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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue.
The special planning group was established within the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in recent months, according to an unidentified former U.S. intelligence official cited in the article by investigative reporter Seymour Hersh in the March 4 issue.
The panel initially focused on destroying Iran's nuclear facilities and on regime change but has more recently been directed to identify targets in Iran that may be involved in supplying or aiding militants in Iraq, according to an Air Force adviser and a Pentagon consultant, who were not identified.
-- Reuters
This is not exactly news but it does make it a little more official. And, as if that were not enough:
It may be a very hot summer.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue.
The special planning group was established within the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in recent months, according to an unidentified former U.S. intelligence official cited in the article by investigative reporter Seymour Hersh in the March 4 issue.
The panel initially focused on destroying Iran's nuclear facilities and on regime change but has more recently been directed to identify targets in Iran that may be involved in supplying or aiding militants in Iraq, according to an Air Force adviser and a Pentagon consultant, who were not identified.
-- Reuters
This is not exactly news but it does make it a little more official. And, as if that were not enough:
The article also included an interview conducted in December with Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who said that while he had no interest in initiating another war with Israel, he was anticipating and preparing for another Israeli attack sometime this year.I suppose this means that Nasrallah will be lobbing more missiles into Israel and perhaps conduct more kidnapping operations, and when Israel exercises the temerity to respond, we will be in for another big flare-up in the Middle East.
It may be a very hot summer.
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Date: 2007-02-26 11:45 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-02-27 03:22 am (UTC)From:Thanks! I haven't done much about my icons in some time, and I really need to, because I'm tired of most of mine and am not happy with them. This "Snarl" one is definitely a keeper, though!