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Bush Doesn’t Rule Out Military Strike On Iran
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2005-01-18
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President Bush has stated that he wouldn't rule out military action against Iran unless they start being more open about their suspected weapons program.
Iran has denied that they're making such weapons and says the nuclear program is focused on producing electricity.
According to The Advertiser:
"I hope we can solve it diplomatically, but I will never take any option off the table," the President said in a television interview yesterday.
Mr Bush's comments followed Pentagon criticism of a report that it was mounting reconnaissance missions inside Iran to identify potential nuclear and other targets.
"The Iranian regime's apparent nuclear ambitions and its demonstrated support for terrorist organisations is a global challenge that deserves much more serious treatment than Seymour Hersh provides in the New Yorker article titled The Coming Wars, said the Pentagon's chief spokesman, Lawrence DiRita.
Mr Hersh's article, published on Sunday, was "so riddled with errors of fundamental fact that the credibility of his entire piece is destroyed", Mr DiRita said.
Mr Hersh reported that Mr Bush had signed a series of top-secret findings and executive orders authorising secret commando groups and other military units to conduct covert operations against suspected terrorist targets in as many as 10 nations in the Middle East and South Asia.
Mr DiRita did not comment on that assertion."
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