USA: During a recent appearance on The Alex Jones Show, former CIA analyst and Presidential advisor Ray McGovern was asked for his insights on the timetable for war in Iran.

He contended that an imminent wave of terror attacks across Europe and the US is on the horizon. Mcgovern fears that this will be used to justify the Bush administration's plan to launch a military strike against Iran.

He sets the likely date for invasion as early as this month...

"There is already one carrier task force there in the Gulf, two are steaming toward it...they will all be there in another week or so."

"The propaganda has been laid, the aircraft carriers are in place, it doesn't take much to fly the bombers out of British and US bases - cruise missiles are at the ready, Israel is egging us on," said McGovern.

McGovern believes Iran's immediate responses would include deploying its military into Iraq to attack US forces, as well as mobilizing international terrorist cells. He also expects Iran to utilize their cruise missile arsenal to attack US shipping interests.

In light of President Bush's all time record low approval ratings. McGovern believes that by launching an attack on Iran and once more wrapping himself in the flag. Bush will attempt to rally the American people behind the next phase of the Neo-Con battle plan

"I can see Karl Rove saying, 'look what you need to do is become a war president again, get us involved with something pretty big here and then strut around and say you can't vote for a bunch of Democrats to pull the rug out from under me while there's a war going on'."

McGovern has frequently condemned Bush's administration as a cabal "hell-bent on war", devoid of any real military experience. He recently became embroiled in a tense stand-off with beleagured Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld during a press conference. Mcgovern accused Rumsfeld of falsehood over his assertion that the Pentagon had clear evidence as to where Iraqs alleged stockpiles of WMD was being concealed prior to the 2003 invasion. Such claims have obviously been exposed by now for what they were, a pack of lies. Incredibly though, Rumsfeld a man who it has to be observed bears all the hallmarks of a pathological liar. Continued to tell fibs, trying to deny ever claiming to know the location of WMD. Regardless of the mountains of archive media footage which proves the contrary. Despite this bare faced deceit, which was recorded for posterity by the dozens of TV cameras present. It was McGovern who suffered the smear campaign, being dismissed by the mainstream media as a "heckler". This a man who spent 27 years working in the field of covert intelligence.

Throughout, McGovern has stuck to his guns and his view that any unilateral military action against Iran could put the US in severe danger. Especially as Russia and China continue to give mixed signals on what their response to a US strike on Iran will be.

McGovern suspects that the Neo-Con spin doctor Karl Rove as well as usual suspects, Cheney and Rumsfeld, are now living in real fear of impeachment, "Enron-style criminal proceedings" or both. He believes they will advise President Bush to launch a war in order to derail any lengthy investigation that might easily lead to impeachment proceedings.

"I think we all agree that an attack is likely before the election and we all agree that it has to do largely with the election - as for timing I see a likelihood that it could come as early as late June or early July".