Jerusalem - Israel has continued to make preparations to confront the growing threat from Tehran by forming an Iran Command within the Israel Air Force (IAF). Debka is reporting just last month recently retired chief of the IAF; Brigadier General Eliezer Shkedy stated Israel should take action against Iran even if it means acting alone. Though I will be personally surprised if the IAF will have to time with the major threats on Israel's border with Hamas-Hezbollah-Lebanon-Syria, the IAF may be able to conduct a few missions even though Iran's most important installations are underground and nuclear bomb proof. A few raids could really boost public morale and some important bases above ground could still be hit, missile and air bases. [DEBKA]Sources have informed Debka the Iranian general to lead his country's response after being attacked is Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the al-Quds Brigades of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. Quds is the blasphemous name the Islamic world has given Jerusalem which indicates General Soleimani has been given command of the most fanatical unit in Iran's army the brigade size (5,000) Rapid Deployment Force composed of religious students, mullahs trained in conventional warfare. I suspect they have been designated to link up with Palestinian and Hezbollah units while at the same time Soleimani will be directing the attacks of the Mahdi Army in Iraq which could be designed to prepare the way for his cruise missile attacks on UK/US bases in Iraq. There could also be air units at his disposal and he reports directly to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.As in the days of Noah...

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