Mossad taking the lead in containing Iranian ambitions

Iranian ambitions are widening and causing alarm. With American troops committed to lengthy and un-winnable wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Madman in Tehran can continue to push the envelope without fear of being seriously challenged, or can he?
With the test launch of the revised Sejil 2 medium-range missile in Iran earlier this week, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to send the wrong the signals to a global community growing impatient with the illegitimate government in Tehran. The new upgrades to the missile could carry it as far as Israel, and as the Jewish State has in the past, it might again be forced to take action to halt a growing nuclear ambition in Iran. In June of 1981, American made, Israeli fighter planes bombed and destroyed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear facility in a wonderful bit of stealth flying and tight maneuvers by Israeli pilots. According to Donald Neff in a Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, “Thus the deeper meaning of the attack was that it amounted to a declaration of war against the Arab world's efforts to enter the atomic age.”
Hopefully Israel is still willing to wage such a war, as the other powers who could have a real impact are committed to ineffective sanctions and political diplomacy. Israel is the only player that can effectively move against the aspirations of Tehran. Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon put the problem of defeating Iran's nuclear ambitions on the desk of Mossad chief Meir Dagan. The problem is thus in good hands, as the Israeli Agency is unrivaled in its clandestine activities. American, Israeli and other Western agencies are still actively pursuing the purchasing networks of Iran on nuclear activities. Recent purchasing schemes, through agents and straw companies have been uncovered in Taiwan, according to Yossi Melmen in an article titled; Israel, U.S. leading bid to thwart Iran nuke efforts in Far East, posted on Haaretz.com yesterday. So, while official policy continues to be sanctions, negotiations and abstract threats, the Intelligence Agencies are fighting the ground war on preventing a Nuclear Iran. Such Intelligence work was the main player in a more in-depth inspection of a plane that made an emergency stop for fuel this week in Bangkok. The weapons stashed on the flight were logged as oil drilling equipment, but Thai officials suspect the weapons cache to be bound for Iran, compliments of North Korea. An unnamed Thai official claims that, "Some of the components found are believed to be parts of unassembled Taepodong- 2 missiles." The North Korean missiles are widely believed to be a joint product between the DPRK and Iran.
"The Zionist regime (Israel) and its (western) backers cannot do a damn thing to stop Iran's nuclear work," Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech in the central city of Isfahan earlier in December. The continued gauntlets being thrown down by Tehran's rhetoric and its continued testing of offensive weapons as well as its relationships with global nuclear rogues threatens Israel and the global community at large and if pushed to a breaking point Ahmadinejad will be rather forcefully removed from power. Growing tensions over Iran's internal political scene has taken some of the international focus off the nuclear aspirations of the government and the spotlight needs to be refocused on the issue.
The United States government is down playing the testing of the Sejil 2 medium-range missile, calling it essentially old news, and that the capabilities of this weapon are similar to past missiles. However, White House spokesmen Mike Hammer has said, the test would "increase the seriousness and resolve of the international community to hold Iran accountable for its continued defiance of its international obligations on its nuclear program." It seems that for the time being the only considerable efforts being made to block the nuclear ambitions are being conducted in the shadows.