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http://www.cfr.org/publication/12430/on_course_for_iran.html?breadcrumb=%2F


Informant: binstock

Shell has signed an important deal to help Iran develop a major gas field, ignoring growing pressure from George Bush to isolate the country for being part of what he alleges is an "axis of evil".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2001515,00.html


From Information Clearing House

The White House says there has been growing evidence over the last several months that Iran is supporting terrorists inside Iraq and is a major supplier of bombs and other weapons used to target U.S. forces.

http://tinyurl.com/2h45tn


From Information Clearing House

President Bush is preparing to attack Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of April, and the US Air Force's new bases in Bulgaria and Romania would be used as back-up in the onslaught, according to an official report from Sofia.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012907C.shtml

New policy authorizing attacks on Iranian agents in Iraq also allows for covert ops against Iran-backed terror groups all across ME, including Hizbullah.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3357358,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday said he would demand an explanation from the United States over its military build-up in the Middle East and criticised Washington for "hardline" policies against Iran.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/255134/1/.html


From Information Clearing House

Translated By Mutasem Sinnokrot

“The first open signs of an American collision with Iran will occur in Iraq, after the liquidation of the major [Shiite] militias and paramilitaries allied with them.”

http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/152/2/

As President Bush and his aides calibrate how directly to confront Iran, they are discovering that both their words and their strategy are haunted by the echoes of four years ago - when their warnings of terrorist activity and nuclear ambitions were clearly a prelude to war. This time, they insist, it is different.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012807C.shtml

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5632/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



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