Israel Weighs ‘Gravity’ of Iranian Ships Set to Transit Suez
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Emily Esfahani Smith
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CAIRO (AP) — Iran‘s first attempt in decades to send warships through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean on Europe’s — and NATO’s — southern flank could further destabilize the Middle East, a region already reeling from an unprecedented wave of anti-government rebellions.
Egypt’s new military rulers, who took power from ousted Hosni Mubarak a little more than a week ago, have granted two Iranian warships passage through the strategic waterway — something Israel has made clear it views as a provocation. Still, Egypt appeared to have no other choice because an international convention regulating shipping says the canal must be open “to every vessel of commerce or of war.”
Iranian warships have not passed through the Suez Canal since 1979.
The vessels bound for Syria are not expected to enter the canal before Tuesday or Wednesday, according to maritime sources in Egypt. On Sunday, the frigate Alvand and the supply ship Kharq were still near the southern entrance to the canal.
The canal linking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean enables ships to avoid a lengthy sail around Africa. The Iranian ships are headed for a training mission in Syria, a close ally of Iran’s hardline Islamic rulers and an arch foe of Israel. In Syria, officials at the Iranian embassy said it would mark the first time in years that Iranian warships dock in a Syrian port.
Iran is suspected by the U.S. and Israel of gearing its nuclear program to develop weapons, something Tehran denies. Israel considers Iran an existential threat and is watching the warships’ movements with growing alarm. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Sunday of trying to exploit recent instability in Egypt and told his Cabinet he views Iran’s moves “with gravity.”
The request by the Iranians to send the warships through Suez is a test of the foreign policy intentions of Egypt’s new military rulers, the gatekeepers of the canal. Mubarak, an ally of Israel and the U.S. who ruled for nearly 30 years, was toppled Feb. 11 by a popular uprising and the country is now run by a military council. Mubarak was considered a bulwark in the region against Islamic extremism.
“Iran wants to say to the world, to the U.S., Israel and other countries in the Mideast that it has reach not only in areas close to it but also farther away, including in the Mediterranean,” said Ephraim Kam of the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel.
He said Iran is also signaling to Israel that it is prepared to protect its allies Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon on Israel’s northern and southern flanks.
A senior Iranian naval commander told an Iranian news agency already several days before the Jan. 25 start of the revolt in Egypt that Iran planned to dispatch warships to the Mediterranean, via the Suez Canal. The commander said candidly at the time that the mission was to gather intelligence on the region and train Navy cadets to protect Iranian cargo ships and oil tankers against attacks by Somali pirates.
But Iran appears to have more far-reaching objectives, including asserting itself as a regional power and testing whether Egypt‘s new rulers will stick to Mubarak’s pro-Western line, analysts said.
Iran’s influence has grown in recent years, with the political rise of its proxies Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and its close alliance with Syria. At the same time, Israel lost the friendship of Turkey and the nature of its with post-Mubarak Egypt remains uncertain.
Egyptian-Iranian ties broke down after Tehran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty the same year. Later, the relationship improved slightly, with contacts currently channeled through interest sections in the two capitals.
Iran’s request last week to send warships through the Suez Canal came at a particularly difficult time for Egypt, with the transition government focused on pressing domestic issues, including restoring security after the uprising.
“Iran now sees a window of opportunity to force the Egyptian government to make a stand and either tell Iranians something unpopular in Egypt (denying passage) or allow something that would be a diplomatic coup for Iran, and put the onus on Israel to make a defensive gesture,” said Shashank Joshi, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies in London.
Canal officials, citing an 1888 international convention regulating shipping, said Egypt had no choice but to permit passage to the Iranian vessels. The convention says the canal must be open “to every vessel of commerce or of war.”
It was not immediately clear whether Iran had requested passage for its warships at any time since 1979, and if not, then why.
Applying the same principle, Egypt has also permitted the passage of an Israeli Dolphin-class submarine, which according to foreign reports is capable of firing nuclear-tipped cruise missiles.
In Brussels, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said Sunday that the decision on the Iranian vessels “is up to the authorities of the Suez Canal.” Diplomats at NATO said privately that the organization was in no position to object since it insists on right of free passage of naval vessels through international waters.
Israel’s options appear limited, since the perceived provocation may not be enough to warrant a strong Israeli complaint.
Netanyahu did not say Sunday how Israel might respond, if at all.
Avi Dichter, Israel’s former internal security minister, said Israel should be more concerned about Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons ambitions — denied by Tehran — than about two naval ships reaching the Mediterranean.
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Comments (146)
Y.b-M.I
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:04pmBaruch Ha Shem
Report Post »I look upon the hills from where my help comes.
eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:37pmIsrael has the full support of the American people.
Report Post »white_wolves
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:41pmOnly if Obama puts America on the right side.
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:48pmLeft-wing liberal’s, not the people. We should have a vote, should we send billions to Israel while we are 15 trill’ in debt, or should we keep those billions to reduce the debt, I think I know the answer already. I talked to this Jew named Eugene Levant after we had some beer and I asked him what he thinks about taxes and rasing them, he said ” I could care less, Jew’s pay taxes in the U.S. but they don’t care because all the Jewish tax money goes back to Israel”. I almost knocked him out when I heard that.
Report Post »FIVEHOLEJAMO
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:14pmIt is not up to Obama where America stands because America doesn’t stand with Obama …
Report Post »jbentley777
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 8:27pmIf someone attacks Israel and he does nothing, I will march to the capitol and start my own freakin demonstration!!
Report Post »white_wolves
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:33pmSo the Twelfth Imam, the hatred of the Jews, and the hatred of the western civilization…Aren‘t we being told by the mainstream media that there isn’t anything to fear and that it’s all about democracy, religious tolerance, and the rights of all the 3rd world countries who want to kill everything for an insane ideology to have nuclear weapons?
Report Post »Don’t people remember what happened with Hitler? ‘Oh no he’s not a bad guy, there isn‘t any threat he poses to the world’. Yeah right. Then what happened with the Jews? Even better, he was willing to use the other countries helping him while they thought they were using him in return to conquer the world. Of course there is absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to what happened over half a century ago and the levels of ignorance that allowed it to fester until it showed how fatal it would be.
While others pretend it’s nothing, I’ll be waiting with a gun ready to defend myself from the extremists wanting to bring back the Twelth Imam.
white_wolves
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:39pm*Twelfth Imam
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:24pmwhatcha gonna do now, surrounded by enemies, no allies, lonely is it not. If i were you I would be very scared, Ben Bernanke are you cared, what about Rahm,Soros,the Cohen family dynasty, y‘all don’t mix with the gentile hugh, stryctly surcumsized hahahha,well we didn’t wanna mix with you either we like bacon hahah
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:23pmIsrael is a $%#^%,whatcha gonna do now, surrounded by enemies, no allies, lonely is it not. If i were you I would be very scared, Ben Bernanke are you cared, what about Rahm,Soros,the Cohen family dynasty, y‘all don’t mix with the gentile hugh, stryctly surcumsized hahahha,well we didn’t wanna mix with you either we like bacon hahah
Report Post »I-HATE-THE-WORD-DISENFRANCHISE
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:35pmGod said all nations will rise up againt Israel, but he won’t let them be defeated.
Report Post »Unite4America
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:00pmI fear for what is about to happen. All hel- is about to break loose over there. These ships are not coming for goodwill. Is there any way to inspect them I wonder? Is there no authority at all over anyone anymore so that we know what they are carrying and what they may be up to?
Report Post »Heavens help all of us and Israel and all those people. I do know, based on things Obama has said, that he has very little support for Israel. There are so many billions of Muslims, they cannot be stopped. They know that this president is sympathetic to their cause and is weak. They said so, in those exact words. They said, we have no strong leadership and our president is nothing to worry about for he is ignorant on such matters and has no skills in leading this country. The time is ripe, they claim. I tend to take them seriously. Now we will see demonstrations and violence in every City and State in tis Country. It is coming.
Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:02pmBring it, can;t wait. We like to fight, we don’t lose tough.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:50pm“Iran” is the Farsi word for “Land of the Aryans.” Muslims were big fans of Adolph Hitler and, as a matter of fact, the shah of Iran changed the name of the country from Persia to Iran in 1935 to show his support for the Nazis. Keeping this in mind, does anyone really think Ahmadinejad is kidding when he says he wants to wipe Israel off the map?
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:52pmWhile this is actually a pretty interesting tidbit of information (I learned something today, thanks!), I cannot see how it is relevant to the situation of today.
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:33pm“I cannot see how it is relevant to the situation of today.”
Non-sequitur, I have no doubt that YOU don’t…..
“(I learned something today, thanks!),…”
You should come back every day from now on,….
and get a real education, b/c you didn’t get one at your public school system,…
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:53pmWhy so hostile there, champ?
“Non-sequitur, I have no doubt that YOU don’t…..”
Well, enlighten me how something that happened long before Ahmadinejad came into power in Iran is of any relevance today? This was long before even Israel existed in its current form.
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:48pmThis is just to prove to the world that Iran has the right to pass through the Suez, and to prove that Israel can do NOTHING about it, a very good move by the Iranian’s!!! Israel, you have just been exposed as a weakling, you have no power!!
anthonyebaker
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:46pmSurface to surface missles…. that is.
Report Post »anthonyebaker
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:46pmIt has already been confirmed that the ships are carrying mid-range missles and are expected to doc in Syria for delivery.
Report Post »anthonyebaker
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:34pmThis story is badly out of date/time/sync! A major sand storm has hindered satellite surveillance of the Red Sea / Suez area. Intelligence has relied on information gathered from the area which is proving to be misleading. The Iranian Warships passed through the Suez canal Sunday morning and gained free access to the open seas of the Medeterranian. Information can be validated at Debka dot com. Things just got serious!
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:42pmWhat exactly are two ships, one of them a supply vessel, going to do in the Mediterranean? Invade Corsica?
Report Post »ThomasUSA
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:03pmI agree.. this situation has taken a very dangerous turn. Thank you for the heads-up on this. I doubt that a sandstorm would prevent modern satellite technology from knowing the whereabouts of these ships. I’ll almost bet there is a sub or something that is up close and personal as we speak. Special ops had those ships tagged not long after they left their port.
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:34pmYes I worked in Aushwitz, did you work In the Gaza srip? Did your moomy just build a home in the occupied East Jerusalem?
Report Post »WHIZ
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:01pmPOLISH_SENSATION:
I’ve been out of work for a while now ever since the financial crises. I need a job! If you could put in a good word for me I will do my best. I’m proficient in gas piping. I can do it all, from showers to ovens, including the venting systems. I know how to weld and I’ve worked on a lot of high-psi gas systems in the past. I also have my OSHA certification and never had a leak on any one of my jobs.
I use to work at a gypsy camp but I was laid off so they could hire illegal immigrants instead. I think it had something to do with the new environmental regulations (RED TAPE) and the company is shutting down soon so they can move to China.
On the job I don’t talk about politics nor do I discus what happens at work (don‘t ask don’t tell is my philosophy). I just want to make an honest living so I can have a better life. I have no problems with working weekends and I’m willing to travel.
My dziadak use to work in the business before he retired; he passed † a couple of years ago.
I tried to get into the union but they were only hiring minorities so they could meet their quotas. I wanted to start my own business but I predict taxes are going to skyrocket and I can’t afford Obama care. In 1988, I received the ‘Gas Piping Nazi Award’ (GPNA) but in the face of diversity, it’s just a piece of paper.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:24pm@ all
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no censorship
Report Post »ThomasUSA
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:18pmWe know for sure that Ahmedinejad and his “12′rs” literally want all hell to break loose and will do whatever they can, to cause it. I pray for Israel, to receive wisdom, insight, and protection. And I pray for the world that the organized attack on all individual liberties to establish state control and “social justice”, is exposed for the lie that it is: Power and control over the individual.
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:30pmIf Iran or Muslim’s as a whole ever tryed to attack Europe or America/Canada/New Zealand etc then we would react. But do not use the “12th Imam” as a tool to get us to insight Armagedon!!
Report Post »ilovetheusa1
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:39pmby “we”, you don’t mean the Muslim president. he would bomb us before he bombed his brothers in solidarity.
Report Post »mingfurecon
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:16pmOur dear leader is just along for the ride and has not a clue as to what he is doing. Since he has taken office the globe is on a one way ticket to oblivion. If this guy is not evil incarnate, he is certainly joined at the hip with those who would rather see this country and the globe smashed to hell, than take arms up against the Iranians or whomever. It’s really pathetic and sad that we have elected the most incompetent thug that ever made his way into politics.
Report Post »jinx83
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:17pmHA i didn’t elect him.. the people who did should feel stupid & sorry.. They have no clue either.
Report Post »GumbyGunslinger
Posted on February 21, 2011 at 12:30amI’m rather surprised that it took the third world countries in the MidEast to realize that all the bowing and scraping Barry Soetero (Peanut Butter Up His) was a signal that they could get away with anything they had a mind to attempt because our military was otherwise pre-occupied in other endeavors.
His attempts to neuter our military (along with Bush’s ignorant rules of engagement) have made us look so inept the muslims have decided to push their luck and see what they can get away with for the next two years.
With Hussein (PBUH) at the wheel, pandering to the cult of death, they think they are the coolest on the block now. When the useful idiots finally realize they are first on the execution list, it will be too late for them to prevent losing their heads. (Figuratively and literally) I don’t want to see them on the other side.
I won’t go quietly into the night either.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:11pmHaving a nincompoop in the White House who has alienated our ally Israel certainly doesn’t help this very explosive situation.
Iran wants Israel to react so they can usher in utter chaos and their 12th Imam.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 8:36pmThey are going to be stationed at a port in Syria that is being renovated by the Russian Navy so do you think that the latest Russian Anti-Aircraft missle system will be transfered to the supply ship and then sent by Canal back to Iran???
Report Post »ilovetheusa1
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:03pmtoo bad our own country has been stripped of it’s pride because of this coward potus. Israel and it‘s citizen’s must feel so abandoned.
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:08pmWhat about the poor Palestinian kid’s? There living in concentration camp’s and your dumb ass feels sorry for Israel?
Report Post »ilovetheusa1
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:18pmthe pals are living in luxury, I am not too worried about them. if it was so bad, their responsible parents wouldn’t be making more kids.
Report Post »Viva Israel.
1TrueOne55
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 8:34pm@Polish_Sensation:
When was the last time you went to the West Bank? Mine was nearly twenty years ago and I never saw any Concentration Camps like you claim and if there are any it is because Hamas and the PLO have turned them into one. Since the Palestinians want to wipe Israel off the map which is not what the 1948 UN Resolution creating Israel was about. Jews and Palestinians have lived in peace for Centuries in that part of the world. It wasn’t until European Jews abandoned by the Free World that liberated them and refused to repatriot them or accept them into their country we have this problem. It was Harry Truman President of the US that under the Progressive caucus of the Democratic Party of 1948 refused to allow the European Jews into the US so the were basically People with out a country and it was Truman that went to the UN to offer up Palestine as a place to go since all through recorded history the land had Jews in its territory.
And with this latest threat we don’t know what those ships have on board and they could be supplying hezbullah with newer long range missiles that could strike into Jerusalem the Great City of David and of Soloman the son of David and Bathsheba.
Report Post »mamiesgirl
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:50pmPOLISH_SENSATION Do you really believe that? If so, I have oceanfront property in Oklahoma if you are interested.
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:01pmYeah dude. Have Muslim‘s and Christian’s fought wars, yes. But these wars were for the benefit of Christian‘s or Muslim’s, not for the benefit of some foreign people-in this case JEWS. Another issue I have with Israel and there people is that they are so talented in lying, using, manipulating people that you just can’t trust them, PERIOD!!. Muslim’s hate us because we have killed there people, tryed to force our way of life on them, protected there enemy Israel and other issues that we should have not done. How to solve the probl: Aplologize, let Israel deal with the problems they created with there own blood, leave there people to run there countries however they feel is appropriate, and put simpy LEAVE THEM THE “F” alone.
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:02pmI have ocean front property for you in Switezerland.
Report Post »absolutely
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:14pm@ Sensation ……..I‘m doing my best to not refer to the status of your intelligence I don’t think name calling is the way to go. Apparently you’ve missed a lot though, the Koran doesn’t say kill infidels because they side with Jews and kill Muslims now does it? No, it says kill infidels if they won’t become Muslims. I would suggest you need to educate yourself since the government education system has failed you miserably. Absolutely
Report Post »HITLER-HIDING-IN-SF
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:27pmPolish Sensation
Report Post »Did you work in Auschwitz?
jbentley777
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 8:14pmI feel sorry for you polish. Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that christ is Lord.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:44pmIf P-Bo wasn’t so busy with Wisconsin he could get involved with looming crisis but wait its Iran..Never mind he was told not to interfer The Bowing Fool
Report Post »KornHuskerKid
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:43pmAll it would take would be a localized EMP strike above Israel and most of their civilian and military infrastructure would be rendered inoperable. All without firing a shot, or destroying the holy sites revered by Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Israel would then be ripe for attack from all sides…
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:34pmIran will not be in power long…they have a madman leading this country and most of the people in Iran are good people who want this regime to end, they are different from Egypt.
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:35pmAre you a liberal-jew by any chance?
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:37pm“they have a madman leading this country and most of the people in Iran are good people who want this regime to end,”
True. What they’re doing is praiseworthy.
“they are different from Egypt.”
How so?
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:31pmIsrael is caught between a rock and a hard place. They are in for a brutal fight, and they know it. Once the muslims take control or obliterate Israel they will set their sights on the US. We all know this, as it is what they say they will do. Akhmidenojahd is a lunatic, he wants to bring about the apocalypse. Where is Obama on this? His silence is deafening. He is not representing the will of the people of the US, he is representing his own will.
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:39pmIf we appolagize to the Muslims for being mislead by the Zionist Jew’s we will be forgiven, we just have to side with the good people (muslims) and help them take out or teach Israel a lesson. If we do not do this we will be sending our brother‘s and sister’s to die for a people that has used and manipulated us for centuries.
Venom
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:05pm@polish So are you a Nazi or do you just like to be a jerk?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:25pmA Pollack walked into a bar with a duck under his arm. The bartender saw them and said, “Hey, what are you doing bringing that pig in here?” The Pollack answered, “That’s not a pig; it’s a duck.” And the bartender replied, “I was talking to the duck!”
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:50pm@Gonzo
Huh, that’s weird. I heard the same joke in Germany. Seems like some things don’t care about borders.
Report Post »mill
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:39pmNo, he is obviously with the leaders of the middle east.
And so it begins. Prepare, it will come in the dead of the night and we will all be stunned.
Report Post »fixer
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:11pmwe had better stand behind Israel because they are God‘s chosen and God doesn’t lose…ever!
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:15pmPeace!
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:34pmPiece of something…..I doubt cake
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:10pmIs that rest in peace??
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:29pmIsrael: “you wanna piece of ME?”
Report Post »Venom
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:12pmIt seems like Iran’s leadership wants to get vaporized, don’t it?
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:56pmThat’s a great idea….did I say that out loud?
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:01pmThe best thing for Israel to do is to watch them unless the ships enter their waters & I don’t know if we can call the 2 ships warships , they’re so old & outdated .
Report Post »Israel should react to the Iranian nuclear program instead of attacking 2 worthless ships .
This is just a propaganda by Iran that will give some moral gain to Syria & the terrorist group hezbollah .
Hopefully that the youth in Iran will soon get rid of this terrorist regime in which I doubt that Obama will have the guts to really support the freedom movement in Iran , it’s really too bad to miss such an opportunity .
Non-sequitur
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:08pm“I doubt that Obama will have the guts to really support the freedom movement in Iran , it’s really too bad to miss such an opportunity .”
In this case, Obamas weak backbone is actually a good thing. The Iranians need to win their freedom for themselves. If a foreign power supports them it’ll give their enemies more ammunition to destroy the freedom movement, i.e. it’d be easier to order the Iranian army to shoot foreign-backed revolutionary elements than to shoot their own people.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:45pmHe needs to show some kind of support , golf isn’t everything
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:52pm“He needs to show some kind of support , golf isn’t everything”
Tell that to my father :)
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:00pmNON-SEQUITUR
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:52pm
“He needs to show some kind of support , golf isn’t everything”
Tell that to my father :)
Report Post »___________________
Nah I won’t tell him that :)
Non-sequitur
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:37pmYou better not, the old man goes crazy without at least two games a week.
He’s a retiree and not the president however, so I think he earned it ;)
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:40pmThe two Iranian vessels are basically tug boats with a machine gun. Not much of a real threat. I’m sure their actions have all kinds of political and strategic ramifications. They would probably like nothing better than to get an aggressive response from Israel in this political climate. The scariest thing is that Aquavelvazad wants to cause chaos setting off world war 3. He probably won’t push it too far until he gets his nuclear weapons and then all bets are off.
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:12pmCan you say, “I see Danger”? You have NO CLUE what is about to happen.
Report Post »Venom
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:13pmYeah like WWIII
Report Post »mcfinch
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:16pmThis does seem a bit scary.
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Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:20pmThis is very serious indeed. While I think this is merely a diversionary tactic by the leaders of Iran, it has the potential to set off a huge powder keg in the region. There is already plenty of unrest in the Middle East, this certainly will not help. I don’t think Israel will play around on this one, nor should they.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Muslim Brotherhood video
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:21pmIran is just screwing with Israel hoping Israel will attack them.
Persians invented Chess. If you ever played Chess you would know sometimes you flaunt open easy moves to tempt your opponents hand. This is just that…Nothing more.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:22pmYou know what we need ?
Report Post »A tough letter denouncing the Iranian defiance , in all caps and large font , from Hussain to Iamanutjob , personally delivered to Tehran by Baaaneee Faank ..
NickDeringer
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:49pmThey are slowly tightening the noose around Israel’s neck. This is not going to end well.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:51pmWhat are they up to? NO GOOD!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:55pmHow do we know that nut job ruler from Iran isn’t aboard one of these ships in an effort to flee Iran before the revolutionary takeover?
Report Post »_waTson_
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 3:59pmWhat’s the saying “seize the moment”
a) they have the approved jihad
b) they have unrest
c) they have a weak/hmm, how shall I say this, they have a passive Obama who’s more worried about carefully selected words then sound action
d) and then there’s Hillary (who takes off to Haiti during Egypt uprising and who’s big statement to the world is: “they’ll work it out”) sheesh
Iran will play this card and in my opinion it will backfire.Why?
Because Israel’s (THANK GOD) with our without the US blessing (although they have mine) will not mess around with this.
Oh and then there is that UNREST in Iran and it’s not the first time, the majority of Iranian’s hate Ahmadinejad. So hmm, things ought to get interesting soon.
I pray for Israel.
Report Post »HITLER-HIDING-IN-SF
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:00pmScary ships. I wonder if the 12th Iman is on it?
Report Post »EP46
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:47pmI agree, this should be the top story on all news outlets. Israel will not sit back…but we can be sure obama will do nothing to help the Jewish people in Israel…and he will do nothing to protect America.
Report Post »Unite4America
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:03pmI agree totally.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:09pmand…..
Report Post »npbreakthrough
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:35pmsomebody on another headline just brought up a very good theory,…….this is just a distraction from the crackdown on protesters
cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:48pm
I agree Robert. Like I said before, the whole sending of the warships through the Suez Canal was a diversionary tactic. The leaders of Iran will not play around with the protestors, but they also don’t want the rest of the world watching how they deal with the people in the streets of Tehran.
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:39pmThe best distraction is, in my opinion, the multitude of revolutions happening right now. While there are still many deaths and casualties in Iran, the situation in Lybia is far worse and will thusly get more press coverage. So I cannot see why Iran would want to draw more attention to itself by sending warships through the canal.
Report Post »REDPILLREADY
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:11pm“He said Iran is also signaling to Israel that it is prepared to protect its allies Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon…”
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They are emboldened to do so for good reason. Fear and intimidation not to eff with the US and Israel has played a big role in keeping what peace there has been. But two years of Obama bowing and apologizing to the Islamic world and undermining Israel (most recently last week in UN vote) has emboldened the Iranians and radical Islamists who view weakness as a sign from Allah to advance on the victory he is preparing. This is the kind of incompetent foreign diplomacy and feeble posturing that starts big wars.
Spike143
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:06pmI don’t think Israel will be playing that game. If attacked I hope they nuke them all. No more Mr. nice guy. I just hope our President stands with Israel if something happens. And stop with the humanitarian crap and just nuke the whole middle east and put an end to the people that want to kill Americans and Jews.
Report Post »theCREATORisGOD
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:08pmDanger indeed.
To anyone that thinks Ahmadinejad is on one of those ships fleeing his country…I really hope you’re kidding. I‘ve ben reading and studying this man’s every move for the past 5 years and any one that knows just the least bit of information about him would know that he is one arrogant, cocky, confident man that would have to be shot dead and dragged out of his country before he ever willing left it. He has much bigger goals and problems to deal with than the couple thousand protestors in his country. He believes his very reason for living is to usher the Mahdi into Iran and to then “take care of” the little and big Satan’s. He believes the Awaited One is in the middle east right now directing all of the protest and chaos and that he is about to make himself known to world. Ahmadinejad is simply following orders right now from the Mahdi’s chosen leaders. Do you think it was a coincidence that chaos broke out in Egypt, or may it have been a well designed assault to take out the Westerner’s and Israeli major middle eastern ally so that they could utilize the Suez for strategic military purposes?
These two little Iranian warships “peacefully” sailing through the Suez will go down in history as the catapults that started the apocalypse.
Report Post »jbentley777
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:54pmAhmadinejad knows he and his radical freaks are limited on time. Everyone knows obama will turn a blind eye when it comes to Gods chosen people, but he’s out next election so I fear they will act very soon. BUCKLEUP
Report Post »TerryDo
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 8:13pmPolish_Sensation
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:48pm
Left-wing liberal’s, not the people. We should have a vote, should we send billions to Israel while we are 15 trill’ in debt, or should we keep those billions to reduce the debt, I think I know the answer already. I talked to this Jew named Eugene Levant after we had some beer and I asked him what he thinks about taxes and rasing them, he said ” I could care less, Jew’s pay taxes in the U.S. but they don’t care because all the Jewish tax money goes back to Israel”. I almost knocked him out when I heard that.
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Report Post »That is an outrageous statement and an anti-Semitic provocation.
Next you will be saying that all the taxes the Muslims pay in this country goes back to Saudi Arabia et al.
Or maybe all the taxes you pay should be sent to Poland!
watchtheotherhand
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 8:56pmI believe the reason(s) cannot be simplified in this situation. One has to consider the timing for one. This happened on the heels of Mubarek leaving Egypt. Iran would never have been given permission to pass through the canal with him in power. So in one sense this was a testing of the waters in Egypt with regard to the military leaders. It was also (once approved) a rubbing of Israel’s nose in the fact that Egypt has changed, and probably with regard to Israel not for the better. It is also, I believe, a shot across the bow, a “go ahead and do something, I dare you” exercise. To degrade Israel by doing something that hasn’t happened in years. I doubt this has much to do with the protests as this action was set in motion shortly before the protests began. Think of this similarly to North Korea testing missiles, to ridicule or mock in a way South Korea and the US. They weren’t stupid enough to actually want war with either. However, I do not want to down play the lunacy of Mahmoud Imamindfreak either. Madmen are always capable of defying reason and choosing irrational choices. That’s why I believe Israel must watch them very intensely, but not be lured into striking first at this point if the provocation remains just passing through the Suez Canal. Just my 2 cents
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:11pmhttp://www.businessinsider.com/dylan-ratigan-goldman-sachs-is-robbing-us-blind-2009-10
Report Post »TikeSissy
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:38pmLet us all keep Israel in our prayers. Please, do not for get our friends in Israel.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:44pmIt isn’t Danger, it‘s a childish game right out of North Korea’s play book to create a threat to lift sanctions.
Call Irans bluff. What would Harry Callahan say?
Report Post »4PERCENTER
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 10:13pmIt’s worse than we think. I’d suspect they have a nuck on that ship. The new conflict in Libya turns all heads while they slip out the back door into the Atlantic, headed for the US, and obama will choose to do nothing until provoked – fire a weapon at us. This will be an EMP attack using the same missile we saw them test on TV about 2 years ago! Get yourself 6 months of food. Hurry before it cost you $6,000/person, and the shelves are bare, like EGYPT! Most emergency food providers are reporting shortages already. Be prepared. Go to http://www.millionaiares.nsedreams.com/. Click on Shop, then at the bottom, click full catalog, then click the Nourish the Children tab. Click consume. 1 Vita Meal bag will feed a child 2 meals, and an adult 1 meal a day for 1 month! To see details click on Learn More. What do you do with the leftovers? With a 3 year shelf life, eat it and buy more
Report Post »redyanqui
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:14pmits a cruiser type ship and a supply ship. this obviously means every single israeli man woman and child will die a brutal death, obviously.
Report Post »1911a1
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:26pmI am sure Tehran knows we have a sub or two in the persian.gulf , perhaps we should have a few missile launch drills off their coast ? give em an idea perhaps they might want to reconsider their path to imminent destruction ?
Report Post »GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:49pmWhere is my freedom from zionism (religion)?
OHH let’s follow a 3000yr old book and abandon the 200yr old CONSTITUTION!!
Report Post »pugsly84
Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:57pmOur COOTUS(community organizer of the united states) is too busy sticking his nose in states business to worry about things of such importance
Report Post »jblaze
Posted on February 21, 2011 at 1:59pmIn the short term Libya, Eritrea and Ethiopia will align with Iran. Jordan will NOT. Israel will turn to Germany for protection because they can no longer count on the US. After Iran takes East Jerusalem by force it will be Germany i.e. the EU combined that will take out Iran the King of the South. Germany will double cross the Jews “and when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place; Mat. 24:15; and :21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
http://www.thetrumpet.com/?page=kod
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:14amSaw some video footage of protesters in Tunisia who surrounded a synagogue and threatened to kill Jews “They carried banners and shouted slogans such as ”Jews wait, the army of muhammad is coming back”” Dark times we are headed into Becks middle east map isnt just on fire its a raging inferno like the ones in CA where they just get to a point and let things burn because its so out of control!
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