Another story that apparently is not being covered by the BBC (for whatever reason) is the news as published in Al Jazeera that Iran is to conduct 3 days of missile tests. 

Could it be that the BBC has been given a D-Notice, so that the US and UK governments can claim that these tests were mistaken as ‘an attack’ by Iran.

Al Jazeera says Iran has announced three days of military tests and its president says no number of UN resolutions will change the country’s stance on nuclear development.  

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday: "The UN resolution was born dead and even if they adopt 10 more of such resolutions it will not affect Iran's economy and policies." Iran's military manoeuvres come days after the US announced that it would deploy a second aircraft carrier, the USS Stennis, to the Gulf.

An unnamed Iranian military commander said: "The manoeuvre is aimed at evaluating defensive and fighting capabilities of the missiles."

The timing is also suspect, following close on the heals of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arriving in Basra on a previously unannounced visit for talks with the US and coalition commanders in Iraq.