says Scott Ritter, but I'm not sure how much weight we should give this, considering his predictions about the WMD in Iraq. :lol Anyhow if he is correct then it will be a hot summer in the Middle East.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/20/221619/711
Scott Ritter: Bush plans to attack Iran in June
by NoAlternative
Sun Feb 20th, 2005 at 19:16:19 PST
This is kind of a convenient followup to yesterdays diary on the fact that the IAEA has found no evidence of a nuclear program in Iran. This is why the Europeans won't go along with us, and prefer negotiation. The same people who lied about WMD in Iraq are at it again in Iran. Sadly it appears only a few people read that story. Perhaps it was "Propagannon fever"?
Diaries :: NoAlternative's diary ::
Scott Ritter, appearing with journalist Dahr Jamail yesterday in Washington State, dropped two shocking bombshells in a talk delivered to a packed house in Olympia's Capitol Theater. The ex-Marine turned UNSCOM weapons inspector said that George W. Bush has "signed off" on plans to bomb Iran in June 2005, and claimed the U.S. manipulated the results of the recent Jan. 30 elections in Iraq.
Olympians like to call the Capitol Theater "historic," but it's doubtful whether the eighty-year-old edifice has ever been the scene of more portentous revelations.
The principal theme of Scott Ritter's talk was Americans' duty to protect the U.S. Constitution by taking action to bring an end to the illegal war in Iraq. But in passing, the former UNSCOM weapons inspector stunned his listeners with two pronouncements. Ritter said plans for a June attack on Iran have been submitted to President George W. Bush, and that the president has approved them. He also asserted that knowledgeable sources say U.S. officials "cooked" the results of the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq.
On Iran, Ritter said that President George W. Bush has received and signed off on orders for an aerial attack on Iran planned for June 2005. Its purported goal is the destruction of Iran's alleged program to develop nuclear weapons, but Ritter said neoconservatives in the administration also expected that the attack would set in motion a chain of events leading to regime change in the oil-rich nation of 70 million -- a possibility Ritter regards with the greatest skepticism.
Ritter also said Bush fixed the election in Iraq
The former Marine also said that the Jan. 30 elections, which George W. Bush has called "a turning point in the history of Iraq, a milestone in the advance of freedom," were not so free after all. Ritter said that U.S. authorities in Iraq had manipulated the results in order to reduce the percentage of the vote received by the United Iraqi Alliance from 56% to 48%.
He went on to say he thought this next phase of the war could be stopped, but that he feared Iraq might be remembered as a rather small event preceding a much greater conflagration. He also hinted that this was going to come out in a major news event. The article suggested it would be another Sy Hersh expose. Perhaps this is why Tony Blankley is calling Hersh "traitor"!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/20/221619/711
Scott Ritter: Bush plans to attack Iran in June
by NoAlternative
Sun Feb 20th, 2005 at 19:16:19 PST
This is kind of a convenient followup to yesterdays diary on the fact that the IAEA has found no evidence of a nuclear program in Iran. This is why the Europeans won't go along with us, and prefer negotiation. The same people who lied about WMD in Iraq are at it again in Iran. Sadly it appears only a few people read that story. Perhaps it was "Propagannon fever"?
Diaries :: NoAlternative's diary ::
Scott Ritter, appearing with journalist Dahr Jamail yesterday in Washington State, dropped two shocking bombshells in a talk delivered to a packed house in Olympia's Capitol Theater. The ex-Marine turned UNSCOM weapons inspector said that George W. Bush has "signed off" on plans to bomb Iran in June 2005, and claimed the U.S. manipulated the results of the recent Jan. 30 elections in Iraq.
Olympians like to call the Capitol Theater "historic," but it's doubtful whether the eighty-year-old edifice has ever been the scene of more portentous revelations.
The principal theme of Scott Ritter's talk was Americans' duty to protect the U.S. Constitution by taking action to bring an end to the illegal war in Iraq. But in passing, the former UNSCOM weapons inspector stunned his listeners with two pronouncements. Ritter said plans for a June attack on Iran have been submitted to President George W. Bush, and that the president has approved them. He also asserted that knowledgeable sources say U.S. officials "cooked" the results of the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq.
On Iran, Ritter said that President George W. Bush has received and signed off on orders for an aerial attack on Iran planned for June 2005. Its purported goal is the destruction of Iran's alleged program to develop nuclear weapons, but Ritter said neoconservatives in the administration also expected that the attack would set in motion a chain of events leading to regime change in the oil-rich nation of 70 million -- a possibility Ritter regards with the greatest skepticism.
Ritter also said Bush fixed the election in Iraq
The former Marine also said that the Jan. 30 elections, which George W. Bush has called "a turning point in the history of Iraq, a milestone in the advance of freedom," were not so free after all. Ritter said that U.S. authorities in Iraq had manipulated the results in order to reduce the percentage of the vote received by the United Iraqi Alliance from 56% to 48%.
He went on to say he thought this next phase of the war could be stopped, but that he feared Iraq might be remembered as a rather small event preceding a much greater conflagration. He also hinted that this was going to come out in a major news event. The article suggested it would be another Sy Hersh expose. Perhaps this is why Tony Blankley is calling Hersh "traitor"!
