Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border
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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070327/62697703.html
MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran's borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday.
"The latest military intelligence data point to heightened U.S. military preparations for both an air and ground operation against Iran," the official said, adding that the Pentagon has probably not yet made a final decision as to when an attack will be launched.
He said the Pentagon is looking for a way to deliver a strike against Iran "that would enable the Americans to bring the country to its knees at minimal cost."
He also said the U.S. Naval presence in the Persian Gulf has for the first time in the past four years reached the level that existed shortly before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov, vice president of the Academy of Geopolitical Sciences, said last week that the Pentagon is planning to deliver a massive air strike on Iran's military infrastructure in the near future.
A new U.S. carrier battle group has been dispatched to the Gulf.
The USS John C. Stennis, with a crew of 3,200 and around 80 fixed-wing aircraft, including F/A-18 Hornet and Superhornet fighter-bombers, eight support ships and four nuclear submarines are heading for the Gulf, where a similar group led by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has been deployed since December 2006.
The U.S. is also sending Patriot anti-missile systems to the region.
MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran's borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday.
"The latest military intelligence data point to heightened U.S. military preparations for both an air and ground operation against Iran," the official said, adding that the Pentagon has probably not yet made a final decision as to when an attack will be launched.
He said the Pentagon is looking for a way to deliver a strike against Iran "that would enable the Americans to bring the country to its knees at minimal cost."
He also said the U.S. Naval presence in the Persian Gulf has for the first time in the past four years reached the level that existed shortly before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov, vice president of the Academy of Geopolitical Sciences, said last week that the Pentagon is planning to deliver a massive air strike on Iran's military infrastructure in the near future.
A new U.S. carrier battle group has been dispatched to the Gulf.
The USS John C. Stennis, with a crew of 3,200 and around 80 fixed-wing aircraft, including F/A-18 Hornet and Superhornet fighter-bombers, eight support ships and four nuclear submarines are heading for the Gulf, where a similar group led by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has been deployed since December 2006.
The U.S. is also sending Patriot anti-missile systems to the region.
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was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
all it takes is some UN resolutions bantered about along with some kidnapped soldiers and maybe some air photos of milk trucks and america is good to go ...
bush has survived this long while blatantly lying and breaking laws ... he is untouchable ... congress and the american public are powerless ...
I'm not supportive of this at all.
But according to this (particularly the bottom), Iran is not exactly helping to dissolve any tension. I'm totally against it, but I think the writing is on the wall for what's going to happen unfortunately.
Updated: 14:37, Wednesday March 28, 2007
The British sailors and marines being held in Iran are to be paraded on television - but the female sailor who was captured could be released "today or tomorrow."
Turkish TV has quoted the Iranian foreign minister as saying Faye Turney could be freed within hours.
And an Arabic Iranian broadcaster says it will show footage of the captives on television.
The news comes after Tony Blair said the time had come to "ratchet up the pressure" on Iran.
Earlier the Ministry of Defence released evidence that the 15 captive sailors and marines were in Iraqi waters when they were snatched.
And Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett announced that all official business with Iran had been suspended until the crisis was resolved.
The captives seized on Friday include married mother-of-one Mrs Turney, 26, and 21-year-old Paul Barton.
All 15 British personnel were detained at gun-point after they boarded a dhow carrying suspicious cargo off the coast of Iraq.
The sailors and marines have now been held in an unknown location for five days, but are said to be being treated humanely.
At a news conference the MoD said the British boarding vessel was 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi territory when it was seized - and revealed the exact co-ordinates of the event to back up its claim.
Vice Admiral Charles Style said the MoD "unambiguously contested" Iran's claims that the boarding party had strayed into Iranian waters.
He said their capture was "unjustified and wrong," and said they were "ambushed."
But a statment from the Iranian embassy to Sky News said the sailors had strayed "0.5km deep into the Iranian waters.
"The sailors illegally entered Iranian waters. Violation of international border and their intrusive act justified their detention," the statement said.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Blair said: "There was no justification whatever for their detention. It was completely unacceptable, wrong and illegal.
"It is now time to ratchet up the diplomatic and international pressure in order to make sure the Iranian government understands their total isolation on this issue."
And in a later statement to the Commons, foreign secretary Margaret Beckett said: "We have no doubt of the facts, or of the legitimacy of our requirements."
Admiral Style said the co-ordinates had been confirmed publicly by the Iraqi foreign ministry, and that the Iranian government had provided Britain with two different positions for the incident - the first placing it within Iraqi waters.
"We pointed this out to them on Sunday in diplomatic contacts," he said.
"After we did this they then provided a second set of co-ordinates that places the incident in Iranian waters, over two nautical miles from the position given by HMS Cornwall and confirmed by the merchant vessel.
"It is hard to understand a legitimate reason for this change of co-ordinates.
"In any case we unambiguously contest both the positions provided by the Iranians," he said.
I'm guessing about as advanced as Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Weapons Program.
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When are you going to concede the fact that Saddam Hussein and Ahheckmenannajidan are NOT Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies?
Hail, Hail!!!
I hope you're right. I'm sure it's not that far advanced...which is why I said we may see how advanced it is...or we may not.
Neither Saddam Hussein or ahheckmentutankhamendijan cannot be dr evil b/c dr evil is bald and as far as I know they don't have 1/3 size clones...b/c THAT would be impressive.
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Nuke 'em!
thanks for the educated insight :rolleyes:
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Just like the Gulf of Tonkin incident, they just have to fire a bunch of rounds up in the air to make it look like they are attacking and Iran may fire back.
Sick...sick...sick in the head...
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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It's quite educated, thank you!
your insight or you...?
I hope you're wrong on this one, mama...if we bomb Iran, our world, as we know it, will be no more...
Both!
there would be no change ... it will be the same as it has been the last 100 years ...
because nothing has changed much in the past 100 years
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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