Operation Bite - April 6 Sneak Attack, By Us Forces On Iran Planned

[aaronmann]

straight off, i think this is pure hype. with that said:

Operation Bite - April 6 Sneak Attack, By US Forces On Iran Planned
Source:
http://rense.com/general75/bite.htm

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Quote:Operation Bite - April 6 Sneak Attack
By US Forces On Iran Planned
- Russian Military Sources Warn


General Ivashov Calls For Emergency Session Of
UN Security Council To Ward Off Looming US Aggression
By Webster G. Tarpley
3-25-7


WASHINGTON DC -- The long awaited US military attack on Iran is now on track for the first week of April, specifically for 4 AM on April 6, the Good Friday opening of Easter weekend, writes the well-known Russian journalist Andrei Uglanov in the Moscow weekly "Argumenty Nedeli." Uglanov cites Russian military experts close to the Russian General Staff for his account.

The attack is slated to last for twelve hours, according to Uglanov, lasting from 4 AM until 4 PM local time. Friday is a holiday in Iran. In the course of the attack, code named Operation Bite, about 20 targets are marked for bombing; the list includes uranium enrichment facilities, research centers, and laboratories.

The first reactor at the Bushehr nuclear plant, where Russian engineers are working, is supposed to be spared from destruction. The US attack plan reportedly calls for the Iranian air defense system to be degraded, for numerous Iranian warships to be sunk in the Persian Gulf, and the for the most important headquarters of the Iranian armed forces to be wiped out.

The attacks will be mounted from a number of bases, including the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia is currently home to B-52 bombers equipped with standoff missiles. Also participating in the air strikes will be US naval aviation from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, as well as from those of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Additional cruise missiles will be fired from submarines in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of the Arabian peninsula. The goal is allegedly to set back Iran's nuclear program by several years, writes Uglanov, whose article was re-issued by RIA-Novosti in various languages, but apparently not English, several days ago. The story is the top item on numerous Italian and German blogs, but so far appears to have been ignored by US websites.

Observers comment that this dispatch represents a high-level orchestrated leak from the Kremlin, in effect a war warning, which draws on the formidable resources of the Russian intelligence services, and which deserves to be taken with the utmost seriousness by pro-peace forces around the world.

Asked by RIA-Novosti to comment on the Uglanov report, retired Colonel General Leonid Ivashov confirmed its essential features in a March 21 interview: "I have no doubt that there will be an operation, or more precisely a violent action against Iran." Ivashov, who has reportedly served at various times as an informal advisor to Putin, is currently the Vice President of the Moscow Academy for Geopolitical Sciences.

Ivashov attributed decisive importance to the decision of the Democratic leadership of the US House of Representatives to remove language from the just-passed Iraq supplemental military appropriations bill which would have demanded that Bush come to Congress before launching an attack on Iran. Ivashov pointed out that the language was eliminated under pressure from AIPAC, the lobbing group representing the Israeli extreme right, and of Israeli Foreign Minister Tsipi Livni.

"We have drawn the unmistakable conclusion that this operation will take place," said Ivashov. In his opinion, the US planning does not include a land operation: " Most probably there will be no ground attack, but rather massive air attacks with the goal of annihilating Iran's capacity for military resistance, the centers of administration, the key economic assets, and quite possibly the Iranian political leadership, or at least part of it," he continued.

Ivashov noted that it was not to be excluded that the Pentagon would use smaller tactical nuclear weapons against targets of the Iranian nuclear industry. These attacks could paralyze everyday life, create panic in the population, and generally produce an atmosphere of chaos and uncertainty all over Iran, Ivashov told RIA-Novosti. "This will unleash a struggle for power inside Iran, and then there will be a peace delegation sent in to install a pro-American government in Teheran," Ivashov continued. One of the US goals was, in his estimation, to burnish the image of the current Republican administration, who would now be able to boast that they had wiped out the Iranian nuclear program.

Among the other outcomes, General Ivashov pointed to a partition of Iran along the same lines as Iraq, and a subsequent carving up of the Near and Middle East into smaller regions. "This concept worked well for them in the Balkans and will now be applied to the greater Middle East," he commented.

"Moscow must expert Russia's influence by demanding an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council to deal with the current preparations for an illegal use of force against Iran and the destruction of the basis of the United Nations Charter," said General Ivashov. "In this context Russia could cooperate with China, France and the non-permanent members of the Security Council. We need this kind of preventive action to ward off the use of force," he concluded.

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[Moriani]

Quote:straight off, i think this is pure hype. with that said:

That isn't hype, it's garbage.

Quote:The story is the top item on numerous Italian and German blogs, but so far appears to have been ignored by US websites.

Probably because it's bullshit.

Quote:Operation Bite - April 6 Sneak Attack
By US Forces On Iran Planned
- Russian Military Sources Warn

The attack is slated to last for twelve hours, according to Uglanov, lasting from 4 AM until 4 PM local time. Friday is a holiday in Iran. In the course of the attack, code named Operation Bite, about 20 targets are marked for bombing; the list includes uranium enrichment facilities, research centers, and laboratories.

Code names are assigned by computer, selecting nouns from 5 to 12 characters. Certain operations may be given code names chosen for political reasons and their propaganda value, like Desert Shield.

The US doesn't have sufficient air assets in place to attack 20 targets, even if British air assets based in Iraq were included.

Because of the monsoon season, winds are blowing W/S/SW. In theory, a fire causing continual burning of uranium ore, uranium compounds or U235 would disperse contaminants into Iraq, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Arabian Peninsula.

In addition to being a public relations disaster and not so much causing harm as having a negative impact on civilians, it would also negatively impact military operations.

Once the winds start shifting in May/June, they'll be blowing from the Arabian Sea N/NE/E over Iran.

Quote:The first reactor at the Bushehr nuclear plant, where Russian engineers are working, is supposed to be spared from destruction.

Why? Russian news reports claim Russian contractors have stopped worked and have been withdrawn from Iran.

Quote:Also participating in the air strikes will be US naval aviation from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, as well as from those of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

The 6th Fleet? I think it's safe to assume he isn't familiar with the term "combat radius."

Quote:The goal is allegedly to set back Iran's nuclear program by several years, writes Uglanov, whose article was re-issued by RIA-Novosti in various languages, but apparently not English, several days ago.

Then obviously its propaganda designed to put international pressure on the US to back off from Iran.

Nothing will happen before June, after the last brigade as part of the troop surge is deployed, and after the additional 7,000 troops just recently tasked to supplement the 20,000 surge troops have been deployed, and after the other two carrier battle groups arrive in the Arabian Sea.

If and when the stealth bombers leave Whiteman AFB, that will be another like big freaking clue.

[flatron]

Quote:Nothing will happen before June, after the last brigade as part of the troop surge is deployed, and after the additional 7,000 troops just recently tasked to supplement the 20,000 surge troops have been deployed, and after the other two carrier battle groups arrive in the Arabian Sea.

If and when the stealth bombers leave Whiteman AFB, that will be another like big freaking clue.

aah I see.