U.S. developing contingency plan to bomb Iran: report

U.S. developing contingency plan to bomb Iran: report

Source Link: www.abcnews.go.com

Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue.

The special planning group was established within the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in recent months, according to an unidentified former U.S. intelligence official cited in the article by investigative reporter Seymour Hersh in the March 4 issue.

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Strange dichotomy going on lately in the news: where some say the US will bomb Iran into the stone age soon, while the Western leaders deny there's no such plan. The preponderance of actions are more in line with building up for a war with Iran rather than deescalation.

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Rice denies US plans to attack Iran Jerusalem Post
Gates denies US plans to attack Iran RTE
US denies 24-hour bombing plan for Iran The Age

Evidently some people are lying through their teeth...