Forward from mart. URGENT! PLEASE DISTRIBUTE! - Fw: [NYTr] More Rumors about Surprise Attack on Iran
Personally, I think a pre-emptive U.S. / Israeli attack on Iran, (at least before Nov. 2) is unlikely, and probably rumour mongering on the part of the Democrats. The monopoly capitalist and imperialist "powers that be" behind the throne, don't really care which of their two chosen presidential candidates, Bush or Kerry actually get "elected", as either will continue the policies of empire unabated. Still, with a madman and religious zealot like Bush, anything is possible. Watch this one very closely. mart ========================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NYTr List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 2:52 PM Subject: [NYTr] More Rumors about Surprise Attack on Iran Via NY Transfer News Collective All the News that Doesn't Fit [ We all thought before Bush's Iraq Crusade that he couldn't possibly be stupid enough to invade Iraq without an exit strategy, and that it would become an endless quagmire was obvious. It seems similarly inconceivable that the Bush regime would have the hubris to attack Iran (a country of 72 million people with a real army) at this point, with the US military so overburdened. Surely another terrorist attack on the US would be easier to arrange, and safer militarily, although politically it's a roll of the dice: Would the population rally 'round the Commander in Chief, or excoriate him for once again failing to protect the Homeland? One should never underestimate the self-destructive impulses of a desperate dry drunk like Bush -- or the capacity of his deluded followers to go along with him. Caveat lector. -NYTransfer ] ======================================== http://www.lebanonwire.com/0410/04102002LW.asp Lebanon Wire Beirut Lebanon Oct. 21, 2004 A BUSH PRE-ELECTION STRIKE ON IRAN: WHITE HOUSE INSIDERS REPORT "OCTOBER SURPRISE" IMMINENT By Wayne Madsen According to White House and Washington Beltway insiders, the Bush administration, worried that it could lose the presidential election to Senator John F. Kerry, has initiated plans to launch a military strike on Iran's top Islamic leadership, its nuclear reactor at Bushehr on the Persian Gulf, and key nuclear targets throughout the country, including the main underground research site at Natanz in central Iran and another in Isfahan. Targets of the planned U.S. attack reportedly include mosques in Tehran, Qom, and Isfahan known by the U.S. to headquarter Iran's top mullahs. The Iran attack plan was reportedly drawn up after internal polling indicated that if the Bush administration launched a so-called anti-terrorist attack on Iran some two weeks before the election, Bush would be assured of a landslide win against Kerry. Reports of a pre-emptive strike on Iran come amid concerns by a number of political observers that the Bush administration would concoct an "October Surprise" to influence the outcome of the presidential election. According to White House sources, the USS John F. Kennedy was deployed to the Arabian Sea to coordinate the attack on Iran. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld discussed the Kennedy's role in the planned attack on Iran when he visited the ship in the Arabian Sea on October 9. Rumsfeld and defense ministers of U.S. coalition partners, including those of Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Poland, Qatar, Romania, and Ukraine briefly discussed a very "top level" view of potential dual-track military operations in Iran and Iraq in a special "war room" set up on board the aircraft carrier. America's primary ally in Iraq, the United Kingdom, did not attend the planning session because it reportedly disagrees with a military strike on Iran. London also suspects the U.S. wants to move British troops from Basra in southern Iraq to the Baghdad area to help put down an expected surge in Sh'ia violence in Sadr City and other Sh'ia areas in central Iraq when the U.S. attacks Iran as well as clear the way for a U.S. military strike across the Iraqi-Iranian border aimed at securing the huge Iranian oil installations in Abadan. U.S. allies South Korea, Australia, Kuwait, Jordan, Italy, Netherlands, and Japan were also left out of the USS John F. Kennedy planning discussions because of their reported opposition to any strike on Iran. In addition, Israel has been supplied by the United States with 500 "bunker buster" bombs. According to White House sources, the Israeli Air Force will attack Iran's nuclear facility at Bushehr with the U.S. bunker busters. The joint U.S.-Israeli pre-emptive military move against Iran reportedly was crafted by the same neo-conservative grouping in the Pentagon and Vice President Dick Cheney's office that engineered the invasion of Iraq. Morale aboard the USS John F. Kennedy is at an all-time low, something that must be attributable to the knowledge that the ship will be involved in an extension of U.S. military actions in the Persian Gulf region. The Commanding Officer of an F-14 Tomcat squadron was relieved of command for a reported shore leave "indiscretion" in Dubai and two months ago the Kennedy's commanding officer was relieved for cause. The White House leak about the planned attack on Iran was hastened by concerns that Russian technicians present at Bushehr could be killed in an attack, thus resulting in a wider nuclear confrontation between Washington and Moscow. International Atomic Energy Agency representatives are also present at the Bushehr facility. In addition, an immediate Iranian Shahab ballistic missile attack against Israel would also further destabilize the Middle East. The White House leaks about the pre-emptive strike may have been prompted by warnings from the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency that an attack on Iran will escalate out of control. Intelligence circles report that both intelligence agencies are in open revolt against the Bush White House. White House sources also claimed they are "terrified" that Bush wants to start a dangerous war with Iran prior to the election and fear that such a move will trigger dire consequences for the entire world. ===================================== Search the NYTr Archives at: http://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ To subscribe or unsubscribe or change your settings via the web, visit: http://olm.blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr ============================================== NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. 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