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by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

02/14/07

Don’t we ever learn? Have we already forgotten Iraq? The plan defies common sense. If it’s carried out, the Middle East, and possibly the world, will explode. Oil will soar to over $100 a barrel, and gasoline will be over $5 a gallon. Despite what some think, it won’t serve the interests of Israel. Besides — it’s illegal. It’s unconstitutional. And you have no moral authority to do it. We don’t need it. We don’t want it. So, Mr. President, don’t do it...

http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/110/6935/president.asp?nid=6935&wid=110


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul

The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber

02/14/07

I stress that no proof whatsoever has been presented that Iran is in fact directly attempting to aid those in Iraq who attack U.S. troops. But even if Iran were acting in this manner, we are in no position to complain — not morally, not legally, and not strategically. We have no right to be in Iraq at all. If we wish to avoid further ’sacrifices’ by members of the American military, then leave. Our presence only worsens this disaster each moment that we remain. Because we commit additional war crimes with every day that passes, we would leave — if we recognized even minimal moral constraints on our actions, constraints that we apply to all other nations. But we won’t leave, and Congress will not end this occupation...

http://tinyurl.com/262bjx


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arthur+Silber

Rocky Mount Telegram

02/15/07

Challenged on the accuracy of U.S. intelligence, President Bush said Wednesday there is no doubt the Iranian government is providing armor-piercing weapons to kill American soldiers in Iraq. But he backed away from claims the top echelon of Iran’s government was responsible. Bush, at a news conference, also said he would fight any attempt by the Democratic-controlled Congress to cut off money for the war. ‘They need to fund our troops and the need to make sure we have the flexibility necessary to get the job done,’ he said...

http://tinyurl.com/2sazjr


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday urged the United States to foster a resolution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear program by showing the same "flexibility" that helped produce North Korea's agreement to halt its atomic programs, Russian news agencies reported.

http://snipurl.com/1a6cs


From Information Clearing House

America’s top general appeared to contradict claims made by the White House and other US military commanders yesterday that Iran was arming Shia militants in Iraq.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1381540.ece


From Information Clearing House

U.S. President George Bush said Wednesday he is determined to do something about Iranian arms going to insurgents in Iraq.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/30623.html


From Information Clearing House

By Glenn Kessler

The Swiss ambassador to Iran informed U.S. officials in 2003 that an Iranian proposal for comprehensive talks with the United States had been reviewed and approved by Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; then-President Mohammad Khatami; and then-Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi, according to a copy of the cover letter to the Iranian document.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17064.htm

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US spurned Iranian diplomatic initiative in May 2003
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5767/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

War with Iran?

We hear from four former CIA officials.

By Ken Silverstein

Yes, I think Americans should be prepared to wake up one morning and find themselves at war with Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17063.htm



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By Jim Lobe

Less than one in four Arabs believe Iran should be pressured to halt its nuclear programme, while 61 percent, including majorities in all six countries, said Tehran had the right to pursue it even if, as most believe, the programme is designed to develop nuclear weapons.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17057.htm



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

http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/40331/story.htm


Informant: Carol Moore in DC

From ufpj-news