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US to attack Iran in next few weeks? UPDATE: VIDEO ADDED

The Dutch newspaper Telegraaf is reporting that Dutch intelligence services have cut off an operation to sabotage Iran's nuclear facilities in the belief that the US will strike Iran (link in Dutch) in the next few weeks. Here's part of an automatic English translation.

The operation described as extremely successful was recently discontinued in connection with plans for an imminent U.S. air strike on Iran. It would also be bombed targets that relate to the Dutch spionageactie. That explained properly imported sources opposite De Telegraaf.

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One of the agents, who under the supervision of the AIVD managed to infiltrate into the Iranian industry, has recently recalled in the U.S. because the decision would be taken within a few weeks with unmanned aircraft to attack Iran. Among the potential targets are allegedly not only nuclear plants, military installations but also partly caused by the AIVD have been identified. Information from the AIVD-operation in recent years shared with the American intelligence agency CIA, according to sources.

It also could be sabotaged various supplies and stopped. It involved parts for missiles and launching vehicles. Iran is three times since 2006 hit by UN sanctions because of the controversial nuclear program. Western intelligence agencies fear that the land of the ayatollahs in 2010 about nuclear weapons at its disposal. The Iranian President Ahmadinejad threatens Israel regularly on the map sweep.

JPost reported this story and said that they cannot confirm the report. But the report seems strange for reasons that have nothing to do with whether or not the US will strike Iran. Why Holland? Why would they go to all this effort to try to sabotage Iran's nuclear program? Does Holland really see itself as one of Iran's primary targets?

UPDATE 12:16 PM

Here's a video report on the same story. I still don't buy it but let's go to the videotape.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:41 AM