On July 27, just before Friday prayers, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei summoned top Iranian military chiefs for what he called “their last war council.”
“We’ll be at war within weeks,” he told the gathering, debkafile’s exclusive Iranian and intelligence sources disclose.
Present were Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi, Khamenei’s military adviser General Yahya Rahim-Safavi, Armed Forces Chief Major General Seyed Hassan Firuzabadi, Revolutionary Guards Corps commander General Mohammad Ali Jafari and Al Qods Brigades chief General Qassem Soleimani. The commanders of the air force, the navy and ground forces were also there.
Each of the participants was tapped to report on the readiness of his branch or sector for shouldering its contingency mission.
While retaliation had been exhaustively drilled in regular military exercises in the past year, Khamenei ordered the biggest fortification project in Iran’s history to save its nuclear program from even the mightiest of America’s super-weapons. Rocks are being gathered from afar, piled on key nuclear installations, covered with many tons of poured concrete and finally plated with steel.
That same Friday, the US Air force unveiled its new Massive Ordnance Penetrators. Each bunker buster weighs 30 pounds and is able to penetrate 60 feet of reinforced concrete.
Turning to retaliation, the war council endorsed a battery of paybacks for potential US and/or Israeli pre-emptive strikes against its nuclear program. They would start by announcing enhanced uranium enrichment up to 60 percent – that is close to weapons grade.
Oft-tested ballistic missiles, Shehab-3, would be loosed against Israel, Saudi Arabia and American Middle East and Gulf military installations.
Hizballah in Lebanon and Hamas and Jihad Islami in Gaza stand ready to pitch in against Israel with attacks from the north and the southwest.
Saudi oil export terminals would be blown up and mines sown in the Strait of Hormuz to impede the export of one-fifth of the world’s oil.
Khamenei put before his war council a timeline of weeks for the coming conflict – September or October.
WarSclerotic 
August 1, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Khamenei wants to rally the military leadership around his flag and to tell the world ” listen, we are ready , even if the hostilities will take place in weeks.” Actually, it could work, if a regular war was at our door.He feels some heat and he tries to produce deterrence.
The tactical surprise factor that such an operation needs, may fade away very quickly. Nobody is expecting Israel to act very soon. Then… .
August 1, 2012 at 10:50 AM
You’re saying it’s a matter of days rather than weeks?
August 1, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Yes, its a matter of days.
August 1, 2012 at 11:03 AM
For those who still didn’t get that a 17th century leadership with 21th century arsenal is a mortal danger for the humanity, get this :
http://atimetobetray.com/blog/iran-preparing-mahdis-special-forces/
August 1, 2012 at 3:15 PM
There are a lot of sick people in this world 😐
August 1, 2012 at 3:19 PM
“debkafile’s exclusive Iranian and intelligence sources disclose”
When reading DEBKAfile I’m always under the impression war is about to start in a couple of days 🙄
August 1, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Debkafile’s subscription revenue must be down a bit….and then…could be what Luis is saying.
August 1, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Obama will win the election, time is running out.
August 2, 2012 at 1:27 AM
Bite your tongue! Obama will not win. LOL
August 2, 2012 at 8:47 AM
I’m afraid I don’t agree with the ‘rosy’ scenario of ‘only’ 300 Israeli people killed. When and if this thing starts, all bets are off. Israel is facing murderous fanatics that would think nothing of killing thousands of their fellows, much less ALL Jews whom they regard as less than human.
Rest assured that despite best efforts, this will be a fight to the death- and many people will pay the ultimate price.
When (note I say WHEN, not IF) chemical weapons and other wmd are used against Israel, will Israel respond in kind? Will it have to? If it does, countries will be wiped out- not just the fanatics in charge.