West may strike Iran by summer - Russian Gen-Staff Chief

February 14, 2012 by legitgov

West may strike Iran by summer - Russian Gen-Staff Chief 14 Feb 2012 Russia's top military boss says an attack against Iran, which the west suspects of developing nuclear weapons, could begin as early as summer. Thus far, tensions between Tehran and the west have been confined to the battlefield of heated rhetoric. Russia's highest ranking military officer, however, predicts it may be just a matter of time before the verbal grenades get real. The Russian General Staff is closely watching the situation, and is not ruling out the possibility of a coordinated attack on the Islamic Republic, General Nikolai Makarov, head of the Russian General Staff, told reporters on Tuesday.