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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43437
John Corsi
Showdown: Battle groups head for Mideast
Posted: March 23, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

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Three carrier battle groups are converging on the Persian Gulf. The
aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson has departed Singapore and is currently
crossing the Indian Ocean, en route to the Middle East. The aircraft
carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is also on the move, crossing the
Atlantic Ocean, reportedly headed toward the Mediterranean.

Reports are also circulating that the U.S. Navy has dispatched ships
containing nuclear armaments to reinforce the battle groups. This will
be the first time since February 2004 that the U.S. has had three major
carrier groups stationed on or around the Middle East.

Each of the carrier groups are armed with 85 aircraft capable of
delivering precision-guided munitions. The air refueling capabilities of
the aircraft allow them to operate from long distances. Each carrier
battle group will include nuclear submarine protective cover. The battle
groups can act independently and can stay on station indefinitely.

The U.S. military air bases in Turkey, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates,
the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, not to mention those recently
established in Iraq and Afganistan, give the U.S. formidable muscle in
the area. In addition, we have more than 150,000 battle-hardened Army
and Marine forces on the ground in the region, capable of responding to
any threat we face.

What's going on? Looks like it's showdown time with both Iran and Syria.
President Bush has said in words of one syllable that Iran will not be
allowed to develop nuclear weapons. He has also demanded that Syria
completely withdraw its military and intelligence forces from Lebanon.
Nor will George W. Bush rest quietly until the mullahs quit funding
Hezbollah.

How many times do the president and the secretary of state need to say
that we have not taken the military option off the table? The world by
now should be getting the point. The president has also repeatedly said
that he will respect Israel's right to protect itself. Vice President
Cheney has said very clearly that Israel could be expected to attack
Iran the minute Israel decides that the mullahs have reached the "point
of no return" and have everything they need to make an atomic bomb.

Neither the president of the United States nor the prime minister of
Israel want to find out that the mullahs have nuclear weapons by seeing
a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv. On 9-11, we all had that type of rude
awakening when we saw the second plane crash into the World Trade
Center. The president must have privately sworn his own form of "never
again" in pledging that he would not permit the U.S. to find out our
enemies had shipped an improvised nuclear device into America by waking
up one fine day to see a mushroom cloud over New York City or
Washington, D.C.

Is it too late for diplomacy? No. But it is too late for more lies by
the mullahs. Yes, the Europeans can continue their diplomacy. Yet the
president has demanded more than words. If the mullahs do not intend to
build an atomic bomb, then let them destroy their centrifuges and their
heavy-water plant. The only purpose of the centrifuges is to enrich
uranium to weapons grade. The only point of the heavy-water plant is to
produce weapons-grade plutonium. Anything else the mullahs say is just
another attempt by them to play the world for a fool.

George Bush is no fool. Nor does he have infinite patience. The
president would clearly prefer to see freedom come to Iran and Lebanon
by peaceful means. But, if all else fails, we have three nuclear-armed
carrier battle groups in the region that are more than capable of
resolving the problem.
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http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev040405a.cfm
Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American
Politicians
RSVP | |
Date: April 4, 2005
Time: 12:00 noon
Speaker(s): Jerome Corsi
Author

Host(s): Rebecca Hagelin
Vice President,
Communications and Marketing,
The Heritage Foundation

Details:
Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium

With the reconstruction in Iraq under way and the distraction of the
U.S. presidential election behind us, focus will once again turn to a
gathering threat – The Islamic Republic of Iran. A charter member of the
"axis of evil," this rogue terrorist state and the mullahs who govern it
are on a collision course with American and European governments that
seek to end its development of nuclear weapons. In Atomic Iran, Jerome
Corsi uncovers the true intentions and practices of the Iranian regime
and gives light to the aid and comfort being supplied by some key U.S.
politicians. Dr. Corsi warns that a nuclear Iran would devastate the
Middle East through its tyrannical policies and threats and would have a
significant impact on the world by using its control of 40 percent of
the global oil supply to hold nations hostage with oil prices rising to
over $100 and even $200 per barrel.

Atomic Iran is a wake-up call to Americans. It is a call to pay
attention to the growing crisis with Iran and to hold U.S. politicians
accountable for their relationships with and efforts on behalf of the
Iranian regime. By understanding the events that led to Iran's arrival
at the verge of nuclear statehood, the intentions of the mullahs, their
connection with American politicians, and the severe repercussions to be
suffered from allowing the regime to proceed with its plans, readers
will be equipped to take the debate to their local communities and to
the officials they have entrusted with their safety and security.

JEROME R. CORSI, PH.D., co-author of the New York Times #1 bestseller,
Unfit for Command, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is an
expert on America's antiwar movement and political violence.