Chad Irby wrote in message ...
In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" wrote:

In message , ArtKramr
writes
Subject: Iran Capable of Hitting Israel
From: "Wolfie"
Israel has the "you can't get there from here" problem with
that scenario in Iran. They'd have to overfly either Saudi
Arabia or US-controlled Iraq. The US certainly won't
let a strike mission be flown under it's CAP while trying
to get Iraq under control.

(Odds are it won't happen. Hitting Osiraq was a serious stretch with
much less political trouble, and even though Israel turned that raid
into a remarkable success it should be remembered how marginal it was)

Note that the Osiraq raid by Israel only happened *after* a failed
attack by Iran...

Wrong.

It happened in coordination with the Iranians: each side destroyed a
specific part of the installations - and did this with the help of the
other's side intel. By demolishing the Osirak 1 reactor ONLY the
Israelis would not be able to destroy and considerably postpone the
Iraqi project; so, somebody had to do the rest, don't you think so?

The question was only if it was in the interest of the political
commanders of this "somebody" to let the public know in full what the
"traitors" of that "disloyal", "pro-royal" etc. service are really
doing and capable - or not.


Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988
http://www.schifferbooks.com/militar...764316699.html

Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585