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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/21/143259


Informant: Kev Hall



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

The United States and Britain will begin moving additional warships and strike aircraft into the Persian Gulf region in a display of military resolve toward Iran as the United Nations continues to debate possible sanctions against the country, Pentagon and military officials said Wednesday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106K.shtml

Newark Advocate

12/19/06

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Tuesday for key parties to seek a negotiated settlement with Iran over its nuclear program and warned that military intervention would be 'unwise and disastrous.' Annan, who steps down as U.N. chief Dec. 31, issued the warning as the Security Council debated a resolution that would impose sanctions on Tehran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. The United States is considering sending a second aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf as a show of force against Iran...

http://tinyurl.com/ugwuo


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Former CIA Official Exposes Bush Administration Fraud

Video

Flynt Leverett worked as a senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council, the NSC, and he was a CIA analyst.

http://tinyurl.com/ymhxxs



Bush accused of gagging critic of Iran policy

The White House yesterday faced fresh accusations of tailoring intelligence to suit its political viewpoint from a former CIA analyst barred from publishing a critical newspaper commentary on American policy towards Iran.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1974216,00.html



White House Now Grows Skittish Over Iranian Demarche of 2003

The White House does not want the public to know that in May 2003, the Iranian Foreign Ministry floated the prospect of a wide-ranging dialogue with America on everything from uranium enrichment to anti-Israel terrorism.

http://www.nysun.com/article/45431



Iran to replace dollar with euro

The Iranian central bank is to convert the state's foreign dollar assets into euros and use the euro for foreign transactions.

http://tinyurl.com/ydgqcw



Oil producers shun dollar

Oil producing countries have reduced their exposure to the dollar to the lowest level in two years and shifted oil income into euros, yen and sterling, according to new data from the Bank for International Settlements.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/277471c2-8889-11db-b485-0000779e2340.html


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By Scott Ritter

Democrats are Not Anti War - We are Not Anti War - We are Anti Loosing!
http://tinyurl.com/yf46nj



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U.S. Plans Military Buildup To Warn Iran
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/19/world/main2280067.shtml


Informant: ranger116

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US buildup in Persian Gulf as Iran ditches dollar, switches to euro
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5458/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

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“Leave Us Alone,” Iranian Reformers Say

Back in March, the Bush Administration released its new “National Security Strategy of the United States,” and regime change in Iran leaps out of it as a goal. “We may face no greater challenge from a single country than from Iran,” the document baldly states in a grand exaggeration.

http://www.progressive.org/node/4253


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NY Times features US Persian Gulf buildup as page-one story
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5462/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Die den Krieg lieben
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24249/1.html

Iran is to shift its foreign currency reserves from dollars to euros and use the euro for oil deals in response to US-led pressure on its economy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6190865.stm


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