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US Congress holds hearings on war scenarios against Iran

15 November 2007 13:59 (UTC +04:00)

He considered it necessary to prepare possible military operation plan against Iran exactly, in order not to face failure.
â€œIf we are not ready to deploy required troops in Iran, to resist continuous attacks of partisan troops and stay in the country for at least 10 years, deep failure awaits us in the war against this county,â€ he said,
In the hearings on â€œPossible regional and global results of the US military operations against Iranâ€, Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary Colin Powell, explored the two scenarios of waging war. The diplomat said if military interference is restricted to only air attack, the US will only destroy Iranâ€™s nuclear facilities and air defense complexes.
The second scenario covers bombing all infrastructures of Iran-railways, main lines, airports, electricity lines and communications.
â€œDestruction of strategic establishments of Iran will delay work of the Iranian nuclear program for 1-2 years. But in this case Iranians will succeed in establishing nuclear arm late or soon. I want to remind that German cities were bombed during World War II, but development of the industry increased in the country from expected. If strategic establishments of Iran, as well as its infrastructure are destructed, then we will have to fight against 70-million people. Nationalism in Iran and hate to America will be a uniting factor in this case. Then asymmetric war will start and Iran, but not we will choose place and way. Iran will start war in any country where US troops are deployed,â€ he said.
Paul Pillar, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agencyâ€™s (CIA) counter-terrorism center, Lieutenant General Paul K. Van Riper, a retired US Marine Corps Combat Development Command and other experts analyzed possible scenario and results of military operations at the request of congressmen during hearings. /APA/