Epstein Secrets

nation or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Thank you for your cooperation. From: Stratfor < To: Steve Hanson Sent: Tue Nov 08 19:08:19 2011 Subject: Iran's Nuclear Program and its Nuclear Option esday, November 8, 2011 ;t; Diary Archi

the nuclear targets and associated air defenses, but Iran's dispersed and camouflaged military capabilities all along the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. U.S. participation was decisive in a far less sophisticated air campaign against Libya. In an Iran scenario where so much must be hit so quickly,

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. More important, Israel cannot strike Iran without U.S. permission because Israel cannot guarantee that the Iranians would not mine the Strait of Hormuz. Only the United States could hope to stop the Iranians from doing so, and the United States would need to initiate the conflict by taking out the

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Thur 8/16/2012 1:59:38 PM Subject: August 15 update 15 August, 2012 Article 1. Stratfor The Israeli Crisis George Friedman Article 2. The Diplomat An Act of Self-Preservation: Why Iran Wants the Bomb David Patrikarakos Article 3.

nd to launch such an attack. And it is not clear that such an attack would succeed. It is also not clear that the Iranian counter at the Strait of Hormuz wouldn't leave Israel in a difficult political situation, and above all it is not clear that Egyptian and Syrian factions would even be impressed b