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Operation Bite - April 6 Sneak Attack On Iran By Bush



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-- The long awaited US military attack on Iran is now on track for the first week of April, specifically for 4 AM on April 6, the Good Friday opening of Easter weekend, writes the well-known Russian journalist Andrei Uglanov in the Moscow weekly "Argumenty Nedeli." Uglanov cites Russian military experts close to the Russian General Staff for his account.

The attack is slated to last for twelve hours, according to Uglanov, lasting from 4 AM until 4 PM local time. Friday is a holiday in Iran. In the course of the attack, code named Operation Bite, about 20 targets are marked for bombing; the list includes uranium enrichment facilities, research centers, and laboratories.

The first reactor at the Bushehr nuclear plant, where Russian engineers are working, is supposed to be spared from destruction. The US attack plan reportedly calls for the Iranian air defense system to be degraded, for numerous Iranian warships to be sunk in the Persian Gulf, and the for the most important headquarters of the Iranian armed forces to be wiped out.

The attacks will be mounted from a number of bases, including the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia is currently home to B-52 bombers equipped with standoff missiles. Also participating in the air strikes will be US naval aviation from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, as well as from those of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Additional cruise missiles will be fired from submarines in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of the Arabian peninsula. The goal is allegedly to set back Iran's nuclear program by several years, writes Uglanov, whose article was re-issued by RIA-Novosti in various languages, but apparently not English, several days ago. The story is the top item on numerous Italian and German blogs, but so far appears to have been ignored by US websites.

Observers comment that this dispatch represents a high-level orchestrated leak from the Kremlin, in effect a war warning, which draws on the formidable resources of the Russian intelligence services, and which deserves to be taken with the utmost seriousness by pro-peace forces around the world.

Asked by RIA-Novosti to comment on the Uglanov report, retired Colonel General Leonid Ivashov confirmed its essential features in a March 21 interview: "I have no doubt that there will be an operation, or more precisely a violent action against Iran." Ivashov, who has reportedly served at various times as an informal advisor to Putin, is currently the Vice President of the Moscow Academy for Geopolitical Sciences.

Ivashov attributed decisive importance to the decision of the Democratic leadership of the US House of Representatives to remove language from the just-passed Iraq supplemental military appropriations bill which would have demanded that Bush come to Congress before launching an attack on Iran. Ivashov pointed out that the language was eliminated under pressure from AIPAC, the lobbing group representing the Israeli extreme right, and of Israeli Foreign Minister Tsipi Livni.

"We have drawn the unmistakable conclusion that this operation will take place," said Ivashov. In his opinion, the US planning does not include a land operation: " Most probably there will be no ground attack, but rather massive air attacks with the goal of annihilating Iran's capacity for military resistance, the centers of administration, the key economic assets, and quite possibly the Iranian political leadership, or at least part of it," he continued.

Ivashov noted that it was not to be excluded that the Pentagon would use smaller tactical nuclear weapons against targets of the Iranian nuclear industry. These attacks could paralyze everyday life, create panic in the population, and generally produce an atmosphere of chaos and uncertainty all over Iran, Ivashov told RIA-Novosti. "This will unleash a struggle for power inside Iran, and then there will be a peace delegation sent in to install a pro-American government in Teheran," Ivashov continued. One of the US goals was, in his estimation, to burnish the image of the current Republican administration, who would now be able to boast that they had wiped out the Iranian nuclear program.

Among the other outcomes, General Ivashov pointed to a partition of Iran along the same lines as Iraq, and a subsequent carving up of the Near and Middle East into smaller regions. "This concept worked well for them in the Balkans and will now be applied to the greater Middle East," he commented.

"Moscow must expert Russia's influence by demanding an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council to deal with the current preparations for an illegal use of force against Iran and the destruction of the basis of the United Nations Charter," said General Ivashov. "In this context Russia could cooperate with China, France and the non-permanent members of the Security Council. We need this kind of preventive action to ward off the use of force," he concluded.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Now that the game is up the US have to move pretty quickly otherwise their international reputation will be sullied in the eyes of the world if the UN issues a resolution damning them BEFORE they take action. S'pose this didn't stop the 'coalition of the willing' before either but the US will be intent on taking action before the resolution is voted on. Should be safe tho as the UN is so inept it'll take ages for them to vote (argue) on the text of the resolution.

Despite taking out Iran, the issue may be the aftermath from the other regional states in the middle east. This action might unite the muslim nations into coordinating concerted terrorist attacks on the US (and possibly it's allies).

The actual attack may now be a foregone conclusion but it will be the subsequent responses that they may need to worry about. The verbal responses (or condemnation) will be immediate but futile. It'll be the eventual suicide bombings and terrorist actions that will do the damage. It may take a few months but you can bet your bottom dollar that there will be reprisals in the only manner that these fu<kheads know how to operate i.e. Terrorist bombings or hijackings.

If their favoured tactic is hijackings then expect to see the international airline industry go down the toilet for good. Many countries and companies only just survived the post 9/11 downturn. Any new action would be a deathknell for many airline companies.

Yeah I believe what the Russians leak to the "press." I would expect more of a rescue attempt before a full out air campaign.

Yeah I believe what the Russians leak to the "press." I would expect more of a rescue attempt before a full out air campaign.


I dunno, the US want Iran pretty bad imo, perhaps they cant afford publicly to go down the full on invasion route though blowing 20 air bases off the map in one night would kinda bring iran to their knees given how much of the US military are sitting on their doorstep...weather it would have the desired effect by shocking them into backing down though is doubtful more likely it would end in 15 dead servicemen which in turn could be a small price to pay for a foot in the door. One thing you can bet on is that Irans nuke threat is more advanced than press lead us to believe or it suddenly will be as soon as Operation Bite goes tits up...:D supposing the intel is cosha, which I very much doubt...

I wouldn't rule out an air campaign but to think they would bomb Iran to get the sailors back would be retarded. You would just end up seeing them next time in front of a camera with a black jihad flag, bunch of guys with AK's and black hoods and one with a rusty sword to chop their heads off.

I don't think anyone is that dumb no matter how dumb you think Bush and Blair are

I don't think anyone is that dumb no matter how dumb you think Bush and Blair are

exactly, it just aint gonna happen. doesnt mean I wont be sitting up on friday night though :D

We should start a pool for the attack date and time.