World-News

One of the most powerful Shia leaders in Iraq has condemned recent US action against Iran.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6270000/newsid_6271800/6271899.stm?bw=nb&mp=rm#



Iraq to free captured Iranians

Iran's ambassador said Thursday that Iraq's foreign minister promised him that Iranians captured by U.S. troops in north of the country last week will be freed "within days," adding that their detention was an insult to the Iraqi government and people.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4479291.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.willthomas.net/Convergence/Weekly/Israeli_Nuclear_Strike_On_Iran.htm


From Supreme Law Firm

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Iran's President Did Not Say "Israel must be wiped off the map"

By Arash Norouzi

Across the world, a dangerous rumor has spread that could have catastrophic implications. According to legend, Iran's President has threatened to destroy Israel, or, to quote the misquote, "Israel must be wiped off the map". Contrary to popular belief, this statement was never made, as this article will prove.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16218.htm



Ahmadinejad be damned

It's all over the Iranian press: President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, self-described "street cleaner of the people", is in deep political trouble at home, subjected to crossfire from conservatives and reformers alike.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IA19Ak03.html


From Information Clearing House

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Reporter Claims Israeli Nuke Strike On Iran Averted By U.S. Fighters
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2007/190107nukestrike.htm



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

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5599/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Foreign Policy In Focus
by Conn Hallinan

01/15/07

Is Israel, supported by the Bush Administration, preparing to launch an atomic war against Iran? On January 7, the London Sunday Times claimed that the Israeli government is planning to attack Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. While the Israeli government denies the story, recent statements by top Israeli officials and military figures — along with recent White House threats against Iran and Syria and a shuffling of American commanders in the Middle East — suggest that the possibility is real...

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3910


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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

The Bush administration made a decision to start blaming its new problem in Iraq on Tehran. On August 4, 2005, Pentagon and intelligence officials leaked the story to the National Broadcasting Co (NBC) and the Columbia Broadcasting System that US troops had "intercepted" dozens of shaped charges said to have been "smuggled into northeastern Iraq only last week".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17201.htm

One of Iraq's most powerful Shia politicians has condemned the arrest of Iranians by US forces in Iraq as an attack on the country's sovereignty.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6270957.stm


From Information Clearing House

Audio

Radio National host Paul Barry interviews Scott Ritter.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17203.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scott+Ritter

By Paul Craig Roberts

Suddenly the media is full of Bush Regime propagandistic assertions designed to make the American public believe that Iran is the enemy that is fighting against our troops in Iraq. To facilitate this deception, the Bush Regime staged a propaganda event by invading an Iranian government liaison office in Northern Iraq, kidnapping the Iranian officials and declaring them to be involved in plans to kill US troops.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17204.htm



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