[Mb-civic] FW: Regime change in Iran if Bush wins?

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Subject: Regime change in Iran if Bush wins?
Source: WorldNetDaily
Date 19-07-2004

WorldNet Daily - By Aaron Klein

 Senior official says U.S. to help 'hugely dissatisfied' population

 Following leaked reports yesterday that Israel is ready to strike against
several of Iran's nuclear power facilities if Russia supplies the
Ayatollah's with rods for enriching uranium, a senior U.S. official said
America will take actions to overturn the regime in Iran if President Bush
is elected for a second term.

 The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the London Times
Bush would provide assistance to Iran's "hugely dissatisfied" population to
help them revolt against the ruling theocracy.

 The U.S. would not use military force, as in Iraq, but "if Bush is
re-elected there will be much more intervention in the internal affairs of
Iran," said the official, who stressed the war on terror would "continue to
be relentless." 

 The Times said the official hinted at a possible military strike against
Iran's nuclear facilities, explaining there was a window of opportunity for
destroying Iran's main nuclear complex at Bushehr next year that would close
if Russia delivered crucial fuel rods, which are currently sitting in a
Russian port. 

 Israel has said that if the rods, which are needed to enrich uranium, are
shipped, it would strike several of Iran's nuclear facilities.

 The official also said Britain, France and Germany should take a tougher
line on Iran, voicing disdain with the Europeans Union for its attempts to
defuse the Iranian nuclear threat through diplomacy.

 The official dismissed suggestions Washington would hesitate to seek regime
change in Iran, and stressed the Iranian population is extremely
dissatisfied with the mullahs, and with Iran's sluggish economy.

 Russia is expected to deliver the enriching rods late next year after a
dispute over financial terms is resolved.

 Iran signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and has obligated itself to
random inspections supervised by the IAEA. But the treaty allows Iran to
produce nuclear material as long as it can plausibly claim the production is
for "peaceful purposes."

 Experts warn that Iran can build the infrastructure needed to make nuclear
weapons, telling inspectors they need the material for "energy and nuclear
medicine research," and then kick out the inspectors, renounce the treaty
and quickly assemble a nuclear arsenal, as did North Korea, which is now
said to have ten nuclear warheads.

 An Israeli defense source said yesterday "Israel will on no account permit
Iranian reactors – especially the one being built in Bushehr with Russian
help – to go critical."

 The source was also quoted as saying that any Israeli strike on Iran's
reactors would probably be carried out by long-range F-15I jets, flying over
Turkey, with simultaneous operations by commandos on the ground. Israel has
completed test exercises of the strike.

 Despite the US and Israeli threats, one of Iran's top ruling clerics vowed
yesterday the Islamic republic would continue to pursue its controversial
nuclear program. "We are resolute. It is worth achieving it at any cost,"
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, head of the Guardians Council, said.




 Aaron Klein is WorldNetDaily's special Middle East correspondent, whose
past interview subjects have included Yasser Arafat, Ehud Barak, Shlomo Ben
Ami and leaders of the Taliban.


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