Armada of international naval power massing in the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike

[mzflux]

An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme.
The Telegraph
Saturday, September 15, 2012 10:00 PM BST

Comments

[celtic_thistle]

Ohhhhhh no. No no no no no no. I have a bad feeling about this.

[yeats]

here's a much better article explaining what's going on -- basically, the iranians aren't dialing up their rhetoric in response, and it's very much a domestic power play for the election.

[schexyschteve]

GUISE

STAHP

This is bad. This is very very very very very very bad.

D:

[executivehpfan]

Oh my god. This is nerve-wracking.

[arisma]

[svtstarlight]

Well I can see this going over very well. /sarcasm