Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Europeans fear US attack on Iran as nuclear row intensifies |


Just a thought, floating through my consciousness; what would you do is you were told that you had, maybe, a year to live, at best?

It's a question we might want to be asking ourselves.

Europeans fear US attack on Iran as nuclear row intensifies | Iran | Guardian Unlimited:

Transatlantic rift emerges over how to handle crisis
· America builds up its naval forces in the Gulf

Ian Traynor in Brussels and Jonathan Steele
Wednesday January 31, 2007
The Guardian

Senior European policy-makers are increasingly worried that the US administration will resort to air strikes against Iran to try to destroy its suspect nuclear programme.

As transatlantic friction over how to deal with the Iranian impasse intensifies, there are fears in European capitals that the nuclear crisis could come to a head this year because of US frustration with Russian stalling tactics at the UN security council. 'The clock is ticking,' said one European official. 'Military action has come back on to the table more seriously than before. The language in the US has changed.'

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