- If you ask that question to Scott Ritter, a former US
Marine and a UN weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, his answer
would be soon...as he states in an article of his that was posted in Aljazeera.net
on June 20, 2005. Scott Ritter's article "The US War With Iran Has
Already Begun" was posted under the headline of OPINION, so it is
one man's opinion.
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- After mentioning that "...the US war with Iran has
already begun. As we speak, American over flights of Iranian soil are taking
place, using pilot-less drones and other, more sophisticated, capabilities,"
Scott says: "To the north, in neighboring Azerbaijan, the US military
is preparing a base of operations for a massive military presence that
will foretell a major land-based campaign designed to capture Tehran."
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- Scott elaborates in some details: " In fact, US
air power should be able to maintain a nearly 24-hour a day presence over
Tehran airspace once military hostilities commence. No longer will the
United States need to consider employment of Cold War-dated plans which
called for moving on Tehran from the Persian Gulf cities of Chah Bahar
and Bandar Abbas. US Marine Corps units will be able to secure these towns
in order to protect the vital Straits of Hormuz, but the need to advance
inland has been eliminated. A much shorter route to Tehran now exists -
the coastal highway running along the Caspian Sea from Azerbaijan to Tehran.
US military planners have already begun war games calling for the deployment
of multi-divisional forces into Azerbaijan. Logistical planning is well
advanced concerning the basing of US air and ground power in Azerbaijan."
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- On Mar 20, 2005, PanArmenian Network posted an article
written by its analytical department by the title "American Military
Bases in Azerbaijan?" in which it states: "The locations of the
mobile [US military] forces are already fixed. The government of Azerbaijan
suggested the following formerly Soviet bases: 'Galla' in Absherone, 'Bina'
in Baku, 'Nasosny' in Sumgait, 'Salyan' in Garachala and airdromes in Kyurdamir,
Lenkoran, Evlakhe, Gyanja and Nakhichevan. Researching the territories
during a year, American experts have chosen 'Kyurdamir', 'Nasosny' and
'Galla'. All the three objects are situated in central Azerbaijan, far
from Karabakh. The main base is going to be in Kyurdamir.
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- "STATFOR experts mention three most important tasks
of the American military presence in Azerbaijan. The first one is the security
of Baku - Tbilisi - Jeyhan pipeline, the second task is the creation of
conditions IN CASE THERE IS A NEED TO ATTACK IRAN and the third one - to
force Russia out from the region.
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- According to analysts of the American - Israeli center
(Statfor), it is not planned to use mobile forces for 'peace keeping measures'
in Karabakh." (source: Pan Armenian.net)
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- Rev. Samuel Doctorian, who sometimes is referred to as
the Billy Graham of the Middle East, has been given a vision of the future
from heaven, in 1998, concerning the Middle East, Rev. Doctorian describes
that vision: "I saw Iran (Persia), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq,
Syria, Lebanon, Israel, all of Asia Minor--full of blood. I saw blood all
over these countries. And I saw fire; nuclear weapons used in many of those
countries. Smoke rising from everywhere. Sudden destruction--men destroying
one another...and the United Nations broken in pieces because of the crisis
in the Middle East (The Vision of Five Angels)" http://biblelandmission.org
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- The full article of Scott Ritter is by this link:
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- http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7896BBD4-
- 28AB-48BA-A949-2096A02F864D.htm
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- This article by Jack Manuelian is not copyrighted. Reproduction
is allowed.
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