[propaganda alert]


NATO official: Iran could fire conventional or nuclear missiles into Europe in the foreseeable future


Editorial note:

Echoing the six-month-long intensive propaganda campaign before invading Iraq in 2003, the leading members of the NATO Alliance (US, UK, Germany, France) and Israel are desperately trying to show Iran as a threat, without presenting a shred of evidence.

Now, an anonymous “NATO official” is claiming that Iran is posing a threat not only to Israel, but also to Europe. Even more astonishingly, after 4 years of constant scare-mongering over “Iran’s nuclear threat”, this official is reverting to Clinton administration’s “Iran’s ballistic threat” propaganda.

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1) Iran 'scores points' on IAEA report despite US pressure (29 August 2009)
2) NATO official: Iran could fire conventional or nuclear missiles into Europe (31 August 2009)

3) [from the archives] Longer range on Iranian missile Shahab-4 could hit Central Europe (29 July 1998)

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 http://presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=104726&sectionid=351020101


excerpts from: Iran ‘scores points' on IAEA report despite US pressure

Press TV, 29 August 2009


"Tehran['s ambassador to the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh] says despite US pressure the UN nuclear watchdog has reflected four of the positive steps taken by Iran in the latest report it released on Friday."

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 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251145156719&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter


excerpt from: NATO interest in Iran increasing

by Yaakov Katz , Jerusalem Post, 31 August 2009


"NATO's interest in Iran has dramatically increased in recent months as the Islamic Republic works to upgrade its ballistic missiles and increase their range so they can penetrate deep into Europe, according to officials at the Western military alliance [NATO]. […]

“Iran can now reach Israel but still wants to develop longer ranges. … We believe that in the foreseeable future, Iran could fire conventional or nuclear-tipped missiles into Europe” [a NATO official said].

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from the archives:


excerpts from: Longer range on Iranian missile Shahab-4 could hit Central Europe

by Bill Gertz, Washington Times, 29 July 1998


"Iran is working on a longer-range version of the Shahab-3 [ballistic] missile it flight-tested last week and it could be deployed in two to five years, […] Martin Indyk, assistant [U.S.] secretary of state for Near East affairs, told reporters […]
U.S. intelligence agencies estimate that the Shahab-4 will have a range of up to 1,240 miles - enough to hit targets as far away as Central Europe."

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related links:


Netanyahu: Our lesson from the Holocaust is that threats to our existence must be nipped in the bud (28 August 2009)

 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/netanyahu-the-lesson-of -the-holocaust-is-that-we-should-nip-threats-to-our-existence-in-the-b ud/


Gordon Brown: New sanctions on Iran is a priority
Benjamin Netanyahu: Time is running out (25 August 2009)

 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/uk-new-sanctions-on-ira n-is-a-priority-israel-time-is-running-out/


Israeli ambassador to US: Obama’s end-of-the-year deadline to Iran has been moved up to September (16 August 2009)

 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/israeli-ambassador-to-u s-iranian-nuke-could-wipe-off-israel-in-seconds/


Israeli ambassador to US: Iranian nuke could wipe off Israel in seconds (4 July 2009)

 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/israeli-ambassador-to-u s-iranian-nuke-could-wipe-off-israel-in-seconds/


Obama: The clock is ticking (26 June 2009)

 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/obama-the-clock-is-tick ing/


Obama: Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat to its neighbors (5 April 2009)

 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/obama-irans-nuclear-and -ballistic-missile-activity-poses-a-real-threat-to-its-neighbors/

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