B-52 Bombers making Dry Runs with A - Bombs aboard

By Michael Salla, Ph.D.Was A Covert Attempt To Bomb Iran With Nuclear Weapons Foiled By A Military Leak?On August 30, a B-52 bomber armed with five nuclear-tipped Advanced Cruise missiles traveled from Minot Air Force base, North Dakota, to Barksdale Air Force base, Louisiana. Key questions to be asked are why did trained Airmen ignore USAF regulations in loading the nuclear weapons on to the B-52, who gave the orders for the nukes to be loaded, and why were they shipped to an Air base involved in Middle East Operations?

By Wayne MadsenQuestions Remain Over Nuclear-Armed B-52 Over MidwestThe reported "loss" of six nuclear-armed stealthy advance cruise missiles (ACMs) flown on the wing pylons of a B-52 from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on August 30 would represent a complete and unprecedented breakdown in the command and control of nuclear weapons in the United States.
By Anthony Signorelli

Israeil Jets in 'Iran Attack-Drill' Over Syria
September 08, 2007 NY Post Post Wire Services

JERUSALEM -- Israeli warplanes may have been testing air routes for a possible attack against Iran when they were fired on by Syrian forces, experts said yesterday. The official Syrian Arab News Agency Thursday quoted a military official as saying that Israeli jets broke the sound barrier flying over northern Syria earlier in the day, then "dropped munitions" onto deserted areas after being shot at by Syria's air defenses. Israel's air force may have been testing an air path to Iran, in case it decides to carry out an attack against that country's nuclear facilities, analysts said. The corridor of northern Syria over which the aircraft allegedly flew is the closest straight line from the Mediterranean Sea, where Israel has easy access, to Iran. Israel says it prefers to let the international community confront Iran's nuclear ambitions, but a lone Israeli attack is not out of the question. "Of course Israel wants to let the Americans do that," said Ephraim Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. "But if we are left alone, the Israeli army is preparing to deal with the Iranian nuclear threat - if the political level allows it to - and this could have been a part of that."