US prepares military blitz against Iran's nuclear sites
By Philip Sherwell in Washington
(Filed: 12/02/2006)
Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing
raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against
Iran's nuclear sites as a "last resort" to block Teheran's efforts to
develop an atomic bomb.
Central Command and Strategic Command planners are identifying targets,
assessing weapon-loads and working on logistics for an operation, the
Sunday Telegraph has learnt.
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They are reporting to the office of Donald Rumsfeld, the defence
secretary, as America updates plans for action if the diplomatic
offensive fails to thwart the Islamic republic's nuclear bomb ambitions.
Teheran claims that it is developing only a civilian energy
programme....
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