Independent UK: US Plan For Air Strikes On Iran 'Backed By Brown'

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Source: Independent UK

A plan by the Bush administration to launch surgical strikes on Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has won the support of Gordon Brown, according to a US report, although a presidential "execute order" required for such an operation has yet to be issued.

The report in The New Yorker magazine by the journalist Seymour Hersh states that the White House has concluded that many of its problems in Iraq are the responsibility of Tehran. But rather than conduct an unpopular all-out assault on Iran's nuclear facilities, the US is planning limited air strikes, arguing that they are needed to defend soldiers in Iraq.

The article stated that, "The bombing plan has had its most positive reception from ... Gordon Brown", but this was denied yesterday by some with close ties to the US military.

"It is quite the opposite," said Phillip Giraldi a former CIA counterterrorism officer. "In fact Robert Gates was rebuffed during his recent visit to London when the idea was floated.

"Because British mine-sweepers based in the Gulf of Hormuz will be essential to any US action against Iran, US war planners need to have Britain on board," he said. "So far that is not forthcoming."



Read more: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3018375.ece

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1. The lies never stop. nt

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2. Bush said the Brits are on board

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The change in focus comes as Bush and his top aides have begun to describe the war in Iraq in public statements as increasingly a "strategic battle between the United States and Iran," said the article by investigative reporter Seymour Hersh.

During a video conference over the summer, Bush allegedly told Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Iraq, that he was considering striking Iranian targets across the border and that the British "were on board," according to the article
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http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Weighs_Strikes_Against_Iran_As_Iraq_Fears_New_Conflict_999.html

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4. The lies never stop. nt

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3. Failed Empire is Supporting another Occupation

The British created Iraq.

The Irish people tried to get the British out of their country for 800 years at which point the nation was partitioned and Northern Ireland was created. The Irish people in Northern Ireland haven't been at it quite as long but it looks like now, after 80 years of on again and off again fighting, the British might be able to leave.

Is the US prepared to emulate the British and hang in there for the next 80 or 800 years in Iraq and Iran?