Britain and U.S. Ready to Attack Iran

Published in Indopos
(Indonesia) on 4 November 2011
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Translated from by Yuliana Sari. Edited by Alyssa Goulding.
Iran is again the focus of Western attention now that the Libyan conflict is near its end. The provocation of Israeli politicians strengthened the dispute in Iran. Iran will be the next attack target for Britain and the United States. They admit to having claimed evidence that Tehran has enough uranium to make four nuclear bombs. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is also associated with three assassination attempts outside his territory. According to a source from the British palace, these factors serve as background for the attack plan. According to U.S. President Barack Obama, Iran's nuclear program continues to pose a threat. Together with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, he wants the international community to continue pressing Iran. Iran's denials that its nuclear program is creating weapons of mass destruction have been ignored.

Tehran has repeatedly stated that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Regarding Iran’s suspected nuclear program, the U.S., Britain and France insist that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should reveal its intelligence data. However, Russia and China requested that the report be postponed or cancelled altogether. On Nov. 2, it was revealed that Tel Aviv successfully test-fired a rocket capable of carrying nuclear warheads that could reach Iranian territory. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have reportedly been provoked to attack the Islamic state.

Britain is expected to approve of any U.S. decision to invade Iran, although the Ministry of Defense has been affected by budget cuts and costly wars in Libya and Afghanistan. “The British government believes that a dual-track strategy of pressure and engagement is the best approach to address the threat from Iran's nuclear program and avoid regional conflict,” an MoD spokesman said. Meanwhile, a poll showed that the majority of Israelis would support Tel Aviv in attacking Iran over its nuclear program. The surveys, conducted by the Dialog Institute, report that 41 percent of respondents agreed that they would back an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, which many Israelis believe were built to produce weapons.


Iran kembali menjadi fokus perhatian Barat setelah berakhirnya konfl ik di Libya. Perseteruan tersebut diperpanas tindakan provokasi politikus top Israel. Negeri Para Mullah itu akan menjadi target berikutnya serangan pasukan Inggris dan Amerika Serikat. Mereka mengaku mengantongi bukti bahwa Teheran memiliki uranium yang cukup untuk membuat empat bom nuklir. Presiden Mahmoud Ahmadinejad juga dikaitkan dengan tiga skenario pembunuhan di luar wilayahnya. Sumber di istana presiden Inggris menyatakan, faktor tersebut juga menjadi latar belakang rencana penyerangan. Menurut Presiden AS Barack Obama, program nuklir Iran terus menebar ancaman. Dia bersama Presiden Prancis Nicolas Sarkozy ingin komunitas internasional terus menekan ne geri yang dipimpin Ahmadinejad itu. Bantahan Iran bahwa program nuklir mereka bukan untuk menciptakan senjata pemusnah masal tak dihiraukan.

Selama ini Teheran berkali-kali menegaskan bahwa program nuklirnya untuk tujuan damai. Soal dugaan senjata nuklir Iran itu, AS, Inggris, dan Prancis menginginkan Badan Energi Atom Internasional (IAEA) mengungkap data intelijennya. Namun, Rusia dan Tiongkok meminta agar laporan tersebut ditunda atau dibatalkan sama sekali. Rabu (2/11) lalu terungkap bahwa Tel Aviv berhasil menguji tembak sebuah roket yang mampu membawa hulu ledak nuklir dan bisa mencapai wilayah Iran. Perdana Menteri Israel Benjamin Netanyahu dan Menteri Pertahanan Ehud Barak dilaporkan telah melakukan provokasi untuk menyerang negara Islam tersebut.

Inggris diperkirakan menyetujui apa pun keputusan AS untuk menginvasi Iran walaupun kementerian pertahanan berupaya memangkas anggaran setelah perang Libya dan Afghanistan. ’’Pemerintah Inggris yakin bahwa strategi dua jalur, melalui tekanan dan perang, adalah pendekatan terbaik untuk merespons ancam an program nuklir Iran serta menghindari konflik regional,’’ tulis pernyataan resmi Kementerian Pertahanan Inggris. Sementara itu, sebuah jajak pendapat menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar rakyat Israel mendukung Tel Aviv menyerang Iran terkait dengan program nuklirnya. Survei yang dilakukan lembaga Dialog menyebutkan, 41 persen responden setuju pemerintah Israel menyerang fasilitas nuklir Iran yang diyakini tengah memproduksi senjata.
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