Israel Draws Up Plans to Attack Iran

According to Sunday's London Times, Israel has plans to attack Iran's nuclear sites if diplomacy fails to stop the development of Iran's program.

Israeli forces have used a mock-up of Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant in the desert to practise destroying it. Their tactics include raids by Israel’s elite Shaldag (Kingfisher) commando unit and airstrikes by F-15 jets from 69 Squadron, using bunker-busting bombs to penetrate underground facilities.

The plans have been discussed with American officials who are said to have indicated provisionally that they would not stand in Israel’s way if all international efforts to halt Iranian nuclear projects failed.

As I previously posted, none of this is should come as a surprise. For Israel, an Iranian bomb could mean its own destruction; Israel and the U.S. will not let that happen.

*Update*
Israel's Ephraim Sneh, a member of the Knesset's Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee and a retired general, stated, "The Iranian threat is an existential threat to the state Israel. Military action is the very last resort...We have to ensure that other steps, diplomatic steps are carried out first. Here the United States plays a leading role and I hope it will fill it."