[political-research] [MewNews] " Experts warn against Iran attack [ TIRANNT ] "

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Subject: [MewNews] Experts warn against Iran attack

" Experts warn against Iran attack "

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/58A38414-E171-43EA-A131-0D1AA4BEDD4B.htm

Sunday 16 April 2006, 12:46 Makka Time, 9:46 GMT

Two former US National Security Council experts have
said that military action against Iran can be more
damaging to US interests than what the current
offensive in Iraq has been.

The warning came as a former US intelligence analyst
disclosed on Sunday that

the United States have been planning a full-scale
military campaign against Iran

even before the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Richard Clarke and Steven Simon, who coordinated
counterterrorism policy in the Clinton and Bush
administrations, wrote in " The New York Times " on
Sunday that

"any United States bombing campaign would simply begin

a multi-move, escalatory process".

They warned that Iran would first attack Persian Gulf
oil facilities and tankers, which could cause oil
prices to spike above $80 a barrel.

However more likely,

Iran could use its terrorist network to strike
American targets around the world, including inside
the United States, Clarke and Simon said.

"Iran has forces at its command that are

far superior to anything al-Qaida was ever able to
field,"

the experts wrote.

The experts argued that Iran was in a position to make
the situation in Iraq far more difficult for the
United States than it already is.

' Military plan '

A report disclosed by a former US official on Sunday
said that the US has been planning an attack against
Iran since 2003.

William Arkin, who served as the US Army's top
intelligence mind on West Berlin in the 1970s and
accurately predicted US military operations against
Iraq, said

the plan is known in military circles as

TIRANNT,

an acronym for "Theatre Iran Near Term".

It includes a scenario for a land invasion led by the
US Marine Corps, a detailed analysis of the Iranian
missile force and

a global strike plan against any Iranian weapons of
mass destruction, Arkin wrote in " The Washington Post
" .

Preparations under TIRANNT

began in earnest in May 2003

and never stopped, he said.

The plan has since been updated using information
collected in Iraq.

AFP

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