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The Case for Engagement

By Scott Ritter

I recently returned from a trip to Iran, where over the course of a week I made the journey from the northern suburbs of Tehran to the gates of the Natanz enrichment facility, and in doing so had my eyes opened. The Iran that I witnessed was far removed from the one caricatured in the US media. I left with the frustrating realization that, as had been the case with Iraq, America was stumbling toward a conflict, blinded by the prejudice and fear born of our collective ignorance.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15507.htm

http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=9961


Informant: Kev Hall

Collective Punishment

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

It is the aim of the United States to inflict collective punishment on the Iranian people. The Bush White House, successfully invoked Chapter VII, Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations stipulating a threat to peace (the pot calling the kettle black) subjecting Iran to sanctions. The compliant United Nations Security Council drafted the Iran Resolution, paragraph 15 of which is as follows:
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15481.htm

The US navy has conducted military exercises (30th of October) 20 miles outside Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The war games were perceived by Tehran as an act of provocation. Iranian patrol boats came very close to US and coalition warships in the Persian Gulf.

http://tinyurl.com/y5emrb


From Information Clearing House

Authoritative analysis of the devastating impacts of a nuclear attack on Iran



Dr. Helen Caldicott: The New Nuclear Danger
Goldman School of Public Policy
1 hr 8 min 23 sec - Apr 6, 2007

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2178087280500628030


Dr. Helen Caldicott, M.D. is the Founder & President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute. She is also the Founder of Physicians for ... all » Social Responsibility. In her unique style, she makes a compelling case against the use of Nuclear Power. She cuts through the rhetoric and tells it as it is. Filmed at UC Berkeley 2003. If video/audio out of sync, use this link: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=1194394515566505497 «


Informant: Dorothee Krien

A senior U.S. diplomat on Tuesday described Iran as more dangerous than North Korea and said that besides developing a nuclear weapon, the Islamic state was undermining regional stability.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/10/31/141412.shtml?s=lh


From Information Clearing House

The controversy over Iran's peaceful nuclear program has obscured one point in particular: There need not be a crisis. A solution to the situation is possible and eminently within reach.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/05/opinion/edzarif.php


From Information Clearing House

Four weeks ago, Congress enacted and President Bush signed the Iran Freedom Support Act, a resolution that mandates sanctions against any country aiding Iran's nuclear programs, even those to which that country is legally entitled under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. If the confrontation over Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program ends in war - initiated by this administration or the next - you can bet this law will be cited as proof that Congress was onboard all along.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102906X.shtml

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/10/24/73123/443


Informant: Kev Hall

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13579


Informant: Carol Moore in DC

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