This could be part of the reason gold is running, although you'd think oil would be rising faster than gold if the market smelled an attack coming.
Is The U.S. Preparing to bomb Iran?
Is the U.S. stepping up preparations for a possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities? The Pentagon is always making plans, but based on a little-noticed funding request recently sent to Congress, the answer to that question appears to be yes...
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Here's the contract for an attack on Iran by US-Israel by Dec 31 2009:
