Baer predicts imminent Israeli attack on Iran

[Jan Klimkowski]

For those in need, wiki gives an introduction to the career of (former) intelligence aget Robert Baer.

His comments could sit anywhere on the truth to disinformation spectrum.

Netanyahu planning to attack Iran: veteran CIA officer

PTI Jul 16, 2011, 05.25pm IST

JERUSALEM: Israel is certainly planning to launch an attack on Iran before the September General Assembly vote on Palestine, and also hoping to draw the US into the war, a longtime CIA officer who has spent 21 years in the Middle East believes.

Robert Baer told a Los Angeles radio station today that such an Israeli move will drag the United States into another major war, endangering its military and civilian personnel throughout the Middle East and beyond, Ynetnews reported.

"There is almost near certainty that (Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is planning an attack (on Iran)... and it will probably be in September before the vote on a Palestinian state. And he's also hoping to draw the United States into the conflict," Baer told the Radio.

The ex-CIA official went on to predict that the Israeli air force would attack "Natanz and other nuclear facilities to degrade their capabilities".

"The Iranians will strike back where they can: Basra, Baghdad," effectively forcing the US to "jump into the fight" with attacks on Iranian targets.

"Our special forces are already looking at Iranian targets in Iraq and across the border (in Iran) which we would strike. What we're facing here is an escalation, rather than a planned out-and-out war... it's a nightmare scenario," he said.

He warned that the US does not have enough troops in the Middle East to fight such a war and "we are looking into the abyss".

In September, the Palestinian side has decided to move the UN General Assembly to seek recognition for their state.

Baer spoke on the provocative KPFK Los Angeles show Background Briefing, hosted by Ian Masters.

He didn't quote any sources for his prediction of an Israeli attack, but the few he cited were all Israeli security figures who have publically warned that Netanyahu was adamant to strike Iran, such as former Mossad chief Meir Dagan.

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