War drums start playing on Iran

Oh foreign media, you’re so much more interesting than ours…

Israel planning unilateral Iran attack

Ephraim Sneh, an Israeli Labor Party lawmaker, has sent an eight-point document to both US presidential candidates, saying “There is no government in Jerusalem that would ever reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran.”

“When it is clear Iran is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons, an Israeli military strike to prevent this will be seriously considered,” the document says.

Not off to a good start. But wait, there’s more. The biggest Dutch newspaper, De Telegraaf, is reporting that, wait for it, the United States is planning on attacking Iran as well.

“The operation, described as extremely successful, was halted recently in connection with plans for an impending US air attack on Iran. Along with this, targets would also be bombed which were connected with the Dutch espionage action,” writes the Netherlands’ biggest newspaper.

“One of the agents involved, who was able to infiltrate the Iranian industry under the supervision of the AIVD, was recently recalled because the US was thought to be making a decision within weeks to attack Iran with unmanned aircraft.

For what it’s worth, Iran is warning that if anyone attacks Tehran, there’s going to be a “world war”. I’m not really sure they’ve got the resources for that, but it’s an understandable sentiment at the very least.

UPDATE: Commenter woeds points out that this might not be entirely reliable, as Telegraaf has a tendency to go tabloid. Lesson I forgot: look at the source more carefully. So this is something to keep an eye on, but not lose our heads over.