- LONDON -- The Bush administration's
preparation to strike Iran is complete with the top commander of the US
Central Command having received computerised plans for 'Operation Iranian
Freedom', a report has said.
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- "American military operations for a major conventional
war with Iran extend far beyond targeting suspect WMD (weapons of mass
destruction) facilities and will enable President George Bush to destroy
Iran's military, political and economic infrastructure overnight using
conventional weapons," the journal New Statesman has claimed.
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- In a story titled Attack-Revealed: America's Plans to
Invade Iran, the journal quoting British military sources, said 'the US
military switched its whole focus to Iran' as soon as Saddam Hussein was
removed from power. The White House continued this strategy, even though
it had American forces bogged down in Iraq.
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- The US army, navy, air force and marines have all prepared
battle plans and spent four years building bases and training for "Operation
Iranian Freedom". Admiral Fallon, the new head of US Central Command,
has inherited computerised plans under the name TIRANT (Theatre Iran Near
Term).
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- Even as the sending of a second aircraft carrier to the
Gulf has been highlighted, the US navy can put six carriers into battle
at a month's notice.
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- The report said any US general planning to attack Iran
could now assume that at least 10,000 targets could be hit in a single
raid, with warplanes flying from the US or Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
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- http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=81587
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