Right-Wing New York Sun Declares: ‘Attack On Iran Said To Be Imminent’

[kpete]

Right-Wing New York Sun Declares: ‘Attack On Iran Said To Be Imminent’
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/28/iran-sanctions-prophecy/

Attack on Iran Said To Be Imminent
By BENNY AVNI
Staff Reporter of the Sun
September 28, 2007

UNITED NATIONS — In a sign that U.N. Security Council-based diplomacy is losing steam, a number of sources are reporting that a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities may be imminent. France and America also are pushing for tighter economic sanctions against Tehran, without U.N. approval.

Yesterday's edition of Le Canard Enchaîné, a French weekly known for its investigative journalism, reported details of an alleged Israeli-American plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. The frontpage headline read: "A report sent to the Elysée — Putin tells Tehran: They're going to bomb you!"

The Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, also expressed concerns to reporters in New York that an attack on Iran might be imminent.

Like most stories in the French paper, the article was based on unnamed sources who said that in order to reduce casualties, the attack against Iran is planned for October 15, the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel would bomb the first targets while America would orchestrate a second wave of strikes, the report said.

more at:
http://www.nysun.com/article/63561

[bluestateguy]

1. There were people on this board assuring us that war with Iran would come in June, 2005

And now, the goalposts have been moved back to October 15, 2007.

Whatever.

[pa28]

2. Seems to match Cheney's master plan as reported in Newsweek.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=3002775

Have the Israelis strike first and wait for an Iranian military response. Then use the Iranian counter-strike as a pretext for American bombing.

[L. Coyote]

3. What a propaganda tool. Ignore this and pay attention to IRAQ!

Don't fall for this crap. Keep your eye on the issue, IRAQ!

[Megahurtz]

7. I'm Not Ignoring Iraq,

but we need to be careful not to let the NeoCons unleash yet another War on Iran
because it will make the occupation of Iraq worse. ALL War should be stopped!

[snappyturtle]

4. I think this helps explain why Edwards, Obama and Clinton were

so depressing with their deployment time frames.....they need to keep forces in Iraq to hold the region (HA) after, long after, the U.S. bombs Iran......and probably Syria. Could it be they learned through their sources that the attack is imminent thus, what I would call, the turn around on re-deployment?

Tonight on Hardball Mario Cuomo (sp?) was Chris' guest and he adamantly said the president does not have the right to go to war without Congress' approval...on Constitutional grounds. He was very fired up and said Congress needs to make this clear, since the president obviously thinks otherwise, to the president and inform him that discussion must take place between the two branches of gov't. before anymore attacks. When is it going to end?

[johnfunk]

5. New York Scum, like the eggboy Matt Drudge, is notoriously fact-challenged

Not to be trusted.

[scarface2004]

6. i say we lose may 10..

20 million tops!!!!!