by SEYMOUR M. HERSH, The New Yorker, 04/17/06 Issue
The
Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to
stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine
activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major
air attack. Current and former American military and intelligence
officials said that Air Force planning groups are drawing up lists of
targets, and teams of American combat troops have been ordered into
Iran, under cover, to collect targeting data and to establish contact
with anti-government ethnic-minority groups. The officials say that
President Bush is determined to deny the Iranian regime the opportunity
to begin a pilot program, planned for this spring, to enrich uranium. [read more]