(IsraelNN.com) According to a leading newspaper published in the Netherlands, the Dutch intelligence agency recently recalled operatives from Iran in response to information that a United States attack on the Islamic Republic is "imminent."
Targets of the impending American bombing campaign include facilities infiltrated by one of the Dutch agents.

De Telegraaf reported on Friday, August 29, that the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) had been running a successful "top secret operation" in Iran for several years. The aim of the operation, according to unnamed sources, was "infiltration and sabotage of the armaments industry in the Islamic Republic," according to the Dutch newspaper. However, the plug was pulled on the operation recently and a key agent recalled home because of information that an American decision to attack Iran "would be made within a few weeks." 

Potential targets of the impending American bombing campaign include facilities infiltrated by one of the Dutch agents, according to sources cited by journalists Joost de Haas and Bart Mos. Some of the Iranian military targets were identified by AIVD, which has shared intelligence with the American CIA. Iranian nuclear plants, military installations, missile supply lines and the like are expected to be targeted by unmanned bombers, De Telegraaf suggested.

Saber Rattling in the Gulf
Brigadier-General Masoud Jazayeri, second-in-command of Iran's armed forces, threatened on Saturday that any attack on Iran "would be the start of a world war. The exorbitant demands of U.S. leaders and global Zionism, which have created the current situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and the Caucasus, are gradually directing the world to the edge of the cliff."

In their efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, neither Israel nor the United States has taken the military option off the table. However, both nations have emphasized the need for tightened sanctions to coerce Iran through non-violent means.

Recent reports from the region indicate that American naval vessels are making their way towards the Persian Gulf in what security analysts speculate is preparation for a maritime blockade of Iranian fuel supplies. For its part, Iran has warned that it could close the strategic Strait of Hormuz itself if it was attacked, thus cutting off Gulf oil exports to the West. Security analysts further speculate that Iranian terrorist sleeper cells have been placed in various Middle Eastern nations and elsewhere as a strategic option to be activated in the event of an attack on Iran.