Want to know what Rummy's been up to?

[RebelYell]

October 20, 2004

A Bush pre-election strike on Iran 'imminent'

White House insider report "October Surprise" imminent
By Wayne Madsen

According to White House and Washington Beltway insiders, the Bush administration, worried that it could lose the presidential election to Senator John F. Kerry, has initiated plans to launch a military strike on Iran's top Islamic leadership, its nuclear reactor at Bushehr on the Persian Gulf, and key nuclear targets throughout the country, including the main underground research site at Natanz in central Iran and another in Isfahan. Targets of the planned U.S. attack reportedly include mosques in Tehran, Qom, and Isfahan known by the U.S. to headquarter Iran's top mullahs.

The Iran attack plan was reportedly drawn up after internal polling indicated that if the Bush administration launched a so-called anti-terrorist attack on Iran some two weeks before the election, Bush would be assured of a landslide win against Kerry. Reports of a pre-emptive strike on Iran come amid concerns by a number of political observers that the Bush administration would concoct an "October Surprise" to influence the outcome of the presidential election.

According to White House sources, the USS John F. Kennedy was deployed to the Arabian Sea to coordinate the attack on Iran. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld discussed the Kennedy's role in the planned attack on Iran when he visited the ship in the Arabian Sea on October 9. Rumsfeld and defense ministers of U.S. coalition partners, including those of Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Poland, Qatar, Romania, and Ukraine briefly discussed a very "top level" view of potential dual-track military operations in Iran and Iraq in a special "war room" set up on board the aircraft carrier. America's primary ally in Iraq, the United Kingdom, did not attend the planning session because it reportedly disagrees with a military strike on Iran. London also suspects the U.S. wants to move British troops from Basra in southern Iraq to the Baghdad area to help put down an expected surge in Sh'ia violence in Sadr City and other Sh'ia areas in central Iraq when the U.S. attacks Iran as well as clear the way for a U.S. military strike across the Iraqi-Iranian border aimed at securing the huge Iranian oil installations in Abadan. U.S. allies South Korea, Australia, Kuwait, Jordan, Italy, Netherlands, and Japan were also left out of the USS John F. Kennedy planning discussions because of their reported opposition to any strike on Iran.

In addition, Israel has been supplied by the United States with 500 "bunker buster" bombs. According to White House sources, the Israeli Air Force will attack Iran's nuclear facility at Bushehr with the U.S. bunker busters.The joint U.S.-Israeli pre-emptive military move against Iran reportedly was crafted by the same neo-conservative grouping in the Pentagon and Vice President Dick Cheney's office that engineered the invasion of Iraq.

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Wayne Madsen is a Washington, DC-based investigative journalist and columnist. He served in the National Security Council (NSA) during the Reagan Administration and wrote the introduction to Forbidden Truth. He is the co-author, with john Stanton of "America's Nightmare: The Presidency of George Bush II." His forthcoming book is titled: "jaded Tasks: Big Oil, Black Ops, and Brass Plates." Madsen can be reached at [e-mail]

http://www.lebanonwire.com/0410/04102002LW.asp

[PATRICK]

1. Reading the Naval Times

the carrier deployments(long and massive) were in the works months ago, after the Iraq invasion was completed.

A blind man could figure out the trail unless they all ended up in the China Sea.

[RebelYell]

2. I remember reading about the deployment n/t

[Eloriel]

3. Not good

Not good at all. I hope this doesn't happen, or if it does, that a whole lot of people will scream "Wag the Dog" like bloody murder.

[LiberalAndProud]

4. Please God, save us from this maniac!

[loathesomeshrub]

5. Maybe they're trying to get Iran to withdraw their endorsement of

shrub. That would do it

[kimchi]

6. This is the second time I've seen this.

I don't remember what the other source was, though. Please, please let it be a false rumor.

[Amich]

7. this was on here on the 19th of this month

I don't know how reputable this UK website is, but it makes for interesting reading.

http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/print.asp?ID=2360

Voice of the White House October 11, 2004

[opihimoimoi]

9. O Goddess of Hina, Patroness of all that is Benevolent, Please save us

from the Maniac named Bush. Please let him lose the election to prevent more damage to our American Name and our Planet.

On Bended Knee.....Please.

[LibertyorDeath]

8. Mother of God don't let this be true

This is insane.
What do they think North Korea's response would be to this.
They have Nuclear Weapons & their next on the "axis of Evil" list.
I truly hope Madsen is wrong on this.
Not just for the sake of the election but who knows where this will end
Iran may already have Nukes the thinking is they don't but then a lot of
intel agencies around the World thought Saddam had WMD.
The hardliners in Iran will retaliate against Israel with everything they have if this happens. They will have nothing to lose.

Snip
The White House leak about the planned attack on Iran was hastened by concerns that Russian technicians present at Bushehr could be killed in an attack, thus resulting in a wider nuclear confrontation between Washington and Moscow. International Atomic Energy Agency representatives are also present at the Bushehr facility. In addition, an immediate Iranian Shahab ballistic missile attack against Israel would also further destabilize the Middle East. The White House leaks about the pre-emptive strike may have been prompted by warnings from the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency that an attack on Iran will escalate out of control. Intelligence circles report that both intelligence agencies are in open revolt against the Bush White House.

White House sources also claimed they are "terrified" that Bush wants to start a dangerous war with Iran prior to the election and fear that such a move will trigger dire consequences for the entire world.

[seemslikeadream]

10. Defense Chief Pays Visit to USS John F. Kennedy

Story Number: NNS041012-02
Release Date: 10/12/2004 11:24:00 AM

By Journalist 1st Class Kayla Thompson, USS John F. Kennedy Public Affairs

ABOARD USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (NNS) -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the ministers of defense from 18 coalition countries made a stop Oct. 9 aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), currently deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of the global war on terrorism.

Rumsfeld and guests took a whirlwind tour of the ship and participated in a video teleconference with a key military component in Baghdad. Rumsfeld then met with the crew of Kennedy in the ship’s hangar bay.

“It is a privilege to have Secretary Rumsfeld and his guests on board,” said Capt. Dennis FitzPatrick, commanding officer of Kennedy. “A former naval aviator, he understands firsthand how much hard work by all of you goes into successfully accomplishing our mission.”

After Rumsfeld was presented with a Kennedy ball cap, making him a member of the crew, Rumsfeld spoke to the Sailors of Kennedy.

“The first time I was aboard a carrier was for the commissioning of USS Hollandia in 1943. I was 10 years old, and my father was the hangar deck officer," Rumsfeld said. "Many years later, I had the privilege of landing aboard another carrier, USS Monterey (CVL 26), this time as a pilot. So it is indeed a personal privilege for this son of a Navy man and an old broken down naval aviator himself, to be with you here on this great day."
more
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15478

more
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=900431

[Eye and Monkey]

11. BushCo never misses a chance to rag on the Kennedys, do they???

If the plan is underway, it's just like the frat-boys to use the USS Kennedy.

[shraby]

12. Well, people...true or not...spread the word

it might put the stops to it.

[seemslikeadream]

13. Iran behind terrorism in W Bank: Israeli leader

VIENNA — Iran is behind "terrorism" in the West Bank, visiting Israeli President Moshe Katzav charged yesterday.
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"Iran is very active in the area of terrorism" and "between 60 and 70 per cent of West Bank terrorism is carried out by the Hezbollah (Lebanese Shia movement), which is financed by Iran", he told the Austrian news agency, APA.
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"Iran is not just a totalitarian state, it also backs terror in the Middle East as well as international terrorism," he added.
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Mr Katzav, who is on the first visit by an Israeli head of state to Austria, also stressed that Iran's nuclear programme was a threat "to Israel and Europe".
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"Why does Iran need rockets with a range of 3,000 kilometres? Why does Iran invest in the development of weapons of mass destruction?" he asked rhetorically. — AFP
more
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/28046.asp

[LivingInTheBubble]

15. Israel is making the same noises it made about iraq...NT

[LibertyorDeath]

14. kick

:kick::kick::kick::kick::kick:

[RebelYell]

16. kick