"Considering that Israel has the most sophisticated anti missile technology that could stop a fair proportion of Iran's missiles, and whose retaliations are renowned for being vastly out of proportion, there is no scenario where Iran could contemplate using nukes against Israel without facing annihilation."

1. The danger for Israel is not so much from the air: Iran could simply smuggle a nuclear bomb by sea in a commercial container, to be activated by GPS once it arrives at an Israeli port.

2. Ahmadenijad's sect does not worry about annihilation because they believe that the hidden-Imam is about to arrive any moment now and revive the dead anyway.

Yet Iran's big stick is against anyone who cooperates with Israel or attempts to make peace with it (including the Palestinians), or in fact against anyone that opposes their expansion in any other way. Europe is easily within its missile-range, but Australia is also not exempt from the above naval attacks.

Kamal Nawash

" As to the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the main reasons why a significant number of people in the Middle East seek Islamic based fundamentalist governments is because of the expectation that such governments would eliminate corruption, produce stronger economies, reduced unemployment and create higher standards of living. Obviously, Islamic states, as with any state based on religion, are much less likely to produce peace and prosperity.

However, by the time supporters of religious states discover that such states produce failure; it is usually too late to do anything about their governments. Religious governments usually equate opposition to their rule with opposition to God, which is a strong deterrent to protesters. Iran is an example."

http://www.islam-watch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=659:egypt-israel-and-the-muslim-brotherhood&catid=133:kamal-nawash&Itemid=58

Clearly, Shadow Minister, Iran doesn't have any nuclear warheads as opposed to Israel with 250+.

Even the US warmongers know that, as does the UN, US intelligence, everyone except including Israel and the US administration but who keep thumping the war drums because it suits their plans for budget allocations for military spending, now that poor old al Qaeda has passed its prime as a scary monster.

They still use it occasionally just to keep it current. After all, they have spent so much on the campaign.

Reminds me of the old Australian adage back in the days of Menzies and Co., of "reds under the beds". That worked as well. Won him an election, in fact.

Totally wasted in Australia though during the football season.

As a final comment on the Egyptian crisis, because without a clear leader and any formal; organisation for the people, that is what is has now become, let me quote from US propaganda from USAID when describing how the US 'graft' money paid to Mubarak was spent in Egypt.
It is advisable to be seated when reading this....

"For over three decades, the United States has worked to improve the quality of life of all Egyptians through programs supporting economic development and regional stability. USAID assistance has totaled $28.6 billion since 1975. Current programs focus on economic growth; education; healthier, planned families; and democracy and governance.” – USAID website

There, you see. The Nazi Goebbels with his theories on controlling the minds of the people has been well understood by the US spin writers. USAID, US Government. It's all the same.

The fact that it has been estimated that Mubarak left his office with an estimated fortune of up to $70 billion puts paid forever to the idea that he had any interest in the Egyptian people, working as they do for an average of just $2 dollars a day.

Credibility for the US? Gone forever.