Iran’s Emissary takes to the sky
I woke up early this morning and had the news on, and to my surprise they had a news story that didn’t involve football or any other sports story of any kind … *she says sarcastically*. Anyway, the news was about Iran testing a recent rocket launch.
Hmmmm, now with America hot on that trail and with their aircraft carriers in the gulf and with oil reaching another high because of this test, I reckon this is being regarded as a provocative move by Iran.
While the Eisenhower is ostensibly assisting US operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is the looming threat of Iran that increasingly occupies its attention.
Recent tensions between America and Iran over Teheran’s attempts to develop a nuclear weapon have raised the prospect of its third regional war in a decade.
The addition of a second aircraft carrier to its strike groups has fuelled the belief that America is gearing up for a fight with Iran. Not since the Iraq war in 2003 has America amassed so much fire power around the Gulf. @Telegraph UK
Now, according to Space Today this launch is carrying a satellite called Safir-313. Interesting name really, this is because Safir is a Persian word for emissary. Emissary which means ‘one designated as the agent of another : REPRESENTATIVE … a secret agent’. I wonder what the other agent is? It could be nothing, or it could be something. The something could be extremely concerning, the something I am worried about! And I am not alone.
Who is concerned? Well it seems America is pretty concerned as Cheney is fine with democracy but has also voiced that all options are being discussed. ‘All options‘ means what exactly? I guess time will tell.
Israel is another country that has a lot to lose, I guess it’s taking the threats of annihilation seriously.
So what’s the big deal about a rocket launched into space … well, how about the Electromagnectic Pulse Weapon - EMP - this weapon does not have to be that accurate but can render all technology useless. If you don’t know much about the EMP then this is a weapon that is a major threat to all western countries. The Shahab-3 ballistic missile is quite capable of being armed in this way.
Israel has got hot under the collar and has become really worried because of its vulnerable position and has asked for the all clear so they can fly over Iraq if necessary to do a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s Nuclear facilities.
Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.
To conduct surgical air strikes against Iran’s nuclear programme, Israeli war planes would need to fly across Iraq. But to do so the Israeli military authorities in Tel Aviv need permission from the Pentagon.
A senior Israeli defence official said negotiations were now underway between the two countries for the US-led coalition in Iraq to provide an “air corridor” in the event of the Israeli government deciding on unilateral military action to prevent Teheran developing nuclear weapons.
Iran is also threatening worldwide strikes if attacked.
However, Iran is clearly not doing the right thing with the UN, which is a pretty redundant NGO anyway, but hey … they keep offering more Security Council Resolutions, one after another.
With the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 2003 it has now been 1334 days that this Treaty has been successfully ignored by Iran. For an up to-date report see: 
“Report of the Director General of the IAEA on the implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006) in Iran“
The IAEA first reported that Tehran had failed to comply with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2003. 980 days later, on March 29, 2006, the Security Council finally became seized of the matter of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Since then we have watched how long it will take the Security Council to live up to its UN Charter obligations to (a) determine Iran’s behavior constitutes a threat to international peace and security, and (b) take serious action to maintain peace and security. On July 31, 2006, the Security Council adopted a resolution under the Charter’s Chapter VII, by implication connecting Iranian misdeeds to a threat to international peace and security. But the only action the Council could muster was another time extension and report due in August 2006. The IAEA reported Iran’s continued non-compliance and August came and went. On December 23, 2006, the Security Council adopted a resolution under Article 41 of Chapter VII - this time involving a sanction scheme so weak that even Iran’s reaction has been muted. In order to gain Chinese and Russian votes on the Council, the scheme gutted earlier European and American drafts. The resolution gave Iran this ultimatum for continued non-compliance of UN pronouncements and resolutions about Iran’s nuclear program: “further decisions will be required.” So the clock keeps ticking while Iran pursues nuclear weapons and the UN has yet to get serious about sanctions that pose any prospect of stopping them before it’s too late. @Eye on the UN
And just if you are interested, I have found a really good blog called Regime Change Iran. It reports the things that are under-reported in the MSM.
Ok people, for some reason my blogs are playing up
I am just writing a quick post about my other blog called ‘journey through the Word’ … for some reason it has become amalgamated with living journey and is playing up big time.
I will have to wait until tomorrow until I send in feedback because they don’t address issues during the weekend.
Hopefully it will have righted itself before then.
My apologies for those who are confused by what has happened but it is beyond my control at this stage.
V
