Ok...so why havent I heard these stories in the mainstream U.S. News Outlets..._____________________________________________________________The Invasion of Iran MAY HAVE BEGUN28-Mar-2007UPDATE -
The BBC reports that the US Navy has begun "war games" in the Iran region by sending two aircraft carriers, containing 100 war planes and over 10,000 soldiers, into the Gulf. Fly over air maneuvers have also begun.
This is the largest "exercise" in the Gulf since our 2003 invasion of Iraq. A French group of ships are also in the Arabian Sea, one of which has already been launching flying missions into Afghanistan.
The news site (Unknown Country.com) where I gleamed this info from predicted the start of the Iraq war 4 years ago, almost
to the day.
Is
Shock & Awe about to happen all over again—this time in Iran? And will our military
go along with these plans?
In Globalresearch.ca, Michel Chossudovsky reports on what he says the US military has code-named TIRANNT, which means "Theater Iran Near Term," and identifies targets inside Iran which will all be hit by bombs simultaneously. Chossudovsky says the Arab media reports that this will happen in the next 30 days.
And this:
Possible US Troop Build-Up on Iran Border29-Mar-2007
More news about US military
activity near the Iran border: The Russian News & Information Agency (NOVOSTI) reports that Russian military intelligence is seeing a US troop build up along Iran's border with Iraq.
This could indicate a pending invasion of Iran OR it could mean that the US and its allies are attempting to spark a coup against the Ahmadinejad regime, which is rapidly losing popularity in the country.
NOVOSTI reports that, "The latest military intelligence data point to heightened US military preparations for both an air and ground operation against Iran" and also that "the US Naval presence in the Persian Gulf has, for the first time in the past four years, reached the level that existed shortly before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003."
_____________________________________________________________So I guess it is time to drill into the U.S. media and other worldwide media to see if we are on the verge of another full scale U.S. led invasion of another soverign country over there....with the Bush administration nothing really suprises me anymore.......A good Friday to all.*Revision:Ok so after drilling down a few pages in the New York Times Newspaper (online)....I found this little ditty:___________________________________________________________________
March 28, 2007
U.S. Opens Naval Exercise in Persian Gulf
By
MICHAEL R. GORDONWASHINGTON, March 27 — In a calculated show of force, the United States Navy began a major exercise in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, a move that Bush administration officials said was part of a broader strategy to contain Iranian power in the region.
Two American aircraft carriers — the John C. Stennis and the
Dwight D. Eisenhower — participated in the exercise along with more than a dozen other warships. It was the first time that two carriers have conducted joint operations in the Persian Gulf since 2003, the year the United States invaded Iraq.
American officials said the deployment was planned before
Iran’s capture of 15 British sailors and marines last week. But the exercise was clearly intended to send a signal that even with its forces stretched thin by the Iraq war, the United States still has the military means to project power in the region.
The Bush administration initially considered canceling the exercise after the British troops were detained. After consulting with the British government, the exercise was adjusted so that it would take place farther away from where the Britons were captured, American officials said. A scheduled port call by the Stennis in the United Arab Emirates was canceled so the exercise could get under way.
“We don’t want them to determine what we do when we think we are within our rights to do it,” a senior Bush administration official said, referring to the Iranians.
With the grinding war in Iraq and American lawmakers pushing for troop withdrawals, there is uncertainty over the future American military role in the region. That uncertainty has coincided with Iran’s growing influence throughout the Middle East, including a nuclear program that American officials assert is intended to develop weapons.
“Iran has been trying to send a message for some time that we are on the way out, that they are the natural great power of the region and that everybody should circle around Iran,” said the senior American official, who declined to be identified because he does not customarily speak to the news media.
The American naval maneuvers are one element of a broader strategy to counter the Iranians and reassure nervous allies. It also involves the deployment of Patriot antimissile systems to Qatar and Kuwait and the dispatch of minesweeping equipment to the region.
The appointment of Adm. William Fallon as the head of the United States Central Command, which has responsibility for the Middle East, is another signal that the Bush administration intends to emphasize the use of naval power to counter the notion that it is too bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan to respond to other threats. Admiral Fallon is the first naval officer to head the command.
“This whole thing is designed to send a message to the region,” the official said, referring to the naval exercise. “We are sending a message that we are here to stay.”
Toward that end, the American military made an effort to facilitate news coverage of its two-day carrier exercise by Middle East news organizations. Arab as well as Western media were offered an opportunity to board ships participating in the exercise.
The goal, according to military officials, was to reassure “regional audiences” of the capability of American naval forces and Washington’s determination to keep forces in the region.
American relations with Iran have involved recent diplomatic talks in Baghdad as well as strenuous efforts at the
United Nations to build support for economic sanctions against Iran because of its determination to move ahead with its uranium enrichment program. The American military has also conducted raids in recent months against suspected members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iraq and still have five Iranians in detention.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the recent talks with Syria and Iran in Baghdad represented a “good start” and added that the Bush administration “is open to higher level exchanges.”
But Mr. Gates also cautioned, “We should have no illusions about the nature of this regime or about their designs for their nuclear program, their intentions for Iraq or their ambitions in the gulf region.”
Before venturing into the gulf, the Stennis had been providing aircraft for the
NATO military operation in Afghanistan from the Arabian Sea. It headed to the Persian Gulf after the Charles de Gaulle, a French aircraft carrier, took up the Afghanistan mission.
With American carrier aircraft flying simulated attack missions in the Persian Gulf, some administration officials sought to emphasize that the exercise was not a cover for an impending air strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Nor would the United States enter Iranian territorial waters, the officials said.
“It is not a precursor to war,” said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. “It is not a sign that we are building up capability in the region to attack. Sending two aircraft carriers should be seen as a demonstration of our capability.”
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So folks...has a new war begun or not???
Hmmm.........................
