Posted on 04/01/2007 12:27:36 AM PDT by American in Israel
Russian military sources warn
By Webster G. Tarpley
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Mar 26, 2007, 01:02 WASHINGTON DC, -- The long awaited US military attack on Iran is now on track for the first week of April, specifically for 4 am on April 6, the Good Friday opening of Easter weekend, writes the well-known Russian journalist Andrei Uglanov in the Moscow weekly "Argumenty Nedeli." Uglanov cites Russian military experts close to the Russian General Staff for his account. The attack is slated to last for 12 hours, according to Uglanov, from 4 am until 4 pm local time. Friday is the sabbath in Iran. In the course of the attack, code named Operation Bite, about 20 targets are marked for bombing; the list includes uranium enrichment facilities, research centers, and laboratories. The first reactor at the Bushehr nuclear plant, where Russian engineers are working, is supposed to be spared from destruction.
The US attack plan reportedly calls for the Iranian air defense system to be degraded, for numerous Iranian warships to be sunk in the Persian Gulf, and for the most important headquarters of the Iranian armed forces to be wiped out. The attacks will be mounted from a number of bases, including the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia is currently home to B-52 bombers equipped with standoff missiles. Also participating in the air strikes will be US naval aviation from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, as well as from those of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Additional cruise missiles will be fired from submarines in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of the Arabian peninsula. The goal is allegedly to set back Iran's nuclear program by several years, writes Uglanov, whose article was reissued by RIA-Novosti in various languages, but apparently not English, several days ago.
The story is the top item on numerous Italian and German blogs, but so far appears to have been ignored by US websites. Observers comment that this dispatch represents a high-level orchestrated leak from the Kremlin, in effect a war warning, which draws on the formidable resources of the Russian intelligence services, and which deserves to be taken with the utmost seriousness by pro-peace forces around the world. Asked by RIA-Novosti to comment on the Uglanov report, retired Colonel General Leonid Ivashov confirmed its essential features in a March 21 interview: "I have no doubt that there will be an operation, or more precisely a violent action against Iran." Ivashov, who has reportedly served at various times as an informal advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is currently the vice president of the Moscow Academy for Geopolitical Sciences. Ivashov attributed decisive importance to the decision of the Democratic leadership of the US House of Representatives to remove language from the just-passed Iraq supplemental military appropriations bill that would have demanded that Bush come to Congress before launching an attack on Iran.
Ivashov pointed out that the language was eliminated under pressure from AIPAC, the lobbing group representing the Israeli extreme right, and from Israeli Foreign Minister Tsipi Livni. "We have drawn the unmistakable conclusion that this operation will take place," said Ivashov. In his opinion, the US planning does not include a land operation: " Most probably there will be no ground attack, but rather massive air attacks with the goal of annihilating Iran's capacity for military resistance, the centers of administration, the key economic assets, and quite possibly the Iranian political leadership, or at least part of it," he continued. Ivashov noted that it was not to be excluded that the Pentagon would use smaller tactical nuclear weapons against targets of the Iranian nuclear industry. These attacks could paralyze everyday life, create panic in the population, and generally produce an atmosphere of chaos and uncertainty all over Iran, Ivashov told RIA-Novosti. "This will unleash a struggle for power inside Iran, and then there will be a peace delegation sent in to install a pro-American government in Teheran," Ivashov continued.
One of the US goals was, in his estimation, to burnish the image of the current Republican administration, which would now be able to boast that they had wiped out the Iranian nuclear program. Among the other outcomes, General Ivashov pointed to a partition of Iran along the same lines as Iraq, and a subsequent carving up of the Near and Middle East into smaller regions. "This concept worked well for them in the Balkans and will now be applied to the greater Middle East," he commented. "Moscow must exert Russia's influence by demanding an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council to deal with the current preparations for an illegal use of force against Iran and the destruction of the basis of the United Nations Charter," said General Ivashov.
"In this context Russia could cooperate with China, France and the non-permanent members of the Security Council. We need this kind of preventive action to ward off the use of force," he concluded. *Resources:*http://fr.rian.ru/world/20070319/62260006.html, http://fr.rian.ru/world/20070321/62387717.html /Webster G. Tarpley http://www.tarpley.net/ is a journalist. Among other works, he has published an investigation on the manipulation of the Red Brigades by the Vatican's P2 Suite and the assassination of Aldo/ /Moro, a non-authorized biography of George H. Bush, and more recently an analysis of the methods used to perpetrate the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Russia is playing good cop to our bad cop, rattling Iran's cage.
Pelosi is on her way to Syria to warn them, like Rockefeller did last time, that military action is imminent. Then we'll wait to see if they release the hostages.
If they don't, we'll probably really pull the trigger. That was probably part of the reason behind the "surge", which while real and necessary for its own reasons, was perhaps also a pretext for beefing up troops in Iraq prior to a strike. If we hit Iran, there is a chance they may launch some kind of retaliation into Iraq, and we're getting ready for it.
Thats my guess. Whats yours?
When russian publically annouced a few weeks ago that they were suspending the construction of the nuclear plant in Iran, that raised an major eyebrow and made me wonder what the hell had gone on behind the scenes to have that happen.
It could be more psy-ops against Iran by the US, but something tells me the Russians have been put on notice to get their people and resources out of Iran by a certain date. Iran is in panic mode and this snatching of soliders was a total act of desperation in the face of mounting evidence that the US was dead serious on a major attack on their nuclear facilities and other targets of interest.
I suspect that Russia is feeding the Iranians nuclear weapons to get them to attack our troop in Iran. Russia is running about in a shiny fire engine, but has gasoline in the water tanks.
I tend to suspect that is is going to esclate far beyond what we suspect, and may end in the invasion of Taiwan and South Korea as we pull our fleets from the Japan sea to support our troops in Iraq.
Thanks for the reply, it helps to clarify the issue.
"If we hit Iran, there is a chance they may launch some kind of retaliation into Iraq, and we're getting ready for it."
Very possible. Given reports of US troop buildups around the Iraq/Iran border. It's also a given that possibly hundreds to thousands of Iranian agents are already in Iraq with orders to attack US soliders if the US commits an attack against Iranian nuclear sites.
I'd like to ammend my response, to agree with you. We're probably going to hit them either way. Grabbing the sailors probably just clinched it.
I have long believed that an invasion of Taiwan would be coordinated with a brush war elsewhere which would either make our intervention in Taiwan impossible, or at least make a refusal to intervene publicly justifiable, whichever way you prefer to look at it.
If that were the case, now for example, that would mean that rather than a desperate move, seizing the sailors was baiting the hook. Thanks, pal, now you're making me nervous.
The chinese have invested billions in the 2008 olympics and is supposed to be their world wide "look at me! look at me!" party.
There is about 0 chance they are going to invade Taiwan before next summer.
This email is garbage. It is far-left wing psychobabble fueled by wild conspiracy theories.
Change it to Operation: Bite Me
Thank you.
I call BS.
And exactly why we would do it before then. The Russian general is right that we would not put in troops.
If Bush really believes we need to do something about the war on terror now would be his last chance.
so if oil prices go up when there is a war scare who benefits?...Roosha
Observers comment that this dispatch represents a high-level orchestrated leak from the Kremlin, in effect a war warning, which draws on the formidable resources of the Russian intelligence services, and which deserves to be taken with the utmost seriousness by pro-peace forces around the world.
Russian Intel=Pro-Peace forces
who would have ever suspected?
an invasion of Taiwan would be coordinated with a brush war elsewhere which would either make our intervention in Taiwan impossible
Won't this play hell with Walmart's stock,,,not to mention Harbor Freight Tools.
I seriously doubt anything is going to happen.
In addition we would not attack without giving them an ultimatum stating our demands prior to it.
The Russians are wrong again...
I believe no one is going to do anything--in April. There will be a great deal done behind closed doors that we may not hear about for a few years.
I can only pray this is true.
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