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Israel is preparing to attack Iran: reports

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At no point since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima has the world been closer to the unthinkable. A nuclear holocaust which could potentially spread, in terms of radioactive fallout, over a large part of the Middle East, ays the writer.

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According to solid intelligence reports, Israel is preparing to attack Iran from the Air and sea-borne missiles, in an attempt to decapitate Iran’s nuclear assets.

The tense and escalating situation in the Persian Gulf Area is rapidly spiralling out of control. 

Any drift towards brinkmanship could ignite an inferno that will be difficult to extinguish. The latest deadly attack on Bandar Abbas and its distribution network graphically illustrates that the Mossad has infiltrated Iran’s entire infrastructure.

Any military assault on Iran will have global consequences. At no point since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima has the world been closer to the unthinkable. A nuclear holocaust which could potentially spread, in terms of radioactive fallout, over a large part of the Middle East. 

An operational plan to wage aerial attacks on Iran “has been in a state of readiness” since 2005. laser laser-guided bomb using a 4000-pound penetrating warhead will be used, before a massive burst of electronic magnetic weapons. 

Massive cyber war will be initiated by all sides, the consequences will be dire for all, as simulation exercises predict electronic failure on a massive scale, the absolute results are hard to forecast, as a war of this nature and magnitude has never been fought.

Iran’s nuclear institutions, if attacked and damaged, could spread lethal, deadly radioactive ash over a 1000km radius, encompassing the entire Middle East, Southern Europe and a huge chunk of Asia.

Should the conflict go nuclear, it is capable of triggering larger ozone losses globally than the ones previously predicted for a full-scale nuclear war. The entire Middle East will be enveloped in deadly radioactive fallout. It could result in tens of millions of immediate deaths and unprecedented global climate disruption.

Attacks on Iran's nuclear institutions and missile assaults on Dimona in Israel would trigger a nuclear holocaust. If it were to be launched, it would result in radioactive contamination over a large part of the Middle East, Central Asia, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, including U.S. troops in adjacent areas. 

Iran will unleash every available weapon in its arsenal, targeting the entire area in a wall of flame and fury. 

Iran has assembled a force of close to 3000 surface-to-surface missiles with a range of over 1000 km. As events escalate, it becomes a distinct possibility that tactical nuclear weapons will be used, resulting in destructive scenes of biblical proportions.

Within Iran, there are more than 450 major strategic targets. Many of the targets are hardened or deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option.

This option could trigger a global catastrophe, a devastated environment, and a traumatised global economy. Iran’s military response will be total war, which will set the entire Middle East ablaze in a fiery inferno. 

World War 3 will have begun. Russian counter-military intervention will set the scene for a military escalation that will reduce the entire area into a wasteland of epic proportions. 

Once conflict erupts in its full fury, there will be no turning back. If oil exceeds 200 dollars a barrel, the banking system will collapse, millions of refugees will flee from the war zones, and hell will be unleashed as the global economic system collapses. Cities will be reduced to rubble.

Medical help will cease to exist, the seas and waterways will become a graveyard, oil installations will be destroyed, and smog and soot will envelope an area encompassing hundreds of square kilometres. 

There will be no escape route for civilians, Armageddon looms over the horizon. Any act of insanity will obliterate the Middle East; this conflict will propel war into another dimension. 

A conflict like no other.

Farouk Araie

Johannesburg