US Stages Simulated Attack On Iran
Middle East Newsline | December 13 2004
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. Defense Department
was said to have completed simulated war games to determine the feasibility
of destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program.
The Atlantic Monthly magazine reported in its latest
issue that the Pentagon held simulations of a U.S. military strike on Iranian
bases and nuclear facilities. The magazine said the recent war games also
included a ground invasion of Iran.
The simulation envisioned a three-phase war against the
Islamic republic. The first phase was composed of air strikes against bases
of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, believed to control Iran's nuclear
and missile programs.
U.S. intelligence sources were quoted as saying that
such a strike would require one day and comprised the easiest part of any
military campaign.
