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2020-04-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran no longer poses imminent threat to Israel: Mossad to NYT
[ALMASDARNEWS] In a new report by the The New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

, the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, concluded that Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
was no longer an imminent security threat to Israel, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
Citing ’informed’ sources, the NYT said that the coronavirus outbreak in Israel has prompted the intelligence agency to confront the pandemic inside the country by obtaining medical equipment and technology from abroad.
and the Mossad ran to the NYT to break this, of course
The NYT’s Mossad sources said Iran is not posing any immediate threat to Israel because of this coronavirus outbreak, as the Islamic Theocratic Republic has shifted their attention to combating this deadly illness.

According to the Iranian Health Ministry, the country has a total of 71,166 cases and 4,474 deaths so far from the coronavirus outbreak.

Despite the claims in the article, the Israeli Ministry of Defense has still focused on Hezbollah’s movements in both Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
and Syria.

Over the weekend, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) posted a photo of a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) commander meeting with Hezbollah forces in the al-Quneitra Governorate.

The IDF warned Hezbollah and the Syrian Arab Army that they were watching their movements from afar and would respond to any threat to Israel.

On March 31st, the Israeli Defense Forces carried out a powerful attack on Syria’s Shayrat Airbase, causing significant damage to the western wing of the installation.
Posted by Fred 2020-04-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 Mossad source - bartender in the writer's favorite bar?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-14 07:48||   2020-04-14 07:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Chris Steele's drinking buddy
Posted by Lex 2020-04-14 07:49||   2020-04-14 07:49|| Front Page Top

#3 2007 called and G.Treverton/RAND asked Mossad to stop cribbing their 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s Nuclear Intentions and
Capabilities.
Posted by mossomo 2020-04-14 08:53||   2020-04-14 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Author forgot to add the "For now" at the end of the title.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-04-14 11:52||   2020-04-14 11:52|| Front Page Top

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