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U S Defence Secretary Robert Gates said today the United States has no evidence Iran's government is behind a flow of weapons from Iran to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.

http://tinyurl.com/ytknpx



Manufacturing Consent For War With Iran: Gates

Taliban Fighters Use Iran Weapons

"There have been indications over the past few months of weapons coming in from Iran," Gates told reporters with Karzai at his side. "We do not have any information about whether the government of Iran is supporting this, is behind it, or whether it's smuggling."

http://tinyurl.com/2586rz



Afghan Minister Dismisses Burn's Claims About Iran/Taliban Links

Afghanistan's defense minister today dismissed claims by State Department undersecretary Nicholas Burns and Defense Secretary Robert Gates that the Iranian government was arming the Taliban.

http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/010496.php

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Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran said that "the Iranian missile range cannot even reach Europe, and the Americans probably know that."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3408258,00.html


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By Reuters

The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief warned on Friday against the "new crazies" advocating military action to halt Iran's nuclear programme and said he did not want to see another war like that in Iraq.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17807.htm



IAEA Head: Iran Attack 'Act of Madness'

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday an attack on Iran over its refusal to freeze programs that could make nuclear weapons would be "an act of madness,'' an indirect warning to the United States and Israel.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6709330,00.html


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From ufpj-news

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Bomb Iran

Norman Podhoretz, editor-at-large of Commentary magazine and (with Irving Kristol) one of the grandfathers of the neoconservative movement, recently published an op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal that literally constitutes a prayer for President Bush to attack Iran.

http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp06062007.html


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The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has given one of his sternest warnings against using military action to halt Iran's uranium enrichment programme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/nuclear_detectives/6707457.stm



Nuclear watchdog's attack warning

Audio Interview

Dr ElBaradei said the jury is out on whether Iran wants nuclear weapons: The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has given one of his sternest warnings against using military action to halt Iran's uranium enrichment programme.

http://snipurl.com/1n165


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Rebels killed in clashes with Iranian forces this week had recently infiltrated border areas of the Islamic Republic carrying U.S.-made arms, an Iranian commander was quoted as saying on Thursday.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L31710825.htm


From Information Clearing House

The lesson for both Iran and North Korea is simple: acquire nuclear weapons and the US will not only stop threatening "regime change," but will also seek good relations. Effectively the US has demolished the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=9223



Diplomats: Iran Hinted at Suspension

Iran recently hinted at willingness to discuss a partial suspension of uranium enrichment, but the West stuck to its demand for a full halt and Tehran withdrew its idea for getting talks going in the dispute over its nuclear program, diplomats said Wednesday.

http://snipurl.com/1mr63


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Informant: Corey

WorldNetDaily
by Pat Buchanan

05/30/07

So the questions come. Where is the Congress, which alone has the power to take us to war? Why are the Democratic candidates parroting the ‘all-options-are-on-the-table!’ mantra, when as ex-Sen. Mike Gravel noted in the first Democratic debate, this means George W. Bush is authorized to attack Iran. Why does Congress not enact the resolution Nancy Pelosi pulled down, which declares that nothing in present law authorizes President Bush to launch a pre-emptive strike or preventive war on Iran — and before launching any such attack, he must get prior approval from both houses of Congress?

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55922


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AntiWar.Com
by Alan Bock

05/26/07

Even as the United States and Iran seem to be moving toward direct talks over the security situation in Iraq, the symbiotic relationship between President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is flourishing in ways that seem to guarantee continued hostility. President Bush in his al-Qaeda dominated news conference Thursday, did not neglect to mention that the administration will push the United Nations to adopt expanded economic and political sanctions against Iran, while Ahmadinejad announced that Iran will ‘never retreat, even one step,’ from its program of nuclear enrichment. These two were made for each other, each providing a foil for the other’s preference to conduct international relations through posturing and grievance-mongering...

http://www.antiwar.com/bock/?articleid=11030


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