US Planning to Attack Iran

[DaSangarTalib]

The US administration is stepping up plans for a possible air strike on Iran, reports in an American magazine and British newspaper say.

But Sunday's edition of the New York Times questioned the claims, quoting four Pentagon and administration officials as saying although the US has contingencies in place to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions, this did not equate to military confrontation.

Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, in Monday's issue of the New Yorker magazine, quotes former and current intelligence and defence officials as saying the US administration increasingly sees "regime change" in Tehran as the ultimate goal.

Hersh quotes an unidentified senior Pentagon adviser on the "war on terror" as saying: "This White House believes that the only way to solve the problem is to change the power structure in Iran, and that means war."

Activities stepped up

The report says the administration has stepped up clandestine activities in Iran and has initiated a series of talks on its plans with "a few key senators and members of Congress".

Hersh uncovered the My Lai massacre by US troops during the Vietnam war as well as American abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

But the New York Times says some critics see Hersh as "too eager to report assertions critical of the government that are difficult to fully substantiate".

The United States says it is focused on forging a diplomatic solution to the Iran impasse but refuses to rule out an attack to deal with what it says is one of the biggest threats to Middle East stability.

The New Yorker article cites a former senior defence official saying the military believed a sustained bombing campaign against Iran would humiliate the leadership and lead the Iranian public to overthrow it.

Nuclear option

The report also says the US military is considering the use of a nuclear weapon to destroy Iran's main centrifuge plant at Natanz.

Hersh reports that one option involves the use of a bunker-buster nuclear weapon, such as the B61-11.

The Times of London also cites White House insiders as saying a nuclear-armed Iran is too dangerous to be left to a potential Democrat president.

But it says a strike with a conventional weapon is much more likely, possibly a 13,600-kg bunker-busting missile called the Big Blu which should be available to the US Air Force by 2008 - one date suggested for an attack on Iran.

The paper adds that Bush officials believe that while it is true setbacks in Iran's neighbour, Iraq, have diminished American enthusiasm for military intervention, it would be a mistake to conclude that Americans would not stomach a strike.

"The American people are not looking for new fights but they understand the nature of the Iranian threat very clearly," the Times quotes a senior US defence official as saying.

It also points out a potential upside of a strike on Iran for US leaders George Bush and **** Cheney, quoting American defence analyst John Pike of globalsecurity.org as saying:

"Regardless of how bad Bush's poll numbers are, Americans love a display of firepower."

[IbnAbdulHakim]

We Must Warn Iran!!!!

...as if thats really necessary!!

[extinction]

Americans wont stop at Iran........they never give up.........but hopefully Bush is going soon....so we definitely know which party not to vote for this time around....go democrats!!

[Ghazi]

Salaam

This is just stupid why wage war witha muslim country, don't they realise more mujahids will flock to the battle.

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[IbnAbdulHakim]

Salaam

This is just stupid why wage war witha muslim country, don't they realise more mujahids will flock to the battle.

is iran really heavily equipped in artillary?

[Ghazi]

is iran really heavily equipped in artillary?

Salaam

Think so, they've got the U.S. worried.

[IbnAbdulHakim]

Salaam

Think so, they've got the U.S. worried.

naa im sure the U.S jus wanna put an end to the "ehhem"

"muslim radicals"....

ALLAHU AKBAR I WANNA BE LABELLED LIKE THAT ;D ;D

naa for real tho, one day we all really hav to help these brothers out...

[Wahid]

salam
iran has perrty good militery, they might be able to hold back US ari strikes and becuase of iraq an invasion is outa question
and irans nuke plans are deep underground and very scatterd soUS planes cant survive long roaming over all iran which has good ground to air defences

[Wahid]

double post.

[IbnAbdulHakim]

salam
iran has perrty good militery, they might be able to hold back US ari strikes and becuase of iraq an invasion is outa question
and irans nuke plans are deep underground and very scatterd soUS planes cant survive long roaming over all iran which has good ground to air defences

lol nice info there bro, so wats there ground defence like?

[Sister_6038]

i think these little boys need their big toys taken off them....

[Wahid]

lol nice info there bro, so wats there ground defence like?

its pretty good, they have perrty advanced weapons although not comparable to US but can hold their own on an Air attack by US

[IbnAbdulHakim]

its pretty good, they have perrty advanced weapons although not comparable to US but can hold their own on an Air attack by US

Alhamdullilah, well the enemy always had the advantage, we shud jus pray for success :)

:sl:

[afriend]

Alhamdullilah, well the enemy always had the advantage, we shud jus pray for success :)

:sl:

Very true, but you do not know that we will always have the upper hand, when Allah is our Wali, our protector.....

[Sister_6038]

Very true, but you do not know that we will always have the upper hand, when Allah is our Wali, our protector.....

*nods head in agreement*

[IbnAbdulHakim]

*nods head in agreement*

*nods head faster in agreement* ;D

[Sister_6038]

*nods head faster in agreement* ;D

*thinks if shes nods her head in agreement fast like bro abd' majid she will pull a muscle in her neck....thinks is it worth the risk...naaah...* :statisfie