[WCUSP] Israel's Ofef-7 Satellite Launch Successful as US Ready to Strike Iran

[KATHARLOW at aol.com]

"Meanwhile, as diplomatic moves aimed at  forcing Iran to halt its nuclear 
program continue to fail, Ofek-7 will  undoubtedly aid in any future military 
action that Israel or the US may take  against Teheran.....

“I think  we've got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against 
the Iranians  to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,” said Connecticut 
Senator Joseph  Lieberman. 

_http://www.infoisrael.net/cgi-local/text.pl?source=2/a/ix/110620071_ 
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Ofek-7 Spy Satellite Launch  Successful as US Ready to Strike Iran

By Amihai  Zippor
Israel Hasbara Committee

(IHC News,  11 June 2007) Israel successfully launched its Ofek-7 spy 
satellite  late Sunday night, 10 June 2006.

Replacing the older Ofek-5, the updated  device has extensive improvements 
over its predecessor, Ofek-6, which failed  after take-off in 2004.

“With this launch we have improved Israel's  operational capabilities by 
dozens of percent,” director of Space Programming at  the Ministry Of Defense 
(MOD) Research and Development Directorate, Brig.-Gen.  Haim Eshet, said. 

Though Defense Minister Amir Peretz also described the  launch, as “an 
important layer to Israel's security and it is evidence of  Israel's technological 
strength”, military officials refused to divulge what  enhancements make the 
Ofek-7 of superior quality.

Meanwhile, as  diplomatic moves aimed at forcing Iran to halt its nuclear 
program continue to  fail, Ofek-7 will undoubtedly aid in any future military 
action that Israel or  the US may take against Teheran. 

Senior US military officers told The  Jerusalem Post on Sunday that they are 
giving President George W Bush their full  backing to stop Iran from building 
the bomb.

US politicians are also  raising their voices in favor of stopping Iran 
militarily, though not only  because of the nuclear problem.

“I think we've got to be prepared to take  aggressive military action against 
the Iranians to stop them from killing  Americans in Iraq,” said Connecticut 
Senator Joseph Lieberman. 

Lieberman  noted, “that would include a strike over the border into Iran, 
where we have  good evidence that they have a base at which they are training 
these people  coming back into Iraq to kill our  soldiers.”





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