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Informant: Carol Moore in DC

From ufpj-news

Nuclear carrier strike group led by the USS Eisenhower said to be steaming out of Norfolk on Tuesday, October 3.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15209.htm

Britain revives threat of sanctions on Iran

Renewed tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme emerged on Tuesday as Britain warned that world powers would return to the United Nations. Security Council to consider targeted sanctions against Tehran.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f46a6528-52fc-11db-99c5-0000779e2340.html



Russia says talks to solve Iran atomic case: Russia believes a dispute over Iran's nuclear programme should be resolved by negotiations, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, Igor Ivanov, said on Tuesday.

http://tinyurl.com/e58um


From Information Clearing House

The elimination of American opposition on this issue would open the way to genuine normalization between our two nations. It might even convince the Iranians that their country can flourish without nuclear weapons.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/03/opinion/edkoppel.php


From Information Clearing House

By Gary Hart

For a divinely guided president who imagines himself to be a latter day Winston Churchill (albeit lacking the ability to formulate intelligent sentences), and who professedly does not care about public opinion at home or abroad, anything is possible, and dwindling days in power may be seen as making the most apocalyptic actions necessary.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15206.htm

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October surprise?
http://www.antiwar.com/moore/?articleid=9794


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=12073


Informant: Kev Hall

http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=22476


Informant: Debi Clark

A strategic thinker who called all the correct diplomatic and military plays preceding Operation Iraqi Freedom now sees diplomatic failure and air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15192.htm

American attempts to persuade Europe to think again about financial involvement in Iran may be starting to bear fruit, according to European banking officials. Whether such "back-door sanctions" will work is far less apparent, experts say.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/22/business/main2033576.shtml


From Information Clearing House