Pentagon Declines Comment On Report Of Iran Strike Plans

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Pentagon Declines Comment On Report Of Iran Strike Plans

Navy planners have evaluated coastal targets and drawn up scenarios for keeping control of the Strait of Hormuz.
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Apr 18, 2006

The Pentagon declined to comment Monday on a report that US military planning for Iran began in 2002 and has been continually updated since. "This is the United States Defense Department. We plan for all sorts of things," said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman.

"With respect to Iran the United States governnment approach has been very clear," he added, saying it was working through the international community to try to resolve concerns about Iran's nuclear program diplomatically.

William Arkin, a well-connected military analyst writing in the Washington Post on Sunday, said the planning has been conducted under the codename TIRANNT, an acronym for Theater 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.

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