Former CIA officer Ray McGovern says President Bush and his ally, Israel, will likely attack Iran in ‘late summer or early fall’. “A perfect storm seems to be gathering in late summer or early fall,” McGovern, who served as a Central Intelligence Agency officer under seven US presidents in a period of 27 years, wrote in an editorial published by Antiwar.com.
McGovern added that an agreement had been reached between the US and Israel ‘at the highest level’, claiming that ‘planners, plotters and pilots’ have begun work on the details of an aerial military attack against the oil-rich country. His remarks came shortly after Pentagon officials told The New York Times that Israel had carried out a large-scale military maneuver in early June which appeared to be a rehearsal for ‘a potential bombing attack on Iran’s nuclear sites’. McGovern also claimed that the main reason an attack has not yet been launched on Iran is the opposition of senior military officers, the numbers of whom are currently dropping due to White House efforts. More
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