U.S.A. is Selling to Anti-Iranian Arab Countries
A wide array of defensive weapons against Iran,
Installing the future war’s necessary Components,
Antimissile Defenses Preparations For A Final War!
W ar Will Begin
at Some Point in Time Prior To 2015
As a conventional Middle East Islam-Israel Conflict!
Defense systems will be in place when war Begins!
February 7, 2010
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Begin Excerpt 1 from Siasit Daily Islamic News via World News
Iran tells Gulf States not to buy ‘ineffective’ US missiles
Friday, 5 February 2010
Tehran, February 05: A senior Iranian military official told Gulf states on Thursday not to squander money on US missiles, adding that Iran can render them useless, the state news agency IRNA reported.
Tehran had on Wednesday slammed plans by the United States to beef up its military in the Gulf.
“Installing anti-missile Patriot missiles is a new trick to empty the pockets of rich Persian Gulf countries,” said General Hassan Firuzabadi, the joint chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces.
“Patriot missiles can be rendered ineffective by simple tactics, and I advise the regional countries, especially Muslim states, not to waste their money on these missiles which have not worked anywhere,” he said.
US President Barack Obama’s administration is reportedly placing ships with missile-targeting capabilities off Iran’s coast, and anti-missile systems in at least four Gulf states — Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
US ally Bahrain acknowledged on Wednesday that Gulf military defences were being upgraded but urged Iran not to see them as plans for attack.
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards official also said on Wednesday that Iran had developed anti-armor weapons which can combat US Apache helicopters and armored tanks.
“The enemy should not think their Apache helicopters can have the same power that they have in Iraq and Afghanistan in Iran,” Naser Arab-beigi, who heads the self-sufficiency organization of the Revolutionary Guards, told Fars news agency.
” We will end Apache power by our measures.
Their armored tanks will be met with the firm response of our weapons,” he said.
—Agencies
Begin Excerpt 2 from THE JERUSALEM POST
J’lem OK with US arms sales in Gulf
BY HILLARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT
O7/02/2010 O2:13
Billions of dollars in deals meant to counter Iranian threat.
WASHINGTON – The Israeli government and pro-Israel advocates aren’t opposing recent US arms deals with Gulf countries, sources have told The Jerusalem Post.
Top US commander General David Petraeus made a rare public confirmation of US Patriot missile batteries being stationed in four Gulf states last month, which Capitol Hill sources identified as Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE. They also mentioned that the shorter-range THAAD missile defense system and F-16s were components of additional billion-dollar packages.
Petraeus’s remarks came as the United States has also moved Aegis ballistic missile cruisers into the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean, conducted a massive missile defense drill with Israel and started speaking more openly about “consequences” should Iran continue with its pursuit of nuclear capabilities.
“Iran is clearly seen as a very serious threat by those on the other side of the Gulf front, and indeed, it has been a catalyst for the implementation of the architecture that we envision and have now been trying to implement,” Petraeus said in his comments at the Institute for the Study of War on January 22.
Though in the past, arms dealing to Israel’s neighbors has often been met with concern by Israel and its allies in Washington, the present steps are understood to be focused on shoring up regional defensive capabilities against Iran and sending a message to Teheran
of deterrence and seriousness, sources said.
Several Congressional staffers told the Post that they haven’t been contacted by the Israeli government or pro-Israel lobbyists on the issue, as is usually the case if those parties have objections to policies.
“I haven’t heard anyone from the Israeli embassy complaining,” said one legislative aide.
“We are in full cooperation with the administration and it is something which we follow, as we follow every development in the region,” said embassy spokesman Jonathan Peled when asked about the deals. “There is an intensive dialogue and full cooperation and these things are discussed openly.”
Another Israeli official speaking anonymously due to the sensitivity of the issue said, “Israel understands US interests in sending these systems to Arab countries.” He added that at the same time, America continues to ensure Israel’s military superiority.
“We very much appreciate the US’s continued commitment at the highest levels to maintaining Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge,” he said.
Another Congressional staffer said that he doesn’t see members of Congress mounting an opposition. “Everyone seems to be on board with the strategy, so I don’t think there are any objections to these groups getting primarily defensive equipment.” Arms sales can be blocked by Congress if major resistance and political will to counter them exists, though usually concerns are addressed through backroom discussions and modifications to the packages.
In the past, Israel has expressed strong disapproval of arms sales to the Gulf, notably in the 1980s when the Reagan administration authorized a major deal involving sophisticated aircraft sales to Saudi Arabia. Despite strong opposition from many members of Congress, as well as pro-Israel lobbyists, the sale ended up going through.
More recently, in 2007, another massive deal with Saudi Arabia raised the hackles of some in Congress and the pro-Israel community.
The push-back was significantly less than in the 1980s and didn’t keep the sale from proceeding.
In the current case, some observers have suggested Israel might have concerns because of the leap in capabilities for four additional Gulf countries.
In fact, some Capitol Hill sources indicated the biggest obstacle to transferring the systems hadn’t been Congressional or Israeli apprehension, but the hesitancy of the Gulf states to accept the US weaponry and troops necessary to train locals and operate the equipment given domestic sensitivities over America’s presence.
At the same time, their willingness to heighten their military collaboration with the US sends a signal to Israel that its neighbors take the threat of Iran seriously and are playing on the same team when it comes to countering that threat.
Congressman Steve Rothman (D-New Jersey), who sits on key defense and foreign operations appropriations subcommittees involved, explained that “the piece-by-piece construction of a network of offensive and defensive capabilities” by regional actors as well as the United States – whose own troops also happen to sit in two countries bordering Iran – delivers a strong warning.
“I think it’s a brilliant strategy to send a powerful message to Iran that a first strike for them will be unsuccessful and will cause a devastating regime-changing response from not only Israel but also this alliance,” he said, pointing out that the consequences should change the calculus on Teheran undertaking an attack likely to be repelled in the first place by the sophisticated defensive systems.
“Trying to be a nuclear weapons super-power is not a strategy that its neighbors will permit to happen,” he continued. “We hope that [the US] strategy will encourage Iran to cease and desist from its efforts to weaponize its nuclear program, to make all of its nuclear facilities available to inspectors and to find a way to work with the West on developing any civilian nuclear capability.”
Begin Excerpt 3 from Associated Press via World News
One of the Future War’s Necessary Ingredients
Iran: Moscow gave missile reassurance
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
04/02/2010 21:24
”Our Russian colleagues have assured us they’ll meet their obligations,” says Iranian envoy.
Russia has assured Iran that it still intends to deliver long-range air-defense missiles, the Iranian ambassador in Moscow said Thursday.
Russian news agencies cited Seyyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi as saying, “Our Russian colleagues have assured us that they will meet their obligations.” A Kremlin spokesman declined to comment.
Russia signed a 2007 contract to sell the S-300 missile complex, but so far has not delivered.
The delay has not been explained, but Israel and the United States strongly objected to Iran obtaining the missiles, which would significantly boost the country’s defense capability.
The ambassador was quoted as saying Iran is ready to receive the weapons.
A top Russian arms trade official recently signaled the delivery may go ahead.
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