Iran, Syria, and Hezballah prepare for US attack

Jerusalem Post:

Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah are preparing their forces for the possibility of a summer war in the event that the US carries out a military strike against Iran, Head of IDF Military Intelligence Major General Amos Yadlin said Sunday.

"We are not speaking of preparations for a war to be carried out at their (Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah) own initiative. Their deployments, in our opinion, are those of a defensive nature," Yaldin said in his briefing at the government's weekly cabinet meeting.

"They fear military action initiated by the Americans, whom they anticipate to be planning an attack against Iran in the summer," Yadlin said.

'US ready to strike Iran on Good Friday'

He stressed repeatedly that the preparations were not of a nature that signified the Iranians and its allies were expecting an attack by Israel.

"We are closely following theses preparations, with concern that the parties can incorrectly interpret specific movement of forces in the region. I wish to remind you of the Six-Day War - when a war that no one wanted broke out as a result of the involvement of many players," Yadlin said.

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I think the chances of a US strike on Iran are remote, although Russian media has also predicted such an attack on Good Friday. While Iran may provoke such an attack, it want come because the US has decided to do it now. It is possible that Iranian paranoia as a result of the Russian report, could have caused them to take the British hostages to prevent an attack.