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To the rest: You don't have to like it, you never do anyhow. We will do what we think is necessary to survive. If this mean $12 gas for you, so be it. I've been paying $8 for the last year, you can do it too. You don't have to fight, you don't have to pay, you don't have to do a damn thing. But when we do what we need to do, don't bitch about it, you had your chance to change the outcome and didn't.

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Financial System Preparing for Iran Strike, Says Fischer

Bank of Israel Governor says the financial system is preparing for an Israeli strike in Iran and a resulting downturn in the economy.

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US says has 'eyes' inside Iran nuclear program

In remarks seemingly directed at Israel, Washington asserts it would know once Iran acquired the knowledge, capability and materials to build nuclear bomb; former CIA official suggests Obama may accept nuclear Iran

Top officials in Jerusalem said on Friday that Barak was the most vehement advocate for a strike on Iran, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still has reservations and is yet to decide about the best course of action.

"Barak is advocating for action and the defense establishment is investing billions to prepare for an Israeli military operation," an official close to the issue told Ynet.

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Focusing on stopping ballistic missiles and featuring thousands of soldiers, the October drill will simulate simultaneous rocket fire from Syria and Iran

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landshark you've obviously never set foot in the middle East. You should go. It's very interesting

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IDF to test emergency text-message alerts to Israelis' cell phones

Officials expect the system to be operational by next month.

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36 Iranian oil tankers reflagged with the Tanzanian flag without the country's knowledge

Tanzania said it was now in the process of de-registering the vessels after an investigation into the origin of the ships concluded they were originally from Iran.

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Israeli official: Iran has made progress toward nuclear warhead

The new intelligence was introduced as a last-minute update to the special National Intelligence Estimate on the Iranian nuclear program that was submitted to U.S. President Barack Obama a week ago.

The official, who asked to remain anonymous, said new intelligence obtained by the United States, Israel and other Western countries shows that the Iranian activity around the "weapon group" - the final stage in the development of a nuclear weapon - is progressing far beyond the scope known to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The new intelligence was introduced as a last-minute update to the special National Intelligence Estimate on the Iranian nuclear program that was submitted to U.S. President Barack Obama a week ago.

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IDF redeploys munitions, supply reserves

Military said to be dispersing rations, munitions and strategic supplies among facilities nationwide in order to protect them during wartime

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The Zionist case against attacking Iran

The first effect of a conflict would be rocketing oil prices. Barrel price estimates in a war scenario range from US$150 to around double this amount. What will this mean to a Europe tethering on the brink of bankruptcy? Can the USA assist Israel militarily without being embroiled in a war that aggravates its deficit and debt problems?

The effects of an oil price surge in addition to market volatility make economic forecasting models predict war will generate a global recession. This situation will generate the kind of mass unemployment which is fertile ground for political extremism.

In such a gloomy climate, the unemployed masses would probably pick a more conventional scapegoat than Iranian Shiites for their problems. During the 1930s millions of Europeans and Americans believed that Jewish financiers had a hand in causing the Great Depression. It would be wise for Israel’s leaders to consider how a global economic slump triggered by an Israeli attack would benefit anti-Semites.

The blowback from a rushed Israeli attack on Iran will probably be another “peace conference” where an irate Europe, an enraged Russia, and an exhausted America impose on Israel what the international community still regards as the panacea to the Israeli-Muslim conflict: a full withdrawal from the West Bank along the borders of 1967.

Even if an attack on Iran delays its nuclear program for a few years, the dynamics of Middle East diplomacy mean that Israel will pay the bill for any war by giving Fatah & Hamas a state in the West Bank. Will this state be peaceful? Given the Gaza precedent the evidence suggests that this state will be an irredentist proxy of an Iran bent on revenge. And given that in a few years Iran might very well be able to rebuild its nuclear capabilities it appears short-sighted to pay for evanescent gains with a strategic calamity.

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Saudis Alarm Pakistan With India Outreach

The Washington Post reports that Saudi Arabia hopes to improve ties with India by deporting an Indian national who is accused of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack and planning to extradite another.

“For years, India watched helplessly as many of its most wanted terrorism suspects traveled freely to Saudi Arabia from Pakistan with new identities and passports and without fear of arrest,” the newspaper writes. No more, it seems.

The deportations are part of a charm offensive on the oil kingdom’s part. After Saudi king Abdullah visited New Delhi in 2006, the two countries signed cooperation agreements in 2010 on counterterrorism, energy and narcotics. Last year, Riyadh agreed to double its oil exports to India to help it reduce its reliance on Iran.

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Turkey says it will do ‘whatever is required' against Iran

In a sign of a further rift with its mullah regime neighbor, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç slammed Iran on Thursday, saying that the Turkish government is disturbed by Iran's stance against Turkey.

Speaking to a group of reporters over an iftar (fast-breaking) dinner, Arınç said that Ankara is uncomfortable with the positions the Iranian government has taken recently towards Turkey on a number of issues, not necessarily tied to the Syrian crisis.

“What I mean by disturbing behavior [by the Iranian regime] is not related to Syria,” he said, stressing that Turkey will do ‘whatever is required” to counter Iranian threats.

The Turkish minister implied that a recent surge in terror attacks in Turkey's Southeast has the backing of Iran. “We have received information that Kurdistan Workers' Party [PKK] terrorists infiltrated from the Iranian side of the border and that they were stationed in the Şehidan camp [in Iran] and crossed into Turkey from the region of Harkuk in northern Iraq,” he said.

Based on government intelligence, Today's Zaman reported on Friday that the PKK had relocated some of its militants from hideouts in northern Iraq's Kandil Mountains to a terror camp on the Turkish-Iranian border, from where it can launch attacks against targets in Turkey.

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Russia May Withdraw Support for Iran over S-300 Lawsuit

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Iran's ambassador to Russia said that Moscow canceled the deal in exchange for assurances the West would not attack Iran's nuclear facilities

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And to ANYONE who REALLY cares about Israelis (which is different than Israel's government)

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Israel's prime minister says the threat from Iran dwarfs all others the Jewish state faces.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday: "Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons."

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1 of the U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyers suffered minor damage when it collided with an oil tanker early Sunday just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

The collision left a gaping hole in the starboard side of USS Porter but no one was injured on either vessel, the U.S. Navy said in a statement. The collision with the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan occurred at approximately 1 a.m. local time.

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Olmert: Israeli strike on Iran without U.S. okay 'irresponsible'

Olmert tells crowd in northern Israeli college that the Iranian nuclear project has not 'reached a level that forces Israel to act immediately or in the near future.'

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Dozens protest potential Iran strike in front of Ehud Barak's Tel Aviv home (Haaretz)

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Poll: 64% of Israelis think country's shouldn't strike Iran's nuclear facilities (Ch. 10)

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Decision by Netanyahu, Barak to strike Iran is almost final — Israel TV