Deal or no deal, Iran may be bombed – Israeli minister

Published time: May 23, 2012 09:47
Edited time: May 23, 2012 13:47
An Israeli fighter jet (Reuters/Jerry Lampen)

A military strike against Iranian facilities is not out of the question, even though Tehran has reached agreement on a probe with the UN’s nuclear watchdog, says Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

­The official was referring to a deal announced on Tuesday by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Barak called it an Iranian ploy to fend off international pressure.

The minister told Army Radio that "a nuclear Iran is intolerable and no options should be taken off the table," referring to the use of force.

He said the only way Israel could see Iran develop its civilian nuclear industry is if it shuts down all of its uranium enrichment sites and uses imported fuel.

The comments came as Iranian nuclear negotiators are meeting the P5+1 group in Baghdad on Wednesday. They are to discuss the conflict over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, which the West suspects of being a clandestine attempt to build an atomic weapon. Iran insists its pursuits are purely civilian.

"Dragging things out, in our eyes, is problematic, so conversations between the West and Iran must occur more frequently. North Korea also negotiated with the West but in the end tested nuclear weapons," Barak pointed out.

Last week US Ambassador Dan Shapiro said the Pentagon has a plan for a military strike on Iran, and may carry it out if ordered.

"It would be preferable to resolve this diplomatically and through the use of pressure than to use military force," he said.

Possible use of force against Iran has been discussed by Israel and its western allies for months. Israel insists on the right to strike when and if it sees fit, saying it will not ask for anyone’s consent. There is fear that if such an attack happens, Iran would retaliate at any forces it sees as enemies, which could result in a major regional war.

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jamal almorsi from Egypt (unregistered) 30.05.2012 13:53

Coward  israelis  never  are  able to attack strong Armies.  Israelis  lost  the WAR   against   a few  thousands  Hezbolahi-fighters.   Coward  israelis  can attack  defenceless   children   and  women.  They  must go to Hell.

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Ancient Briton (unregistered) 26.05.2012 11:02

Rothchild Bankers vs. Putin (unregistered) wrote in #9http://politicalve lcraft.org/2012/05/2 6/rothschild-bankers -forcing-russia-into -thermonuclear-war-w ith-the-usurped-unit ed-states-putin-has- kicked-rothschild-ou t-of-russia/
I have heard all this BS before....but  Jews like Rothschild and Soros and the IMF loan sharks ......and the  CIA and "the markets" and "investors" carry on doing what they did in 1929 and 2008 .......and BUYING up our nations and privatising our assets into Israeli/American ownership and buying our politicians  and running our media for ONE purpose alone............... ................maki ng the Emperor Rothschild and his creepy crooked racist apartheid fascist little Israel into the most powerful political/economic regime in history!

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Ancient Briton (unregistered) 26.05.2012 07:17

Robert (unregistered) wrote in #4
Yesterday , we had a pro-Israeli presentation at our school.. I really dont know why except for propaganda.. And this lady talked about how Israel was "the most tolerant, peaceful nation" on the planet. Immediately, many kids and even the TEACHERS began questioning the claim... One teacher asked the woman "what's the difference between the IDF and the 'terrorists' you are fighting against'... She had nothing to say and many people said it was more of a debate than a presentation... There is hope people... The people of America are awake... Its just our Zionist government we have to deal with.--------------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------ Ther e`s a hidden irony and tragedy about all this Robert....because no other race of people on Earth  homicidal greed piracy and debt than "the Jews" THEMSELVES!But see how Rothschild has the whole Jewish race HYPNOTISED into doing exactly what the Israeli crazies tell them to do...however many Jews die in pogroms and wars and however hated despised and mistrusted they become.Ask yourself what sort of global empire sends the remaining six million of its people into a Middle East DEATH TRAP and creates 1929/2008 in which the whole world is bound to blame the Jews for it all....because we all know very well that the Jews run the financial markets and media and CIA and IMF...etc....it`s not a conspiracy theory .....it`s an unmistakable FACT!
What is Rothschild and his Israeli BBC/Fox crazies trying to achieve with mass immigration into our failing post-industrial societies and a Likud controlled western world?  World War? Genocide? Holocaust 2? 
Is it not time we found out what is going on?   

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