{"id":727,"date":"2007-04-06T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnito.nl\/blog\/?p=727"},"modified":"2012-01-28T01:01:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T01:01:31","slug":"iran-kan-voorlopig-rustig-ademhalen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnito.nl\/blog\/2007\/04\/06\/iran-kan-voorlopig-rustig-ademhalen\/","title":{"rendered":">Iran kan voorlopig rustig ademhalen"},"content":{"rendered":"

>\"\"<\/a>De gevreesde<\/a> Amerikaanse luchtaanvallen op Iran, welke door Russische intel-bronnen waren voorspeld<\/a>, zijn vandaag gelukkig uitgebleven.<\/p>\n

<\/span>De berichtgeving over de mogelijke aanval hebben echter de olieprijzen flink opgedreven, aldus persburo RIA Novosti<\/a>:<\/p>\n

TEHRAN, April 6 (RIA Novosti) <\/span>– Washington did not launch air strikes against Iran early Friday despite recent media reports, but expectations of the attack have driven Brent price to $70 per barrel. <\/span><\/p>\n

Russian and foreign media have recently reported the U.S. could launch an operation, codenamed Bite, against Iran at 4:00 a.m. local time April 6. The operation was expected to deliver air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over a 12-hour period to prevent the country from obtaining nuclear weapons. <\/span><\/p>\n

“We are used to this situation. The Americans have been threatening us for many years, and they keep introducing sanctions against Iran,” Majid, a salesman, told RIA Novosti. “But nothing has changed. We continue living and working as usual.” <\/span><\/p>\n

“I do not think the U.S. will take the risk – Iran is not Iraq or Afghanistan,” he said, echoing the opinion of many fellow countrymen. Lees verder<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wellicht dat een eventuele pretext<\/a>, zoals de arrestatie van Britse militairen door Iran, in de propaganda-oorlog <\/a>niet helemaal uitpakte zoals gewenst.<\/a>
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Mooi zo. <\/span>Geen nieuwe oorlog, vooralsnog. Maar helemaal gerust kunnen we er nog niet op zijn, gezien de plannen die in Isra\u00ebl de ronde doen voor een re-match<\/span><\/a> tegen Hezbollah, in Libanon. Vorige zomer<\/a> verloor het Isra\u00eblische leger (IDF) de strijd tegen deze door Iran gesteunde groepering. Dit overigens ondanks de inzet van DU-munitie, fosfor-granaten en clusterbommen.
Die aanval op Libanon was officieel het gevolg van de arrestatie van Isra\u00eblische militairen door Hezbollah-leden, maar al snel werd, mede dankzij Seymour Hersh, duidelijk dat, lang voor dat incident, deze oorlog al was gepland<\/a> door de VS en Isra\u00ebl:<\/p>\n

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The expert added that the White House had several reasons for supporting a bombing campaign, the report said. <\/span><\/p>\n

If there was to be a military option against Iran, it had to get rid of the weapons Hezbollah could use in a potential retaliation against Israel, Hersh writes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Citing a US government consultant with close ties to Israel, Hersh also reports that earlier this summer, before the Hezbollah kidnappings, several Israeli officials visited Washington “to get a green light” for a bombing operation following a Hezbollah provocation, and “to find out how much the United States would bear”.<\/span> <\/p>\n

“The Israelis told us it would be a cheap war with many benefits,” the magazine quotes the consultant as saying. “Why oppose it? We’ll be able to hunt down and bomb missiles, tunnels, and bunkers from the air. It would be a demo for Iran.” Lees verder<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

De wereld wordt geregeerd door waanzinnigen met gevaarlijk speelgoed…en dat blijkt uit de volgende update:<\/span><\/p>\n

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VS boden provocerende luchtruimschendingen aan tijdens gijzeling<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n


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