Report: US discussing strikes on Iran

Douglas Davis,

THE JERUSALEM POST

Nov. 21, 2004

LONDON - Pentagon officials are said to be discussing possible militaryaction to neutralize Iran's nuclear weapons threat, according to areport inLondon's Observer. US administration sources are quoted assaying that airstrikes - "either by the US or Israel" - to wipe outIran's fledgling nuclearprogram would be difficult because of a lack of clear intelligence aboutwhere key components are located.

Instead, sources quoted by the paper said the Pentagon is consideringstrikesin support of regime change, including attacks on theleadership, as well ason political and security targets.

The new "modeling" at the Pentagon, with its shift in emphasis fromsuspectednuclear sites to political target lists, is said to be causingdeep anxietyamong officials in Britain, France, and Germany, who lastweek appeared tohave negotiated a deal with Teheran to cease work thatcould contribute to anuclear weapons program. But Washington is said tobe skeptical about thedeal.

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