Larisa Alexandrovna: MILITARY INTELL WORRY OF US PREP FOR IRAN STRIKE

[kpete]

US military, intelligence officials raise concern about possible preparations for Iran strike

Larisa Alexandrovna
Published: Thursday May 11, 2006

Use of Iraq terror group bypassed Congress, sources say

Concern is building among the military and the intelligence community that the US may be preparing for a military strike on Iran, as military assets in key positions are approaching readiness, RAW STORY has learned.

According to military and intelligence sources, an air strike on Iran could be doable in June of this year, with military assets in key positions ready to go and a possible plan already on the table.

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Strike could come earlier than thought

Other military and intelligence sources are expressing concern both privately and publicly that air strikes on Iran could come earlier than believed.

much more:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/US_military_seen_ready_for_Iran_0511.html

[bmcatt]

1. Wow... Listen to those beating drums...

It's almost as loud as the sabers that are being rattled.

[Bozita]

2. I'm hoping Lala's got it wrong ...

... but I wouldn't count on it.

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[Media_Lies_Daily]

6. I don't think she has..the military is already cancelling leaves for June.

[leveymg]

23. Where did you hear that?

Thanks in advance

[stop the bleeding]

25. I heard another DU'er the other day talking about family that is in the

Armed Forces and they are having June leave cancelled.

Other than that I have not seen anything concrete.

This is gonna be a long summer :(

[leveymg]

27. We're all jumpier than than a six-toed cat in heat.

I think we're being punked by a pack of psywar pros. If this is the extent of it, they aren't playing serious ball. Yet.

Still no real positive signs, such as naval redeployments, ground forces hunkering down, etc. We'd be hearing about leaves cancelled from multiple real-world sources, if anything was imminent.

[Laurab]

35. A friend in the Air Force is being deployed tomorrow

rumor has it, to Iran. Pretty strong rumor. I don't think we're being punked, but I hope someone can stop it before it starts.

[leveymg]

49. Rumours are a staple of psyops.

If your friend's being redeployed to the region, it's to a base in Iraq or possibly Azarbijan. Tasking orders and ordinance would follow.

If there are mission package orders to bomb Iran, they won't be issued until forces are in place and ready to go. There's no way your friend is being told at this point what he's being deployed to do. There are always rumours when there are tensions.

I would treat this very skeptically until there's some sort of real evidence that these rumours and drum beating are anything more than psychological operations against Iran and the American voter.

[mod mom]

3. It will probably happen the day rove is indicted. War as a political

manuver-how quaint.

[OregonBlue]

4. Fighter jets which normally come over my house once a week are

now coming over 2 times a day. Something is going on.

[Norquist Nemesis]

10. It's uncanny how our instincts pick up on things like this

but it always seems like we notice and things just click into place.

[Cooley Hurd]

18. I saw a pair of A-10 Warthogs fly over my house yesterday...

...first time I've seen that, and I've lived here for almost 10 years. :scared:

[AuntiBush]

44. Same Here.

Just heard one moments ago, again.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. GodDAMN it!!!!!

Where's the USS John F Kennedy??? Last I heard, she was off the coast of Iran in the Indian Ocean. I fear she's going to be this action's "WTC sacrifice" (to drum up support for this bullshit). She might be decommissioned this year (making her expendable in this action) and you just KNOW how much the Bush family hates the Kennedys (that's why she's being decommed instead of the older USS Kitty Hawk). Maybe I'm being paranoid - I really pray I'm wrong...:(

[libnnc]

19. aw man...

don't make sense like that it scares me :scared:

[leveymg]

24. The USS Kennedy is still tied up in Florida

The ship is not combat mission capable. This is the latest from the ship's official site:

http://www.nol.navy.mil/homepages/cv67/

CNO makes good on pledge with second visit to JFK
From USS John F. Kennedy Public Affairs
March 30, 2006
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael G. Mullen paid a special visit to USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Wednesday in order to keep Sailors aboard abreast of the ongoing debate over the storied carrier’s future.

This unfounded rumour stuff about sinking the thing in the Straits of Hormuz isn't helpful.

[Roland99]

36. USS Kennedy run into the dock under the helm of a drunk Capt?

Sorry, couldn't resist!

[Lochloosa]

48. Delete: wrong info

[robertpaulsen]

7. Calling benburch! Does this sound familiar?

Holy fucking shit! Now I'm scared!

:scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared:

on edit from the OP link:

According to military and intelligence sources, an air strike on Iran could be doable in June of this year, with military assets in key positions ready to go and a possible plan already on the table.

[stop the bleeding]

26. under the new moon

this is very scary :(

[seemslikeadream]

29. He has been here

http://nobravery.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

No Bravery

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
Tears drying on their face.
He has been here.
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
Fathers lost without a trace.
A nation blind to their disgrace,
Since he's been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.


And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel and accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Yes, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

James Blunt

[robertpaulsen]

31. Scary to a Satanic degree.

They are truly creating hell on earth.

[seemslikeadream]

28. For a second please hold me

http://www.bushflash.com/year.html


Enveloped in a sentiment,
A sound that rushes over me.
Engage an impulse to pretend
I have a faith as pure.
Not forgetting what it means to dream.
Indulging everything.
Entertaining thoughts that I've the strength
Of those I yearn to be.
Cheers and tribute greet the saviours.
Reckless thoughts survive.
Anachronistic and impulsive.

And what will happen?
Will I dream?
I am too scared to close my eyes.
For a second please hold me.
None can change in me these things that I believe.
But I don't know what happens now.
I am too scared to close my eyes.

Legion
Vnv Nation

[robertpaulsen]

30. Thanks SLaD.

I fear for my country, I fear for myself. It's good to be in touch with someone who knows how I feel.

[stop the bleeding]

40. .

:cry:

What the world be like Bob Marley had not died 25 years ago today, what would it be like if the Martin L. King's were still alive.

:cry:


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:cry:


:cry:


:cry:

[ShortnFiery]

8. When The American Sheeple are "scared sh*tless" ...

they Don't Complain about Big Brother. :P

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. Wasn't it supposed to be June 7th? Also, what about the nuke option?

IIRC, Sy Hersch's piece has said there were going to be some high level resignations if Bush etal didn't take the nuke option out of the plans. It's been about two weeks since the deadline when they were going to be demanding it.

So, either they took that out, or there are some resignations we haven't heard about. (or Sy was mis-informed.)

[robertpaulsen]

17. That's what benburch's sources say.

Here's the link:

If Ben Burch is right - 36 days and counting.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1083036


Less than 30 days now...:scared:

[AuntiBush]

45. Here or there?

6/6/06 here - there 6/7 :scared:

[myrna minx]

11. Oh. I feel so sick right now.

:cry:

[hopeisaplace]

12. this stuff is reducing me to tears...

it really is

[Roland99]

13. Diplomacy is a joke. Nukular weapons is a ruse. War is inevitable.

And who's going to cash in on war profiteering again?

[Strelnikov_]

14. Too Far In Advance Of The Mid-Terms For A Premptive Strike

Iraq probably taught them a lesson regarding Churchill's warning.

If it is June, I am guessing a false flag operation will be the precursor. Then the inevitable negative consequences for the general public can be blamed on Iran, the meme 'we were forced into this conflict, and anyone against it is a traitor'.

[newspeak]

15. why are they destroying the US?

My hubby's cousin visited the USSR before the "breakdown." He said observing the people over there and what their government was doing, almost looked like what was happening in the US. Bankrupting us through bogus wars and taking from the treasury, are they intentially destroying us within so that the corporate powers in the world have total control over the people? Is this part of the New World Plan, not just the wacko PNAC plan? I'm just asking, because it seems to me that there sure in a hurry to complete their maniacal agenda--whatever that is. And, remember after the breakdown in the USSR, the elderly were being kicked out of their homes and selling family heirlooms for food, because the social infrastructure collapsed. The mob got a tighter hold on the country and blackmarketing went wild.

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[bloom]

38. There seem to countries all over the place

that are moving to the right. Someone has a story the other day about Norway (for crying out loud) and it's move to the right.

I'm afraid that it is some kind of global movement that nobody bothered to tell us about.

[Lars39]

41. Do you remember the thread by a New Zealander a couple of years

ago,that told of how they managed to squash the RW take-over of their government?
I remember he was convinced that it was a world-wide effort.

[bloom]

42. That does sound familiar... nt

[charlie]

46. DevilsAdvocateNZ was his name

It was a remarkable, harrowing story.

[bananas]

50. Found a link to it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=110&topic_id=378&mesg_id=409

[Az_lefty]

20. 6/6/6...

get it?

[Independent_Liberal]

21. Anyone remember Cambodia, Laos and Mai Lai back during Nixon?

Today it's Syria, Pakistan and Iran.

[Lochloosa]

51. Independent_Liberal, yes I do remember. I cut my political teeth on

those.

[lies and propaganda]

22. could she have a more beautiful name?

completely off topic, but so gorgeous.

[lala_rawraw]

32. I don't think she likes her name

... I happen to know this to be true:)

[Bozita]

33. lol

[Roland99]

37. Oh, pffffbbbttt!

:P

[lies and propaganda]

47. well, i bet she does!

and i bet shes gorgeous as well, LaLa ;)

[robertpaulsen]

34. Sources confirm MEK carried out March attack.

From OP link:

In addition, sources say that a March attack that killed 22 Iranian officials in the province of Sistan va Baluchistan was carried out by the MEK.

According to a report by Iran Focus filed Mar. 23, the twenty-two people killed in the ambush included high ranking officials, including the governor of Zahedan.

"Hours after the attack took place, Ahmadi-Moqaddam announced there was evidence the assailants had held meetings with British intelligence officers," the Iranian news service reported.

OK...how is this NOT a repeat of what we were doing to Iraq in 2002? :shrug:

[Jack Rabbit]

39. Frat Boy better nuke 'em quick

Or he'll be impeached and removed first.

[Oilwellian]

43. Get ready for a draft

The Bush crime family intends to start WWIII.