Ah, But Will Bushco Listen?

Sorry, that was a stupid question.

SENIOR Pentagon officers have told the Bush administration that bombing Iranian nuclear facilities would probably fail to destroy that country's nuclear programme, the New Yorker magazine reported yesterday.

The senior commanders also warned that any attack launched if diplomacy fails to end the stand-off over Iran's nuclear ambitions could have "serious economic, political, and military consequences for the United States", the article said, citing unidentified US military officials.

"A crucial issue in the military's dissent, the officers said, is the fact that American and European intelligence agencies have not found specific evidence of clandestine activities or hidden facilities: the war planners are not sure what to hit," the report claimed.

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