[Marxism] US gets ready to strike Iran

[Greg McDonald <sabocat59@xxxxxxx>]

Russian General Says U.S. Continues Preparations for Iran Strike

Created: 09.04.2007 09:44 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:38 MSK



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The release of the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran  
has robbed the U.S. of a pretext to attack Iran, but the U.S. has not  
given up plans to attack Iran militarily, president of the Academy  
for Geopolitical Problems Colonel General Leonid Ivashov was quoted  
as saying by the Interfax news agency.

“Preparations to strike Iran’s strategic facilities continue. Three  
major groups of U.S. forces are still in the Arabian Sea and the  
Persian Gulf. Altogether, they have up to 450 cruise missiles on  
alert,” the general said.

“Military operations against Tehran will begin with the launch of at  
least two unexpected strikes using Tomahawk cruise missiles and air  
power in order to disable Iran’s air defense capabilities,” he said.

“According to our data, up to 150 aircraft are to be involved in each  
strike on Iran. Land-based air defense systems will be disabled in  
the first place, then mobile short-range systems, which Tehran has  
(including some 30 new systems),” he said.

Primary targets will include command centers, air defense  
installations, the navy, airfields, ports and docking facilities, the  
general said.

“Nuclear facilities may be secondary targets. According to expert  
assessments, at least 20 such facilities need to be destroyed in  
order to stop Iran’s nuclear program,” Ivashov said.

Ivashov did not rule out that nuclear weapons may be used against Iran.

“Combat nuclear weapons may be used for bombing. This will result in  
radioactive contamination of the Iranian territory, which could  
possibly spread to neighboring countries,” he said.

“If Iran strikes back at Israel with missiles, Tel-Aviv is likely to  
use nuclear weapons on Iran,” Ivashov said, adding that such a  
“development of the situation would undermine stability not only in  
the Middle East, but also in the entire world.”
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