US gearing up to attack Iran - report

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By Stan Goodenough

The United States is preparing to launch an attack on the Iranian nuclear program with something expected to happen "in the coming weeks."

This is according to a report on the Ynetnews website Monday, which in turn was based on a story that appeared in De Telegraaf in Holland.

As that report has it, the Dutch authorities have just suspended a clandestine operation they were pursuing aimed at sabotaging Iran's nukes.

While it was thought to be potentially successful, the operation was recently halted due to preparations for an American airstrike in Iran.

"The Dutch believe that the bombed targets will include the locations of their espionage operation," stated De Telegraaf.

Iran has for months been belligerently bulldozing its way towards the production of nuclear weapons even as it frequently fires fusillades of threats in Israel's direction, promising the soon-to-be-realized destruction of the Jewish state.

In a classic power play, the regime in Tehran has escalated its rhetoric amid increasing reports that either Israel or the United States plans to strike.

A top Iranian official, Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri, warned at the weekend that an attack on the rogue state's nuclear facilities would trigger another world war.

Israel has meanwhile reiterated that it will never allow the Iranians to acquire an atomic bomb.

As the war talk spirals, Israeli officials voiced the belief Iran has purchased advanced anti-aircraft defenses from Russia that would severely hamper efforts to hit the Iranian facilities.

Tehran is expected to take delivery of the S-300 missile systems by year's end - narrowing the window of opportunity for a strike.

Iran denies it has bought the system.