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Subject: US MISSILES TARGETED AGAINST IRAN BY ISRAEL
US MISSILES
TARGETED AGAINST IRAN BY ISRAEL
by
Gordon Thomas
US Harpoon
missiles armed with nuclear warheads are now aimed by Israeli’s fleet of
Dolphin-class submarines against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Following
September’s exclusive report in American Free Press about Israel’s submarine
nuclear attack capability, over 100 Harpoon cruise missiles have been secretly
flown to the remote island of Diego Garcia, a joint UK-US base in the Indian
Ocean.
The three Israeli submarines which arrived at the base early this
month were each loaded with 24 Harpoon missiles.
They then set sail for the
Gulf of Oman – bringing Iran’s nuclear facilities all within range of their
submarines’ multi-payloads.
The decision to launch them is entirely in the
hands of Israel’s prime minister, Ariel Sharon. Just as he gave Washington only
a short warning he was going to attack an alleged terrorist camp deep inside
Syria, Sharon has made it clear to Washington that the same rule of engagement
will apply if it comes to launching the Harpoon missiles.
Sharon made his
position clear in a telephone call to President Bush the day after the attack on
Syria.
According to one Israeli source, Bush said he “just wanted to be kept
informed”.
Credible intelligence sources say the reality is that Sharon
believes he would have the support of Bush if he did launch an attack.
But an
indication of the deepening concern that some members of the Bush Administration
now feel, is that national security advisor Condoleezza Rice last weekend
allowed one of her senior aides to confirm our September report to the Los
Angeles Times and London’s Guardian newspaper.
Both drew heavily on the
original American Free Press story. The senior Pentagon and State department
sources for our first story, about Israel’s Dolphin class submarines, have told
us exclusively that, in the words of one high-level Pentagon source, “matters
have now advanced considerably and for the first time Rice is sounding alarm
bells in the Oval Office”.
Rice’s decision to leak is also the first clear
indication of her concerns over Israel – as well as her own direct challenge to
the authority of Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld.
She is now engaged in
an internal power struggle with Rumsfeld – and has chosen to use what she sees
as his failure in the Middle East to harness Sharon’s behaviour as her launch
pad to have the Secretary of State ousted.
“Rice has a long-term strategy to
become Secretary of State. While Rumsfeld is no supporter of Powell, he knows
that having Rice in charge of State would give her more power than she even has
now. And there is also the ultimate ambition for Condi, to be Bush’s running
mate, if not in this election, then in the one afterwards. Her own inner circle
say that she would relish a face-off with Hillary Clinton in 2008. If Condi
became vice-President, then she is but a step away from becoming the first Black
woman in the White House. That is what is driving her,” said a senior Washington
analyst.
Meantime, Rice’s concerns have deepened following Sharon’s stark
warning last Sunday that “states harbouring terrorists are legitimate
targets”.
Aides in Tel Aviv have confirmed to American Free Press that “Iran
and Syria are top of that list – with Iran in the top spot”.
The revelation
comes at a time of rapidly escalating tensions in the region.
Israel’s senior
Foreign Ministry spokesman, Gideon Meir, insisted “any country that harbours a
threat to Israel is a legitimate target for us out of self-defence”.
Today,
American Free Press can reveal, again for the first time, that a team of US
computer specialists flew to Diego Garcia to fit the latest version of the
software known as “over the horizon”. This would allow a Harpoon missile to hit
any of Iran’s nuclear establishments with pin-point accuracy.
Originally
developed by Inslaw, the Washington based specialist computer software company,
the “over the horizon” capability has been enhanced to handle the sophisticated
electronics of the Harpoon missiles.
In the meantime, Sharon has ordered
Mossad to put together a specialist team to infiltrate Iran. Their mission is to
snatch some of the scientists working in the country’s nuclear facilities at
Natanz, Arak and Saghand.
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