Suicide bomber strikes Israel’s nuclear-reactor town.

[HAIDER]

DIMONA, Israel, Feb 4 (Reuters/AP) A Palestinian carried out a suicide bombing in Israel Monday, killing three persons including a woman and injuring 10 others in the desert town of Dimona where a top-secret nuclear reactor is located. Police said they prevented a second blast in the town’s shopping centre by shooting dead an accomplice before he could detonate an explosives belt. A source in the Palestinian Fatah faction said the “Army of Palestine” wing of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades launched the attack along with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the Dimona bombing but also levelled censure at an earlier military raid by Israel in the occupied West Bank. Police said the suicide bomber blew himself up, killing himself and the others. “The second terrorist was shot in the head as he tried to set off his bomb belt,” police chief in Israel's southern Negev region said. Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor, where it is widely believed to have produced atomic bombs, is located in a heavily guarded, fenced compound on the outskirts of the town. (First Posted @ 14:00 PST, Updated @ 20:00 PST)
- DAWN - Latest Stories; February 04, 2008

 

[QADRI]

means Pakistan nuclear assets are much secure then Israel....ehem ehem i think USA should move its eyes to their Nuclear Assets despite Hitting Pakistan.

 

[blain2]

Maybe we should ask Hillary to again suggest having joint custodial controls over the nuclear weapons..albeit this time the Israeli ones...

 

[Flintlock]

Qadri, you have a point there. Considering the size of Israel, its nuclear facilities can easily be attacked by a well-aimed short range missile.

(Though I hope the palestinians would be smart enough to avoid doing this....and end up destroying themselves as well...)

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Maybe we should ask Hillary to again suggest having joint custodial controls over the nuclear weapons..albeit this time the Israeli ones...

 

[QADRI]

Qadri, you have a point there. Considering the size of Israel, its nuclear facilities can easily be attacked by a well-aimed short range missile.

(Though I hope the palestinians would be smart enough to avoid doing this....and end up destroying themselves as well...)

ya thats i am saying that Israel is very smal country they couldn't prevent their nukes....opposite in case of Pakistan.....so USA should reconsider their policies....

 

[su-47]

ya thats i am saying that Israel is very smal country they couldn't prevent their nukes....opposite in case of Pakistan.....so USA should reconsider their policies....

a ballistic missile is different from a suicide bomber. the moment a ballistic missile heads for israel, the israelis will retaliate with nuclear weapons

 

[solid snake]

The Israelis have a missile defense system in place, have they not? I don't think anything other than a puny rocket can hit Israel.

 

[su-47]

The Israelis have a missile defense system in place, have they not? I don't think anything other than a puny rocket can hit Israel.

they have PAC-3s, Arrows and even Arrow-2s. Considering the concentration of so many ABMs in such a small country, i think israel is the country best defended against ABMs.

That being said, no ABM system in the world today is invincible. A modern BM with MIRVs, decoys and 'evasive' warheads can penetrate any ABM system.

 

[S-2]

"albeit this time the Israeli ones..."

Perhaps that isn't necessary...

 

[blain2]

"albeit this time the Israeli ones..."

Perhaps that isn't necessary...

It was just a suggestion..