German media: U.S. prepares Iran strike (This from UPI)

[kpete]

German media: U.S. prepares Iran strike
By MARTIN WALKER
UPI Editor

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Bush administration is preparing its NATO allies for a possible military strike against suspected nuclear sites in Iran in the New Year, according to German media reports, reinforcing similar earlier suggestions in the Turkish media.

The Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel this week quoted "NATO intelligence sources" who claimed that the NATO allies had been informed that the United States is currently investigating all possibilities of bringing the mullah-led regime into line, including military options. This "all options are open" line has been President George W Bush's publicly stated policy throughout the past 18 months.

But the respected German weekly Der Spiegel notes "What is new here is that Washington appears to be dispatching high-level officials to prepare its allies for a possible attack rather than merely implying the possibility as it has repeatedly done during the past year."

The German news agency DDP cited "Western security sources" to claim that CIA Director Porter Goss asked Turkey's premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan to provide political and logistic support for air strikes against Iranian nuclear and military targets. Goss, who visited Ankara and met Erdogan on Dec. 12, was also reported to have to have asked for special cooperation from Turkish intelligence to help prepare and monitor the operation.
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20051230-112208-8968r

[Divernan]

1. And will the US strike force come from, oh I dunno, IRAQ!?!?!

Which is why the admin has been talking big about reducing the number of troops in Iraq. They never said they were bringing them all HOME did they?

[me b zola]

11. My bet is they are going to do air strikes w/o ground troops

I can only imagine the chaos that will ensue in Iraq when that happens.

[BeHereNow]

12. Yup and Yup...I agree.

That's why Cheney has formed his little Air Force Special Task Force.
In the Giraldi article, it is mentioned that many of the Air Force
people involved were mortified at being involved in
planning a pre-emptive air attack using nuclear weapons-
Remember the resignations and the forced retirement of
the 4-Star General at the same time?
We simply don't have the ground force to engage Iran
as we have Iraq.
Air strikes are their only option and I am sure
the heads of hegemony are aware that in order to
make their statement clear, they will need to go to extreme measures,
thus the nuclear option.
What scares the b-jesus out of me is the fact that
Cheney's launching plan is contingent on
a response to an attack here...and we all have contemplated
what that could mean, as in another MIHOP?
Getting more depressed by the moment,
BHN

[me b zola]

15. It scares the living b-jesus out of me too

That 400lbs of explosives that was stolen a week or so ago could have been stolen by any number of groups or people, but as long as this evil cabal is occupying the WH & pentigon I will automatically assume the worse. Besides Iran, without another 911, even with their voting machines they don't stand a chance at taking the WH in '08. This, too, makes me very nervous.

[BeHereNow]

16. Do you take it as far as I do?

When I play what I call, "What is the most extreme possibility?"
I can't help but wonder if the stolen explosives story is
a set up...
Sorry, but over time, living under the criminal BFEE rule, that is how
my mind has begun working.
BHN

[me b zola]

20. My thoughts are very similar to yours

I don't know what to think about the explosives. They were very quick to say that there was no link to terrorism and nothing is really being said about it in the press, which makes me wonder why they wouldn't fan this story to spread their fear of terrorism meme. When explosives & weapons go missing around this bunch (the cabal), all hell usually breaks out. The unguarded magazines (ammo dumps) in Iraq would be an example, and they also down-played that story as well. The cable talking heads just brushed it off believing that bush*inc just didn't want their "incompetence" exposed, but none of them have questioned just where are all of the explosives coming from that kill people everyday in Iraq.

I'm a MIHOPer, not only for 911, but for the anthrax attacks, the elections, and the post-Katrina disaster. I fear what they will do to keep total control and to keep steam-rolling their agenda.

This is an evil bunch who have no intention of allowing anything to interupt their agenda that has been decades in the making. Do I think that they would intentionally harm Americans if it would assist them in their efforts to bomb Iran--you bet I do.

[Gman]

2. Apparently Katrina screwed up all plans for rolling out this new product

But there's still plenty of time before the November elections to wage more and even newer war to scare people and have them vote GOP.

[Fla Dem]

7. Actually, I think just the opposite. Even die hard Rethugs may just think

their beloved Prez may have morphed into Dr. Strangelove.

[sabra]

3. LBN thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2013189&mesg_id=2013189

[izzie]

4. What next with these crazy war people we have in DC?

And will China give us the money. The debt limit is going to go up soon. In case that interests any one.

[Fla Dem]

6. No, if we bomb Iraq, China may bomb us!!!! n/t

[BeHereNow]

8. China does not need to bomb us-

They can just pull the economic plug
which would work very nicely for the
BFEE and their "base" who will not
be even slightly affected.
They would like nothing more than
to see the entire country look like New Orleans.
As a matter of fact, it would be their dream come true.
For those who innocently continue to
believe that China needs us as a consumer market
here is the reality:
China, not the US is the new consumer credit market.
Which is why the western banks are busy little
bees setting up in China. They can't wait
to issue the Chinese people credit cards!
We have "Walmarted" ourselves out of the game
and helped the Chinese become the new consumer/credit
market.
Isn't that ironic?
The BFEE planned this all along.
Americans are in for a very rude wake up call,
but hey, they can buy cheap toilet paper for now-
later they may not be able to pay for a living quarter in which
they can use toilet paper in however.
BHN

[gordianot]

19. Unfortunately for the Chinese (fortunate for us) this goes both ways.

If the Chinese pull the money plug they are also ruined. They wanted to fix our lunch not steal it, without customers they are lost. America and China cannot afford to fight. BFEE GOP one party system loves the modern Chinese Communist model, we are going to eventually get an upscale version or China is going to get a down scale version of the BFEE GOP one party collusion.

Now Russia is another matter, the Russian Bear just may come out of hibernation.

[gordianot]

5. That will probably have to be a nuclear strike on nuclear facilities

Did'nt the Germans design the underground facilities?

[democrank]

9. Oh, goody, goody.

Another war! I can hardly wait.

[BeHereNow]

10. You wont have to wait long apparently...

It's like watching a slow motion train wreck isn't it?
And we, the people, whose very way of life
is being destroyed as we pay for it with our blood and coin,
have absolutely no say in the matter.
BHN

[SharonAnn]

13. The avalanche has already started, it's too late for the pebbles to vote.

[BeHereNow]

14. And just like the levees in New Orleans

Our Congress should have been rebuilt
a long time ago.
Unfortunately for us, like the people in New Orleans,
we will not escape the rising flood.
BHN

[Jackpine Radical]

17. I spose the Bushies think they can defeat Iran from the air, with no

ground forces. That has never worked any time, anywhere. Including Bosnia. There, true, the US only used air forces, but the rest of NATO supplied the ground forces.

[gordianot]

18. It is possible if they go nuclear.

Start out conventional, push the Iranians as far as you can and just maybe they (Iranian) do have a tactical nuke to use on American forces (maybe a carrier task force).

This would be the murdering equivalent Bush Concentration camps, the realization of long held Bush Nazi collaborator family dreams.