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| Russia Still Insisting US About To Attack Iran |
| 2007-04-09 |
| With Tehran continuing to move ahead with its nuclear plans, rumors persist the White House is planning a military strike on Iran in April. "Preparations to strike Iran's strategic facilities continue," Col. Gen. Leonid Ivashov, president of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems, a Russian think tank, told Moscow-based news service Interfax. "Three major groups of U.S. forces are still in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Altogether, they have up to 450 cruise missiles on alert." "Military operations against Tehran will begin with the launch of at least two unexpected strikes using Tomahawk cruise missiles and air power in order to disable Iran's air-defense capabilities." "According to our data, up to 150 aircraft are to be involved in each strike on Iran. Land-based air-defense systems will be disabled in the first place, then mobile short-range systems, which Tehran has (including some 30 new systems)," he said. Ivashov also did not rule out the possibility of nuclear weapons being used against Iran. "Combat nuclear weapons may be used for bombing. This will result in radioactive contamination of the Iranian territory, which could possibly spread to neighboring countries," he said. A press conference Ivashov held in Moscow March 30 led to speculation the U.S. would strike Iran on April 4 in a military attack code-named "Operation Bite." In his most recent warning, Ivashov stressed the release of the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran robbed the U.S. of the pretext planned for a military strike last week. Still, Ivashov warned the U.S. had not given up plans to launch a missile and air strike on Iran before the end of April. Ivashov gained international notice at the Axis for Peace conference in 2005 for his claim that "international terrorism does not exist and that the 9-11 attack was a set-up orchestrated by the U.S. government. Russia's RIA Novosti news agency continues to support the charges Ivashov continues to make. On Friday, RIA Novosti quoted an unnamed Russian security source as saying, "Russian intelligence has information that the U.S. Armed Forces stationed in the Persian Gulf have nearly completed preparations for a missile strike against Iranian territory." The U.S. Navy has announced the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left San Diego April 2 and is headed to the Persian Gulf. The Nimitz is expected to relieve the USS Eisenhower currently on station in the Gulf. The Nimitz will join the USS Stennis in a continued two-carrier battle group presence in the Gulf. The White House continues to deny categorically there are any imminent plans to launch a military attack on Iran. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #11 Russia still insisting US about to attack.... And they are doing everything to make it happen |
| Posted by: Captain America 2007-04-09 21:13 |
| #10 Russia Still Insisting US About To Attack Iran For once, I'm hoping they're right. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-09 20:56 |
| #9 Russia Still Insisting US About To Attack Iran Well, if they insist ... |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-04-09 19:35 |
| #8 Yawn ... wake me up when the attack starts. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2007-04-09 14:56 |
| #7 Piss off, Ivan. Like we'd tell YOU what we're up to. Sure. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-04-09 14:41 |
| #6 Like Gore...some people will do anything to appear relevant and stay in the news. We could not build enough TLAMs or CALCMs in a lifetime to take out the entire iranian nuclear industry. It would take extensive, precise intel...multiple dozens of bunker-busters...preceded by a hail of TLAMs and CALCMs + Tactical and strategic bombs to take out the anti-air threat. The US is not in any position to stage this, nor does it want to. The 3 CSG's and ESG's that will be in the Gulf will be a "show of force"...but like we have said, NIMITZ is there to replace EISENHOWER. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-04-09 12:55 |
| #5 Russia thinks the islamists can do what they couldn't. Money is on the mad mullahs. Russia thinks they can take out the mad mullahs once they paralyse the western world. Russia is in this for the big bucks. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble 2007-04-09 12:33 |
| #4 Is it possible that Putin could really be prodding the US to act? |
| Posted by: doc 2007-04-09 12:24 |
| #3 If this "axis of peace" is the one I'm thinking about, then it's a creation (at least partly) of thierry meyssan, the professional subversive frenchie who wrote the "no plane crash on the Pentagon" book which was one of the very first to jump in the 9/11 truther bandwagon (in fact, it may have been one initiator of that). And this "axis" is in turn one front for the MM, meyssan having been very big in the gulf through the zayed think tank, and now being quite close to iran. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-04-09 12:17 |
| #2 Moonbats without borders.... |
| Posted by: ArmyLife 2007-04-09 12:16 |
| #1 Ivashov was chief of staff of the Russian armed forces when the 9-11 attack took place. Still can't believe that the islamists plotted without consulting him. What position did you hold during Beslan, Ivashov? |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble 2007-04-09 11:14 |