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News Telegraph, England
Government in secret talks about strike against Iran
By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 02/04/2006)
The Government is to hold secret talks with defence chiefs tomorrow to discuss possible military strikes against Iran, and the consequences.
It is believed that an American-led attack, designed to destroy Iran's ability to develop a nuclear bomb, is "inevitable" if Teheran's leaders fail to comply with United Nations demands to freeze their uranium enrichment programme.
Tomorrow's meeting will be attended by the chief of the defence staff, the chief of defence intelligence and officials from the Foreign Office and Downing Street.
A senior Foreign Office source said: "The CDS [chiefs of defence staff] will want to know what the impact will be on British interests in Iraq and Afghanistan which both border Iran. The CDS will then brief the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. The belief in some areas of Whitehall is that an attack is now all but inevitable."
There will be no invasion of Iran but the nuclear sites will be destroyed. This is not something that will happen imminently, maybe this year, maybe next year. Jack Straw is making exactly the same noises that the Government did in March 2003 when it spoke about the likelihood of a war in Iraq.
"Then the Government said the war was neither inevitable or imminent and then attacked."
Military chiefs also plan tomorrow to discuss fears that an attack within Iran will "unhinge" southern Iraq - where British troops are based - an area mainly populated by Shia Muslims who have strong political and religious links to Iran.
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http://zfacts.com/p/708.html | 01/18/12 07:24 GMT
Modified: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:32:08 GMT
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