An anonymous Middle Eastern intelligence official told The New York Times on Sunday that Israel was behind Thursday’s fire at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility. The official said Israel used a “powerful bomb,” which caused a fire that severely damaged the facility and set back Iran’s nuclear program by months.
The Times also spoke with an unnamed member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who also said an explosive was used at the Natanz facility but did not attribute blame. The IRGC member also said they ruled out the possibility of a cyberattack, which is a way Israel has attacked Iran’s nuclear infrastructure in the past. In 2010, Israel and the US attacked and damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities with a computer virus called Stuxnet.
The IRGC member said it was likely somebody carried a bomb into the facility, as opposed to the idea of a cruise missile or drone striking the building. Israel has not taken responsibility for the incident, as they usually keep silent on attacks against Iranian targets, which they often strike in Syria.
When asked about the incident, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Israel was not “necessarily” behind it. “Not every incident that transpires in Iran necessarily has something to do with us,” Gantz said.
Other mysterious incidents have recently occurred in Iran, with fires breaking out at power plants over the weekend. The Middle Eastern intelligence official told the Times that the events were not related to Natanz explosion.
Iran has not officially blamed anyone for the attack yet, but if Israel is the culprit, the Islamic Republic will likely retaliate. Before the Natanz incident was in the news, a dissident group called the Homeland Cheetahs wrote to BBC and took credit for the attack.
Under the NPT that Iran signed in 1968, ratified in 1970, they can centrifuge material for peaceful purposes. The IAEA has been inspecting Iranian sites for a long, long time.
Our game plan is to control all oil. Iranian oil, Iraqi oil, Venezuelan oil. That is all it boils down to it. And to support Israel in all that it does.
What does Israel get to have centrifuges, nukes,without question? WHILE DO WE GIVE THEM BILLION$$$$$$$$ IN VIOLATION OF THE AGREEMENT THAT ISRAEL NOT DEVELOP NUKES (WHICH THEY DID LONG AGO!!!).
What is the point of getting aggravated? This is happening because WE allow it.
We are in the terminal stage of losing every power that citizens have to control the democratic process. We have taken it easy as lobbying took over Congress — and not one candidate can get into the circle of power unless approved by our two political corporations —Democrats and Republicans. And those creatures have just one job — to attract voters in their pastures, and to vote according to Party game plan. When needed to get voters — they suddenly acquire conscience, then go back to business of doing business with plutocracy.
We have been taking it easy as the corporations took over Pentagon. We have been at our ease as they starting parcelling out CIA and who knows what else in spook community to the big corporations. We have not been bothered when they kicked out fairness doctrine and plutocrats took over the media.
We watched without alarm as the queen of education destruction through privatizing our LOCAL money was appointed the head of education. Now they are after police, another locally controlled funds.
And we believed in Red on Blue fantasies — while the state, our money that state controls, our local funds — all go into pockets of the few.
Clue was Trump. With all the caring that he had for our disappearing industry, trade imbalances, immigration out of control — he spent most of his time on Israel. He shamelessly gave what nobody dared give before. Between Israel and Israel’s obsession with Iran, and being obsessed over Syria — while pretending he does not care — and efforts to get Saudis and others to join Israel to get Iran — what else has he done?
The show of force towards China is harming us — no good coming out of incoherent policies. Just something to do and look tough.
Epidemics has been a disaster — followed by economic pain. What now?
And now plutocrats are taking the knee to the mindless blob — to finish the job of privatizing the peanuts still left in local control. We are still not getting it.
Destruction of politically incorrect monuments has been encouraged and defended by people who would not dream of burning down Auschwitz or destroying exhibits in Holocaust museum.
But the Blob has been trained not to think — but emote.
1789 or 1917 anyone?
Iran should launch a freakin missile attack on Yisrael.
iran’s missiles would be ineffective against that shield which is flawless. they cannot accurately hit a target anyway if one manages to slip through. yet, israel has conventional weapons that can end up on any mullah’s kitchen table of their choosing.
Nonsense no missile defence system is 100% flawless it will have a range of optimum success. As to Irans missile accuracy whilst not up to west standards they hit US bases in Iraq ok in January
sure, and they warned us that they were going to do it and we ok’d it and moved our troops out. those buildings were scheduled for demolition anyway. we let them think they were saving face for solemani.
If someone planted a bomb then it must be an employee mole with security access, you dont just wander into a nuclear site like this. I would expect Iran to beef up security after this or vet their staff better.
Attributed to Ghislaine Maxwell at 4:40: “You can be shot in the back of the head, because that’s how Mossad shoots you.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q2Aks6esJ8
If true, Iran has the right to retaliate……and should.
update:
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – The former Israeli Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said on Monday evening that a senior official in the security services told him that Israel is responsible for the bombing that occurred in Iran last Thursday at the Natanz nuclear facility.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/israel-was-behind-the-attack-on-the-iranian-nuclear-facility-ex-dm/
Terrorism.
Or Israel is providing cover for U.S. sabotage. If you have boatloads of money, you can find someone willing to risk death for the sake of themself or family members. Probably us because Brian Hook has offered bribes for dirty deeds on multiple occasions.
The real weapon, money. Maybe this is why some Christians are so agitated over Pastor Dana’s visions of doom this November. Even if they don’t know why or have been taught to hate other countries, deep down they know, they know we are doing evil in the eyes of the Lord.