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MCGOVERN: IRAN WAR DRAWING CLOSER
press tv
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:24:42
Former CIA officer Ray McGovern Former CIA officer Ray McGovern
says President Bush and his ally, Israel, will likely attack Iran in
'late summer or early fall'.
"A perfect storm seems to be gathering in late summer or early fall,"
McGovern, who served as a Central Intelligence Agency officer under
seven US presidents in a period of 27 years, wrote in an editorial
published by Antiwar.com.
McGovern added that an agreement had been reached between the US and
Israel 'at the highest level', claiming that 'planners, plotters and
pilots' have begun work on the details of an aerial military attack
against the oil-rich country.
His remarks came shortly after Pentagon officials told The New York
Times that Israel had carried out a large-scale military maneuver in
early June which appeared to be a rehearsal for 'a potential bombing
attack on Iran's nuclear sites'.
McGovern also claimed that the main reason an attack has not yet
been launched on Iran is the opposition of senior military officers,
the numbers of whom are currently dropping due to White House efforts.
Washington and Tel Aviv accuse Tehran of pursuing a nuclear weapons
program and have expressed their willingness to wage war on Iran if
the country continues to enrich uranium.
This is while according to the most recent UN nuclear watchdog
report on Tehran's nuclear program, there is no link between the
use of nuclear material and 'the alleged studies' of weaponization
attributed to Iran by Western countries.
press tv
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:24:42
Former CIA officer Ray McGovern Former CIA officer Ray McGovern
says President Bush and his ally, Israel, will likely attack Iran in
'late summer or early fall'.
"A perfect storm seems to be gathering in late summer or early fall,"
McGovern, who served as a Central Intelligence Agency officer under
seven US presidents in a period of 27 years, wrote in an editorial
published by Antiwar.com.
McGovern added that an agreement had been reached between the US and
Israel 'at the highest level', claiming that 'planners, plotters and
pilots' have begun work on the details of an aerial military attack
against the oil-rich country.
His remarks came shortly after Pentagon officials told The New York
Times that Israel had carried out a large-scale military maneuver in
early June which appeared to be a rehearsal for 'a potential bombing
attack on Iran's nuclear sites'.
McGovern also claimed that the main reason an attack has not yet
been launched on Iran is the opposition of senior military officers,
the numbers of whom are currently dropping due to White House efforts.
Washington and Tel Aviv accuse Tehran of pursuing a nuclear weapons
program and have expressed their willingness to wage war on Iran if
the country continues to enrich uranium.
This is while according to the most recent UN nuclear watchdog
report on Tehran's nuclear program, there is no link between the
use of nuclear material and 'the alleged studies' of weaponization
attributed to Iran by Western countries.