The "next 9/11"

I read somewhere recently (but can't remember where) an article claiming that the Pentagon is currently drawing up plans to attack Iran in the event of another 9/11-type incident. Reminds me of Sy Hersh's comments early this year to the same effect.

Get it? Same idea as invading Iraq. Draw up plans to invade a country that you want to invade, "wait for" a terrorist attack on American soil, then go in. No matter who you use to carry out is responsible for the attack. That's irrelevant.

So, anyway, I'd be expecting another terrorist attack as soon as those plans are finished. They'll probably want to do a better job of contingency and exit plans this time. And we know that we are aready flying info-gathering missions illegally over Iran and running war games involving the use of Azerbaijan for invasion-launching ground.

A bomb scare emptied the nation's busiest commuter rail station Sunday for about an hour, disrupting service on trains and subways.

The midday threat at Pennsylvania Station arose after someone threw a backpack at an Amtrak ticket agent and said it was a bomb, said Marissa Baldeo, a spokeswoman for New York City Transit.

[...]

Also Sunday, a double-decker tourist bus was evacuated in midtown Manhattan after a bus company supervisor became suspicious of five passengers with "stuffed" pockets. Police handcuffed them and searched about 60 passengers before determining there was no threat.

  Chicago Tribune article

New York City police officers stand over men who were detained briefly after a bomb scare
on a double-decker tourist bus in New York City. No explosives were found and the men were released.
(AP)   courtesy CBS

Sunday, a Southwest Airlines flight bound for Phoenix from Burbank was forced to instead land back at Bob Hope Airport after a possible bomb threat.

  CBS article

Akbar Ganji was once a loyal Revolutionary Guard and veteran of the religious revolt that brought clerical rule to Iran. He became an operative for the country's intelligence services and spied on enemies of the regime.

But now Ganji has become the Republican Party's darling and a hero to its neo-conservative wing who are pressing for a hardline US policy on Iran. President George Bush has spoken glowingly of Ganji, who has become a vocal critic of Iran's ruling mullahs and the country's leading political dissident. 'His calls for freedom deserve to be heard. His valiant efforts should not go in vain,' Bush said.

  Observer article

Our next Chalabi.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.