The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country's nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic republic's government, Seymour Hersh said Sunday.Hersh told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" that Congress has authorized up to $400 million to fund the secret campaign, which involves U.S. special operations troops and Iranian dissidents.President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney rejected findings from U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran has halted a clandestine effort to build a nuclear bomb and "do not want to leave Iran in place with a nuclear program," Hersh said."They believe that their mission is to make sure that before they get out of office next year, either Iran is attacked or it stops its weapons program," Hersh said.http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/29/us.iran/index.html?eref=rss_world
The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country's nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic republic's government, Seymour Hersh said Sunday.
Hersh told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" that Congress has authorized up to $400 million to fund the secret campaign, which involves U.S. special operations troops and Iranian dissidents.
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney rejected findings from U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran has halted a clandestine effort to build a nuclear bomb and "do not want to leave Iran in place with a nuclear program," Hersh said.
"They believe that their mission is to make sure that before they get out of office next year, either Iran is attacked or it stops its weapons program," Hersh said.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/29/us.iran/index.html?eref=rss_world
Two thoughts:A) Where's the proof?B) If true, the Iranians would probably be screaming their heads off about it right now.
So another war before he goes out of office? Who's going to pay for all this?
>>7216Ditto. When I first saw that headline yesterday on my iGoogle CNN stream, I thought "JESUS FUCK WHAT !? O_O" and clicked the link immediately. Several paragraphs in I realized that I'd fallen for CNN's gimmick hook, line, and sinker.We've been questioning our media for decades but it's sad to see that we've reached the point where professional journalism has met tabloid journalism and decided that sensational titles with no evidence are a good way to go.
>>7216Ditto. When I first saw that headline yesterday on my iGoogle CNN stream, I thought "JESUS FUCK WHAT !? O_O" and clicked the link immediately. Several paragraphs in I realized that I'd fallen for CNN's gimmick hook, line, and sinker.
We've been questioning our media for decades but it's sad to see that we've reached the point where professional journalism has met tabloid journalism and decided that sensational titles with no evidence are a good way to go.
>>7216Yes, I am also yet another person who is outraged over these baseless assertions!
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