{"id":10096,"date":"2012-05-23T06:06:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T13:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10096"},"modified":"2012-05-23T06:06:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T13:06:46","slug":"uk-begins-discussion-about-war-footing-for-battling-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10096","title":{"rendered":"UK begins discussion about war footing for battling Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>British government considers Iran war options: BBC<\/strong><br \/>\n23 May, 2012 &#8211; The Daily Star<\/p>\n<p>Reuters &#8211; LONDON: British government ministers are discussing what role the country could play in a possible military confrontation in the Middle East over Iran&#8217;s nuclear programme, the BBC reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers are considering whether any involvement from Britain would be legal if talks with Iran break down and Israel bombs Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities. Such a move risks starting a wider war in the region and a closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil-shipping sea lane, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Britain is examining a number of options, from diplomatic support for Israel to the involvement of Britain&#8217;s Royal Navy in the region, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s Foreign Office was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Global powers are meeting in Baghdad on Wednesday for talks on Tehran&#8217;s nuclear programme and officials said the Western-led coalition was ready to make an offer on a way forward if Iran showed willingness to curb its nuclear programme in a transparent way.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. nuclear agency director said on Tuesday he expected to sign a deal soon to unblock an investigation into suspected Iranian nuclear work following a trip to Tehran. . (Reporting by Clare Kane; Editing by Angus MacSwan)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2012\/May-23\/174386-british-government-considers-iran-war-options-bbc.ashx\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D10096&amp;text=UK+begins+discussion+about+war+footing+for+battling+Iran&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British government considers Iran war options: BBC 23 May, 2012 &#8211; The Daily Star Reuters &#8211; LONDON: British government ministers are discussing what role the country could play in a possible military confrontation in the Middle East over Iran&#8217;s nuclear programme, the BBC reported Wednesday. Ministers are considering whether any involvement from Britain would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10096#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[1469],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10098,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096\/revisions\/10098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}