Russian Intelligence: US Build-Up On Iranian Border Portends Massive Strikes

> Russian Intelligence: US Build-Up On Iranian Border Portends Massive
> Strikes
>
> http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070327/62697703.html
>
> Russian Information Agency Novosti
> March 27, 2007
>
> Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on
> Iran border
>
>
> -Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov, vice president of the
> Academy of Geopolitical Sciences, said last week that
> the Pentagon is planning to deliver a massive air
> strike on Iran's military infrastructure in the near
> future.
>
> MOSCOW - Russian military intelligence services are
> reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces
> near Iran's borders, a high-ranking security source
> said Tuesday.
>
> "The latest military intelligence data point to
> heightened U.S. military preparations for both an air
> and ground operation against Iran," the official said,
> adding that the Pentagon has probably not yet made a
> final decision as to when an attack will be launched.
>
> He said the Pentagon is looking for a way to deliver a
> strike against Iran "that would enable the Americans
> to bring the country to its knees at minimal cost."
>
> He also said the U.S. Naval presence in the Persian
> Gulf has for the first time in the past four years
> reached the level that existed shortly before the
> invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
>
> Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov, vice president of the
> Academy of Geopolitical Sciences, said last week that
> the Pentagon is planning to deliver a massive air
> strike on Iran's military infrastructure in the near
> future.
>
> A new U.S. carrier battle group has been dispatched to
> the Gulf.
>
> The USS John C. Stennis, with a crew of 3,200 and
> around 80 fixed-wing aircraft, including F/A-18 Hornet
> and Superhornet fighter-bombers, eight support ships
> and four nuclear submarines are heading for the Gulf,
> where a similar group led by the USS Dwight D.
> Eisenhower has been deployed since December 2006.
>
> The U.S. is also sending Patriot anti-missile systems
> to the region.
>
>


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