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This story is the top item on numerous Italian and German blogs, but so far appears to have been ignored by US websites.

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Operation Bite: April 6 sneak attack by U.S. forces against Iran planned, Russian military forces warn

By Webster G. Tarpley
Online Journal Contributing Writer

Mar 26, 2007, 01:02

WASHINGTON DC, -- The long awaited US military attack on Iran is now on track for the first week of April, specifically for 4 am on April 6, the Good Friday opening of Easter weekend, writes the well-known Russian journalist Andrei Uglanov in the Moscow weekly “Argumenty Nedeli.” Uglanov cites Russian military experts close to the Russian General Staff for his account.

The attack is slated to last for 12 hours, according to Uglanov, from 4 am until 4 pm local time. Friday is the sabbath in Iran. In the course of the attack, code named Operation Bite, about 20 targets are marked for bombing; the list includes uranium enrichment facilities, research centers, and laboratories.

The first reactor at the Bushehr nuclear plant, where Russian engineers are working, is supposed to be spared from destruction. The US attack plan reportedly calls for the Iranian air defense system to be degraded, for numerous Iranian warships to be sunk in the Persian Gulf, and for the most important headquarters of the Iranian armed forces to be wiped out.

The attacks will be mounted from a number of bases, including the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia is currently home to B-52 bombers equipped with standoff missiles. Also participating in the air strikes will be US naval aviation from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, as well as from those of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Additional cruise missiles will be fired from submarines in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of the Arabian peninsula. The goal is allegedly to set back Iran’s nuclear program by several years, writes Uglanov, whose article was reissued by RIA-Novosti in various languages, but apparently not English, several days ago. The story is the top item on numerous Italian and German blogs, but so far appears to have been ignored by US websites.

Observers comment that this dispatch represents a high-level orchestrated leak from the Kremlin, in effect a war warning, which draws on the formidable resources of the Russian intelligence services, and which deserves to be taken with the utmost seriousness by pro-peace forces around the world.

Asked by RIA-Novosti to comment on the Uglanov report, retired Colonel General Leonid Ivashov confirmed its essential features in a March 21 interview: “I have no doubt that there will be an operation, or more precisely a violent action against Iran.” Ivashov, who has reportedly served at various times as an informal advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is currently the vice president of the Moscow Academy for Geopolitical Sciences.
MORE : http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1888.shtml

Resources:

http://fr.rian.ru/world/20070319/62260006.html

http://fr.rian.ru/world/20070321/62387717.html

PeaceBud · Guest

If you refer to the FIRST link in the article, namely :

Resources:
http://fr.rian.ru/world/20070319/62260006.html L'Iran serait attaqué début avril (experts militaires russes)

it is possible to decifer parts of the 2nd para. even though it is written in a foreign language (French, I think) where it says :

Il se peut aussi que l'Iran soit frappé le vendredi 6, jour férié dans les pays musulmans. D'après le schéma américain, ce sera une frappe d'un seul jour qui durera 12 heures, de 4 heures de matin à 16 heures d'après-midi. Le nom de code de l'opération est à ce jour "Bite" en anglais (Morsure).

DATE - TIME - NAME OF and DURATION OF OPERATION

PeaceBud · Guest

PM warns Iran over Navy captives
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6498611.stm

Pakistan to support Iran in case of US attack: Rashid
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=48176

U.S. Navy Launches Show Of Force Off Coast Of Iran
http://cbs4.com/national/topstories_story_086055555.html

DEBKAfile reports: More than 10,000 US personnel, two aircraft carriers and 100 warplanes begin biggest simulated demonstration of force in Gulf since the 2003 invasion of Iraq
http://www.debka.com/

USS John C. Stennis Now Operating in Persian Gulf

USS JOHN C. STENNIS, At Sea -- The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) entered the Persian Gulf on March 27, escorted by the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/03/mil-070327-nns01.htm

PeaceBud · Guest

US agency tests Massive Ordnance Penetrator

26th March, 2007

By Nathan Hodge

The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) announced on 15 March the successful test of a 30,000 lb (13,600 kg) conventional bomb, which is designed to destroy hardened underground facilities.

The 14 March test was a static demonstration, which involved detonating the weapon inside a test tunnel. Data is still being collected from the test, but the DTRA described the demonstration as a "significant step" toward the development of the new weapon, which would be designed for delivery by a B-2 or B-52 strategic bomber aircraft. As part of the current testing phase, flight tests from a B-52 are also planned.

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http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jmr/jmr070326_1_n.shtml

Exclusive: Embassies in Teheran prepare escape plans
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SantaFefan · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:23 am Post subject:

Well, I like Steve Wright. Very Happy

Ella Sailyour · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 579 Location: Marbella, Spain

Looks like the secret's out then, folks. Dammit, that's curtains for another fine plan....

Ella Rolling Eyes

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AndyAndy2 · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:14 am Post subject:

Keep you heads down
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Cherskiy · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:39 am Post subject:

Sounds like one of the same sources that claimed the USAF and RAF had lost countless aircraft during the Kosovan conflict. They, were, however, a good laugh at the time, especially the one who used a picture of part of a wrecked Tornado GR.4 as 'evidence'. Said 'source' wasn't very happy when I informed him via an open internet forum that the picture was actually taken by an acquaintance of mine who took the shot at a wreck site in Northumberland a couple of years previously!

"Russian military experts" are basically rent-a-quotes nowadays - give them enough dollars and they'll say anything. Rolling Eyes

Anyway, I though the US was planning to do Syria in next? Question

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iwarburton · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland

A worrying prospect without a doubt but I've lived through dozens of apoocalytic scares, ever since Suez in 1956, and if I'd lost sleep over all of them I'd have been out of my mind by now.

Ian.

gfloyd · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject:

Still its seems like the OP only has only one topic that he is interested in talking about. Very suspicious.
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