[lit-ideas] Re: The Surgical Strike Option

  • From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:08:17 -0800

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/pentagon-plans-bomb-blitz-on-irans-nucle
ar-sites/2006/02/12/1139679478468.html

The above is from an Australian site and provides a bit more detail and
background on the surgical strike option.

Lawrence

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Subject: [lit-ideas] The Surgical Strike Option

Marlena: I imagine we'll be told they are 
'surgical strikes'...but they'll be as
surgical as the ones in Iraq are/have been--and 
lots of moms/dads/little kids  are
going to be hurt/killed/maimed.


Eric: Despite the obvious need to debate the 
ethics of the Iranians using their population as a 
human shield for nuke sites, as well as the ethics 
of striking versus not striking...here's some 
information about the likely area:

[http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/040812.htm]
Natanz--250 kms south of Tehran--is a nuclear 
facility, the previously secret existence of which 
was disclosed by the National Council of 
Resistance of Iran (NCRI) an Iranian opposition 
group in August 15, 2002.[19] Satellite imagery 
made available in December 2002 indicated that 
Natanz may be used as a gas centrifuge facility 
for uranium enrichment.

Looking at the photo in the Telegraph article 
Lawrence cited gives no clue about the population 
of the area around Natanz. I was reduced to 
looking on mapquest ("Find great hotel deals in 
Natanz Iran!") and it showed no towns or cities 
near Natanz, the closest being a place called 
Mahabad, about 15 miles away. But what does 
Mapquest know?

Anyone know how to find about the moms/dads/little 
kids resident in Natanz? There are about 300 
people working in the Bushehr Reactor site, and 
probably no little children. Both appear isolated, 
as opposed to the sites located in medium- and 
large-size cities.





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