[Peace-discuss] Iran attack imminent?

[Brussel Morton K.]

The following story suggests another reason to be fearful that an  
attack on Iran is planned.

In addition there is the recent passage of a U. S. nuclear weapons  
submarine passing through the Suez canal heading for the Persian  
gulf.  Unwelcome news. --mkb

  Worried Yet? Saudis Prepare for "Sudden Nuclear Hazards" After  
Cheney Visit  	

Written by Chris Floyd
Sunday, 23 March 2008

I. One Tick Closer to Midnight

Last Friday, Dick Cheney was in Saudi Arabia for high-level meetings  
with the Saudi king and his ministers. On Saturday, it was revealed  
that the Saudi Shura Council -- the elite group that implements the  
decisions of the autocratic inner circle -- is preparing "national  
plans to deal with any sudden nuclear and radioactive hazards that  
may affect the kingdom following experts' warnings of possible  
attacks on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactors," one of the kingdom's  
leading newspapers, Okaz, reports. The German-based dpa news service  
relayed the paper's story.

Simple prudence -- or ominous timing? We noted here last week that an  
American attack on Iran was far more likely -- and more imminent --  
than most people suspect. We pointed to the mountain of evidence for  
this case gathered by scholar William R. Polk, one of the top aides  
to John Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and to other  
indicators of impending war. The story by Okaz -- which would not  
have appeared in the tightly controlled dictatorship without approval  
from the top -- is yet another, very weighty piece of evidence laid  
in the scales toward a new, horrendous conflict.

We don't know what the Saudis told Cheney in private -- or even more  
to the point, what he told them. But the release of this story now,  
just after his departure, would seem to be a clear indication that  
the Saudis have good reason to fear a looming attack on Iran's  
nuclear sites and are actively preparing for it.
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