April 6 sneak attack by US forces against Iran planned, Russian military sources warn

[spinbaby]

Thom Hartmann was talking about this a little bit ago:



Mar 26, 2007, 01:02

WASHINGTON DC, -- 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 12 hours, according to Uglanov, from 4 am until 4 pm local time. Friday is the sabbath 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 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 reissued 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.

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1888.shtml

[Sammy Pepys]

1. Right on schedule....

...or not :eyes:

[4dsc]

2. Shock and Awe Part Deux?

One can only hope this doesn't happen..

[NNN0LHI]

3. Wasn't this supposed to happen last year? I swear thats what I heard

October surprise and all that.

Don

[Igel]

5. September '05,

March '06, October '06 ... Christ's return has been predicted with the same frequency. But, obviously, those predicting Christ's return with such success are loonies.

[Sir Jeffrey]

4. More here including link to original...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x501857

[steve2470]

6. with all due respect, is this considered credible by Thom ? nt

[bdamomma]

7. is our crack Congress aware of this???

and the Congress is on recess starting next week? We all know how bush likes to do things when the Congress is on vacation huh? oh, oh.

[liberalla]

8. .

:kick:

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Again?

I swear, we get one of these every two or three weeks. Like clockwork.

Quick! Freak the fuck out!