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Hillary Mann Leverett, the former National Security Council director for Iranian and Persian Gulf affairs under the Bush administration from 2001 to 2004, has issued a sober warning to the public concerning Bush's intentions with Iran. In a recent interview on CNN, she accused the Bush administration of "trying to push a provocative, accidental conflict" with Iran as a pretext to justify "limited strikes" against the country's crucial nuclear and military infrastructures.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022107R.shtml


Informant: ranger116

"Tun Sie alles Ihnen Mögliche, um einen Krieg der USA gegen den Iran zu verhindern" - dies fordern zahlreiche Repräsentanten der deutschen Friedensbewegung von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel. Die Wissenschaftler, Mediziner und Friedensforscher um den Osnabrücker Politikwissenschaftler Professor Mohssen Massarrat rechnen mit einem "bevorstehenden umfassenden Luftkrieg der Vereinigten Staaten gegen den Iran". Mit Hilfe von drei Flugzeugträgern wolle die US-Armee "die gesamte militärische und zivile Infrastruktur" Irans zerstören. Wie üblich werde noch nach "Vorwänden" für diesen Krieg gesucht, woran sich auch die "New York Times" beteilige. "Die Situation heute erinnert an die Lügenpropaganda in den Monaten vor dem Irak-Krieg", heißt es in dem Schreiben an Merkel.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=15395

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Direkt zur Kanzlerin
http://www.direktzurkanzlerin.de/

http://journalstar.com/articles/2007/02/21/opinion/columns/doc45db844f7cd6f526415828.txt


Informant: Kev Hall



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

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0219-26.htm


Informant: Carol Moore in DC

From ufpj-news

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

02/21/07

Given that U.S. foreign policy is, to a large degree, driven by domestic politics, the motive on the part of the administration to escalate provocative covert actions inside Iran has never been greater. With Scooter Libby likely to be convicted and Fitzgerald’s sights increasingly turned on Cheney, the War Party, cornered, has every reason to lash out in one last desperate bid to save its political skin. Fitzgerald, by all indications, is coming for Cheney. After the trial but before the sentencing, Fitz will make a strenuous effort to ‘flip’ Scooter and use his testimony to target the vice president. … What better way to distract attention away from this coming political bombshell than by dropping some real bombs on Iran?

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10558


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Libby
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fitzgerald
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/justin

Andrew Stephen in Washington warns that war could easily be triggered by the Bush administration's sheer incompetence.

http://www.newstatesman.com/200702190015


From Information Clearing House

Chief Minister of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province Akram Khan Durrani said here Tuesday that any US strike on Iran would be considered as attack on Muslim Ummah.

http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0702207733185805.htm


From Information Clearing House

The 1,000 sailors of the Saipan had just six weeks to get ready. The Captain said they're needed in the Arabian Gulf, where they could remain for four to six months.

http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5283960


From Information Clearing House

GEORGE Bush will launch missiles against Iran if it is proved to be behind attacks on US soldiers in Iraq, it was claimed last night.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007080330,00.html


From Information Clearing House