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Is Iran planning a cataclysmic strike for August 22?

Is Iran planning an apocalyptic strike against Israel and/or the United States for August 22? If so, what should the U.S. do to protect Americans and our ally? Such questions are worrying a growing number of officials in the White House, at the CIA, and at the Pentagon, and for good reason.

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Hungry For World War III

It will surprise no one to hear that this argument is coming from certain fundamentalist Christian quarters, where premillenial dispensationalists see signs that the coming Rapture is accelerating toward its glorious end. But it is also being heard from more mainstream voices.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/08/09/hungry_for_world_war_iii.php


From Information Clearing House

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"Nothing Iran is accused of is illegal"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14465.htm

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq accused Iran on Tuesday of having forces in Iraq and said Tehran could use the war between Hizbollah militants and Israel in Lebanon to try and further destabilize the country.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060808/ts_nm/iraq_usa_iran_dc


From Information Clearing House

IRAN is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2300772,00.html



Congo Denies Alleged Uranium Shipment To Iran

The Congolese government Monday denied that a uranium shipment left its territory last year bound for Iran.

http://tinyurl.com/e6vvb


From Information Clearing House

Ward believes that a US bombing attack on Tehran is nearly inevitable, and that it will have devastating consequences for the region and for the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14403.htm

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article14381.htm



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

Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian said on Friday global crude oil prices could touch $100 a barrel on geopolitical tension and soaring winter demand.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080506Z.shtml

Asia Times
by Richard M. Bennett

08/01/06

It seems increasingly likely to many foreign observers that Iran's army has quietly acknowledged that it stands little chance of defeating the United States in the event of invasion, at least using conventional means.However, its planning for an unconventional or guerrilla warfare campaign of resistance is far advanced and its confidence that it would prove ultimately successful has been greatly reinforced by the ongoing insurgency in Iraq and the resistance shown by Hezbollah in Lebanon.In recognition of this, the US may be losing interest in the vast commitment needed for an invasion and the strain this would undoubtedly place on its already overstretched armed forces...

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HH01Ak02.html



Bush administration's Iran-friendly foreign policy

Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

07/31/06

Despite growing world outrage, the Bush administration's continued backing of Israel's over-the-top military action in Lebanon can only help Hezbollah and its patron Iran. The administration's foreign policy could not be more pro-Iranian if the White House had become infested with Iranian agents. Even after the carnage in the Lebanese town of Qana, the administration continues its nonsensical rhetoric about seeking a 'sustainable cease fire' in Lebanon as Israeli military action continues. Most casual observers employing any logic would conclude that it would be difficult to determine the sustainability of any ceasefire unless it was first attempted...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1779


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp