According to United Press International,
the United States is preparing NATO allies for strikes on Iran in 2006.
German media speculation about the supposed U.S. plans has been fueled by a number of high-profile visits to Turkey this month, including trips by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, by the CIA's Porter Goss and by the FBI Director Robert Mueller, who also delivered U.S. intelligence reports on Iranian backing for PKK operations aimed against Turkey. There have also been some significant Turkish visits to Washington, as reported by Der Spiegel.
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The CIA Director's [Porter Goss] Dec. 12 call on the Turkish prime minister last for over an hour, far longer than customary for a mere courtesy call, and followed an even longer meeting with senior staff of MIT, Turkish intelligence. The Turkish Daily Cumhuriyet reported on December 13: "Goss also asked Ankara to be ready for a possible U.S. air operation against Iran and Syria."
Don't you think America will expect some justification for this beyond the Iranian President saying mean things about Israel? I mean, two brand new Middle Eastern wars! Right
now when we haven't even finished the two we've already started!?
Hey, I guess a party's gotta hang on to Congress somehow. Nothing better than a World War to spank those increasingly restive voters back into line. My real concern is, if they're already warning allies about the reaction, they sure must have a pretty good idea about the nature of the pretext.
So c'mon Dick, George, Condi, Porter - just give us a hint. How many of us American civilians are about to die and how's it going to happen? Just a ballpark figure and some signal as to whether it will be nuclear, chemical or biological should be enough to slake our curiosity.
Inquiring minds want to know!