Posted by
Sapper on Sunday, April 01, 2007 6:15:59 PM
I swear I should thought of it sooner but honestly I didn't put two and two together until now. It is now being widely rumored that the U.S. is planning a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. From the
Jerusalem Post:
'The United States will be ready to launch a missile attack on Iran's nuclear facilities as soon as early this month, perhaps "from 4 a.m. until 4 p.m. on April 6," according to reports in the Russian media on Saturday.
According to Russian intelligence sources, the reports said, the US has devised a plan to attack several targets in Iran, and an assault could be carried out by launching missiles from fighter jets and warships stationed in the Persian Gulf.
Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted a security official as saying, "Russian intelligence has information that the US Armed Forces stationed in the Persian Gulf have nearly completed preparations for a missile strike against Iranian territory." ...'
(US F/A 18 taking off from the USS Stennis)
Could Tehran be holding British hostages hoping the Brits will pressure the US not to strike? Certainly it would be a clever tactic and I can't think what else Tehran hopes to gain from the hostage standoff. Perhaps they're trying to buy time at a critical stage of their nuclear weapons development. Also, I find it interesting that the Russians (again) seem to be the ones doing the work behind the scenes.