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Suprised this hasn't been mentioned already to be honest, as taken from TimesOnline.co.uk:
American special forces have been carrying out secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran to help identify potential nuclear, chemical and missile targets, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine.
The secret missions have been going on since last summer with the goal of identifying target information for three dozen or more suspected sites, said the article, written by the Pulitzer-winning reporter Seymour Hersh.
He quotes one government consultant with close ties to the Pentagon as saying: "The civilians in the Pentagon want to go into Iran and destroy as much of the military infrastructure as possible."
One former high-level intelligence official said: "This is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush administration is looking at this as a huge war zone. Next, we’re going to have the Iranian campaign."
In response, the White House said that Iran is a concern and a threat that needs to be taken seriously. But it disputed the report by Mr Hersh, who last year exposed the extent of prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
"We obviously have a concern about Iran. The whole world has a concern about Iran," Dan Bartlett, a spokesman for President Bush, told CNN’s Late Edition programme.
Of The New Yorker report, he said: "I think it’s riddled with inaccuracies, and I don’t believe that some of the conclusions he’s drawing are based on fact."
Mr Bartlett said that the administration "will continue to work through the diplomatic initiatives" to convince Iran - which Bush once called part of an "axis of evil" - not to pursue nuclear weapons.
"No president, at any juncture in history, has ever taken military options off the table," Bartlett added. "But what President Bush has shown is that he believes we can emphasize the diplomatic initiatives that are underway right now."
President Bush has warned Iran against meddling in Iraqi elections.
The former intelligence official told Mr Hersh that an American commando task force in South Asia is working closely with a group of Pakistani scientists who had dealt with their Iranian counterparts.
The New Yorker reports that this task force, aided by information from Pakistan, has been penetrating into eastern Iran in a hunt for underground nuclear-weapons installations.
In exchange for this cooperation, the official told Mr Hersh, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has received assurances that his government will not have to turn over Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb, to face questioning about his role in selling nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Mr Hersh reported that Bush has already "signed a series of top-secret findings and executive orders authorizing secret commando groups and other Special Forces units to conduct covert operations against suspected terrorist targets in as many as 10 nations in the Middle East and South Asia".
Defining these as military rather than intelligence operations, Mr Hersh reported, will enable the Bush administration to evade legal restrictions imposed on the CIA’s covert activities overseas.
American special forces have been carrying out secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran to help identify potential nuclear, chemical and missile targets, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine.
The secret missions have been going on since last summer with the goal of identifying target information for three dozen or more suspected sites, said the article, written by the Pulitzer-winning reporter Seymour Hersh.
He quotes one government consultant with close ties to the Pentagon as saying: "The civilians in the Pentagon want to go into Iran and destroy as much of the military infrastructure as possible."
One former high-level intelligence official said: "This is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush administration is looking at this as a huge war zone. Next, we’re going to have the Iranian campaign."
In response, the White House said that Iran is a concern and a threat that needs to be taken seriously. But it disputed the report by Mr Hersh, who last year exposed the extent of prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
"We obviously have a concern about Iran. The whole world has a concern about Iran," Dan Bartlett, a spokesman for President Bush, told CNN’s Late Edition programme.
Of The New Yorker report, he said: "I think it’s riddled with inaccuracies, and I don’t believe that some of the conclusions he’s drawing are based on fact."
Mr Bartlett said that the administration "will continue to work through the diplomatic initiatives" to convince Iran - which Bush once called part of an "axis of evil" - not to pursue nuclear weapons.
"No president, at any juncture in history, has ever taken military options off the table," Bartlett added. "But what President Bush has shown is that he believes we can emphasize the diplomatic initiatives that are underway right now."
President Bush has warned Iran against meddling in Iraqi elections.
The former intelligence official told Mr Hersh that an American commando task force in South Asia is working closely with a group of Pakistani scientists who had dealt with their Iranian counterparts.
The New Yorker reports that this task force, aided by information from Pakistan, has been penetrating into eastern Iran in a hunt for underground nuclear-weapons installations.
In exchange for this cooperation, the official told Mr Hersh, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has received assurances that his government will not have to turn over Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb, to face questioning about his role in selling nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Mr Hersh reported that Bush has already "signed a series of top-secret findings and executive orders authorizing secret commando groups and other Special Forces units to conduct covert operations against suspected terrorist targets in as many as 10 nations in the Middle East and South Asia".
Defining these as military rather than intelligence operations, Mr Hersh reported, will enable the Bush administration to evade legal restrictions imposed on the CIA’s covert activities overseas.
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Suprised this hasn't been mentioned already to be honest, as taken from TimesOnline.co.uk:
American special forces have been carrying out secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran to help identify potential nuclear, chemical and missile targets, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine.
The secret missions have been going on since last summer with the goal of identifying target information for three dozen or more suspected sites, said the article, written by the Pulitzer-winning reporter Seymour Hersh.
He quotes one government consultant with close ties to the Pentagon as saying: "The civilians in the Pentagon want to go into Iran and destroy as much of the military infrastructure as possible."
One former high-level intelligence official said: "This is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush administration is looking at this as a huge war zone. Next, we’re going to have the Iranian campaign."
In response, the White House said that Iran is a concern and a threat that needs to be taken seriously. But it disputed the report by Mr Hersh, who last year exposed the extent of prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
"We obviously have a concern about Iran. The whole world has a concern about Iran," Dan Bartlett, a spokesman for President Bush, told CNN’s Late Edition programme.
Of The New Yorker report, he said: "I think it’s riddled with inaccuracies, and I don’t believe that some of the conclusions he’s drawing are based on fact."
Mr Bartlett said that the administration "will continue to work through the diplomatic initiatives" to convince Iran - which Bush once called part of an "axis of evil" - not to pursue nuclear weapons.
"No president, at any juncture in history, has ever taken military options off the table," Bartlett added. "But what President Bush has shown is that he believes we can emphasize the diplomatic initiatives that are underway right now."
President Bush has warned Iran against meddling in Iraqi elections.
The former intelligence official told Mr Hersh that an American commando task force in South Asia is working closely with a group of Pakistani scientists who had dealt with their Iranian counterparts.
The New Yorker reports that this task force, aided by information from Pakistan, has been penetrating into eastern Iran in a hunt for underground nuclear-weapons installations.
In exchange for this cooperation, the official told Mr Hersh, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has received assurances that his government will not have to turn over Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb, to face questioning about his role in selling nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Mr Hersh reported that Bush has already "signed a series of top-secret findings and executive orders authorizing secret commando groups and other Special Forces units to conduct covert operations against suspected terrorist targets in as many as 10 nations in the Middle East and South Asia".
Defining these as military rather than intelligence operations, Mr Hersh reported, will enable the Bush administration to evade legal restrictions imposed on the CIA’s covert activities overseas.
American special forces have been carrying out secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran to help identify potential nuclear, chemical and missile targets, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine.
The secret missions have been going on since last summer with the goal of identifying target information for three dozen or more suspected sites, said the article, written by the Pulitzer-winning reporter Seymour Hersh.
He quotes one government consultant with close ties to the Pentagon as saying: "The civilians in the Pentagon want to go into Iran and destroy as much of the military infrastructure as possible."
One former high-level intelligence official said: "This is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush administration is looking at this as a huge war zone. Next, we’re going to have the Iranian campaign."
In response, the White House said that Iran is a concern and a threat that needs to be taken seriously. But it disputed the report by Mr Hersh, who last year exposed the extent of prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
"We obviously have a concern about Iran. The whole world has a concern about Iran," Dan Bartlett, a spokesman for President Bush, told CNN’s Late Edition programme.
Of The New Yorker report, he said: "I think it’s riddled with inaccuracies, and I don’t believe that some of the conclusions he’s drawing are based on fact."
Mr Bartlett said that the administration "will continue to work through the diplomatic initiatives" to convince Iran - which Bush once called part of an "axis of evil" - not to pursue nuclear weapons.
"No president, at any juncture in history, has ever taken military options off the table," Bartlett added. "But what President Bush has shown is that he believes we can emphasize the diplomatic initiatives that are underway right now."
President Bush has warned Iran against meddling in Iraqi elections.
The former intelligence official told Mr Hersh that an American commando task force in South Asia is working closely with a group of Pakistani scientists who had dealt with their Iranian counterparts.
The New Yorker reports that this task force, aided by information from Pakistan, has been penetrating into eastern Iran in a hunt for underground nuclear-weapons installations.
In exchange for this cooperation, the official told Mr Hersh, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has received assurances that his government will not have to turn over Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb, to face questioning about his role in selling nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Mr Hersh reported that Bush has already "signed a series of top-secret findings and executive orders authorizing secret commando groups and other Special Forces units to conduct covert operations against suspected terrorist targets in as many as 10 nations in the Middle East and South Asia".
Defining these as military rather than intelligence operations, Mr Hersh reported, will enable the Bush administration to evade legal restrictions imposed on the CIA’s covert activities overseas.
Yup, "May you live in interesting times" indeed. This current American administration is putting the fear of God into me....
Boom?
Whilst I am filled with a resigned dread, part of me is quite excited to see just how badly things are going to get in the next four years.
Who'd a thunk that an imbecile redneck who speaks in sentences of 4-5 words could have the entire Arab World hating him?
This is a man who actually uses the phrase "Evildoers" to try and justify his acts.
Crusades 2005: This Time It's Personnel
Who'd a thunk that an imbecile redneck who speaks in sentences of 4-5 words could have the entire Arab World hating him?
This is a man who actually uses the phrase "Evildoers" to try and justify his acts.
Crusades 2005: This Time It's Personnel
Goatboy wrote:
> Crusades 2005: This Time It's Personnel
To be serialised in a Daily Mail near you.
"It was at this point that George Bush dived into oncoming fire to rescue the little orphan boy and whisk him off to camp x-ray to live in the dark for the rest of his life - ALL HAIL GLORIOUSO PRESIDENTE BUSHO!!"
etc
> Crusades 2005: This Time It's Personnel
To be serialised in a Daily Mail near you.
"It was at this point that George Bush dived into oncoming fire to rescue the little orphan boy and whisk him off to camp x-ray to live in the dark for the rest of his life - ALL HAIL GLORIOUSO PRESIDENTE BUSHO!!"
etc
Maybe Iran will put up a better fight when the invasion starts.
" Saddam has millions of weapons of mass destruction, that's how we managed to take over Basra ina few days and killed one or two blokes with guns "
" Saddam has millions of weapons of mass destruction, that's how we managed to take over Basra ina few days and killed one or two blokes with guns "
The interesting thing is what will the British Government do if the US decides to instigate war with Iran. For Blair to support Bush would be complete political suicide, to oppose Bush would be to undo years of relation-building. More likely the British will stay in Iraq while the US focuses it's interests on Iran.
I still can't believe the Americans are thinking of doing this. What possible excuses can they come up with this time?
I still can't believe the Americans are thinking of doing this. What possible excuses can they come up with this time?
I find it distressing that a man as thick as Bush, is the most powerful man in the world.
Your Honour wrote:
> "We obviously have a concern about Iran. The whole world has a
> concern about Iran," Dan Bartlett, a spokesman for President
> Bush, told CNN’s Late Edition programme
The whole world? Nice how they think of themselves as "the world". What gives America the right to possess thousands of Nukes, and Iran not too.
If America invades Iran, Tony Blair would be an absolute idiot to help out. First off, the Iraq war was illegal and not authorised by the UN. Not only that, but they failed to find any WMD or Biological weapons. Now that country is in ruins. If they attack Iran before helping to rebuild Iraq, they will surely get a retalliation attack from someone.
> "We obviously have a concern about Iran. The whole world has a
> concern about Iran," Dan Bartlett, a spokesman for President
> Bush, told CNN’s Late Edition programme
The whole world? Nice how they think of themselves as "the world". What gives America the right to possess thousands of Nukes, and Iran not too.
If America invades Iran, Tony Blair would be an absolute idiot to help out. First off, the Iraq war was illegal and not authorised by the UN. Not only that, but they failed to find any WMD or Biological weapons. Now that country is in ruins. If they attack Iran before helping to rebuild Iraq, they will surely get a retalliation attack from someone.
ShortyUK wrote:
>the Iraq war was illegal and not authorised by the UN.
So wars can be termed illegal now can they? If not enough people want to join in?
And the UN is a joke.
>the Iraq war was illegal and not authorised by the UN.
So wars can be termed illegal now can they? If not enough people want to join in?
And the UN is a joke.
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