The Sunday Telegraph reports that the U.S. is drawing up plans for Secretary Rumsfeld for a “last resort” military blitz on Iran. They also provide an excellent graphic noting the sites that could become targets:

Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran’s nuclear sites as a “last resort” to block Teheran’s efforts to develop an atomic bomb.

Central Command and Strategic Command planners are identifying targets, assessing weapon-loads and working on logistics for an operation, the Sunday Telegraph has learnt.

“This is more than just the standard military contingency assessment,” said a senior Pentagon adviser. “This has taken on much greater urgency in recent months.”

What about Iran? Sunday’s Boston Globe (possible reg. required) cites various experts that say Iran is prepared to retaliate, and in unconvential ways. More after the jump:

WASHINGTON — Iran is prepared to launch attacks using long-range missiles, secret commando units, and terrorist allies planted around the globe in retaliation for any strike on the country’s nuclear facilities, according to new US intelligence assessments and military specialists.

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US intelligence officials have said that Iran, which fought a war with Iraq from 1980-1988 that cost one million lives, still has the most threatening armed forces in the immediate region. Its combined ground forces are estimated at about 800,000 personnel. The CIA has concluded that Iran is steadily enhancing its ability to project its military power, including by threatening international shipping.

But it is Iran’s unconventional weapons and tactics — rather than its conventional military — that would pose the greatest threat, according to the intelligence officials.

I would hope we are drawing up plans for a “last resort” blitz. Where does Israel fit into all this?

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