Tehran Fears U.s. Attack

**falcon** · October 13th, 2006, 16:05

IRAN: TEHRAN FEARS U.S. ATTACK

Tehran, 11 Oct. (AKI) - Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has held an emergency meeting after reports that US nuclear powered aircraft carrier Eisenhower was moving towards the Persian Gulf. Khamenei met on Tuesday night with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and, the head of the Iranian army and the revolutionary guards corps Pasdaran, Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic, along with advisors to Khamenei.

During the talks, Iranian online daily Roozonline reports, participants discussed the possibility of a US military attack and the consequences of potential sanctions on Iran.

According to Roozonline, Khamenei stressed the need to present a united Iranian front to the international community.

The Eisenhower is expected to reach the Persian Gulf on 21 October while another US aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, will also be allegedly close to the Iranian coasts. The Enterprise was employed in 2001 by the United States to bomb Afghanistan after the September 11 terror attacks on the US.

According to Baztab, a website controlled by the Pasdaran, "the United States is gaining positions in the sea and countries close to Iran in case the Pentagon wants to launch an attack on the Islamic Republic."

According to Baztab, the US has already drafted a plan to attack Iranian nuclear plants and its military installations by sea and air.

US president has not ruled out the possibility of a military attack against Iran if it continues to pursue its nuclear programme which it fears is aimed at building nuclear weapons. Washington is currently pressing the Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran for its repeated refusal to halt sensitive nuclear work.

Baztab also said that "if the presence of US navy ships in the Persian Gulf turned into a real threat for the Islamic Republic then the region's oil pipeline would explode, as would mines in the Hormuz Strait (a key shipping route for oil) when oil tankers pass through so as to make the price of oil double or triple."

Iran is the world's fourth largest crude oil producer.

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**Sean Osborne** · October 13th, 2006, 16:22

Everywhere we look there are indications the the rubber is about to hit the road and other stuff is about to hit the fan.

The next week and a half are a critical period of time.

As for Iran - I believe an American attack is exactly what Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi and President Muhmud Ahmadi-Nejad want more than anything else in this world.

I expect a military strike or pre-emption will occur, but the US will not be its originator.

**American Patriot** · October 13th, 2006, 17:06

Can you say, "Sh-ting bricks"?

LOL

**Theo** · October 13th, 2006, 17:56

Originally Posted by Sean Osborne

Everywhere we look there are indications the the rubber is about to hit the road and other stuff is about to hit the fan.

The next week and a half are a critical period of time.

As for Iran - I believe an American attack is exactly what Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi and President Muhmud Ahmadi-Nejad want more than anything else in this world.

I expect a military strike or pre-emption will occur, but the US will not be its originator.

Is it possible that the US is baiting Iran to make the first move or expecting them to make the first move? Why else would we send the Eisenhower there, outside of having good intelligence that it will be needed? Who is baiting whom?

**American Patriot** · October 13th, 2006, 18:32

There's almost a dozen reasons the ships could be there. It's the Persian Gulf.

Look at a map, if your geography isn't good... Oman, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria. Qatar, U.A.E., Kuwait, Somalia, Kuwait, Jordan....possible nuclear bombs making their way from North Korea to Iran... possible terrorist weapons, to include nuclear devices making their way OUT of Iran.

US Intelligence collection isn't as bad as the media is trying to make it out to be. If we're pushing ships there, we're looking at all our options. This isn't a game. Iran thinks it is. We're about to stand up and show them that if it is, it's a game of Hard Ball. That's my bet.