US considers strikes on Iran's military: report
President George W Bush has requested the joint chiefs of staff revise plans for a possible attack on Iran, with the focus on "surgical" raids against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which Washington accuses of targeting US forces in Iraq, the magazine says.Strike 'politically unpopular'
A former intelligence official says Vice President D!ck Cheney is pushing to confront the Iranians, despite deep concerns from Republicans that any action could be politically disastrous for the party, given popular opposition to the Iraq war.
"There is a desperate effort by Cheney et al to bring military action to Iran as soon as possible," the official said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/01/2047501.htm
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