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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Israel Plans Iran Strike; Citizens Say Government Serious

Dozens of Israelis crowded in front of a storefront at a Jerusalem shopping mall yesterday to pick up new gas masks, part of civil defense preparations in case the military strikes Iran and the Islamic Republic or its allies retaliate.

“Our leaders seem to have gotten very hawkish in their speeches and this time it seems they mean what they say,” said Yoram Lands, 68, a professor of business administration, who was picking up new masks for himself and his wife at a distribution center in the mall.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Aug. 1 that time “is running out” for a peaceful solution to Iran’s atomic program. The Tel Aviv-based Haaretz newspaper reported Aug. 10 that Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are considering bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities before U.S. elections on Nov. 6. Mark Regev, Netanyahu’s spokesman, said government policy is not to comment on media speculation.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank God Israel has a backbone, unlike America under Obama, lets hope they bomb Iran back into the stone age, oh wait, they are there already.......

Anonymous said...

A higher power appears to be intervening with the Iran earthquakes.There are powerful daily aftershocks as well.I for one don't believe in coincidences.These earthquakes are coming at a most crucial time.