Posted on 02/24/2007 5:12:13 PM PST by Sub-Driver
U.S. developing contingency plan to bomb Iran: report Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:52 PM ET
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.
The consultant and a former senior intelligence official both said that U.S. military and special-operations teams had crossed the border from Iraq into Iran in pursuit of Iranian operatives, according to the article.
In response to the report, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said: "The United States is not planning to go to war with Iran. To suggest anything to the contrary is simply wrong, misleading and mischievous.
"The United States has been very clear with respect to its concerns regarding specific Iranian government activities. The president has repeatedly stated publicly that this country is going to work with allies in the region to address those concerns through diplomatic efforts," Whitman said.
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I've never seen the MSM push a storyline like this one. They want it so bad they can taste it.
This smells like a disinformation campaign. I don't doubt that a plan is already in place and we'll be seeing it soon enough. (Wouldn't it be fun if the bombing of Iran pre-empted the Oscars?)
Hersh's recipe is to take a couple facts then mix in a bunch of false inferences based on his 60's left-wing ideological agenda to produce a phony story.
I'd have more trust in a national security story written by Pee Wee Herman.
Bomb Iran
(to the tune of "Barbara Ann" by the Regents and the Beach Boys)
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, BOMB IRAN!
Let's take a stand, bomb Iran.
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Went to a mosque, gonna throw some rocks.
Tell the Ayatollah..."Gonna put you in a box!"
Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Ol' Uncle Sam's gettin' pretty hot.
Time to turn Iran into a parking lot. Bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Call the volunteers; call the bombadiers;
Call the financiers, better get their ass in gear.
Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Call on our allies to cut off their supplies,
Get our hands untied, and bring em' back alive. Bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, BOMB IRAN!
Let's take a stand, bomb Iran.
Our people you been stealin'
Now it's time for keelin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Seymour Hersh
In other words Seymour attributed the story to the washed up has been drunk on the next stool that got his butt kicked out of the agency.
You bet there is, and more than a few for Iran that have been around for decades.
I swear, someone is going to have to address the issue of disloyal administrative workers. Those who came into the executive arm of government, (i.e. the unidentified itelligence official) under the Clinton watch, need to know that they will sped copious years in Sing Sing if they do this $hit.
I am sick of it. Its time for an example to be made.
I mean, Scooter Libby spends years defending himself in what amounts to a lible charge and no special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate the conmtinued sedition and treason coming out of our various security agencies, including the CIA?
Puke. Wretch. Vomit.
Antidote please! This is poisoniong the Repiblic.
Seemore should Seeless, and should be behind bars until he tells us who his source is.
that would be soooooooo sweet!
Under President Hillary Clinton, there would be a contingency plan to go to the UN one more time concerning Iran. Her plan would not change until after an American city of significant size has been destroyed by a nuclear weapon proved to have come from Iran.
Congressman Billybob
What's this another Seymour Hump article?
Just for giggles, I just checked when the next "new moon" phase starts......
...around March 17th.
...not that it has anything to do with anything....
While the world flails and gnashes it's tetth, Bush is well on his way to accomplishing his post 9/11 goal of seriously damaging and hamstringing the axis of evil.
War gets viewership... standing by.. probably getting all of their graphics and music cued up. And plenty of opportunity to bash Bush..
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