=91ATTACK IRAN?=92 - "It's still not really beyond Bush and Cheney to
order a full-scale preemptive attack on Iran. But the more likely
scenario is that there will be an asymmetrical U.S. response to a
(possibly trumped-up) Iranian provocation. And the most likely
scenario is that the United States will encourage (or certainly not
oppose) an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities - which in
turn would lead the United States to come to Israel's defense should
Iran strike back." - 'Israel Will Not Tolerate Nuclear Iran: Olmert''
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Attack Iran?
Jay (Rockefeller) should hold hearings
Editorial,
The Charleston Gazette,
May 9, 2008
ANOTHER U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in the Persian Gulf last week
"as the Pentagon ordered military commanders to develop new options
for attacking Iran," CBS News reported. What's going on?
Vice President Dick Cheney says all options are on the table regarding
Iran. What does this mean?
Two months ago, Navy Admiral William Fallon, commander of the U.S.
forces in the Middle East, retired under pressure after he told
reporters the Bush administration's "constant drumbeat of conflict"
against Iran was "not helpful and not useful." A senior administration
official said Fallon's comments "left the perception that he had a
different foreign policy than the president."
Thomas Barnett, a former Naval War College professor, wrote in Esquire
that Fallon was "standing up to the commander in chief, whom he thinks
is contemplating a strategically unsound war."
The Washington Post reported that Fallon's resignation "sparked a new
round of speculation that President Bush and Vice President Cheney
have some sort of plan in the works to attack Iran before their time
is up."
If this is true, the public should know it. It's time to call public
hearings and make that question at least as visible as Obama's
preacher or Brittany Spears' adventures. As chairman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee, Sen. Jay Rockefeller is in position to make
that happen.
Yes, George Bush has rattled his saber at Iran for years. In 2003,
Time magazine reported that the Pentagon had drawn up a list of more
than 1,000 Iranian targets that, if bombed, would immobilize the
country. Two years ago, in The New Yorker, Seymour Hersh detailed Bush
administration plans to attack Iran.
But time is running out for the Bush team. In March, Washington Post
analyst Dan Froomkin wrote: "It's still not really beyond Bush and
Cheney to order a full-scale preemptive attack on Iran. But the more
likely scenario is that there will be an asymmetrical U.S. response to
a (possibly trumped-up) Iranian provocation. And the most likely
scenario is that the United States will encourage (or certainly not
oppose) an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities - which in
turn would lead the United States to come to Israel's defense should
Iran strike back."
In January, London's Sunday Times detailed Israeli plans to bomb
Iranian nuclear facilities. Last year, the British paper reported that
at least four U.S. generals and admirals have said they will quit
immediately if Bush orders an attack on Iran.
This is sounding like an echo of the run-up to Iraq, when Bush and
Cheney insisted that Iraq had horror weapons, was in bed with suicide
fanatics, and made other false assertions that sucked America into the
disastrous Iraq war.
In December, the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate, assembled by all
U.S. intelligence agencies, reported that Iran has no atomic bomb
program. Nonetheless, the administration insists that Iranians are
developing bombs. Bush and Cheney say Iran is arming Iraqi insurgents.
Top military leaders have said there is no evidence to connect the
arms to the Iranian government.
Rockefeller should call hearings and ask all these questions. Whether
or not he gets answers, airing the war threat in the light of day may
prevent a disaster.
SOURCE:
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Israel Will Not Tolerate Nuclear Iran: Olmert
AFP,
9 May, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) =97 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his
warning that the Jewish state will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran,
but expressed hope the international community would be successful in
checking Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
"Yes, Israel will not tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of people
who say openly, explicitly and publicly that they want to wipe Israel
off the map. Why should we?" Olmert asked in an interview with The
Washington Post.
The newspaper plans to publish the interview in its Sunday issue, but
it posted the text on its website late Friday.
At the same time, the prime minister held out hope that diplomatic
efforts by the United States, the European Union and Russia aimed at
ensuring the peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program would bear
fruit.
"I hope they will be successful," Olmert said.
However, he sharply disagreed with findings contained in last year's
US National Intelligence Estimate, which argued that Iran's military
nuclear program had been halted in 2003.
"Based on the information we have, the military program continues and
has never been stopped," Olmert insisted.
"If this program continues, at some point they will be in possession
of a nuclear weapon," he warned.
SOURCE: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gyH2xqxgOD7mFnhsLXN6kZ4DdYvQ
Goebbels himself would be proud of this Big Lie!
Pure Propaganda - The Oft-Repeated alse Charge That Iran Has
Threatened To "Wipe Israel Off The Map"
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/GE=
O237.HTM
The REAL Truth: Iran Has never Threatened To Attack Israel
Preemptively, But Nuclear-Armed Israel HAS Threatened Iran With Attack
And Destruction!
'Olmert: We Still Opt For Iran Attack'
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D49083=A7ionid=3D351020104
Israeli Minister Threatens "Destruction Of The Iranian Nation"
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/iran-a09.shtml
In case you missed this=85.
IRAN WAR SCOOP BY EX-CIA OFFICER: =91War With Iran Might Be Closer Than
You Think=92
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War With Iran Might Be Closer Than You Think
by Philip Giraldi,
The American Conservative,
May 9th, 2008.
There is considerable speculation and buzz in Washington today
suggesting that the National Security Council has agreed in principle
to proceed with plans to attack an Iranian al-Qods-run camp that is
believed to be training Iraqi militants. The camp that will be
targeted is one of several located near Tehran. Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates was the only senior official urging delay in taking any
offensive action. The decision to go ahead with plans to attack Iran
is the direct result of concerns being expressed over the
deteriorating situation in Lebanon, where Iranian ally Hezbollah
appears to have gained the upper hand against government forces and
might be able to dominate the fractious political situation. The
White House contacted the Iranian government directly yesterday
through a channel provided by the leadership of the Kurdish region in
Iraq, which has traditionally had close ties to Tehran. The US
demanded that Iran admit that it has been interfering in Iraq and also
commit itself to taking steps to end the support of various militant
groups. There was also a warning about interfering in Lebanon. The
Iranian government reportedly responded quickly, restating its
position that it would not discuss the matter until the US ceases its
own meddling employing Iranian dissident groups. The perceived
Iranian intransigence coupled with the Lebanese situation convinced
the White House that some sort of unambiguous signal has to be sent to
the Iranian leadership, presumably in the form of cruise missiles. It
is to be presumed that the attack will be as =93pinpoint=94 and limited as
possible, intended to target only al-Qods and avoid civilian
casualties. The decision to proceed with plans for an attack is not
final. The President will still have to give the order to launch
after all preparations are made.
Source:
http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/05/09/war-with-iran-might-be-close=
r-than-you-think/
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And in case you missed this recent news
report, too=85.
U.S. AIR PRACTICES FOR IRAN RAID? =91Early Warning: A Secret
Afghanistan Mission Prepares for War with Iran=92
Early Warning: A Secret Afghanistan Mission Prepares for War with
Iran
By William M. Arkin,
Washington Post,
8 May, 2008
Those predicting war with Iran or some Bush-Cheney October surprise
attack on Tehran are constantly looking for signs of military
preparations: a B-52 bomber that mistakenly takes off from North
Dakota with nuclear-armed cruise missiles; a second or third aircraft
carrier entering the Persian Gulf; a B-1 crashing in Qatar.
Since the most likely path to war with Iran is not Marines storming
the beach but a strike on nuclear facilities and "regime" targets,
signs such as these can often just be mirages. The true strike is not
necessarily going to come with any warning, and the U.S. military has
developed an entire system called "global strike" to implement such a
preemptive strike.
A secret mission conducted last August over Afghanistan caught my eye
because it tells us everything we need to know about the ability of
the U.S. military to conduct a bolt-out-of-the-blue attack in Iran. It
also tells us how useless such a strike might be.
On Aug. 12, 2007, four F-16CJ fighters took off on an 11-hour mission
from Iraq to Eastern Afghanistan, crossing the airspace of six
different nations, before dropping more than a dozen precision-guided
bombs on Taliban targets. The crews of the record-breaking flight
received the coveted Clarence MacKay Trophy for 2007, an award given
annually for "the most meritorious flight" of the year.
The secret mission had never before been attempted, according to the
Air Force, and the pilots were allotted a two-minute window of attack
at the end of their 2,100-mile flight. The entire non-stop mission,
which took 13 aerial refuelings, was the equivalent of flying from New
York to Los Angeles and back.
The mission was a success, according to the Air Force: It resulted in
"direct hits" that allowed coalition ground forces to "conduct raids
on Taliban positions."
However, a check of the news out of Afghanistan for the week of Aug.
12 reveals no real air strike of significance. On Aug. 12, the wire
services reported fighting near the Pakistani border and the death of
three U.S. soldiers and their Afghan interpreter from a roadside bomb.
Further fighting was reported on Aug. 13 and Aug. 14, but no
significant bombing missions in support of U.S. or Afghan forces. On
Aug. 15, the Afghan government announced a large scale three-day
operation in the area of Tora Bora, an operation launched in response
to the killing of three U.S. soldiers by IED earlier that week.
Officials said nearly 50 suspected Pakistani and Taliban militants
were killed in air and ground operations. Coalition aircraft carried
out two sorties to target the Taliban positions in that area, an
Afghan official said.
I don't doubt that the F-16CJ night mission was complicated and
historic, as well as physically and mentally demanding. The crews,
according to the Air Force, worked with new operating instructions and
went into the unknown. The squadron commander had only 18 hours to
plan and prepare for the attack. The mission was so secret,
furthermore, it was not listed on the daily Air Tasking Order, the
daily schedule distributed throughout the U.S. military, further
complicating aerial refuelings and overflights.
If on Aug. 12, 2007, the United States had killed Osama bin Laden or
scored some major victory in Afghanistan, one might fully appreciate
the mission and the award of the MacKay Trophy. But I suspect that
what was important here is that the mission went like clockwork, not
that something important in Afghanistan was destroyed.
None of this is to besmirch the effort or the achievement. But if this
was really a rehearsal to attack Iran, it was a mission where getting
the airplanes over the target was more consequential than what was
actually bombed.
SOURCE:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2008/05/a_secret_afghani=
stan_mission_p.html#more
(This news item is posted under =91Fair Use=92 provisions).
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=91U.S. Prophesizes Iran Striking Back=92
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D54690§ionid=3D351020101
=91Report: U.S. Convenes On Iran War Scenario=92
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D54656§ionid=3D351020101
Attacking Iran; =91Neocons And The Truth: Bitter Enemies To The End=92
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/08/ledeen/index.html
=91Is War With Iran Imminent?=92- Justin Raimondo
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=3D12755
=91The Iraq War Morphs Into The Iranian War=92
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19839.htm
'Israel Preparing To Bomb Iran Nuclear Sites'
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D53558§ionid=3D351020104
'Joint Chiefs Chairman Says U.S. Preparing Military Options Against
Iran'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042501=
480_pf.html
=91FEMA To Help Run 8-Day Disaster And Terror Drill Covering U.S. (And
Canada Command) In May=92
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=3D8679
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Iran?' http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/IRANPLAN.HTM
'Is A U.S./Israeli Air Strike On Iran Drawing Steadily Closer?' (News
Updates) http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/IRANWAR.HTM
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'Bush Was Prepared To Go Nuclear: Afghanistan Was To Have Been A NWO
Object Lesson!=92 http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/NUCLEAR.HTM.
=91The Plan For Three World Wars=92
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/3WARS.HTM
Elitist Blueprint For World Government Revealed
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2008/050108_elitist_blueprint...
'Astounding Quotes From The Political And Financial Elite On The
Planned New World Order' http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/TRAGEDY.HTM
Archived =91New World Order Intelligence Update=92 Articles on the =91New
World Order=92
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http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/NAU2.HTM
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/NAU3.HTM
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'Canadian Troops To Police U.S. Cities During Martial Law;
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Water-Diversion Plan Will Turn Canadian Water Into 'Liquid Gold' From
James Bay To Mexico!'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/grand.htm
The Elite=92s =93Newstates=92 Constitution For The Coming =91United States
O=
f
North America=92
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/NEWSTATE.HTM
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Bankrupt U.S.A. Covets Iran=92s Oil=85.
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'Global Starvation - Coming Soon To Europe And North America, Too?'
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'The Coming Great Food Shortages In America' by Texe Marrs
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/TEXMARRS.HTM
=85And the likely response to an economic or financial crisis by =91El
Presidente=92 Bush?
George W. Bush: Constitution of the United States is just a "goddamned
piece of paper."
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8534.shtml
'General Tommy Franks Says U.S. Constitution May Not Survive, Sees
Possible Military Form Of Government In The United States'
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'Concentration Camps in America? Martial Law Civilian Detention
Centers?'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/CONCAMP.HTM
'Astonishing 1987 =91Miami Herald=92 News Report Reveals Existence Of A
'Secret Government', Plus Plans To Suspend Constitution, Impose
Martial Law, And Activate Civilian Detention Centers'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/CONCAMP2.HTM
U.S. Congressman: American Concentration Camps "On The Books=94
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/CONCAMP3.HTM
'More Preparations For U.S. Martial Law'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/MOREMART.HTM
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'FEMA: America's Secret Government-In-Waiting'
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/fema.htm
http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/GEO443.HTM
'War Is A Racket' by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC
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'Chemtrails: Are They For Climate Control, Weather Modification,
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NUCLEAR TREASON AT THE TOP OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT?
These serious allegations, involving the alleged =91sale=92 of nuclear
secrets, reach right to the top of the U.S. government. The
prestigious London =91Sunday Times=92 first broke this blockbuster story
on 6th January, 2008 =96 it has been completely =91blacked out=92 by the
U.S. media and wire services!
For news headline and blogger article links on the recent sensational
=91U.S. Nuclear Treason And Betrayal=92 revelations of Sibel Edmonds, the
ex-FBI whistleblower who has been called =91The most-gagged woman in
America=92, go to http://www.mimico-by-the-lake.com/EDMONDS.HTM
=93If you made public all the information that the FBI have on this
case, you will see very high-level people going through criminal
trials=94 =96 Sibel Edmonds
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