The Persian Gulf this time. Internet talk of an “imminent” attack on Iran has again reached a fever pitch in late June of 2010 after Iran continued to balk at talks regarding its nuclear program.
The normal US CVBG relief cycle that saw USS Truman transit the Suez Canal and head for the Persian Gulf while the Eisenhower, (completing its tour) still remained on duty again got many Internet sites in a lather about an impending attack. They have also lumped in the Marine Amphibious carrier Nassau to claim “Three US Carriers” are massing opposite Iran. (Again, this is a normally scheduled ship/unit rotation).
Even Cuba’s Fidel castro has suggested that there will be fireworks before July 4th. And rumors fly that Israel has cut a deal with the Saudis for use of an free airspace corridor. The Gulf Daily News reported: “Preparations are underway to launch the military attack from Azerbaijan and Georgia, reports our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej, quoting military sources. Israel was, in fact, training pilots in Turkey to launch the strike and was smuggling planes into Georgia using Turkish airspace, they said.”
Always ready with such news, the Israeli web site Debka reported: “In a rare move, Iran has declared a state of war on its northwestern border, debkafile's military and Iranian sources report. Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps men and equipment units are being massed in the Caspian Sea region against what Tehran claims are US and Israeli forces concentrated on army and air bases in Azerbaijan ready to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.”
I started cataloging all these signs of "imminent" attack on Iran over two years ago. This latest bout is much like all the others, which you can read here. Is this attack in the cards? I still think it is inevitable one day, but with the Gulf of Mexico gushing oil we have enough troubles of our own without launching a third war of choice.
