Congressman warns of Iranian Attack on US

WASHINGTON - A senior Republican congressman has been warning America's intelligence community for more than a year of an alleged Iranian plot to crash commercial airliners into a New Hampshire nuclear reactor.

Since February 2003, Rep. Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania has held a series of secret meetings in Paris with a former high-ranking official in the Shah's government who has correctly predicted, according to Mr. Weldon, a number of internal developments in Iran ranging from the regime's atomic weapons programs to its support for international terrorism, including Al Qaeda.

Based on two informants inside the mullahs' inner circle, Mr. Weldon's source, whom he code-named "Ali," relayed allegations to the Pennsylvania lawmaker that an Iranian-backed terrorist cell is seeking to hijack Canadian airliners and crash them into an American reactor. The target of the operation was only identified by Ali as SEA, leading Mr. Weldon to predict it was the Seabrook reactor in New Hampshire, about 40 miles north of Boston. Ali told the congressman that the attack was first planned for between November 23 and December 3, 2003, but was postponed to take place after this year's presidential election

http://www.nysun.com/article/6231
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Boo!

(for those not familiar with it, the New York Sun was set up a few years ago to provide an conservative counterweight to the New York Times. It almost immediately cut its price in half when it discovered that nobody would actually pay for it...)

and if it happens...then we got a big problem to deal with.

If I were the Iranians, I'd sit tight...wait until the U.S. makes the first move, then make them pay dearly for it and get world public opinion on your side.

Why upset the current status quo of the world vs. the USA?

Just what the adminstration needs--anther middle eastern con man.

Bryant
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because it begs the question, what have * and the Republican congress done to secure our nuclear reactors and other vulnerable targets since 9/11?

Answer: nothing.

The case is being made for why we should attack Iran, they're getting more overt about it, so the plans must already have been put in play.

1) The New York Sun is a notoriously conservative rag.

2) "...former high-ranking official in the Shah's government..."
This alone discredits the article, IMO. Shades of Ahmed Chalabi, anyone?


:evilfrown:

all that matters is that repugs get this crap into the media to start the drumbeat....

my bet is that once "elections" occur in iraq, bush will declare victory and start the war against iran because we "have to stop the evil ones over there so they can't come over here to attack us"

and the sheeple will bleat compliantly

That means this guy has not been privy to the upper workings of Iran's gov't for 25 years! Big deal! Some source!
The Professor

I'd sure feel better sitting one state away if there was someone in office who was actually doing something about the frickin' reactors and borders in this country!

Joy.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Defense Department was said to have completed simulated war games to determine the feasibility of destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program.

The Atlantic Monthly magazine reported in its latest issue that the Pentagon held simulations of a U.S. military strike on Iranian bases and nuclear facilities. The magazine said the recent war games also included a ground invasion of Iran.

The simulation envisioned a three-phase war against the Islamic republic. The first phase was composed of air strikes against bases of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, believed to control Iran's nuclear and missile programs.

U.S. intelligence sources were quoted as saying that such a strike would require one day and comprised the easiest part of any military campaign.

http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2004/december/12_13_1.html

Link to Atlantic Monthly online PDF of Iran War Game information:

http://www.theatlantic.com/images/issues/200412/2004-12-fallows-iran.pdf

the doctrine of "Pre-Emptive Attacks", too. I know they have been paying attention to the events of the last 2 years.

Blitzer.

trying to deflect attention from the probe of his criminal activities with regard to using his office to win contracts for his daughter's company.

Fuck you, Curt Weldon, you asshole

How many idiots are gonna fall for this shit?

Century/PNAC. Traitors.
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