R. Moore's Newsletter pieces together the potential preparations for attack on Iran.

[Dover]

I'm posting these articles here instead of LBN because I'm not familiar with these sources. The articles were posted in R.Moore's newsletter. I did read a reliably sourced article yesterday that said the U.S. is setting up some anti-missile sites in or near the Chech Republic which is being protested against by Russia, of course. The U.S. has replied that they are not directed at Russian missiles but would be directed at Iran. I would expect that if the U.S. attacks Iran, they'd have to cover alot of other potential responses from Iran's allied countries. Truly a nightmare scenario:

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When articles come across my desk that particularly catch my interest, I post them to newslog. Some of these articles provide real information, others are examples of matrix propaganda, and some are in between. One must always consider the source when evaluating articles, but much can be learned by listening to those with whom we disagree or even whom we mistrust.
—rkm

Marines ready for D-Day landing in Iran

From: Richard Moore rkm-at-quaylargo.com

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Iran - Ready to attack
By Dan Plesch - NewStatesman

Feb/20/2007

American military operations for a major conventional war with Iran could be implemented any day. They extend far beyond targeting suspect WMD facilities and will enable President Bush to destroy Iran's military, political and economic infrastructure overnight using conventional weapons.

British military sources told the New Statesman, on condition of anonymity, that "the US military switched its whole focus to Iran" as soon as Saddam Hussein was kicked out of Baghdad. It continued this strategy, even though it had American infantry bogged down in fighting the insurgency in Iraq.

The US army, navy, air force and marines have all prepared battle plans and spent four years building bases and training for "Operation Iranian Freedom". Admiral Fallon, the new head of US Central Command, has inherited computerised plans under the name TIRANNT (Theatre Iran Near Term).

The Bush administration has made much of sending a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf. But it is a tiny part of the preparations. Post 9/11, the US navy can put six carriers into battle at a month's notice. Two carriers in the region, the USS John C Stennis and the USS Dwight D Eisenhower, could quickly be joined by three more now at sea: USS Ronald Reagan, USS Harry S Truman and USS Theodore Roosevelt, as well as by USS Nimitz. Each carrier force includes hundreds of cruise missiles.

Then there are the marines, who are not tied down fighting in Iraq. Several marine forces are assembling, each with its own aircraft carrier. These carrier forces can each conduct a version of the D-Day landings. They come with landing craft, tanks, jump-jets, thousands of troops and, yes, hundreds more cruise missiles. Their task is to destroy Iranian forces able to attack oil tankers and to secure oilfields and installations. They have trained for this mission since the Iranian revolution of 1979.

Today, marines have the USS Boxer and USS Bataan carrier forces in the Gulf and probably also the USS Kearsarge and USS Bonhomme Richard. Three others, the USS Peleliu, USS Wasp and USS Iwo Jima, are ready to join them. Earlier this year, HQ staff to manage these forces were moved from Virginia to Bahrain....cont'd

http://www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1130

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Featured articles from R. Moore's newsletter:

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http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=2190&lists=newslog

21 Feb - All systems ready for false-flag incident in Iraq
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