Iran May Finally Be Forced To Negotiate Nukes!
Sanctions Plus Real Possibility Of Military Strikes
May cause Iran to Allow Full UN Site Inspections,
While Continuing the program Secretly at Hidden
Sites It Had Already Prepared For This Eventuality.
July 27, 2010
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Four factors are pushing Iran into a corner: (1) Increasing sanctions, (2) The real possibility of a strike against her known nuke sites, (3) The growing possibility of an internal revolution, and (4) the fact that many Arab nations are secretly or openly in favor of a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
I suspect Iran will soon return to the negotiating table and agree to a more open UN inspection of her sites, but will secretly continue its nuclear program in places it has already prepared if it was ever forced into a corner.
THE FOUR EXCERPTS FOLLOW WHICH TELL THE STORY:
Begin Excerpt 1 from THE JERUSALEM POST
Canada joins EU, US in unilateral sanctions on Iran
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
07/26/2010
Canada became the latest country to impose unilateral sanctions on Iran Monday, following an adoption of
sanctions by the European Union on the same day.
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Monday the new measures will include a ban on any new Canadian investment in Iran’s oil and gas sector, and restrictions on exporting goods that could be used in nuclear programs.
Iranian banks will also will be barred from opening branches in Canada and Canadian banks will not be able to operate in Iran.
The European Union adopted on Monday a new round of sanctions against Iran to curb oil investment and target items that could be used toward a nuclear program.
Begin Excerpt 2 from DEBKAfile Special Report
Ex-CIA chief Hayden: Military action against Iran “seems inexorable”
DEBKAfile Special Report
July 25, 2010, 10:41 PM (GMT+02:00)
Ex-CIA Director Michael Hayden said Sunday, July 25, that during his tenure (under President George W.
Bush), a strike was “way down the list” of options. But now it “seems inexorable” because no matter what the US does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program.
Talking to CNN’s State of the Union, Gen.
Hayden predicted Iran would build its program to the point where it’s just below having an actual weapon. In his view, “That would be as destabilizing to the region as the real thing.”
DEBKAfile’s sources take this as affirmation that neither Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf states nor Israel will be willing to live on constant edge with an Iran which can build nuclear bombs or warheads whenever it likes.
They note that Hayden has added his voice to a growing number of leading American figures and publications which have indicated in the past fortnight that the military option against Iran has climbed the top of President Barack Obama’s list of priorities.
According to our Washington sources, the US president switched course after hearing Saudi King Abdullah assert explicitly: “We cannot live with a nuclear Iran.”
Abdullah added he no longer believes diplomacy or sanctions will have any effect and made it clear that if the Americans continued to back away from direct action to terminate Iran’s advance on a nuclear bomb, the Saudi and its allies would go their own way on the nuclear issue.
Today, therefore, the White House is no longer willing to countenance Iran’s nuclear development advancing up to the threshold of a weapons capacity and stopping there.
And since Tehran will never cede its prerogative to determine every stage of its nuclear program without outside interference, the only option remaining to the United States is military.
DEBKAfile’s Washington sources add that the White House was finally brought to the point of seriously considering military action against Iran, as Gen.
Hayden noted – not as a result of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s efforts at persuasion – which failed, but because of the Saudi ruler’s ultimatum.
The Middle East can therefore expect far-reaching military shifts and redeployments in the coming weeks -but Israel is not likely to gain any kudos for this new development because it has lost considerable traction under the incumbent government.
Begin Excerpt 3 from THE JERUSALEM POST
Iran opposition warns of revolution
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
07/26/2010
Internal strife as Canada, EU slam Iran with unilateral sanctions.
Iran’s opposition leader said Monday that Ahmadinejad’s regime could suffer the same fate as the deposed Shah if they continue to consolidate their grip on power.
The internal pressure comes as western countries imposed unilateral sanctions on Iran, including Monday’s sanctions from both the EU and Canada, which came in the wake of UN sanctions and a harsher set of unilateral US sanctions in June.
The comments by opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi represent a clear break with a ruling system he was once firmly a part of.
The former prime minister was a fervent supporter of the 1979 revolution that brought cleric-led government to Iran before recasting himself as a leader of the reform-seeking opposition in last year’s disputed presidential election.
In comments on his website Monday, Mousavi accuses hard-liners of moving toward an oppressive, one-party system. Previously, he limited his criticism to authorities’ post-election crackdown rather than taking on the ruling system………
Begin Excerpt 4 from THE JERUSALEM POST
The Gulf heats up
By YOEL GUZANSKY
07/25/2010
Concerns about Iran’s nuclear weapons program are heard these days more in Arabic than any other language, including Hebrew.
In recent weeks, it seems that temperatures on both sides of the Persian Gulf have come to a boil.
Temperatures in the Gulf, although usually high during the summer, reached a peak not due to global warming but because of increasing fear of Iran among Arab Gulf states. Indeed, concerns about Iran’s nuclear weapons program and negative involvement in the region are heard these days more in Arabic than any other language, including Hebrew.
The current peak is associated with a statement made by the United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States, the same kind often heard behind closed doors. The ambassador publicly endorsed the use of the military option to counter Iran’s nuclear program, if sanctions fail. “It’s a cost-benefit analysis – we cannot live with a nuclear Iran…I am willing to absorb what takes place at the expense of the security of the UAE,” he said…………..
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