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In fact, the allegation didn't pass the smell test or others about Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program and wanting to wipe Israel off the map.
On February 3, ABC News reported a spurious accusation about potential Iranian strikes in North America, including against Israeli facilities. It cited an Israeli "internal security document," saying:
"We predict that the threat on our sites around the world will increase....on both our guarded sites and 'soft' sites."
Israel's Consul General for the Mid-Atlantic States Eliran Avitan circulated the allegation. Recently in Tel Aviv, Shin Bet's Yoram Cohen told an audience that Iran plans targeting Israeli sites in retaliation for Mossad's assassinations of its nuclear scientists.
All accusations are baseless. Yet ABC TV, other broadcasters, and cable channels featured them to generate anti-Iranian hostility.
On January 31, ABC's Diane Sawyer introduced Pentagon correspondent Martha Raddatz's propaganda piece complete with alarmist graphics and unrelated belligerent video footage, saying:
"The saber rattling from Iran has been constant." Tehran "may be more ready than ever to launch terror attacks in the United States."
Unrelated images of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Venezuela's Chavez and Fidel Castro in Cuba were featured, saying these leaders "have little love for the US."
Neither do growing millions worldwide, especially throughout the Middle East and Afghanistan where US policies and officials are reviled with good reason.
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