{"id":22167,"date":"2012-10-15T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=22167"},"modified":"2012-10-12T21:08:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T20:08:32","slug":"nypd-concern-about-iran-terror-should-put-u-s-security-on-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/10\/nypd-concern-about-iran-terror-should-put-u-s-security-on-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD Concern about \u2018Iran Terror\u2019 Should Put U.S. Security on Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 25 [2012], The Passionate Attachment broke the story<\/a> of the Israel lobbyist who suggested that a Pearl Harbor-type attack might be necessary to get a recalcitrant Obama Administration to go to war with Iran. As Patrick Clawson, director of research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, brazenly put it during question time at the pro-Israel think tank\u2019s policy forum luncheon on \u201cHow to Build U.S.-Israeli Coordination on Preventing an Iranian Nuclear Breakout\u201d:<\/p>\n

So, if in fact the Iranians aren\u2019t going to compromise, it would be best if somebody else started the war.<\/em><\/p>\n

In light of Clawson\u2019s thinly-veiled call for a false flag attack to trigger another<\/a> Middle East war<\/a> for Israel<\/a>, a story<\/a> in yesterday\u2019s [10 Oct 2012] New York Post entitled \u201cNYPD on alert for Iran terror\u201d should be of major concern to those charged with protecting U.S. national security. Reported Jessica Simeone:<\/p>\n

A terror attack sponsored by Iran is an ongoing concern for the NYPD, Commissioner Ray Kelly revealed yesterday.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been concerned about Iran for a while, and I think the history of those events throughout the world since January give us cause for concern,\u201d Kelly said during an anti-terror conference called NYPD SHIELD.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kelly also said that a possible conflict between Iran and Israel is a particular area of concern, given New York City\u2019s large Jewish population.<\/em><\/p>\n

One issue is the potential for a retaliation attack on New York City by Iran and Hezbollah, said NYPD Lt. Kevin Yorke of the Intelligence Division.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWithin the last year, we\u2019ve seen a worldwide increase in incidents involving the stockpiling of explosives, the surveillance of targets, and a number of very significant plots and attacks,\u201d Yorke said.<\/em><\/p>\n

That increase in activity is in direct relation to Iran\u2019s nuclear-weapons program and the tension surrounding it, Yorke said.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cObviously if there\u2019s any action involving Israel and Iran we have to be very cognizant of the potential of retaliation here in New York City,\u201d Kelly said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Considering the intimate ties<\/a> between the \u201crogue<\/a>\u201d NYPD Intelligence Division & Counter-Terrorism Bureau and the \u201ccriminal state<\/a>\u201d of Israel \u2014 with its sordid history<\/a> of false flag attacks and other crimes<\/a> against the United States as well as its ongoing dubious propaganda campaign<\/a> of allegations against its Islamic enemies \u2014 this public statement of \u201cconcern\u201d about an Iranian-sponsored terror attack in New York should put those genuinely concerned about U.S. national security on high alert.<\/p>\n

It may also be of note to national security that a recent Israeli delegation<\/a> to the city headed by Minister for Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuri Edelstein cited the 9\/11 attacks as \u201can example of the destructive capability of terrorist groups governed, motivated and supported by the terrorist capital of the world \u2014 Iran.\u201d Presumably, Minister Edelstein did not mention that his prime minister thought<\/a> that those same attacks were \u201cvery good\u201d for Israel.<\/p>\n

_______________________<\/p>\n

Maidhc \u00d3 Cathail is an investigative journalist<\/a> and Middle East analyst. He is also the creator and editor of The Passionate Attachment blog<\/a>, which focuses primarily on the U.S.-Israeli relationship.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 thepassionateattachment.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On September 25 [2012], The Passionate Attachment broke the story of the Israel lobbyist who suggested that a Pearl Harbor-type attack might be necessary to get a recalcitrant Obama Administration to go to war with Iran. In light of Clawson\u2019s thinly-veiled call for a false flag attack to trigger another Middle East war for Israel, a story in yesterday\u2019s [10 Oct 2012] New York Post entitled \u201cNYPD on alert for Iran terror\u201d should be of major concern to those charged with protecting U.S. national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglo-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}