Israel Strike on Iran Nuclear Facilities

According to London’s Daily Telegraph, Israel is already on a “war footing” and is negotiating with the U.S. for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to launch surgical air attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.

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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert recently persuaded Meir Dagan, the head of Mossad for the past 6 years and one of Israel's leading experts on Iran's nuclear program, to defer his retirement until next year.

Olmert has also given control of the military aspects of the Iran issue to Eliezer Shkedi, the head of the Israeli Air Force and a former F-16 fighter pilot.

Former Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped up public appearances and increasing rhetoric against Iran, comparing the country to Nazi Germany.

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa recently reported that Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates have all told the U. S. that they would not object to Israel using their airspace, despite their fear of an Iranian response. Turkey is also considering opening its airspace.

Washington has sent into the Persian Gulf the Fifth Fleet of aircraft carriers, including the Nimitz class nuclear powered USS John C. Stennis, and its accompanying destroyers.

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Iran is to issue a new high-denomination banknote marking the country's achievements in nuclear technology at a time of mounting tension with the West over its atomic programme.

The new 50,000 rial note, at around five dollars - worth more than twice the value of any other note in circulation shows a picture of the standard nuclear insignia of electrons in orbit around an atom.

"If the science exists in this constellation, men from Persia will reach it," says the calligraphic legend beside the atomic orbit, quoting a saying (Hadith) they attribute to the Prophet Mohammed.