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by Gareth Porter, TomPaine.com

Coercive diplomacy won't budge Iran, but many Democrats keep the military option open.

http://ga3.org/ct/md20pgF1YRoI/

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/02/post_12.html#more


Informant: Kev Hall

Vice President Dick Cheney landed in the U.S.-allied Arab monarchy of Oman on Sunday and went directly to talks with its foreign minister, Omani government officials said.

http://snipurl.com/1bb7t


From Information Clearing House



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

The newspaper also quoted a Pentagon official said saying that Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan would assist Israeli raids on Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17171.htm

SOME of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17172.htm

The attack would probably come by air. Waves of U.S. cruise missiles and warplanes loaded with smart weapons would swoop into Iran from the sea and land bases to destroy key Iranian nuclear facilities.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2572013&C=america


From Information Clearing House

Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue.

http://snipurl.com/1bb7n


From Information Clearing House

Seymour Hersh berichtet, dass das Pentagon eine Arbeitsgruppe zur Vorbereitung eines möglichen Luftangriffs auf den Iran eingerichtet und die Nahost-Politik neu ausgerichtet habe.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24717/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Seymour+Hersh

Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh reports in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507Z.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Seymour+Hersh