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Journalist: U.S. planning for possible attack on Iran
White House says report is 'riddled with inaccuracies'
Monday, January 17, 2005 Posted: 8:11 AM EST (1311 GMT)

Seymour Hersh said his information on Iran came from "inside" sources.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration has been carrying out secret reconnaissance missions to learn about nuclear, chemical and missile sites in Iran in preparation for possible airstrikes there, journalist Seymour Hersh said Sunday.

The effort has been under way at least since last summer, Hersh said on CNN's "Late Edition."

In an interview on the same program, White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett said the story was "riddled with inaccuracies."

"I don't believe that some of the conclusions he's drawing are based on fact," Bartlett said.

Iran has refused to dismantle its nuclear program, which it insists is legal and is intended solely for civilian purposes.

Hersh said U.S. officials were involved in "extensive planning" for a possible attack -- "much more than we know."

"The goal is to identify and isolate three dozen, and perhaps more, such targets that could be destroyed by precision strikes and short-term commando raids," he wrote in "The New Yorker" magazine, which published his article in editions that will be on newsstands Monday.

Hersh is a veteran journalist who was the first to write about many details of the abuses of prisoners Abu Ghraib in Baghdad.

He said his information on Iran came from "inside" sources who divulged it in the hope that publicity would force the administration to reconsider.

"I think that's one of the reasons some of the people on the inside talk to me," he said.

Hersh said the government did not answer his request for a response before the story's publication, and that his sources include people in government whose information has been reliable in the past.

Hersh said Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld view Bush's re-election as "a mandate to continue the war on terrorism," despite problems with the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

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we should invade france next the we can change its name to freedomland or something of that nature immediately after declaring martial law

let's invade belgium, I could go for some waffles.

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Originally Posted by Morning Glory

let's invade belgium, I could go for some waffles.

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Belgian chocolates ....

HOLY SHIT...........THIS IS IT............THE END OF THE WORLD.........WELL,START DRINKIN' GODAMMIT,LETS PARTY THIS MOTHER UP BEFORE WE GO OUT.........IT WAS NICE while it lasted.........


ONE MORE CHEERS TO THE END OF THE WORLDCHEERS!!:drunky:

call me naive but there's no way Bush can do it twice is there???? Fuck!

"er...weapons of mass destruction....er....iraq....er.. bombing crusade...you're either with us or against us....er...weapons of mass destruction...iran...er....."

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Originally Posted by 23*

call me naive but there's no way Bush can do it twice is there???? Fuck![/I]

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he should take a few lessons from Uncle Joe Stalin, and learn some patience. give it a year or two and most people will have forgotten, and then he can do it again.

what i can't understand is, if he's got the entire religious Right on his side, why doesn't he just say "God told me to start a new Crusade. We're taking back the holy land including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Mauritius."

Reporter: Sir, Mauritius isn't in the Middle East...
Boosh: Yeah, but they've got some great beaches, so why not?

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what i can't understand is, if he's got the entire religious Right on his side, why doesn't he just say "God told me to start a new Crusade. We're taking back the holy land including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Mauritius."

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scary thought :eeek:

I was watching a quiz show last night & the presenter asked one of the contestants to tell her which 3 were Larry Curly and Moe.

The contestant, in all sincerity said, "the 3 musketeers". My faith in humanity will never be the same.

bush can do whatever he wants now as long as he doesnt alienate the senate and doesnt do anything thats blatantly illegal that he cant cover up because he no longer has to worry about re-election on the bright side i dont think the republican party will seat a president for a very long time after bush is done

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call me naive but there's no way Bush can do it twice is there???? Fuck!

"er...weapons of mass destruction....er....iraq....er.. bombing crusade...you're either with us or against us....er...weapons of mass destruction...iran...er....."

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He can and may well attack Syria and Iran. A Revolution in Saudi Arabia will be fomented from within using shiite muslims.

OEC

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Originally Posted by Kidthorazine

bush can do whatever he wants now as long as he doesnt alienate the senate and doesnt do anything thats blatantly illegal that he cant cover up because he no longer has to worry about re-election on the bright side i dont think the republican party will seat a president for a very long time after bush is done

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I would agree were it not for the current state of the Democratic Party. Who amongst them could beat Senator John McCain? If the Republicans managed to nominate a non-christian conservative in '08, it's all over. I would support McCain personally.

OEC

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Originally Posted by OneEyedCat

He can and may well attack Syria and Iran. A Revolution in Saudi Arabia will be fomented from within using shiite muslims.

OEC

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yeah but are people just going to believe what he tells them at face value a second time around???
I mean, nobody still believes there was WMD in Iraq do they?

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Originally Posted by 23*

yeah but are people just going to believe what he tells them at face value a second time around???
I mean, nobody still believes there was WMD in Iraq do they?

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unfortanatly, i live in fuckin' Georgia right now, and i can say yes ,most of the people here(north GA) think all was right and justified,i call those,Oxygen Bandits, they need not be here taking my airhaha.......i think much of the U.S. is filled with these dumb fuck"people"........

and ,23* i sent you a pm...........hehe i found out what it's called.....

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yeah but are people just going to believe what he tells them at face value a second time around???
I mean, nobody still believes there was WMD in Iraq do they?

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No, but everyone knows Iran has nuclear capabilities. The invasion of Iraq was part of a broader strategy that I have seen outlined in foreign policy thinktanks for years. Once they were in, they had every intention of letting the rest fall like dominoes. Only Qadhafi has saved his skin by disarming.


OEC

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Originally Posted by OneEyedCat

No, but everyone knows Iran has nuclear capabilities. The invasion of Iraq was part of a broader strategy that I have seen outlined in foreign policy thinktanks for years. Once they were in, they had every intention of letting the rest fall like dominoes. Only Qadhafi has saved his skin by disarming.


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shiver me timbers.....thats really scary shit. But if they attack Iran then the rest of the middle east isn't just going to wait its individual turns too are they?

They don't need to hit the rest of the Middle East. Once Syria and Iran fall, there will not be any true opposition. Mubarak in Egypt is our guy. The Saudis are shitting their pants trying to remain in good graces with the US. The rest of the Middle East has little to no relevance regarding both militants and oil. Do you remember the name of the country where the US ship was hit? That'd be about the only other factor I can even think of. Libya has already disarmed.

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i was just thinking , hypothetically,if the pres. was impeached, it wouldn't matter would it,because we still got cheney,rumsfield,.....right......and we'd still have that Rice bitch....

so the plan to end the world would still be in effect....

Oman or Yemen?

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i was just thinking , hypothetically,if the pres. was impeached, it wouldn't matter would it,because we still got cheney,rumsfield,.....right......and we'd still have that Rice bitch....

so the plan to end the world would still be in effect....

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They should line all those bastards up against a wall and shoot them.

Plain & simple.


Then recycle them into..er....any good ideas?

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Oman or Yemen?

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Yemen, that's the one. That will probably end up being the last true base for al qaeda etc. I would be surprised to see Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia in its current form 5-10 years from now. Once you establish a new government, their own quest for self-survival will make them crush resistance on their own.

OEC

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Originally Posted by 23*

They should line all those bastards up against a wall and shoot them.

Plain & simple.


Then recycle them into..er....any good ideas?

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damn straight,bring back the firing squad,i saw that Mrs.Rice lieing to congress or whoever under oath, with prove of her lying,and all the others blatnenly dance around all the questions,so bad that a child could would say,"fuck i can do better than that with stealing a cookie"............damnnnnn


sorry 'bout my spelling today guys, im kinda busy....

i dont want to get drafted

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i dont want to get drafted

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I'd give it about 2 years. Even one more invasion will probably stretch the military pretty thin. I'm totally supportive of anyone who becomes a Professional Soldier, I think you have to start being realistic at this point tho. The draft goes 20 year olds 18,19,21,22,23,24,25,26. Specialists can also be called to serve. I would serve in the military, but the chances of a need for Ukrainian Translators is minimal. I do not pass physicals due to an ear problem.

OEC

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Originally Posted by OneEyedCat

I would agree were it not for the current state of the Democratic Party. Who amongst them could beat Senator John McCain? If the Republicans managed to nominate a non-christian conservative in '08, it's all over. I would support McCain personally.

OEC

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Yeah, McCain is one of the few republicans i would support and will if he runs unless the Democrats put up someone better.

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Originally Posted by 23*

They should line all those bastards up against a wall and shoot them.

Plain & simple.


Then recycle them into..er....any good ideas?

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Soylent Green. (IT'S REPULICANS! SOYLENT GREEN IS REPUBLICANS!)

Why is everyone saying 'he wouldn't do it a second time' ?

Afghanistan was invaded under Clinton or what?

Iran would be the third country. There were no WMD in Afghanistan either, and US forces are stretched to breaking point in that country still, despite a Free (for all) and Fair(ly untrustworthy) Election (rigging) attempt.

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i dont want to get drafted

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Canada is thattaway....

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Originally Posted by OneEyedCat

I'd give it about 2 years. Even one more invasion will probably stretch the military pretty thin. I'm totally supportive of anyone who becomes a Professional Soldier, I think you have to start being realistic at this point tho. The draft goes 20 year olds 18,19,21,22,23,24,25,26. Specialists can also be called to serve. I would serve in the military, but the chances of a need for Ukrainian Translators is minimal. I do not pass physicals due to an ear problem.

OEC

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It'll get to the stage where ear infections are ruled as being acceptable, along with a lot of other things that a peacetime army wouldn't accept. The US army is already damned thin on the ground.

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Originally Posted by Nightingale

It'll get to the stage where ear infections are ruled as being acceptable, along with a lot of other things that a peacetime army wouldn't accept. The US army is already damned thin on the ground.

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actually that would depend on the nature of the problem i have really bad hearing loss and i talked to an army doctor he said that there is no way in hell i would be fit for service because i wouldnt be able to hear orders and all that crap

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actually that would depend on the nature of the problem i have really bad hearing loss and i talked to an army doctor he said that there is no way in hell i would be fit for service because i wouldnt be able to hear orders and all that crap

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they can get rid of that argument by pointing out that, in the heat of battle, no one can hear orders anyway, and orders are given through sign language.

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Originally Posted by Nightingale

they can get rid of that argument by pointing out that, in the heat of battle, no one can hear orders anyway, and orders are given through sign language.

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Yeah but it also had something to do with not being able to hear things while on patro;s and crap like hat and im not worried becuase if my hearing doesnt render me unfit my psychological profile sure as hell will

If only Nader was president........

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Originally Posted by Nightingale

It'll get to the stage where ear infections are ruled as being acceptable, along with a lot of other things that a peacetime army wouldn't accept. The US army is already damned thin on the ground.

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I doubt it but anything is possible. I'd become a translator or JAG (Military Attorney) if it came down to that.

OEC