Attacking Iran would be disastrous, warns coalition of opinion led by retired officers

February 5, 2007
Attacking Iran would be disastrous, warns coalition of opinion led by retired officers

Warnings of the dire consequences of military confrontation with Iran, and calls for a renewed
diplomatic effort, are being issued on both sides of the Atlantic in a sign of the growing anxiety
over the prospect of US or Israeli action.

A coalition of foreign policy thinktanks, humanitarian organisations and peace groups will
issue a report today arguing that an attack on Iran, reportedly being contemplated by the US and
Israel as a means of slowing down Iran's nuclear programme, would backfire disastrously.