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President George W. Bush and U.S. military officials have increasingly accused Iran of meddling in Iraq's affairs. But from Iran's perspective, given its longstanding interests in Iraq, it is the United States that is meddling in its backyard, analysts inside and outside of Iran say.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/18/news/assess.php


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Charlie Rose talks with David Sanger of The New York Times, Michael Hirsh of Newsweek, and Ray Takeyh of the Council on Foreign Relations on Iran and the United States. Javad Zarif, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17122.htm

By Sam Gardiner

For those concerned about a possible war with Iran should turn up their worry-dials two notches.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17121.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sam+Gardiner

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6376639.stm


Informant: Kev Hall

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5794/


Informant: jensenmk

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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dan+Plesch

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2016222,00.html


Informant: Di

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5792/


Informant: jensenmk

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

The motivations for an Iran strike were laid out as far back as 1992. In classified defense planning guidance -- written for then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney by then-Pentagon staffers I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, World Bank Chief Paul Wolfowitz, and ambassador-nominee to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad.

http://www.alternet.org/story/47921


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Libby
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wolfowitz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Khalilzad

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17106.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Pilger

By Patrick Cockburn

There is something ludicrous about the attempt by the US military in Iraq to persuade the world that the simple but devastating roadside bomb or IED (improvised explosive device) is a highly developed weapon requiring Iranian expertise.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17115.htm



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