The US Navy has shipped hundreds of bunker-buster bombs to the British Island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for what many believe will be a military attack on Iran.
Scotland’s Sunday Herald confirms the US government signed a contract in January to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island. According to a cargo manifest from the US Navy, this included 387 “Blu” bombs used for blasting hardened or underground structures.
The Herald reported back in 2007 that stealth bomber hangers on the island, which has been used by the US military in an agreement with Britain since 1971, are being readied to handle the special explosives.
“They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran,” said Dan Plesch, director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London, co-author of a recent study on US preparations for an attack on Iran. “US bombers are ready today to destroy 10,000 targets in Iran in a few hours,” he added.
The preparations were being made by the US military, but it would be up to President Obama to make the final decision. He may decide that it would be better for the US to act instead of Israel, Plesch argued.
“The US is not publicising the scale of these preparations to deter Iran, tending to make confrontation more likely,” he added. “The US … is using its forces as part of an overall strategy of shaping Iran’s actions.”
It is believed Iran would only be attacked as a last option, should diplomatic talks fall apart. Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has argued against military action, saying an attack on the country would destabilize the Middle East.
The US has already used the island during the 1991 and 2003 wars on Iraq and would need special permission from Britain to use them again for an attack on Iran.
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Good for the towelheads!!!!!!
America will not attack Iran. Obomination will never do it. He is as one of them.
"instead of Israel" Would Israel ever bomb Iran if they knew we wouldn't do it for them? I don't think they'd be as inclined if it was on their shekel. But it's not so they're all gung ho for it. I hope this doesn't leave us in another "we broke it so we own it" situation. If it does, time to print up another trillion Fed Bucks or so.
It will be left up to Israel to act then the world will condemn then for protecting themselves.. Idiot world!