take-off AV-HB Harrier attack plans; four AH-1W Super Cobra, twelve CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters, as well choppers convertible to fast V-22 Osprey airplanes capable of landing in any conditions.
This vast warship has 1,400 cabinets for sleeping the entire Marine-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard.
2. The amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde which carries 800 Marines equipped for instantaneous landing.
3. The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland which carries 400 Marines and 102 commandos trained for special operations behind enemy lines.

debkafile adds: The USS Ashland was the target of an al Qaeda Katyusha rocket attack in 2005 when it was docked in Jordan's Aqaba port next door to the Israeli port of Eilat. One of the rockets exploded in Eilat airport. The ship exited harbor in time to escape harm.
These new arrivals are a massive injection of naval, air and marine muscle to the strength Washington has deployed in the Persian Gulf-Red Sea-Indian Ocean arena in recent months. The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group consisting of twelve warships is cruising in the Arabian Sea opposite Chah Bahar, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards biggest naval base not far from the Iranian-Pakistan border. It is there that most of Iran's special commando units are housed.
Also posted in the Arabian Sea, further to the west, is the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Group.