TonyZ2001 wrote:
GEOSTRATEGY-DIRECT INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
U.S. test simulates attack on Iran's nuke sites
War games envision 3-phases that include ground invasion
Posted: December 18, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
The U.S. Defense Department reportedly has 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 Iran. 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 would be the easiest part of any military
campaign.
The second part of the simulation consisted of air strikes on
suspected Iranian
nonconventional weapons sites and support facilities. The magazine
said the
Pentagon and intelligence community identified 300 such sites,
including 125
biological, chemical and nuclear complexes.
The third part was a ground invasion of Iran from five directions in
an
operation that would take about two weeks. U.S. troops would enter
from Iraq,
the northern Persian Gulf, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Georgia.
In the simulation, American troops surrounded but did not enter
Tehran.
Washington then helped appoint an Iranian government friendly to the
United
States.
The magazine said a war against Iran would be dangerous. The
simulation was
said to have included Iranian counterattacks, including use of its
missile
arsenal as well as insurgency attacks in the Gulf and Iraq. The
exercise also
took into account al-Qaida strikes inside the United States.
Members of the National Security Council, CIA, Pentagon and State
Department
attended the simulation, Atlantic reported.
The magazine said the simulation envisioned a scenario in which the
International Atomic Energy Agency announced it no longer maintained
hope in
Iranian pledges to stop its uranium enrichment program.
A day following the IAEA announcement, according to the simulation,
Iranian
supreme leader Ali Khamenei announced that Tehran would continue its
nuclear
program. At that point, the scenario envisioned a 9 a.m. Friday
National
Security Council meeting to discuss an imminent U.S. military strike.
The Pentagon exercise also envisioned the need for U.S. help from its
Middle
East allies. This included the use of air space of Jordan, Saudi
Arabia and
Turkey as well as air refueling facilities by Israel.
Stupid fuckin' yanks!
WH
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