Final destination Iran?

[grassfed]

Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran.

The Sunday Herald can reveal that the US government signed a contract in January to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island. According to a cargo manifest from the US navy, this included 387 “Blu” bombs used for blasting hardened or underground structures.

Experts say that they are being put in place for an assault on Iran’s controversial nuclear facilities. There has long been speculation that the US military is preparing for such an attack, should diplomacy fail to persuade Iran not to make nuclear weapons.

Although Diego Garcia is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, it is used by the US as a military base under an agreement made in 1971. The agreement led to 2,000 native islanders being forcibly evicted to the Seychelles and Mauritius.

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[grassfed]

1. "Obama/Petraeus VS Israel" controversy is just theatrics to pave the way for war

so it appears that the US is not acting on behalf of Israel.

[yurbud]

3. crap! I hadn't thought of that.

[maddezmom]

2. not sure I'm buying the veracity of this story

but I wouldn't rule it out either. :shrug:

[yurbud]

4. god forbid we try engagement. It's not like it worked with the virulent Chinese Commies...

who changed a lot faster than the Soviets who we kept on our enemies list longer and so took a decade longer to give up communist orthodoxy.

[Purveyor]

5. Kiss any hope for a global economic recovery should the US and/or israel be stupid

enough to launch an attack on Iran.

While it isn't being acknowledged, today current high oil/gasoline prices are at least partially due to the 'potential conflict' factor.