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By Ron Jacobs

As I write, indications are that there are US Special Forces engaged in operations in Iran. Rumors name the province of Khuzestan as the locale for these operations. They are probably being helped by various exiles who are either current or former members of organizations that believe the ends justify the means and are therefore willing to help the enemy in Washington to overthrow the mullahs.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17040.htm



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From ufpj-news

Informant: Charles Jenks

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0212-02.htm



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Liberation reports possible Russian diplomatic success in persuading Tehran to stand down on nuclear enrichment; while Reporterre highlights the most damning of Zbigniew Brzezinski's recent statements before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021207G.shtml



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Der Konflikt mit den Atomwünschen Irans ist schwierig, aber es wäre höchste Zeit für diejenigen, die nicht auf eine Verschärfung setzen, das Sündebockspiel zu beenden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24631/1.html

"Saturday's New York Times features an article, posted at the top of its Web site late Friday, that suggests very strongly that Iran is supplying the 'deadliest weapon aimed at American troops' in Iraq.... What is the source of this volatile information? Nothing less than 'civilian and military officials from a broad range of government agencies.' Sound pretty convincing? It may be worth noting that the author is Michael R. Gordon, the same Times reporter who, on his own, or with Judith Miller, wrote some of the key, and badly misleading or downright inaccurate, articles about Iraqi WMDs in the run-up to the 2003 invasion," writes Greg Mitchell.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021207L.shtml



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by Ray McGovern, TomPaine.com

There are second chances in life: Congress can stop Bush's Iran war plans.
http://ga3.org/ct/c120pgF17Xon/



Explosively Formed Distractions

Can the media make up for its Iraq sins by paying attention to the Bush Iran steamroller?
http://ga3.org/ct/dd20pgF17XoU/



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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

02/11/07

U.S. military officials on Sunday accused the highest levels of the Iranian leadership of arming Shiite militants in Iraq with sophisticated armor-piercing roadside bombs that have killed more than 170 troops from the American-led coalition. The military command in Baghdad denied, however, that any newly smuggled Iranian weapons were behind the five U.S. military helicopter crashes since Jan. 20 — four that were shot out of the sky by insurgent gunfire...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

New evidence is emerging on the ground of an Iranian hand in growing violence within Iraq. As the United States heads for a confrontation with Iran over allegations of Iranian involvement in bombings, the massacre in Najaf last month indicates that Iran could be working also through the Iraqi government, local leaders in Najaf say. The slaughter of 263 people in Najaf by Iraqi and U.S. forces Jan. 29 provoked outrage and vows of revenge among residents in and around the sacred Shia city in the south. The killings have deepened a split among Shias. Iran is predominantly Shia, one of the two main groupings within Islam along with the Sunnis. Iraq has for the first time a Shia-dominated government, comprising groups that have been openly supportive of Iran. The people killed were mostly Shias from the Hawatim tribe that opposes the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq as well as the Dawa Party. These two pro-Iranian groups control the local government in Najaf and the government in Baghdad.

http://electroniciraq.net/news/2900.shtml



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