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Panel debates bombing Iran nuclear sites

Panel debates bombing Iran nuclear sites
FinalCall.com News By Ali GharibUpdated Dec 1, 2008, – WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) – At this year’s National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations meeting, much of the focus was on the Arab Middle East’s ethnic Persian neighbor to the east: Iran.

A question-and-answer session of a panel on Iraq and Iran in late October was a microcosm of the chatter around Washington all year long about the ebbing and flowing likelihood of a potential U.S. bombing run against alleged secret Iranian nuclear sites.

No one on the panel—a collection of a statesman, military brass, and experts—thought an attack on Iran was imminent, or even would likely happen in a longer view, but that did not stop the debate about the merits and drawbacks of a U.S. strike.

Panel debates bombing Iran nuclear sites

December 1, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, uranium