The mainstream media for the most part has moved on. But there are a few more gleanings to be had, of perhaps the most interesting comes from the Daily Mirror, which labels al-Hilli an extremist on the grounds that he was against the war in Iraq, disapproved of the behaviour of Israel and had doubts over 9/11 – which makes a great deal of the population “extremist”. But the Mirror has the only mainstream mention I can find of the possibility that Mossad carried out the killings. Given Mr al-Hilli’s profession, the fact he is a Shia, the fact he had visited Iran, and the fact that Israel heas been assassinating scientists connected to Iran’s nuclear programme, this has to be a possibility. There are of course other possibilities, but to ignore that one is ludicrous.
Which leads me to the argument of Daily Mail crime reporter, Stephen Wright, that the French police should concentrate on the idea that this was a killing by a random Alpine madman or racist bigot. Perfectly possible, of course, and the anti-Muslim killings in Marseille might be as much a precedent as Mossad killings of scientists. But why the lone madman idea should be the preferred investigation, Mr Wright does not explain. What I did find interesting from a man who has visited many crime scenes are his repeated insinuations that the French authorities are not really trying very hard to find who the killers were, for example:
the crime scene would have been sealed off for a minimum of seven to ten days, to allow detailed forensic searches for DNA, fibres, tyre marks and shoe prints to take place.
Nearby bushes and vegetation would have been searched for any discarded food and cigarette butts left by the killer, not to mention the murder weapon.
But from what I saw at the end of last week, no such searches had taken place and potentially vital evidence could have been missed. House to house inquiries in the local area had yet to be completed and police had not made specific public appeals for information about the crime. No reward had been put up for information about the shootings.
Behind the scenes, what other short cuts have been taken? Have police seized data identifying all mobile phones being used in the vicinity of the murders that day?
The idea that the French authorities – who are quite as capable as any other of solving cases – are not really trying very hard is an interesting one.
Which leads me to this part of a remarkable article from the Daily Telegraph, which if true points us back towards a hit squad and discounts the ides that there was only one gun:
Claims that only one gun was used to kill everybody is likely to be disproved by full ballistics test results which are out in October.
While the 25 spent bullet cartridges found at the scene are all of the same kind, they could in fact have come from a number of weapons of the same make.
This throws up the possibility of a well-equipped, highly-trained gang circling the car and then opening fire.
Both children were left alive by the killers, who had clinically pumped bullets into everybody else, including five into Mr Mollier.
Zainab was found staggering around outside the car by Brett Martin, a British former RAF serviceman who cycled by moments after the attack, but he saw nobody except the schoolgirl.
Her sister, Zeena, was found unscathed and hiding in the car eight hours later.
Both sisters are now back in Britain, and are believed to have been reunited at a secret location near London.
There are of course a number of hit squad options, both governmental and private, which might well involve iraqi or Iranian interests – on both of which the mainstream media have been very happy to speculate while almost unanimously ignoring Israel.
But what interests me is why the Daily Telegraph choose, in the face of all the evidence, to minimise the horrific nature of the attack by stating that “Both children were left alive by the killers”? Zainab was not left alive by design, she was shot in the chest and her skull was stove in, which presumably was a pretty serious attempt to kill a seven year-old child. The other girl might very well have succeeded in hiding from the killers under her mother’s skirts, as she hid from the first rescuers, and then for eight hours from the police.
The Telegraph article claims to be informed by sources close to the investigation. So they believe it was a group of people, and feel motivated to absolve those people from child-killing. Now what could the Daily Telegraph be thinking?
This is all WRH as up.
http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/unconfirmed-reports-of-major-sabotage-attack-on-irans-fordow-facility/33138/
http://whatreallyhappened.com/
@ bluebird 28 Jan, 2013 – 11:45 pm
Your links to http://atimetobetray.com/blog/ above mention Italy and Spain.
“”We are searching a huge area stretching into Switzerland and Italy … Italy, the UK, Sweden and southern Spain,” … Annecy prosecutor Eric Maillaud.”
6 hours ago. Contains links to Australian and German media that claim to have independent sources confirming some sort of explosion. One said it was a small explosion, with little damage, but exits were blocked and 170 trapped inside.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/white-house-fails-to-get-word-of-iran-explosion/?cat_orig=us
On the lighter side, this link was on WND. Some of it is old, pre 2008, but the gay bath house stuff I never heard of. If, in a few years, it’s revealed to be true and the MSM was covering up as they did for JFK, we can yawn and act all bored, like, “We read about that on Craig Murray way back.”
“… I just knew the type of person Obama associated with in Chicago,” he said. He pointed to Obama’s association with convicted Chicago real estate magnate Tony Rezko…” (No mention of Mr. X whose name we dare not mention upon pain of letters from Carter Ruck.)
http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/claim-obama-hid-gay-life-to-become-president/
Just 4 fun: 🙂
http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2012/05/gay-us-presidents.html
http://www.11points.com/News-Politics/11_US_Presidents_Who_Might've_Been_Gay
Back to the dark side, since WND is right-wing, fundamentalist Christian and pro-Israel, this page is timely with links to the late Rev. Moon’s homophobic Unification Church, the CIA and South Korean CIA, and the intricate financing of homophobic “Family Values” religious groups, many of whose leaders were later disgraced when found with rent-boys, etc.
“For authoritarians who view assertions of government power as inherently valid and government claims as inherently true, none of this will be bothersome. Under that mentality, if the government decrees that something shall be secret, then it should be secret, and anyone who defies that dictate should be punished as a felon – or even a traitor. That view is typically accompanied by the belief that we can and should trust our leaders to be good and do good even if they exercise power in the dark, so that transparency is not only unnecessary but undesirable.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/27/obama-war-on-whistleblowers-purpose
Forgot to put the link in up above.
Back to the dark side, since WND is right-wing, fundamentalist Christian and pro-Israel, this page is timely with links to the late Rev. Moon’s homophobic Unification Church, the CIA and South Korean CIA, and the intricate financing of homophobic “Family Values” religious groups, many of whose leaders were later disgraced when found with rent-boys, etc.
http://aangirfan.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/spot-child-abuser-and-spy.html?m=1
Just so straights don’t feel neglected and have their self-esteem damaged, a search on any combination of Clinton, Giustra, Uranium, Kyrgyzstan, Al-Yamamah, Saudi, BAE Systems, Kazakhstan, Prince Andrew, Timur Kulibayev, Enviro Pacific Investments, Maxim Bakiyev, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Sarah Ferguson, Pippa Middleton, Emma Sayle, yield a satisfying mix of kinkiness and corruption.
“Maxim Bakiyev, whose behaviour Andrew found so amusing, is exiled in the UK. He has hired the London law firm Carter-Ruck to claim political asylum for him.”
Everybody Comes to Ruck’s
Note the time line coincidence:
01/22/2013by REZA KAHLILI
Israel and Western powers are planning a covert operation to blow up Iranian nuclear facilities, an Iranian spy within Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, has told.
They received credible information from the spy in Mossad that Israel and certain Western countries have urgently drawn up plans for a covert operation to destroy Iran’s nuclear installations to avoid a large-scale war.The spy provided information that a group of highly trained commandos, helped by opposition members inside Iran, will soon start their covert operation. The plan is to plant bombs to extensively damage the infrastructure of Iran’s installations, the source said.
From:
http://atimetobetray.com/blog/covert-op-to-target-irans-nuclear-plants/?utm_term=%23iran+%23iranelection+@cnnbrk+@foxnews&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
And following 2 days later:
Thursday, Jan. 24, Israel’s Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz and Military Intelligence Director Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi ceremonially promoted Col. G., commander of the elite Sayeret Matkal, to the rank of major general in recognition of his unit’s “outstanding covert operations.”
And then again 2 days later:
DEBKAfile covers my report on Fordo explosion with a meaningful last paragraph.
Written by Reza Kahlili on January 26th, 2013
Following the DM story of Prince Andrew’s rant in Kyrgyzstan in which he said Americans didn’t know geography, was this reader’s comment: “…and some [Americans] who think that London is the capital of the United Kingdom.”
I’m like, “Duh, if London isn’t the capital, where is it?” Authoritative sources like the CIA and the Wikipedia both say it’s London. What if it’s really deep underground inside Carnedd Llewelyn and the UK put out disinfo, so if anyone targets their capital, they’ll be all up inside their bunker hoisting pints and laughing?
Or was the reader indulging in sly British humour and I got suckered?
From September 2012. The Iranian government denied an explosion …
And I believe that we didnt read anything at all in the Western Media either.
From:
http://shafaqna.com/english/islam-world/item/7112-iran-exposed-spying-device-at-fordo-nuke-plant.html
Quote:
29 January 2013 Monday, 24 September 2012 04:03
Iran exposed spying device at Fordo nuke plant
The report said the Iranians initially kept news of the explosion secret. But last week Fereydoun Abbasi, the country’s vice president and head of its nuclear energy agency, revealed that power lines between Qom and the Fordo plant had been blown up on August 17.Early reports suggested the explosion was meant to cut power supplies to the plant and damage the centrifuges. However, inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), who visited Fordo the day after the explosion, made no mention of any damage or disruption in their report.The Sunday Times said intercepting the computer and phone lines from the plant would have enabled western analysts to estimate the output from the centrifuges.Last week Abbasi alleged that “terrorists and saboteurs” may have infiltrated the IAEA in order to undermine Iran’s nuclear program, but in another interview he admitted that Tehran “occasionally” gave the UN nuclear agency “false information” to protect Iran’s nuclear facilities.On Saturday Prominent lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi accused Germany’s Siemens of implanting tiny explosives inside equipment the Islamic Republic purchased for its disputed nuclear program, a charge the technology giant denied.He said Iranian security experts discovered the explosives and removed them before detonation, adding that authorities believe the booby-trapped equipment was sold to derail uranium enrichment efforts.—
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Siemens??
http://missingpeace.eu/en/2013/01/did-explosion-destroy-underground-uranium-enrichment-facility-in-fordow-iran/
Why would Siemens be involved in Iran’s nuclear technology?
Where and how could have been the said explosives smuggled into Siemens industrial devices?
See …
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19690774
But …..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/iran-wikileaks/8299133/S-GERMANY-PLANNING-TO-RECALL-COMPUTERS-CONNECTED-WITH-IRANS-NUCLEAR-PROGRAM.html
This would explain Iran’s renewed attempts to smuggle banned equipment through Dubai. In the latest deal, details of which have been obtained exclusively by The Sunday Telegraph, high-grade German equipment including computers, controllers, communication cards and cables have been smuggled into Iran.
The equipment was sold to Iran without the knowledge of its German manufacturer by a Dubai-based intermediary using false end-user certificates for companies in Asia, even though the sale of technology that can be used in Iran’s nuclear programme is banned under UN Security Council resolutions.
“The Iranians are still managing to smuggle sophisticated technology through Dubai for its nuclear programme by using false certificates and unscrupulous intermediaries,” said a senior UN source. “We need the Dubai authorities to be more rigorous in preventing the transfer of this equipment to Iran.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7805736/Iran-using-Dubai-to-smuggle-nuclear-components.html
http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/siemens.html
and …
http://business.highbeam.com/company-profiles/info/1162085/siemens-s-s-k
This is pretty specific stuff and fairly convincing I would say – but who knows the power of the human imagination. Certainly if true both iran and US appear to be trying to keep a lid on it and only our “friendly Iranian/CIA agent who almost shares a name with K Al Hilli and the Israeli government are bigging it up. Jews are good at chess. They are no doubt many moves ahead in this Israeli/Iranian confrontatation. Are the Americans playing for time whilst desperately activating back-channel to prevent the end game?
According WND’s source, a member of the security forces protecting Fordow, 36 North Korean technicians and military officers arrived in Tehran on Jan. 15 and 17 and subsequently visited two Iranian nuclear sites under heavy security. One site, still unknown to the West with its vast installation of centrifuges, will be revealed soon on WND. At the other, the Fordow site, the North Koreans were to witness the startup of six cascades of 174 new-generation, speedier centrifuges.
Hamidreza Zakeri, a former member of the regime’s Intelligence Ministry, said 17 technicians and two military supervisors are stationed at the secret site and 14 technicians and two military officers were at Fordow. http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/new-details-surface-on-iran-nuclear-explosion/33159/
The source said a log on closed-circuit cameras installed by the regime to monitor the site’s three centrifuge chambers and two highly enriched uranium reserves gave this account:
On Jan 21, 14 members of the North Korean team and two military officers now stationed at Fordow along with Iranian scientists started the process of feeding uranium gas into the newly set-up cascades at 9:15 a.m. Tehran time
At 10:43 a.m., due to a drop in power pressure, system warning signs went off, but everything went back to normal after two minutes.
At 11:36 a.m., five explosions occurred concurrently in the centrifuge chambers, two explosions in the uranium reserve enclosures and a subsequent explosion in the main hallway close to the exit.
At the time of the explosions, a very bright red and purple light distorted the image and an extremely loud noise could be heard. Before the explosions knocked out the cameras, interior walls could be seen coming down within the centrifuge chambers. All the explosions seemed to have been initiated from the ceilings.
All cameras on the lowest floor (about 300 feet deep under a mountain) and the floor above it (about 250 feet deep) were knocked out, and only two cameras above the installation where security personnel are stationed were working.
Security forces immediately informed their superiors, who ordered them to remain in the monitoring room and avoid further communication with the outside world until counterintelligence forces arrived. Twenty-one personnel were gathered in a conference room to await further instruction.
Security forces were then told to close down all surrounding roads.
Approximately two hours after the explosions, counterintelligence agents arrived and, after interviewing personnel and reviewing tapes, initially concluded that explosives may have been placed in ceiling lamps with some kind of trigger mechanism controlled by a power voltage frequency.
The last images show eight personnel in anti-radiation clothing trying desperately to secure one of the rooms.
The regime believes the technology used with the explosives is unknown to their forces, the source said. http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/new-details-surface-on-iran-nuclear-explosion/33159/
@ NR
29 Jan, 2013 – 9:26 am
“LATEST! US PRESIDENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HETEROSEXUAL!
“many of whose leaders were later disgraced when found with rent-boys, etc.”
The only disgrace is the hypocrisy and if they ran off without paying?
Here is what we wrote at the time about Frankel’s reporting:
“Frenkel reports that a second nuclear facility in Iran has exploded, and that the blast struck an uranium enrichment facility.
It is obvious that this is not true. The first blast in Iran that made the headlines, occurred two weeks ago in Bidganeh. It is now clear that this explosion took place on an air force base during tests with a long range missile, probably a Sjejjil 3 intercontinental ballistic missile.
This has been confirmed by Mohammed Teherani Moghaddam the brother of the senior Revolutionary Guard commander who was in charge with the Iranian missile defense, and who was killed in the explosion. So the first blast didn’t involve any nuclear facility.
As for the uranium enrichment facility. There is no such facility in Isfahan. Isfahan is a conversion plant where yellowcake is converted to hexafluoride, or UF6, and other compounds. This is then sent to Natanz, where the enrichment takes place.”
http://missingpeace.eu/en/2011/11/isfahan-blast-part-of-secret-war-against-iranian-regime/
Apropos “chess moves” He has urged the US to draw a “red line” which, if crossed, would lead to military intervention.
Iran has insisted that its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes, and warned that it will retaliate if it comes under attack.
A senior commander with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that such a conflict would “turn into World War III”.
Brig Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh told Iran’s al-Aram TV that “whether the Zionist regime [Israel] attacks with or without US knowledge, then we will definitely attack US bases in Bahrain, Qatar and Afghanistan”. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19690774
Bluebird
29 Jan, 2013 – 2:42 pm “Why would Siemens be involved in Iran’s nuclear technology?” The extracts don’t explain but they do demonstrate a strong decade link with Areva against whom Iran contact charges WERE made plus suspected bribery to win contracts. Dubai also links them as the site of multi billion Atomic Power station contracts and latest freeport transfer to Iran under cover of Chinese shipments. Big bungs are endemic on all big contracts around the world and have been for generations.
Antitrust: Commission makes legally binding commitments by Siemens and Areva concerning nuclear technology markets http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-618_en.htm
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Areva and Siemens case close to settling
By Alex Barker in Brussels and Chris Bryant in Frankfurt
The ill-fated nuclear power joint venture between France’s Areva and Germany’s Siemens is close to settling a 20-month European Commission investigation into potentially illegal “non-compete” clauses in the tie-up, which ended in 2009 on acrimonious terms.
In an effort to clear up the antitrust fallout from the now-defunct pact, the engineering groups have offered to pare obligations – which extended well beyond the lifetime of the joint venture – to not challenge each other in certain product markets.
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The troubled joint enterprise was formed in 2001 but Siemens grew frustrated with its junior role and attempted to quit the partnership in 2009 with the intention of establishing a rival joint venture with Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear company.
But the nuclear revival it was hoping for never materialised and after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, Siemens abandoned the nuclear industry.
The German group’s move to quit the Areva venture was followed by years of wrangling over the value of its stake, which ended with a tribunal ordering Siemens to pay €648m for breach of contract. The tribunal also reduced the duration of the non-compete clause, which was supposed to apply for 11 years after Siemens’s exit, to four years. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ad07f30-6dc3-11e1-b9c7-00144feab49a.html#axzz2JNe3FcOS
Offices at Areva-Siemens joint venture raided in bribery probe
Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:50 GMT
Source: Reuters // Reuters One current and four former Areva NP employees as well as three external business consultants are subject to an investigation into slush funds allegedly set up between 2002 and 2005.
Prosecutors said they believe a double-digit million euro amount in bribes were paid abroad to win contracts for the French-German joint venture. http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/german-prosecutors-raid-areva-np-in-bribery-probe/
Then of course there is the Chinese link that hasn’t been much discussed in all this. Russia and China demonstrated where they stood on Syrian unrest. The French are helping the Chinese in nuclear power. Where do they stand on Iran? Well it appears Korean staff have been trapped at Fordow. I assume North Korean, engaged on their own nuclear weapons jouney. Are they there with China’s blessing whilst expressing concerns about their Korean protege? US are moving their defense posture away from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The middle east/oil is the “ninth part of the hare” and being torn apart in the process.
http://www.areva.com/EN/news-9685/a-new-stage-in-the-construction-work-on-the-epr-in-china-completion-of-the-installation-of-the-heavy-components-at-taishan-1.html
AREVA IN NIGER: THE GROUP TAKES ACTION FOR DEFAMATION
PRESS RELEASE
AREVA / GROUP
December 20, 2012
AREVA has decided to take action through the courts as a result of statements that the group deems to be defamatory with regard to the group concerning its involvement in Niger. This action is being taken against Mr. Stéphane LHOMME in his capacity as President of Observatoire du nucléaire, a French militant anti-nuclear association, the author of a press release published on December 11, entitled “Nucléaire/corruption : AREVA offre un avion au Président du Niger… ” [Nuclear/corruption: AREVA offers a plane to the President of Niger…].
The group, which has always made transparency and a process of dialogue based on respect the cornerstone of its communications and information policy, considers itself to be victim of serious harm to its image, reputation and honor, founded on libelous and false statements. The content of these statements has been explicitly denied by AREVA on December 11 and by the government of Niger in a official press release issued on December 14. http://www.areva.com/EN/news-9658/areva-in-niger-the-group-takes-action-for-defamation.html
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: AREVA WINS A MAJOR CONTRACT TO SUPPLY ENRICHED URANIUM
PRESS RELEASE
GROUP / FRONT END
August 15, 2012
On August 15, 2012, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and AREVA signed an integrated enriched uranium supply contract, worth more than 400 million euros.
This contract stipulates that AREVA will supply the future nuclear plants at Barakah, which is under construction in the United Arab Emirates, with enriched uranium over an eight-year period. The UAE’s nuclear program plans for the commissioning of the first two of four reactors in 2017 and 2018, pending regulatory approval.
Luc Oursel declared that: “AREVA is delighted that ENEC has entrusted us with this key part of the commissioning of its first nuclear power plants. The deliveries of advanced-stage uranium will contribute to ensuring the long-term supply of fuel to the United Arab Emirates. This new success is further proof that the Group’s integrated offer for the front end of the nuclear cycle is of interest to electricity generation companies.”
By 2020 with four plants online, nuclear energy should meet up to 25% of the UAE’s electricity needs, which are forecast to reach 40 GWe in 2020, compared with 15.5 GWe at present. http://www.areva.com/EN/news-9501/united-arab-emirates-areva-wins-a-major-contract-to-supply-enriched-uranium.html
If anyone bothered to read Mr Keshe’s rather long speech he had quite a bit to say on the subject .
AUGUST 5, 2012
Keshe Foundation Sends Warning to the US and its Associates
http://2012thebigpicture.wordpress.com/tag/keshe-foundation/
We have discussed the sybolism of place and names in here, a particularly Judeo-Christian characteristic. If the victims were secret “assets” known in the trade as “horses”, certainly “Chevaline” or “Horse Slaughter” fits in the “valley of ire” at a place specifically called martinet with connotations of French correction. But I don’t think we ever followed up the the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” as far as I am aware. There were certainly four victims. Some suggest the “White”, “Red” “Black”, and “Pale Green” from the Greek word for “chlorine”, mean different things. Some say they indicate war, famine and disease, others that they represent earthly power blocks (catholicism, communism, capitalism and islamism) as here:
http://www.pray4zion.org/IsISLAMtheGreenHorseofRevelation.html
On the other hand maybe its just representative of the main colour blocks of mankind or of recent (around 100 AD ) political events. I just wondered if the iconography might have been adopted for this little escapade to convey a message?
http://martinet-convoluted.blogspot.co.uk/2012_09_01_archive.html
Not to push the allusion too far with the seven seals but….
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May 3, 2012 – ISRAEL – Fourth Dolphin submarine starts long journey to Israel: An official ceremony was held in the German city of Kiel Thursday to mark the handover of a fourth submarine to Israel’s Navy. The Tanin (“alligator” in Hebrew) is considered one of the world’s most advanced submarines and is the IDF’s most expensive. The vessel is expected to reach Israel only in 2013 and dock at the Haifa Port. According to foreign reports, the new submarine will possess similar capabilities to the Navy’s existing submarines, including the ability to carry nuclear weapons. The main improvement is an advanced technological component that makes the sub longer and allows it to stay at sea for more extended periods of time. Following the ceremony, a senior defense source told Ynet that Israel is at the forefront of maritime warfare in the region. “In addition to the regular theaters we need to defend, including Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, we also need to safeguard gas drills, so that we must cover a wide area and our operations take place at several theaters simultaneously,” he said. Defense Minister Ehud Barak congratulated the Defense Ministry and the IDF, saying that the new submarine will greatly boost the IDF’s capabilities and the State of Israel’s strength. Meanwhile, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz stressed the sub fleet’s strategic importance. “The Navy and the submarine fleet constitute a deterrent, protective and strategic arm for the IDF and for the State of Israel,” he said. A fifth submarine is currently under construction and will arrive in Israel in 2014. Recently, the German government approved the sale of a sixth submarine, which is expected to arrive in Israel by 2017. –Ynet News
A great fuss is being made about Iran moving towards being a nuclear state. But where is the reaction to Israel being one, and more importantly, increasing the means by which it can deliver them without detection? Who will flag up the increasing sophistication and extent of Israel’s military and threat this poses to world peace such as it exists?
A German shipyard has already built three submarines for Israel, and three more are planned. Now SPIEGEL has learned that Israel is arming the submarines with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The German government has known about Israel’s nuclear weapons program for decades, despite its official denials
Germany is helping Israel to develop its military nuclear capabilities, SPIEGEL has learned. According to extensive research carried out by the magazine, Israel is equipping submarines that were built in the northern German city of Kiel and largely paid for by the German government with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The missiles can be launched using a previously secret hydraulic ejection system. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak told SPIEGEL that Germans should be “proud” that they have secured the existence of the state of Israel “for many years.”
In the past, the German government has always stuck to the position that it is unaware of nuclear weapons being deployed on the vessels. Now, however, former high-ranking officials from the German Defense Ministry, including former State Secretary Lothar Rühl and former chief of the planning staff Hans Rühle, have told SPIEGEL that they had always assumed that Israel would deploy nuclear weapons on the submarines. Rühl had even discussed the issue with the military in Tel Aviv.
sorry ref for that @ http://the-tap.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/lake-annecy-murders-theres-more-to-it.html