Saudis will let Israel bomb Iran nuclear site

**WorstPE** · 09-30-09, 09:29 AM

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...n-nuclear-site

INTELLIGENCE chief Sir John Scarlett has been told that Saudi Arabia is ready to allow Israel to bomb Iran’s new nuclear site.

The head of MI6 discussed the issue in London with Mossad chief Meir Dagan and Saudi officials after British intelligence officers helped to uncover the plant, in the side of a mountain near the ancient city of Qom.

The site is seen as a major threat by Tel Aviv and Riyadh. Details of the talks emerged after John Bolton, America’s former UN ambassador, told a meeting of intelligence analysts that “Riyadh certainly approves” of Israel’s use of Saudi airspace.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband acknowledged that the danger of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East was “particularly potent” and refused to rule out military action altogether but he insisted: “We are 100 per cent focused on a diplomatic solution.”

Gordon Brown, US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have warned Iran’s leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that he must allow in weapons inspectors or face more sanctions.

The scene is set for a showdown next Thursday when Iranian officials meet representatives of the E3+3 group of Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia and China in Geneva.

Significantly, Russia, which has previously resisted pressure for sanctions, said it also found the latest disclosures “disturbing”.

The site near Qom was detected three years ago by British, US and French intelligence agencies.

Diplomatic sources said it could hold 3,000 centrifuges, capable of making enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb each year.

This looks like it's heating up rather quickly.

**Glitch** · 09-30-09, 10:15 AM

“Riyadh certainly approves” of Israel’s use of Saudi airspace.

There is a phrase I never expected to see or hear

**CanadianPersian** · 09-30-09, 01:29 PM

that isn't a surprise. Sunni Saudi and Shia Iran are rivals.

**Xavsnipe** · 09-30-09, 01:30 PM

yea it's surprising how this is looking more and more like a real conflict with Iran. WMD's, UN sanctions, threat of imminent military intervention....sound familiar?

**CanadianPersian** · 09-30-09, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

yea it's surprising how this is looking more and more like a real conflict with Iran. WMD's, UN sanctions, threat of imminent military intervention....sound familiar?

i think the world has learned from their extremely stupid mistakes in iraq. i doubt they would repeat it.

**bust331** · 09-30-09, 02:53 PM

Diplomatic sources said it could hold 3,000 centrifuges, capable of making enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb each year.

Sounds like a really tiny number...

**dex71** · 09-30-09, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by CanadianPersian

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

yea it's surprising how this is looking more and more like a real conflict with Iran. WMD's, UN sanctions, threat of imminent military intervention....sound familiar?

i think the world has learned from their extremely stupid mistakes in iraq. i doubt they would repeat it.

I also doubt that anyone in the area wants Iran to have any sort of button to push. The Saudi's just proved this....

**howitzer88** · 09-30-09, 02:57 PM

About time they get bombed. Personally, I look forward to having Qum splashed around everywhere

(anyone watch the Daily Show?). But seriously, I think the last thing the world needs is for Iran to have nukes. I mean a person like Ahmadinejad who denies the existence of things like the Holocaust wouldn't have any qualms about using those things.

**CanadianPersian** · 09-30-09, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by dex71

Originally Posted by CanadianPersian

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

yea it's surprising how this is looking more and more like a real conflict with Iran. WMD's, UN sanctions, threat of imminent military intervention....sound familiar?

i think the world has learned from their extremely stupid mistakes in iraq. i doubt they would repeat it.

I also doubt that anyone in the area wants Iran to have any sort of button to push. The Saudi's just proved this....

lol. you joking? think a little harder bud. all that the saudis want is influence in the area, and iran is their rival. of course they don't want iran to have a nuclear weapon, not because they're "afraid" of them, but because they want to be the superior force in the region.

**CanadianPersian** · 09-30-09, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by howitzer88

About time they get bombed. Personally, I look forward to having Qum splashed around everywhere

(anyone watch the Daily Show?). But seriously, I think the last thing the world needs is for Iran to have nukes. I mean a person like Ahmadinejad who denies the existence of things like the Holocaust wouldn't have any qualms about using those things.

ummm......you DO know that Ahmadinejad is puppet, right? he doesn't decide anything, he just carries the orders out. even if he had nuclear weapon right now, and wanted to explode the israelis, he wouldn't have the power to do so.