Sunday, January 25, 2009

Concern in intelligence circles that Iran is attempting to ship a ‘dirty bomb’ to Gaza

That ship the US Navy seized to inspect?

Prof. Raymond Tanter, president of the Washington-based Iran Policy Committee, told The Jerusalem Post, "It is not surprising that the U.S. Navy is reluctant to acknowledge the operation, which may have been covert," adding that legal challenges are present when intercepting ships flying flags of a sovereign country. In last week's seizure, the Iranian-owned ship was flying a Cypriot flag, "and the maritime law is less able to justify stop and search operations against such ships," Tanter clarified.

Tanter said he feels that intelligence provided by friendly nations, such as Egypt, helped the U.S. intercept the Iranian boat. Due to concern in intelligence circles that Iran is attempting to ship a 'dirty bomb' to Gaza, the U.S. has taken strong measures to prevent the arms from reaching Hamas. Nonetheless, due to legal wranglings, the U.S. has covertly performed the operation, Tanter implied.

In recent weeks, at least two Iranian warships have entered the Gulf of Aden, officially as a means of fighting Somali piracy. Israel nevertheless claims that Iran is attempting to rearm the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority in Gaza.

Israel and the U.S. signed a political-military memorandum of understanding on January 16 regarding the joint tracking of arms smuggling from Iran into Gaza. The agreement includes the American obligation to act together with NATO and other agents in order to prevent arms smuggling into Gaza via the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and eastern Africa.

Although one of the IDF's objectives in the Operation "Cast Lead" was to eliminate smuggling tunnels from Egypt to Gaza, Arab sources estimate that 20 percent of the pre-war total, or 100 tunnels remain open as a possible means to rearm the Hamas terrorist entity.
Okay, Barack, this is on your watch.
Any messages for the Hojatieh freaks? Jannati? Mesba Yazdi? Khameinei? Dinner Jacket? Meshal? Nasrallah?
Or are you just planning on expressing your outrage at the aftermath of a dirty bomb?
Your job compels decisions with no good outcomes...only less worse ones sometimes.
Mazel Tov.
And your decision and message is?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It went awful quiet about that other ship that the pirates captured and started dying ????

Pastorius said...

Very interesting. The things we don't know.

I look forward to reading the history book in thirty years from now.

Anonymous said...

Hmmm. Methinks I smell a Clintonesque handling of any aftermath, as with the Rwanda massacres. Watching the fat State Department douche tard Albright say at that time that they haven't decided whether it was genocide or not pissed me off more than the slaughter of the Koreshis by Janet Frump Reno 911.

Anonymous said...

"Your job compels decisions with no good outcomes...only less worse ones sometimes.Mazel Tov.
And your decision and message is?"

Just let me have my waffle.

O