ISRAEL, U.S. EXACTING DATE OF ATTACK ON IRAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.08.2008 16:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Al-Siyassa Kuwaiti daily quoted sources in Washington
as saying that the date of an Israeli and American attack on Lebanon
and Iran is approaching.

According to the sources, preparations for the attack were coordinated
during recent frequent visits by senior Israeli officials to the U.S.,
and that Israeli Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi has got a green light
from President Bush to carry out an extensive air and ground attack
against Hezbollah. The sources added that this attack, which could be
in late September or early October, would be a prelude to an expected
attack on Iran in November or December.

It was also reported that the Israelis informed the Bush administration
about the transfer of surface-to-air missiles from Iran to Hezbollah,
that the missiles had already been positioned in the Beq’a Valley
and at the foot of Mt. Lebanon, and that all Hezbollah missiles were
deployed in extensive areas of the country.

Also according to the sources, Syria was refraining from arming
Hezbollah with similar missiles that it and Iran received several
months ago from Russia. They said that in recent talks in Turkey
between Israeli and Syrian representatives, Syria had received
guarantees that it would not be attacked, and at the same time the
Syrian representatives announced the removal of a surface-to-air
missile network from the western mountain chain bordering Lebanon,
placed there out of fear of an Israeli aerial attack.

Kayhan Iranian daily, which is close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali
Khamenei, stated that the frequent trips by senior Israeli officials
to Washington attest to Israel’s fear of concessions being made by
the U.S. in light of Iran’s increasing demands, and that these trips
were unplanned and not routine, MIGnews reports.