Cheney, ce nom qui répand la terreur

Le comportement des USA, symbolisé par le nom et l’activisme du vice-président Cheney, est devenu un motif de terreur pour leurs propres alliés. Ce sentiment est si fort qu’il va jusqu’à donner des audaces aux plus fidèles et soumis parmi ces alliés, les Britanniques.

C’est ce qu’illustre bien une anecdote qu’on trouve dans le nouveau texte de Seymour Hersh, dans le New Yorker daté du 8 octobre sur les nouveaux plans d’attaque US. On y découvre que les Britanniques se sont transformés au point d'être désormais capables de dissimuler des renseignemernts à leurs alliés américanistes, — pour éviter que Cheney déclenche la Troisième ou Quatrième Guerre mondiale.

«Another recent incident, in Afghanistan, reflects the tension over intelligence. In July, the London Telegraph reported that what appeared to be an SA-7 shoulder-launched missile was fired at an American C-130 Hercules aircraft. The missile missed its mar. Months earlier, British commandos had intercepted a few truckloads of weapons, including one containing a working SA-7 missile, coming across the Iranian border. But there was no way of determining whether the missile fired at the C-130 had come from Iran—especially since SA-7s are available through black-market arms dealers.

»Vincent Cannistraro, a retired C.I.A. officer who has worked closely with his counterparts in Britain, added to the story: “The Brits told me that they were afraid at first to tell us about the incident—in fear that Cheney would use it as a reason to attack Iran.” The intelligence subsequently was forwarded, he said.

»The retired four-star general confirmed that British intelligence “was worried” about passing the information along. “The Brits don’t trust the Iranians,” the retired general said, “but they also don’t trust Bush and Cheney.”»

Mis en lignele 2 octobre 2007 à 10H36