Israel: On Ground Updates - June 22, 2008

Israel: On Ground Updates
Sunday, June 22, 2008

* JPOST.com brings us this early Sunday morning report and it starts off like this... Amid reports that the Israel Air Force recently conducted a massive drill as a "dress rehearsal" for an attack against Iran, The Jerusalem Post has learned that the IAF significantly increased the number of overseas drills it has participated in over the past two years...
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Israel remains mum on Iran strike drill

* The REUTERS India website reports...
Iran will give a "devastating" response to any attack on the country, its defence minister was quoted as saying on Sunday...
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Iran to give "devastating" response to any attack

* CNN.com has this take... A military strike on Iran would turn the Middle East "into a ball of fire," said Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency... ElBaradei made the remarks in an interview aired on Saturday by Al Arabiya TV. The interview comes a day after reports emerged that Israel conducted a large-scale military exercise that the United States believes is in part a message to Iran that Israel has the capability to attack its nuclear program... "In my opinion, any military strike -- as I mentioned -- is the worst thing that can happen now," said ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency... "It will make the Middle East turn into a ball of fire. It is a lot worse than having sanctions...
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ElBaradei warns against strike on Iran

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