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War With Iran Will Do US More Damage Ex-Officials Warn
Washington (AFP) Apr 16, 2006 Two former US National Security Coucil experts warned Sunday that military action against Iran could be more damaging to US interests than the current struggle in Iraq has been. Richard Clarke and Steven Simon, who coordinated counterterrorism policy in the Clinton and Bush administrations, wrote in The New York Times that "any United States bombing campaign would simply begin a multi-move, escalatory process." They warned that Iran would first attack Persian Gulf oil facilities and tankers, which could cause oil prices to spike above 80 dollars a barrel. However more likely, Iran could use its terrorist network to strike American targets around the world, including inside the United States, Clarke and Simon said. "Iran has forces at its command that are far superior to anything Al Qaeda was ever able to field," the experts wrote. "The Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah has a global reach, and has served in the past as an instrument of Iran." The experts argued that Iran was in a position to make the situation in Iraq far more difficult for the United States than it already is. "The Badr Brigade and other Shiite militias in Iraq could launch a more deadly campaign against British and American troops," the two wrote. "There is every reason to believe that Iran has such a retaliatory shock wave planned and ready."
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Iranian Suicide Squads Ready To Hit US British Targets
London (AFP) Apr 16, 2006Iran has formed battalions of suicide bombers to hit American and British targets if its nuclear installations are attacked, The Sunday Times newspaper said. According to Iranian officials, 40,000 trained suicide bombers were ready to strike, the British weekly broadsheet said. |
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