Tuesday, April 17, 2007

No plan to attack Iran: US naval chief

Well who'd have thought it? The USA is now so frightened of Iran's superpower status in the Middle East that it has to issue soothing and reassuring statements to the Iranians. Nothing so queer as folk:

Agence France-Presse - 17 April, 2007
The United States has no plans to attack Iran and its beefed-up naval presence in the Gulf region is meant to keep the area peaceful, the chief of US naval operations said Monday.Admiral Michael Mullen, who is visiting key US ally Pakistan for talks with officials, said efforts were focused on a diplomatic solution to resolve the ongoing row over Teheran’s nuclear programme.

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