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Final destination Iran?
Herald Scotland
17 Marzo 2010
Pentagono sposta centinaia di potenti bombe bunker-buster nella sua base di Diego Garcia, in probabile preparazione dell’attacco all’Iran. Il grosso servo resta agli ordini del piccolo padrone, anche se questo lo insulta ogni giorno.
Hundreds
of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California
to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in
preparation for a possible attack on Iran.
The
Sunday Herald can reveal that 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.
Experts
say that they are being put in place for an assault on Iran’s
controversial nuclear facilities. There has long been speculation that
the US military is preparing for such an attack, should diplomacy fail
to persuade Iran not to make nuclear weapons.
Although
Diego Garcia is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, it is used
by the US as a military base under an agreement made in 1971. The
agreement led to 2,000 native islanders being forcibly evicted to the
Seychelles and Mauritius.
The Sunday Herald reported in 2007 that stealth bomber hangers on the island were being equipped to take bunker-buster bombs.
Although the story was not confirmed at the time, the new evidence suggests that it was accurate.
Contract details for the shipment to Diego Garcia were posted on an international tenders’ website by the US navy.
A
shipping company based in Florida, Superior Maritime Services, will be
paid $699,500 to carry many thousands of military items from Concord,
California, to Diego Garcia.
Crucially, the cargo includes 195 smart, guided, Blu-110 bombs and 192 massive 2000lb Blu-117 bombs.
“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.”
According to Ian Davis,
director of the new independent thinktank, Nato Watch, the shipment to
Diego Garcia is a major concern. “We would urge the US to clarify its
intentions for these weapons, and the Foreign Office to clarify its
attitude to the use of Diego Garcia for an attack on Iran,” he said.
For
Alan Mackinnon, chair of Scottish CND, the revelation was “extremely
worrying”. He stated: “It is clear that the US government continues to
beat the drums of war over Iran, most recently in the statements of
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
“It is depressingly similar to the rhetoric we heard prior to the war in Iraq in 2003.”
The
British Ministry of Defence has said in the past that the US government
would need permission to use Diego Garcia for offensive action. It has
already been used for strikes against Iraq during the 1991 and 2003
Gulf wars.
About 50 British military
staff are stationed on the island, with more than 3,200 US personnel.
Part of the Chagos Archipelago, it lies about 1,000 miles from the
southern coasts of India and Sri Lanka, well placed for missions to
Iran.
The US Department of Defence did not respond to a request for a comment.
Source > Herald Scotland
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