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Tehran's liberation on Wednesday, April 4, of fifteen British sailors has "nothing to do" with the liberation twenty-four hours earlier of an Iranian diplomat who mysteriously disappeared two months ago in Iraq. Neither does it have anything to do with the announcement a few hours later in Tehran that five other Iranian "diplomats," captured by the American Army January 11 in Iraq, will receive a visit by an adviser from their Iraq embassy.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040607G.shtml

Chomsky weighs in on the continued escalation in the Middle East: "Unsurprisingly, George W. Bush's announcement of a 'surge' in Iraq came despite the firm opposition to any such move of Americans and the even stronger opposition of the (thoroughly irrelevant) Iraqis. It was accompanied by ominous official leaks and statements about how Iranian intervention in Iraq was aimed at disrupting our mission to gain victory, an aim which is (by definition) noble."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040607C.shtml



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http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL0319483120070403


Informant: ranger116

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/05/329/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jim+Lobe

The United States is planning to attack Iran's nuclear reactors and other nuclear facilities by the end of this month, Kuwait-based daily Arab Times reported Wednesday.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/05/content_5937874.htm



Iran ready to defend itself from possible U.S. attack - speaker

The last few days have seen reports in Russian and foreign media that the U.S. has scheduled an operation, codenamed Bite, against Iran for 4:00 a.m. local time April 6. The operation, should it materialize, would deliver air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over a 12-hour period.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070405/63182392.html



Russia says no grounds for US military strike on Iran

Russian-American consultations do not "create an impression that Washington is planning to attack Iran tomorrow," Ria Novosti quoted deputy foreign minister Alexander Losyukov as saying.

http://snipurl.com/1fcw1



Russia deems Iran's defense system strong enough to resist U.S. attack

Iran has a strong air defense potential to resist possible U.S. air strikes, a senior Russian military official told a news conference on Thursday.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/06/content_5940144.htm


From Information Clearing House

Sky News went on patrol with Captain Chris Air and his team in Iraqi waters close to the area where they were arrested - just five days before the crisis began. We withheld the interview until now so it would not jeopardise their safety.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1259413,00.html



US secretary of defense says Iranian "detainees" will not be released

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that the United States was not planning to release the five Iranians arrested in January in a raid on the Iranian consulate's office in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3385173,00.html



The US can learn from this example of mutual respect

The outcome of the crisis between Iran and Britain provides a lesson on how to deal with the wider international standoff.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2050168,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Die Osterbotschaft aus Iran wird am grundsätzlichen Konfrontationskurs der USA gegenüber dem Land nichts ändern.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25021/1.html