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Europeans Wary of U.S. Attack on Iran
Senior European policy-makers are increasingly concerned that the U.S. will launch air strikes against Iran’s nuclear program to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear weapons.
According to a report in Britain’s the Guardian, the Europeans fear that the nuclear crisis could come to a head this year if the U.S. loses patience with Russian stalling tactics at the U.N. Security Council over sanctions against Iran.
Heightening European concerns, the U.S. is continuing its biggest naval build-up in the Gulf since the beginning of the war in Iraq four years ago, and 50 American ships – including two aircraft carriers – are expected to be in the region in several weeks.
Also, the Bush administration is planning to publish a dossier of what it alleges is Iranian subversion in Iraq, which Iran has "ramped up” in recent months, according to a U.S. official in London.
Diplomats in Europe say a rift has widened between the U.S. and Western Europe on "three crucial aspects – the military option; how and how quickly to hit Iran with economic sanctions already decreed by the U.N. Security Council; and how to deal with Russian opposition to action against Iran through the Security Council,” the Guardian reports.
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The position in Iran of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is said to have weakened over his handling of the nuclear issue. "One group of Western countries thinks it’s a good time to step up the pressure on Ahmadinejad,” one diplomat told the Guardian. "Others are worried we might be stumbling into a war.”
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