Christians Attack Muslims, Muslims Threaten to Kill Jews I - Iran Threatens to Start Nuclear War
Iran is threatening to attack Israel if the United States attacks Iran:
If the United States launches an attack on Iran, the Islamic republic will retaliate with a military strike on Israel's main nuclear facility, an advisor to Iran's Revolutionary Guard said. The advisor, Dr. Abasi, said Tehran would respond to an American attack with strikes on the Dimona nuclear reactor and other strategic Israeli sites such as the port city of Haifa and the Zakhariya area.
In the past, Israel has been explicit that it would treat any attack on Dimona as a non-conventional attack and respond accordingly (that is, with its own non-conventional assets). Not that technicalities would matter - if Iran is really serious about attacking an Israeli population center like Haifa, the number of causalities would leave Israel no choice but to qualitatively escalate the conflict. In other words, this is a threat to ignite a nuclear war in the Middle East - which we're not sure is the best rhetorical strategy that one can take if one is trying to convey one's ability to responsibly be a nuclear state.
If the United States launches an attack on Iran, the Islamic republic will retaliate with a military strike on Israel's main nuclear facility, an advisor to Iran's Revolutionary Guard said. The advisor, Dr. Abasi, said Tehran would respond to an American attack with strikes on the Dimona nuclear reactor and other strategic Israeli sites such as the port city of Haifa and the Zakhariya area.
In the past, Israel has been explicit that it would treat any attack on Dimona as a non-conventional attack and respond accordingly (that is, with its own non-conventional assets). Not that technicalities would matter - if Iran is really serious about attacking an Israeli population center like Haifa, the number of causalities would leave Israel no choice but to qualitatively escalate the conflict. In other words, this is a threat to ignite a nuclear war in the Middle East - which we're not sure is the best rhetorical strategy that one can take if one is trying to convey one's ability to responsibly be a nuclear state.
