Is the United States planning to attack Iran? When? Why? What would be the consequences?

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19th November 2007

Attacking Iran

A serious military confrontation between the United States and Iran is possible . Iran was part of the Axis of evil . With Iraq now occupied by US forces and North Korea disarming its nuclear installations , the stage is set for a confrontation with Iran (Symonds

The US is actively mobilizing world opinion against Iran . It has pushed for tougher economic sanctions through the United Nations . It has expanded its military presence in recent weeks . Inside Iraq reports of Iranian made explosives and arms

have been delivered by US officials Iranian diplomats have also been arrested because of suspected ties with Iraqi insurgents . The US has also announced the sale of arms to its Gulf allies and Israel (Symonds

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami offered the US to end support for terrorist groups and stall efforts to develop nuclear weapons in 2003 . This was rejected by the Bush administration . It marginalized the moderate factions in Iran and led to the emergence of more radical factions in Iran . This shows that the US wanted to set the stage for confrontation with Iran by the behavior of more radical elements of the Iranian regime (Alexandrovna

An estimated 75 million dollars were allocated for promoting democracy in Iran . This move was designed to generate social and political unrest in Iran . The Iranian authorities cracked hard on the media and political activists . Most of the money went to opposition groups who are outside Iran . Many political groups believe that the money was not good for democracy and instead has resulted in a harsh political crackdown by Iranian authorities

The US and Britain have also been actively supporting ethnic insurgent groups in Iran . These groups have been responsible for sabotaging oil pipelines , attacking soldiers and blowing up police stations . The motive is to create ethnic unrest amongst Iran 's ethnically diverse population The Iraqi based Iranian terrorist group Mujahideen Khalq has also been provided assistance and support by US forces in Iraq to launch attacks against the Iranians . Ironically the group was declared a terrorist group by the US State Department and has been responsible for attacks on American civilians in the 1970s . Kurdish separatist groups have also been actively involved in attacks against the Iranian regime (Jones

The US is rallying the international community to cut off economic ties with Iran . The UN has already imposed two sanctions on Iran . The US is even lobbying China and Russia to end their economic ties with Iran Sanctions could hurt the Iranian government as it would breed social and political unrest in the country (Jones

The US has also increased its military presence in the Persian Gulf Three US aircraft carriers : Nimitz , John C . Stennis Strike Group , and Dwight D . Eisenhower are deployed against Iran . These naval groups have also conducted military exercises which might be a rehearsal for attacks on Iranian naval installations and oil installations . Additional US troops have been deployed in Iraq to stop the flow of...