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UNCLE WALLY 'S WORLD WAR III NEWZ FILEZ ... We can attack Iran, says US commander -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2007 |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/20/wiran120.xml
We can attack Iran, says US commander
By Alex Spillius in Washington
Last Updated: 3:04am BST 20/10/2007
America's top military officer said the country does have the
resources to attack Iran, despite the strain of wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Adm Michael Mullen, who took over as chairman of the US Joint Chiefs
of Staff three weeks ago, said diplomacy remained the priority in
dealing with Iran's suspected plans to develop a nuclear weapon and
its support for anti-US insurgents in Iraq.
But at a press conference he said: "there is more than enough reserve
to respond (militarily) if that, in fact, is what the national
leadership wanted to do".
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned that Iran's acquisition of
nuclear weapons could set off an arms race in the Middle East. "The
risk of an accident or a miscalculation or of those weapons or
materials falling into the hands of terrorists seem to me to be
substantially increased," he added.
The two leaders appeared together just days after George W Bush raised
the spectre of "World War Three" if Iran went nuclear.
Adm Mullen did not elaborate on what size of assault would be
feasible, but earlier reports have said the Pentagon had laid out
contingency plans for a major aerial campaign against suspected
nuclear targets in Iran.
Given that there are approximately 180,000 US troops in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the deployment of a significant ground force is
improbable.
Early this year the US navy moved a second aircraft carrier with
battleships into the Gulf, its biggest build up of military power
there since the months leading to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003,
leading to speculation that it was prepared to launch air strikes at
any time.
Adm Mullen also said the US military was working hard to stem the flow
from Iran into Afghanistan of high-tech materials for roadside bombs.
The military has said that parts from the armor-piercing bombs, which
have killed hundreds of troops in Iraq, are now getting into
Afghanistan.
Iran's foreign minister said yesterday that his country is ready to
establish nuclear energy cooperation with other countries, based on
the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to cooperate with other
countries in the nuclear field with a peaceful purpose," said
Manouchehr Mottaki during a visit to the western Afghan city of Herat
for a conference.
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