Bush may be intent on using Iraq as pretext to attack Iran
rudkla - 12. Jan, 10:33
Is Iran next
Freitag, 12. Januar 2007
Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2007
Neither sanctions nor bombs will end the Iran nuclear crisis
By Roger Howard
If Bush really wants a safer Middle East, he should stop giving Tehran compelling reasons to acquire nuclear weapons.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16137.htm
If Bush really wants a safer Middle East, he should stop giving Tehran compelling reasons to acquire nuclear weapons.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16137.htm
rudkla - 11. Jan, 16:11
On to Iran?
Salon
by Walter Shapiro
01/11/07
Throughout the long century to come, any future leader contemplating sending American troops into combat should carefully watch a tape of George W. Bush's speech to the nation Wednesday night -- and ponder its underlying lessons. This was Bush deflated, his arrogance temporarily placed in a blind trust, looking grayer than ever with his brow furrowed with lines of worry. How humiliating for Bush to be forced to say with a stony face, 'The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people -- and it is unacceptable to me.' This is what happens to a commander in chief when his vision of victory becomes a struggle for survival, when confident talk of a slam dunk on the way in is replaced by a clamor to slam the door on the way out. This is what happens to a president who is losing a war -- and who is reduced to begging for more time, another chance, to set things right...
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/11/bush_speech/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Walter+Shapiro
by Walter Shapiro
01/11/07
Throughout the long century to come, any future leader contemplating sending American troops into combat should carefully watch a tape of George W. Bush's speech to the nation Wednesday night -- and ponder its underlying lessons. This was Bush deflated, his arrogance temporarily placed in a blind trust, looking grayer than ever with his brow furrowed with lines of worry. How humiliating for Bush to be forced to say with a stony face, 'The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people -- and it is unacceptable to me.' This is what happens to a commander in chief when his vision of victory becomes a struggle for survival, when confident talk of a slam dunk on the way in is replaced by a clamor to slam the door on the way out. This is what happens to a president who is losing a war -- and who is reduced to begging for more time, another chance, to set things right...
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/11/bush_speech/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Walter+Shapiro
rudkla - 11. Jan, 16:08
Tories back US action on Iran
Liam Fox, the shadow Defence Secretary, has backed hawks in the White House by calling for "nothing to be ruled out" to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2140280.ece
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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2140280.ece
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rudkla - 11. Jan, 15:32
Distracting Congress from the Real War Plan
By Paul Craig Roberts
The Bush administration has recently doubled its aircraft carrier forces and air power in the Persian Gulf. According to credible news reports, the Israeli air force has been making practice runs in preparation for an attack on Iran.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16121.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Israel
The Bush administration has recently doubled its aircraft carrier forces and air power in the Persian Gulf. According to credible news reports, the Israeli air force has been making practice runs in preparation for an attack on Iran.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16121.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Israel
rudkla - 11. Jan, 15:04
Bush rejects diplomatic offensive, threatens Iran
rudkla - 11. Jan, 11:27
Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2007
US names state-owned Iranian bank as weapons proliferator
The US Treasury Department listed the Iranian state-owned Bank "Sepah" as a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, and said a ban on all transactions between the bank and US businesses is in effect.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=940878
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http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=940878
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rudkla - 10. Jan, 11:43
US steps up economic war against Iran
rudkla - 10. Jan, 09:45
Dienstag, 9. Januar 2007
Democrats: Nuclear Iran unacceptable
Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable, new House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told The Jerusalem Post hours after entering the party leadership position. - He also said that the use of force against Teheran remained an option.
http://tinyurl.com/ycfdcv
http://tinyurl.com/ycfdcv
rudkla - 9. Jan, 15:07
U.S. puts squeeze on Iran's oil fields
As Washington wages a very public battle against Iran's quest for nuclear power, it is quietly gaining ground on another energy front: the oil fields that are the Islamic Republic's lifeblood.
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes716.html
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http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes716.html
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rudkla - 9. Jan, 15:05
