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Ray McGovern writes: "I was suffering a bit from outrage fatigue yesterday but was shaken out of it as soon as I downloaded an unusually slick paper, 'Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States,' released this week by House intelligence committee chair, Pete Hoekstra."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082506R.shtml

After their failure in Iraq, and a brief exile in the wilderness, the neocons are riding high again – and that means endless troubles for us all.

http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=9603


From Information Clearing House

It’s obvious that Iran wants nuclear weapons, has lied about its program and views America as an enemy. We enthusiastically agree that the United States needs every scrap of intelligence it can get on Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14690.htm

Iran is ready for unconditional talks over its nuclear program but rejects the West's "language of force" over the issue, one of the Islamic republic's religious leaders said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060825/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics


From Information Clearing House

Russia on Friday rejected any talk for now of sanctions against Iran and France warned against conflict with Tehran, raising doubt whether it will face swift penalties for not halting nuclear work by an Aug. 31 deadline.

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060825/3/2oznt.html


From Information Clearing House

Bush telephoned the leaders of Germany and Italy, while US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called her Russian and German counterparts as well as EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, US officials told reporters.

http://tinyurl.com/qdpoj


From Information Clearing House



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

War with Iran?

Interview with Former US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk

Zbigniew Brzezinski said this, "I think of war with Iran as the ending of America's present role in the world, that they will be dragged into a war that could last 20 to 30 years and that no-one could do it without destroying America's position on the planet." Windows media and transcript.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14686.htm

By Ray Close

This is why I reluctantly believe today that Bush will indeed launch an attack on Iran before the expiration of his term of office:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14694.htm