Covert op gone awry? Iranian TV shows image of a supposed American stealth surveillance drone. (photo: ABC News)
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A major “hot war” in the Middle East may be coming in 2012. But evidence continues to mount of an aggressive “covert war” already being fought inside Iran and the Middle East. The goal: to neutralize Tehran’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs before it’s too late. Mysterious explosions are occurring. Iranian scientists are disappearing. Top secret U.S. stealth drones are being used — now one has been down and captured by the Iranians. There is little doubt that the Israeli Mossad is involved in some of these operations. The question is how extensively the CIA and other Western intelligence agencies are involved. In my new political thriller, The Tehran Initiative, the main character — David Shirazi — is a CIA operative sent deep inside Iran to use “all means necessary” to pinpoint, disrupt and sabotage Iran’s nuclear threat before Israel launches preemptive strikes. We can only hope the CIA is being this aggressive. But the White House and State Department continues to pursue a policy of appeasement towards the wicked regime in Tehran. Now the Obama administration is even trying to water down tougher new Iran sanctions passed by the Senate last week, 100 to 0. Why? Such actions are foolish and reckless, and are making the prospect of an Israeli first strike more likely, not less. Keep praying. It may be a long, tough year ahead.
- Los Angeles Times: Mysterious blasts, slayings suggest covert efforts in Iran — Attacks targeting nuclear scientists and sites lead some observers to believe that the U.S. and Israel are trying to derail Iran’s programs (covers multiple events over the past month)
- BBC: Is Iran already under covert attack?
- UPDATE: A THIRD MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION — Seven killed in explosion at Iran steel factory (Dec 12)
- Iran state television displays ‘downed U.S. surveillance drone’
- Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret U.S. Surveillance Effort
- Pentagon admits drone is American
- A second Iranian nuclear facility has exploded, as diplomatic tensions rise between the West and Tehran (focuses on Nov 30 blast in Isfahan)
- ‘Blast in Iran struck uranium enrichment facility’ (covers Nov 30 blast in Isfahan)
- Explosion Seen as Big Setback to Iran’s Missile Program (further update on Nov 12 blast)
- New York Times reports “Images Show Devastation at Iran Base After Blast” (update on Nov 12)
- Iranian missile architect dies in blast. But was explosion a Mossad mission? Tehran says blast that killed 17 and rattled windows 30 miles away was an accident (covers Nov 12 blast at a missile testing base near Tehran)
- Years after vanishing in Iran, retired FBI agent appears in hostage video: ‘Please help me’
- FLASHBACK: Top U.S. and Israeli experts discuss Iran nuclear program, the Stuxnet virus, and the Twelfth Imam (Dec 16, 2011)
- FLASHBACK: Covert war in Iran focus of Newsweek cover story (Dec 27, 2010)
- FLASHBACK: Stuxnet computer virus used against Iran’s nuclear computers was developed in Israel, reports NYT (January 16, 2011)
- The Tehran Initiative is available for Christmas and Hannukah in hardcover or e-book
- UPDATE: The Tehran Initiative hits #4 on Christian booksellers best-seller list
- NEW BOOK REVIEW — Excerpt: “Rosenberg is a master storyteller. His gripping writing style keeps you turning pages well past midnight, and the characters he creates, both American and Iranian, are full-bodied and believable. From the White House to a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, every scene surrounds you, putting the reader in the center of the action…. “
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