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Allegations spark fresh speculation of secret deal
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2052599,00.html


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The release of the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran has robbed the U.S. of a pretext to attack Iran, but the U.S. has not given up plans to attack Iran militarily, said Col. Gen. Leonid Ivashov, president of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems, a Russian think tank.

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11708925


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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leonid+Ivashov

War Pimp

By Marc Santora

Giuliani Says Nation at War Requires Him
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17502.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Giuliani

CounterPunch
by Patrick Cockburn

04/05/07

The stand-off over the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran ended with a de facto prisoner exchange, despite denials by Britain and Iran that a swap was intended. … The seizure of the sailors and marines was the latest episode in a series of tit-for-tat confrontations between the US and Iran which began when the US tried to seize senior Iranian intelligence officials on an official visit to Arbil on January 11. The raid failed and only succeeded in detaining five Iranian officials at the liaison office, which has now been officially recognized as a consular office...

http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick04052007.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=15+British
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn

04/05/07

An Iranian opposition group based in Iraq, despite being considered terrorists by the United States, continues to receive protection from the American military in the face of Iraqi pressure to leave the country. It’s a paradox possible only because the United States considers the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or MEK, a source of valuable intelligence on Iran...

http://tinyurl.com/2d6msd


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The timing has fuelled speculation of a deal to free the British sailors and marines seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2050424,00.html


From Information Clearing House

ONE of the 15 freed hostages admitted Britain WAS gathering intelligence on Iran, a previously unbroadcast interview revealed last night.

http://snipurl.com/1fhbm



In His Own Words

Captain Chris Air of the Royal Marines revealed to Sky News that he and his colleagues had been gathering intelligence on the Iranians. Here follows the full transcript of that interview.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1259451,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Russian and foreign media have recently reported the U.S. could launch an operation, codenamed Bite, against Iran at 4:00 a.m. local time April 6. The operation was expected to deliver air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over a 12-hour period to prevent the country from obtaining nuclear weapons.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070406/63202367.html


From Information Clearing House

The United States would suffer losses if it attacked Iran but weight of numbers would ensure it eventually achieved air supremacy, Russian generals said on Thursday.

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=107565


From Information Clearing House

War pimp alert

The Prime Minister directly linked the Tehran regime to killings of British soldiers in Iraq, accusing it of "backing, financing, arming terrorism".

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2426272.ece


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