Killing the brains
YnetNews / Ron Ben-Yishai
12-Jan-2012 (2 comments)

The most important aspect of the assassinations is the killing of people who constitute “knowledge bases.” It is clear that any military strike on Iran would only thwart the nuclear and missile projects by a few years, but the elimination of key figures may extend the programs’ recovery period, if and when they’re attacked.

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yolanda

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by yolanda on

The whole thing is sad! It is Iranians killing Iranians!

Now, closing the Strait of Hormuz is irrelevant! Maybe IRI can close the strait, but so far IRI has not captured the real killer(s) of their scientists! They don't know when the killers will strike again!


vildemose

Great article, shifteh jaan.

by vildemose on

Great article, shifteh jaan.

"Iran’s silence

 

The most curious question in the face of these incidents is why Iran, which does not shy away from threatening the world with closure of the Hormuz Straits, has failed to retaliate for the painful blows to its nuclear and missile program? After all, the Revolutionary Guards have a special arm, Quds, whose aim (among others) is to carry out terror attacks and secret assassinations against enemies of the regime overseas.

 

 

Moreover, if the Iranians do not wish to directly target Western or Israeli interests, they can prompt their agents, that is, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and other groups, to do the job. In the past, Iran did not shy away from carrying out terror attacks in Europe (in Paris and Berlin) and in South America (in Buenos Aires,) so why is it showing restraint now?

 

 

The reason is apparently Iran’s fear of Western retaliation. Any terror attack against Israel or another Western target – whether it is carried out directly by the Quds force or by Hezbollah – may prompt a Western response. Under such circumstances, Israel or a Western coalition (or both) will have an excellent pretext to strike and destroy Iran’s nuclear and missile sites.

 

 

Moreover, Tehran fears that Israel will take advantage of an Iranian attack in order to strike the immense missile and rocket arsenals funded or built by Iran in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. The main aim of these arsenals is to serve as Iranian deterrence against a military strike. "...

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.