May 11, 2006
Don't nuke Iran
Amsterdam, Netherlands — An exposé by respected insider journalist Seymour Hersh reveals that the US is considering the use of tactical nuclear weapons against Iran. But where would those weapons come from, and where would they strike? Those questions bear deep implications for NATO and innocent civilians in Iran.
Under something known as ‘nuclear burden sharing’ there are currently some 480 US/NATO nuclear bombs spread across six countries: the UK, Italy, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Turkey.
The US could decide to use any or all of these without consulting the host countries governments, or people, to use against Iran.
Take Action: Tell NATO to stay out of nuking Iran
Hersh writes in the New Yorker that "Air Force planning groups are drawing up lists of targets and teams of American combat troops have been ordered into Iran under cover to collect targeting data and to establish contact with anti-government ethnic-minority groups..."
Here's what a set of likely strike targets might look like, drawn from publicly available information. Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) made an analysis of likely casualties using the US Department of Defense's own methodology and concluded there would be around 3 million immediate deaths.
Reference: Greenpeace
