First things first. In the beginning of June Israel conducted a large-scale military exercise, where nearly 100 aircraft flew 900 miles out into the Mediterranean Sea and back. Aside from the large number of planes involved, the distance was interesting, since 900 miles is the approximate distance from Israel to Iran's suspected nuclear weapons research site outside the city of Natanz.
Military action to stop Iran's nuclear research program is something that has been floating around out there for at least a year now. But the large-scale exercise has to be an indication that Israel is considering the option seriously. Earlier in the month a former Israeli defense minister said that an attack was inevitable because the policy of sanctions against Iran have not stopped their research.
Of course many other countries are bitterly opposed to military strikes against Iran, not to mention the concern over what an attack on Iran would do to world oil prices. That's why it seemed like awfully good timing that the story about Hezbollah sleeper cells in Canada came out on the same day, especially when you read the story you find that the evidence backing up these threats is almost non-existent. Keep in mind that Hezbollah's main source of funding is widely thought to be the Iranian government. So if the nuclear threat isn't enough, there's always terrorism...
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