Ritter: Iran Attack On for June
Kurt Nimmo
February 21, 2005
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\ufffd[Scott] Ritter said that President George W. Bush has received and signed off on orders for an aerial attack on Iran planned for June 2005,\ufffd writes Mark Jensen on the United for Peace of Pierce County web site ( [link|http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2295/2/|http://www.ufppc.org...tent/view/2295/2/] ). \ufffdIts purported goal is the destruction of Iran\ufffds alleged program to develop nuclear weapons, but Ritter said neoconservatives in the administration also expected that the attack would set in motion a chain of events leading to regime change in the oil-rich nation of 70 million\ufffda possibility Ritter regards with the greatest skepticism.\ufffd Ritter, a former UNSCOM weapons inspector in Iraq and vehement critic of Bush and the Strausscons, made the comment during a talk in Olympia, Washington, last week. Ritter also said the so-called election last month in Iraq was a heavily stage managed affair.

Ritter did not provide details, or did he reveal his source for this information, saying only that \ufffdan official involved in the [election] manipulation was the source\ufffd and details would be soon \ufffdreported by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist in a major metropolitan magazine,\ufffd a likely reference to Seymour Hersh.

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