Pentagon Has 3-Day Plan to Knock Out Iran's Military

**Syuryuken** · September 6th, 2007 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by Isuzoom

if they will send chuck norris, stalong and ahnold sa iran 1 day lang talo na iran.

Ohoy Delta Force lang isugod diyan tapos agad

**teeyoh** · September 6th, 2007 02:46 PM

[SIZE=5]Analysis: Would Iran retaliate to bombing[/SIZE]

Derek Sands
UPI
Monday Sept 3, 2007

Although U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and military would likely overwhelm their forces, Tehran could still rely on a host of weapons, from covert terror campaigns to long-range missiles, to retaliate against an American attack.
While Iran's aging conventional military forces have little hope of successfully maintaining combat against U.S. forces in the Gulf in the case of U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities, a quick attack by Tehran on ships in the Persian Gulf, and support of anti-American militias in Iraq and Afghanistan, could prove a real threat.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday warned that an attack on Iran would be a catastrophe, but reports on Aug. 14 that the Bush administration may designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group renewed fears that Washington may be seriously considering military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. The guard is a military group within the Iranian government, but separate from the regular armed forces, and is widely believed to control

But if Iran is attacked, Tehran has a wide variety of options to use in retaliating against the United States, analysts say.
Iran has "a whole host of things, from the conventional, to the irregular, to missiles to terrorism, that they could use to retaliate," according to Peter Brookes, a national security expert at the Heritage Foundation who has written extensively on U.S. relations with Iran, as well as Iran's ambitions in the region.
"We could see some attacks against our forces in the Persian Gulf. They have anti-ship cruise missiles, highly capable Chinese anti-tank cruise missiles; they also could do suicide attacks against our ships," Brookes said.
Not only could Iran act against naval forces, but its 1,500-kilometer-range Shahab-3 missile is within striking distance of Israel's largest city, Tel-Aviv.
Anthony Cordesman, an expert at the Center for Strategic & International Studies who wrote several reports earlier this year about Iran's military and its capacity to retaliate against the United States, also concluded that Iran could attack the United States with anti-ship missiles and mines.
Aside from attacks on U.S. naval forces in the Persian Gulf, both analysts suggested Iran would likely pursue unconventional attacks on the United States and its interests in the Middle East, whether by attacking U.S. territory through Hezbollah sympathizers in the United States or through increased support of insurgent activities in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"Iran has close relations with many Iraqi Shiites, particularly Shiite political parties and militias. Some Iraqi groups have warned against U.S. military strikes against their neighbors," Cordesman wrote in a March report.
The Strait of Hormuz, at the base of the Persian Gulf and through which one-fifth of the world's oil flows, has also been mentioned as a possible target of Iran, although Iran's dependency on oil revenue would make that a problem for the country.
"The economy is in terrible shape in Iran, so if they don't mind cutting their nose off to spite their face, they could certainly try. I don't think they could cut off the Strait of Hormuz, but they could certainly sink a tanker," Brookes said.
Cordesman's assessment falls along the same lines.
"It could not close the Strait of Hormuz, or halt tanker traffic, but it could threaten and disrupt it," and it "can create a high-risk premium and potential panic in oil markets," he said.
Despite how it chooses to retaliate if attacked, Brookes does not doubt Iran would act.
"I believe there would be some retaliation against U.S. forces in the region, U.S. interests in the region, and potentially the United States, and I think potentially Israel as well. And anybody who supported them probably would also become targets as well," he said.
Iran's outdated conventional military would likely pose little long-term threat to American forces, although it is currently modernizing its forces in an attempt to gain regional clout.
"They are trying to increase the capability of their conventional forces. Iran sees itself as a rising power in the region, it wants to be the most powerful country in the region, and it wants to be the regional hegemon, and to do that, it's going to have to improve its military strength," Brookes said.

**teeyoh** · September 6th, 2007 03:02 PM

Iran warns US over risks of military action

Published: 9/4/2007

TEHRAN, Sept 4, 2007 (AFP) - Iran on Tuesday issued a stark warning to the United States over the danger of launching a military attack, saying Washington could never foresee the size of its response against US troops in the region.
"The US will face three problems if it attacks Iran. Firstly it does not know the volume of our response," said General Rahim Yahya Safavi, the new special military advisor to supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
"Also it can not evaluate the vulnerability of its 200,000 troops in the region since we have accurately identified all of their camps," added Safavi, who stepped down last week as head of the elite Revolutionary Guards.
Safavi also warned over how Iran's reaction to a US attack could affect Israel -- Tehran's regional arch foe -- and also crude oil supply from the world fourth largest producer.
"Secondly, it does not know what will happen to Israel and thirdly, the United States does not know what will happen to the oil flow," he was quoted by the ISNA news agency as saying.
Washington has never ruled out taking military action against Tehran, and its tone has sharpened again over the past week with President George W. Bush warning that Iran's atomic programme could lead to a "nuclear holocaust."
Iran has always insisted it would never launch any attack against a foreign country but has also warned of a crushing response to any aggression against its soil.
Tehran has an array of medium range missiles and claims that its longer-range Shahab-3 missile has a reach of 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) which would put Israel and US bases on the Arabian Peninsula within reach.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed the chance of any US attack against Iran but influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has warned of the dangers still posed by the United States.

There have also been fears that Iran could block the Strait of Hormuz, a vital channel for the transport of oil.

TurkishPress.com
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09/04/2007 11:55 GMT

**Monseratto** · September 6th, 2007 06:46 PM

Just imagine if the mullahs is Iran decide to bombard the oil facilities in Saudi Arabia with missles...I wonder how long it would take for oil prices to pass US$ 100 and beyond? Wala na akong malagay na gas sa mga alaga ko at hinde na maka-gimmik...NOOOO! Damn you dubya!!!

**CamaroZ28** · September 6th, 2007 10:50 PM

Delikado na naman. Aabutin na naman kami ng Scudd missiles dito sa Kuwait.

Huwag naman sana at nakakasawa na.

**Josh0027** · September 6th, 2007 11:27 PM

ano nanaman an gproblema ni bush....

**jeffrocks** · September 7th, 2007 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

Just imagine if the mullahs is Iran decide to bombard the oil facilities in Saudi Arabia with missles...I wonder how long it would take for oil prices to pass US$ 100 and beyond? Wala na akong malagay na gas sa mga alaga ko at hinde na maka-gimmik...NOOOO! Damn you dubya!!!

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a lot of high-end military supplies,compliments of U.S.,abrham dessert tanks up to patriots among others,subukan lang ng Iran at sila ang mabubura sa mapa...ayaw lang ng U.S. na manikluhod ang mundo sa mga bullies-states sa middle east na oil ang gawing pang black mail at pag pinapabayaan ng U.S. na mangyayari yan baka ala ng bibili ng auto...