War with Iran is on pause barring an "immediate need.&q

[dugoboy]

....<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/US_military_seen_ready_for_Iran_0511.html" target="top">US military, intelligence officials raise concern about possible preparations for Iran strike </a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>"According to military and intelligence sources, an air strike on Iran could be doable in June of this year, with military assets in key positions ready to go and a possible plan already on the table."<br><br>"Speculation has been growing on a possible air strike against Iran. But with the failure of the Bush administration to present a convincing case to the UN Security Council and to secure political backing domestically, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>some experts say the march toward war with Iran is on pause barring an "immediate need."</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> <p></p><i></i>

[dugoboy]

bumpity bump bump <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=dugoboy@rigorousintuition>dugoboy</A> at: 5/12/06 8:22 am<br></i>

[sunny]

Also revealed in that story:<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Strike could come earlier than thought</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Other military and intelligence sources are expressing concern both privately and publicly that air strikes on Iran could come earlier than believed.<br><br>Retired Air Force Colonel and former faculty member at the National War College Sam Gardiner has heard some military suggestions of a possible air campaign in the near future, and although he has no intimate knowledge of such plans, he says recent aircraft carrier activity and current operations on the ground in Iran have raised red flags. <br><br>Gardiner says his concerns have kept him busy attempting to create the most likely scenario should such an attack occur.<br><br>"I would expect two or three aircraft carriers would be moved into the area," Gardner said, describing what he thinks is the best way air strikes could be carried out without disengaging assets from US fronts in Afghanistan and Iraq.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Two air-craft carriers are already en route to the region</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, RAW STORY has found. The USS Abraham Lincoln, which recently made a port call in Singapore, and the USS Enterprise which left Norfolk, Virginia earlier this month, are headed for the Western Pacific and Middle East. The USS Ronald Reagan is already operating in the Gulf.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>