Gentlemen,
This doesn't seem to be typical Israeli style at all. Why would they announce they are planning an attack? I don't think in the history of Israel an announcement/public training event like this has ever been made - not in 56, 67, or '82 - and definitely not before Osirak. While its true that recently, Israel seems to have begun using more threats - they have threatened and then gone into Gaza and Lebanon in the past few years - the scale and importance of this attack strikes me as one that shouldn't have been made public. The only reason I can imagine the Israelis would have to engage in such actions would be if they believe Iran will heed such threats, which the Israelis don't believe. I agree with the Reaper's comments - this appears to be a rather odd strategy, and I don't see the benefit to it.
Also, perhaps some people smarter than me could explain the complexities of the strike that Israel is proposing, beyond the US and Israeli news articles. I noticed one story mentioned the Israelis would use a combination of air and ground forces. My impression is that Iran built its facilities to withstand an attack like this, at least from the air as a result of the Osirak attack i.e. several underground in mountains, spread across the county, some more secret than others. Also, would it be inaccurate to presume that Iran would send Shihab 3 missiles at Israel (perhaps other western allies) in response/during the attack? It made news when they tested it a few times, but the articles I've read don't seem to make the the connection between the fact that Iran recently obtained the capability to hit Israel with missiles from Iran, and Israel's aggressiveness towards Iran. (
http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/man/.../shahab-3.html)
Cheers,
Stu