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THE MIDDLE EAST IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE - HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION?
WONDER WHY ISRAEL HAS JUST COMPLETED THE BIGGEST DEFENCE DRILL IN ITS
HISTORY? WE ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS A MAELSTROM OF RETALIATORY VIOLENCE
THAT MAY QUICKLY ESCALATE TO THE UNTHINKABLE, AND THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT APPEARS TO KNOW THAT IT'S COMING - AND WHY!

From 'Six Comments On The Situation'

By Yoel Marcus,
Ha'aretz, Israel,
11 April, 2008.

.....3. Since the assassination of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyah,
whose car was blown up in Damascus, the government and defense
establishment have been scaring us silly. When the 40 days of mourning
are up, they warn, there will be terrorist attacks like we've never
seen before. The airlines are being told to introduce drastic security
measures. Israeli tourists are being urged not to stand out in a crowd
when they go abroad. Jewish leaders have been alerted to the
possibility of an attack on a Jewish community center somewhere in the
world. Ministerial security has been doubled and tripled. If revenge
is so likely and the government is so worried, the question is: Why
did he have to be bumped off. Whatever happened to the principle of
looking before you leap?

4. Who authorized Benjamin Ben-Eliezer to warn Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
that Iran will be wiped off the face of the earth if it dares to
attack Israel? Iran knows exactly what we are capable of without
Fuad's two cents. Apropos intimidation, how smart is it to conduct
maneuvers on the northern border at this particular date and time?
Syria is apprehensive enough as it is about another Israeli-American
operation, after the bombing of that "facility" no one is allowed to
talk about, although everyone knows what it is. What is the point of
stressing them out even more with our denials? "What does she mean
when she says no?" goes the refrain of a popular Hebrew song. The
Syrians are probably asking the same question.....

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/973979.html

Don't have a clue who Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was?

Don't realize why every government in the region is on tenterhooks
waiting for the anticipated unleashing of a retaliatory 'shock and
awe' campaign that will make George Bush's attack on Baghdad look
positively half-hearted and amateurish?

You'd better get up to speed quickly, because the consequences may
ultimately have a dire affect upon all of us!

Read the news report entitled 'Syria: Shocker From Iran About
Militant's Death ' part-way down the http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/IRANWAR.HTM
web page.

And for the dark larger picture into which this will all ultimately
fit, read the news reports on the http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/IRANPLAN.HTM
page.

In the meantime, you might want to refresh your memory on how to 'duck
and cover'...

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