Monday, May 08, 2006

US could attack Iran next month

Here we go, again.

God help us all.

US could attack Iran next month >> .:thebusinessonline.com:.:

"WITH the re-referral of Iran to the UN Security Council by the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA), the international community has signalled its concern, but no more.

There are even deep divisions over imposing meaningful sanctions. But US Vice President Dick Cheney has long spelled out quietly, but clearly, that Tehran will simply not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons.

It would be entirely out of character for Cheney and the US administration to issue threats and then back down on an issue they consider vital to US security, particularly in the face of Iran ratcheting up the rhetoric and going out of its way to be provocative, stepping up its limited uranium enrichment.

President Mahmoud Ahma-dinejad and other officials have also threatened to withdraw from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; ban further IAEA inspections, and export nuclear technology to their allies. This last sinister threat was made by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, to Sudan's rulers. They have also threatened to launch attacks against US and allied interests, presumably in Iraq and possibly Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and the West Bank, in retaliation for any American or Israeli attacks on nuclear facilities."

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