Monday, April 10

BUSH PLANS TO NUKE IRAN: A NON-DENIAL DENIAL


It may be "wild speculation," but is it true? Scottie and Dubya throw stones at Sy Hersh's reporting that the Bush administration is considering deploying tactical nukes to strike underground sites in Iran suspected of harboring nuclear production.

"And by the way, I read the articles in the newspapers this weekend. It was just wild speculation, by the way. What you're reading is wild speculation. Which is, kind of a -- you know, happens quite frequently here in the nation's capital."
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McClellan called Hersh's article "hyped-up reporting based on anonymous" former officials outside the White House who are not familiar with the administration's thinking on Iran.

When pressed on whether the Bush administration has left nuclear strikes on the table as an option, McClellan declined to confirm or deny the essence of the New Yorker report.

"Those who are seeking to draw broad conclusions based on normal military contingency planning are misinformed or not knowledgeable about the administration's thinking," McClellan said.

Tehran denies any effort to build nuclear weapons and says it has the right to a nuclear energy program.


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