According to Russian intelligence sources, the reports said,
the US has devised a plan to attack several targets in Iran,
and an assault could be carried out by launching missiles
from fighter jets and warships stationed in the Persian
Gulf.
The Russian Defense Ministry rejected the claims of an
imminent attack as "myths." There was no immediate response
from Washington.
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Israeli Press Report: US will Strike Iran on Good Friday
By Michael Carmichael
Global Research, April 1, 2007
Citing Russian media and AP, the Jerusalem Post is now reporting that the US
will strike Iran on Good Friday between the hours of 4.00 am and 4.00 pm in a
coordinated series of air strikes and missile attacks aimed at selected
strategic targets.
Russian intelligence sources identify US forces assembled in the Persian Gulf
armed with aircraft and missiles that could carry out the hard power attack.
The US fleet in the Gulf includes two aircraft carriers: USS Eisenhower and USS
Stennis with a third on the way, USS Nimitz.
Russian sources describe Iran's nuclear facilities as well as the command and
control architecture of its military as the primary targets of the US attack.
Iran's detention of 15 British sailors has shifted the focus of the
international community away from its nascent nuclear program.
The JP article below has attracted numerous comments this morning, several of
which came from US citizens who support Israel and are keenly enthusiastic about
the Pentagon's plans to attack Iran. A small selection is reprinted below the
article. One particularly curious item is from a person who identified himself
as, "Micah, USMC - USA" who expressed his support for Israel with a metaphor
comparing Iranians and Iraqis to "21st Century Nazis."
Due to its sympathies for the right-wing of the Israeli political spectrum, the
Jerusalem Post is regarded as one of the most conservative journals published in
Israel. The avowedly right-wing newspaper is owned by Hollinger, Inc. Due to
their holdings in Hollinger, Conrad Black and his wife, Barbara Amiel, are
frequently described as former owners of the Jerusalem Post, however, Black is
now undergoing a trial in Chicago where he is accused of defrauding Hollinger of
sixty million dollars. One ranking neoconservative with strong ties to the Bush
White House and the Pentagon, Richard Perle, is a Co-Chairman of the board of
Hollinger.
Michael Carmichael
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Apr. 1, 2007 1:00 | Updated Apr. 1, 2007 9:46
'US ready to strike Iran on Good Friday'
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF AND AP
The United States will be ready to launch a missile attack on Iran's nuclear
facilities as soon as early this month, perhaps "from 4 a.m. until 4 p.m. on
April 6," according to reports in the Russian media on Saturday.
According to Russian intelligence sources, the reports said, the US has devised
a plan to attack several targets in Iran, and an assault could be carried out by
launching missiles from fighter jets and warships stationed in the Persian Gulf.
Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted a security official as saying, "Russian
intelligence has information that the US Armed Forces stationed in the Persian
Gulf have nearly completed preparations for a missile strike against Iranian
territory."
Iran fears strike by 'warmongers'
The Russian Defense Ministry rejected the claims of an imminent attack as
"myths." There was no immediate response from Washington.
The reports come as the Iranian chief of staff, Hassan Fayrouz Abadi, was quoted
on Saturday by Iran's Fars news agency warning leaders of Arab countries that
Israel plans to open a "suicidal attack" on its neighbors this summer, to
"prevent the withdrawal of the US troops from Iraq and the area."
"I warn the dear leaders and Muslim brothers in the neighboring countries of the
occupied territories that this suicidal attack of the Zionists is threatening
them," he said.
The countries in danger, he said, were "Lebanon and Syria, and later Egypt,
Jordan and Saudi Arabia."
Also on Saturday, Russia urged Britain and Teheran to resolve the dispute over
15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran last week, a local news agency
reported.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin urged the two sides to
provide the United Nations with their own assessments as to what happened and
where exactly the detention occurred so that the body could conduct an
independent probe.
"We hope these actions will provide a foundation for the soonest possible
resolution of the crisis," Kamynin was quoted as saying by the Interfax news
agency.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted that the captured British sailors
and marines trespassed in Iranian waters and called world powers "arrogant" for
failing to apologize, the country's official news agency reported.
"The British occupier forces did trespass our waters. Our border guards detained
them with skill and bravery. But arrogant powers, because of their arrogant and
selfish spirit, are claiming otherwise," IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying
during a speech in the southeastern city of Andinmeshk.
The European Union grappled with a double bind over Iran Saturday - the
country's nuclear program and its seizure of the British troops - and reported
no progress on either issue.
A debate about Iran's nuclear ambitions had been scheduled as a key agenda item
but "was overshadowed to a certain extent by the issue of the sailors and
marines," German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after hosting a
two-day EU foreign ministers meeting in Bremen, Germany.
The Foreign Ministry in Iran dismissed the EU's "biased and meddlesome" comments
on the captured troops, saying the dispute solely involved the governments of
Iran and Britain.
Speaking to reporters in Bremen, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett
urged Iran to resolve the crisis over the military personnel peacefully, saying
London remains open to dialogue.
"We encourage Iran to peacefully resolve this issue," she said.
"We continue to express our willingness to engage in dialogue and discussions
with Iran," she added. "That is very much in the best interest of our people and
that is our foremost concern."
"I think everyone regrets that this position has arisen," she said. "What we
want is a way out of it."
AP contributed to this report.
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