Growing talk of Iran attack

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2008

The BBC’s Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, looks at increasing speculation that Iran may come under attack because of its nuclear programme.

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The talk has alarmed, among others, the former German Foreign Minister, Joshka Fischer.

Germany has, with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, taken the lead in talks with Iran about its nuclear plans.

He wrote in the Israeli daily Haaretz this week that Messrs Bush and Olmert seem to have been planning to end the Iranian nuclear programme “by military, rather than by diplomatic means”.

Mr Fischer fears that the Middle East is drifting towards a new great confrontation in 2008.

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