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[Ahmad Al-Ani]

Joe,

You obviously insist on imposing a political issue in the wrong forum. To satisfy your interest, I suggest you check this article. And the comments you find there are tons more than radsafe can provide you.

"An Iranian attack on Israel would amount to Iran signing its own death warrant. It is a horror even to imagine, but the reality is that a nuclear attack anywhere in Israel, would murder tens of thousands of innocents, Jews and Arabs, with radiation fallout spreading death and deformity over a wide radius that would infect hundreds of thousands more in the neighborhood"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-zogby/israel-iran-nuclear-_b_1254542.html

Ahmad



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On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 1:05 AM AST (Arabian) JPreisig at aol.com wrote:

>Dear Radsafe:
> 
> 
>      From:    _jpreisig at aol.com_ (mailto:jpreisig at aol.com)     .
> 
> 
>      Hello,
> 
> 
>      A few days ago google news reported some  source in Iran stating that 
>Iran has rocket launch
>capability, with range of 6000 km.  Statement was made that such a  missile 
>could reach the USA.
>Oh my.
> 
>     In the last few days National News (USA) reports  that Israel may go 
>to war with Iran in the
>next few months.   If it happens, I hope the war is only  conventional 
>weapons.  Hope World diplomats
>are on top of this.
> 
>     Sure, this discussion belongs somewhere else than  here on Radsafe.  
>Sorry, I'm posting this
>anyway.
> 
>     If Iran is just getting into the nuclear arms  business, then perhaps 
>they have 1-10 Nuclear
>devices and one launch missile for each Nuclear device.  This would be  
>sufficient to take out 
>1 to 10 Israeli cities???  Ouch...
> 
>     Israel has supposedly had nuclear weapons  capability for many years 
>now.  I suspect they also
>have significant launch capability.  My crude estimate is that Israel  
>would be capable of 
>launching 10 to 20 nuclear missiles.  Iran's major cities would also  be 
>gone, with significant
>population loss in Iran.  I'm sure the US government has better  estimates 
>of nuclear weapon
>numbers and launch capability for each of these countries.
> 
>    As a first thought, I would make sure that I knew where  all ships in 
>the Iranian navy is, if
>such a navy exists.  Non-military ships also.
> 
>    Clearly the USA is able to counter severely any first  strike by the 
>Iranian nation.  Iran would be 
>gone.  
> 
>     Hope all nations involved are having some  restraint right now.
> 
>     Regards,    Joseph R. (Joe)  Preisig, PhD
> 
>  
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