U.S., Israel Covert War Against Iran Suspected: Report

[Purveyor]

By Agence France-Presse
Monday, December 5, 2011

Many former US intelligence officials and Iran experts believe last month’s explosion at a military base near Tehran was part of a covert effort by the US, Israel and other states to disable Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, The Los Angeles Times reported late Sunday.

The huge explosion ripped through the Revolutionary Guard Corps base on November 12, leveling most of the buildings and killing 17 people, including a founder of Iran’s ballistic missile program, General Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam.

The newspaper said the goal of the covert effort is to derail Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapons capability and to stave off an Israeli or US airstrike to eliminate or lessen the threat.

“It looks like the 21st century form of war,” the paper quotes Patrick Clawson, who directs the Iran Security Initiative at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, as saying. “It does appear that there is a campaign of assassinations and cyber war, as well as the semi-acknowledged campaign of sabotage.”

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[xchrom]

1. GASP! -- n-o-o-o-o.

i only have 1 question: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ how much is this 'secret' war costing?


since every body and their grandmother keeps talking about how our asses are broke and all.

[sellitman]

2. Better than a full scale war IMHO

I know I'm in a minority here in this but if Israel can accomplish the goal of stopping Iran from getting nukes with little to no casualties I'm for it.

[drm604]

3. Well Duh!

Does anyone believe that two explosions at Iranian nuclear sites were an accident? Does anyone think Stuxnet was written by space aliens?