WAS THE TIMING OF ISRAEL'S HAMAS-GAZA COUNTER-ATTACK DETERMINED BY THE IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF THAT IRANIAN "HUMANITARIAN" AID SHIP?

It looks like Reliapundit was right again (dude's got a very high incidence of being correct in his predictions).

From Astute Bloggers:

JUST ASKING...

WE POSTED ON THIS LAST WEEK:

COINCIDENCE OR PLAN OF ATTACK: HAMAS TRUCE WILL END JUST BEFORE ARRIVAL OF IRANIAN SHIP

HAARETZ: MESHAL WON'T RENEW "TRUCE" WITH ISRAEL, SO IT WILL EXPIRE ON 12/19.

A FEW DAYS LATER AN IRANIAN SHIP - WITH 1000 TONS OF "HUMANITARIAN" AID - WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE PORT IN GAZA.

GUESS: HAMAS WILL TRY A MAJOR ATTACK ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH.

Permalink - Posted by Reliapundit @ 10:50 PM

AND HERE:

IRANIAN SHIP HEADED FOR GAZA - WITH "HIDDEN AGENDA"... OR A WMD!?

JPOST:

An Iranian Red Crescent vessel due to set sail for Gaza this week carries a "hidden agenda," providing cover for an attempt by Teheran's al-Quds Force to spread its influence and possibly ferrying intelligence agents, an American expert warned on Saturday.

Iran's Red Crescent Society announced on its Web site last week plans to dispatch the ship with 1,000 tons of humanitarian aid.

"The Iranian Red Crescent ship sailing to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip is an example of Teheran's effort to gain political influence through social aid programs, subvert societies with intelligence agents acting as charitable officials, and encourage the Sunni Muslim street to believe that the Iranian regime is on their side, despite its Shi'ite face," Prof. Raymond Tanter, president of the Washington-based Iran Policy Committee, told The Jerusalem Post.

• PERHAPS THE HIDDEN AGENDA IS A WMD - AND A MEANS OF DETONATING IT NEAR TEL AVIV?

• ER, UM... I MEAN... I'M SUSPICIOUS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING PARTICULARLY "HUMANITARIAN" ABOUT THE IRANIAN REGIME. AND GAZA IS PRETTY CLOSE TO ISRAEL - LAST TIME I CHECKED A MAP, AND THE IRANIANS WANT TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE MAP.

• I SUSPECT THIS SHIP'S APPROACH TO GAZA IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO ISRAEL.

• WE'LL SEE IF AND WHAT THE IDF OR THE SIXTH FLEET DOES .... IN ABOUT A WEEK...

STAY TUNED...

Permalink - Posted by Reliapundit @ 10:31 PM

MY GUESS IS IT WAS A FACTOR. BECAUSE IRAN IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN DESTABLIZING THE REGION, ESPECAILLY BY AIDING HAMAS - AND HIZBALLAH.

BTW:

A 48 HOUR CEASE-FIRE WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR THE IDF:

IT WILL ENCOURAGE MANY HAMASTANI JIHADO-TERRORISTS TO STICK THEIR COWARDLY HEADS UP OUT OF THE GROUND WHEREUPON FATAH AGENTS CAN TARGET THEM AND HELP THE IDF KILL THEM.

I don't agree with RP on that last point. But, I do hope he is right, though.