US War Against Iran Has Started

international | anti-war / imperialism | other press Friday January 28, 2005 14:50 by redjade

Where's the 100,000 people in the streets this time?

→ American combat aircraft into Iranian airspace:
'' 'We have to know which targets to attack and how to attack them,' said one, speaking on condition of anonymity. ''

by Richard Sale, UPI Intelligence Correspondent
New York (UPI) Jan 26, 2005
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/iran-05c.html

The U.S. Air Force is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Iran's ayatollahs, flying American combat aircraft into Iranian airspace in an attempt to lure Tehran into turning on air defense radars, thus allowing U.S. pilots to grid the system for use in future targeting data, administration officials said.

"We have to know which targets to attack and how to attack them," said one, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The flights, which have been going on for weeks, are being launched from sites in Afghanistan and Iraq, and are part of Bush administration attempts to collect badly needed intelligence on Iran's possible nuclear weapons development sites, these sources said, speaking on condition of strict anonymity.

"These Iranian air defense positions are not just being observed, they're being 'templated,'" an ad ministration official said, explaining that the flights are part of a U.S. effort to develop "an electronic order of battle for Iran" in case of actual conflict.