21 Jun 2008

Israel Targets Iran's Nuclear Sites?
South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
Extract: "12. Everybody talks only of the dangers of Al Qaeda and its Pashtun and Punjabi associates getting hold of Pakistan's nuclear expertise. Nobody talks of the danger of the Hizbollah and the Shia terrorist groups of Iraq getting hold of Iran's nuclear expertise. 13. Whether what is going on presently [i.e. large military exercises in early June 2008 in the Mediterranean and Greece involving more than 100 Israeli F-16 and F-15 fighters - ed.] is only a Psywar or whether there is a real possibility of an Israeli pre-emptive action, the effect on the oil market will be the same---push up prices further. Oil prices are unlikely to come down till the present crisis over Iran's nuclear intentions is resolved in a manner, which reduces the concerns of Israel. India will suffer more from the surging oil prices than China because after 9/11, China has built up its strategic oil reserves. India has done very little in this direction. Our economy, which is already considerably behind the Chinese economy, will lag further behind." - b.raman
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. He is also associated with the Chennai Centre For China Studies. - ed. ]
URL http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers28/paper2742.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.southasiaanalysis.org - ed.
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
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