US President George W. Bush
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The Bush administration is drawing up plans to
launch a strike against Iran within the next two
months, says a former top US diplomat.
Wed, 28 May 2008 07:03:10
The source, a retired US diplomat and former
assistant secretary of state, said senior
Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein of California
and Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana
have already been briefed on the attack plan.
Senator Feinstein, a member of the Senate
Intelligence Committee, and Senator Lugar, the
ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations
Committee, plan to go public with their
opposition to the new Iran war plan in a New
York Times editorial 'within days', Asia Times
Online reported the source as saying on the
condition of anonymity.
According to Asia Times Online, Feinstein and
Lugar will attempt to offset the August attack
by creating a furor about President George W.
Bush's intentions of launching air strikes
against the headquarters of the Islamic
Revolution Guards Corps.
In September 2007, the US Senate approved a
resolution by a 76-22 vote, calling on the White
House to brand the IRGC a terrorist
organization.
US echelons accuse Iran of contributing to the
killing of American soldiers in neighboring
Iraq. This is while the White House is yet to
provide concrete evidence in support of its
allegation.
Iran insists that it is committed to aiding
Baghdad in its efforts to restore stability in
the war-ravaged country.
The Bush administration also accuses Iran of
developing nuclear arms, a claim which was
rejected by 16 US intelligence agencies on
December 3 when their assessment conceded that
Tehran is not conducting a nuclear weapons
program.
According to the most recent UN nuclear watchdog
report on Tehran's nuclear program, there is no
link between the use of nuclear material and
'the alleged studies' of weaponization
attributed to Iran by Western countries. |
