US Prepared Military Options Against Iran if Conflict Erupts
US Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz said Wednesday that Washington has prepared military options to strike Iran's nuclear sites should conflict erupt.
Just four days before "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduled meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, Schwartz told reporters that "military options are being prepared in the event of a conflict."
"What we can do, you wouldn't want to be in the area," Bloomberg quoted Schwartz as telling reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
According to Bloomberg news Agency, which quoted Pentagon officials, some of the preparations include providing aerial refueling for "Israel Air Force planes and attacking the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian military bases, and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity since the plans are confidential.
"There's no group in America more determined to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapon than the Joint Chiefs of Staff," US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army General Martin Dempsey told the House Budget Committee on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, "Israeli" "Haaretz" reported that Netanyahu is expected to try to pressure Obama next week to publicly support an attack on Iran should the latter cross what he described as "certain red lines."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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