The United States will be ready to launch a missile attack on Iran's nuclear facilities as soon as early this month, perhaps "from 4 a.m. until 4 p.m. on April 6," according to reports in the Russian media on Saturday.
According to Russian intelligence sources, the reports said, the US has devised a plan to attack several targets in Iran, and an assault could be carried out by launching missiles from fighter jets and warships stationed in the Persian Gulf.
Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted a security official as saying, "Russian intelligence has information that the US Armed Forces stationed in the Persian Gulf have nearly completed preparations for a missile strike against Iranian territory." The Russian Defense Ministry rejected the claims of an imminent attack as "myths." There was no immediate response from Washington.
Personally, I am firmly in the myth camp, but the Russian news agency isn’t the only one fearmongering. Yesterday, Iran was singing the Zionists are Coming Blues with a twist and warning to the Arab world:
The reports come as the Iranian chief of staff, Hassan Fayrouz Abadi, was quoted on Saturday by Iran's Fars news agency warning leaders of Arab countries that Israel plans to open a "suicidal attack" on its neighbors this summer, to "prevent the withdrawal of the US troops from Iraq and the area." "I warn the dear leaders and Muslim brothers in the neighboring countries of the occupied territories that this suicidal attack of the Zionists is threatening them," he said. The countries in danger, he said, were "Lebanon and Syria, and later Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia."
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With all the sabre rattling (and sabre-rattling by proxy) that's been going on, it's really just a matter of time before someone does draw down.
Whatever happens, one thing is sure to be true: Iran will retaliate by launching missiles at Israel.
It's nice to have certainty in life, isn't it?
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