THE RACE FOR IRAN
rudkla - 23. Jun, 19:28
Is Iran next
Freitag, 23. Juni 2006
The US is determined to topple Iran's Islamic government whether or not the crisis over the country's nuclear activities is resolved
rudkla - 23. Jun, 14:14
Congress quietly holds classified briefings on Iran
The amendment indicates that few in Congress have received access to US intelligence on Iran. Democrats' comments also signal that key lawmakers have yet to be briefed with regard to Administration policy.
http://tinyurl.com/qckrs
Iran must respond before August to N-proposals: US
US President George W. Bush warned yesterday that Iran must respond before August to a proposed deal to stop making nuclear fuel amid fears that it wants to build atomic weapons.
http://tinyurl.com/romfp
From Information Clearing House
Iran rejects US 'pressure' on nuclear issue
The US is determined to topple Iran's Islamic government whether or not the crisis over the country's nuclear activities is resolved, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13729.htm
http://tinyurl.com/qckrs
Iran must respond before August to N-proposals: US
US President George W. Bush warned yesterday that Iran must respond before August to a proposed deal to stop making nuclear fuel amid fears that it wants to build atomic weapons.
http://tinyurl.com/romfp
From Information Clearing House
Iran rejects US 'pressure' on nuclear issue
The US is determined to topple Iran's Islamic government whether or not the crisis over the country's nuclear activities is resolved, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13729.htm
rudkla - 23. Jun, 14:11
Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2006
Iran: US opts for regime change, not force
Asia Times
by Gareth Porter
06/21/06
In every statement on Iran, officials of the Bush administration routinely repeat the party line that 'the president never takes any option off the table.' Despite the constant invocation of a possible military attack on Iran, however, a little-noticed section of the administration's official national-security strategy indicates that President George W Bush has already decided that he will not use military force to try to prevent Iran from going nuclear. Instead, the administration has shifted its aim to pressing Iran to make internal political changes, based on the dubious theory that it would lead to a change in Iranian nuclear policy...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HF22Ak03.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Gareth Porter
06/21/06
In every statement on Iran, officials of the Bush administration routinely repeat the party line that 'the president never takes any option off the table.' Despite the constant invocation of a possible military attack on Iran, however, a little-noticed section of the administration's official national-security strategy indicates that President George W Bush has already decided that he will not use military force to try to prevent Iran from going nuclear. Instead, the administration has shifted its aim to pressing Iran to make internal political changes, based on the dubious theory that it would lead to a change in Iranian nuclear policy...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HF22Ak03.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 22. Jun, 14:37
Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2006
Oil prices could spike, Saudi warns
US News & World Report
06/20/06
World oil prices could double or triple over the current painful $70-per-barrel level if diplomacy failed and military conflict broke out over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Saudi Ambassador Prince Turki al-Faisal warned this morning. 'We don't know' what will happen if the United States chooses a military option in Iran, al-Faisal said, but 'if there is military conflict, if bombs are dropped, ships are blown up, oil facilities on our side of the gulf are targeted ... just the idea of somebody firing a missile at an installation somewhere would shoot up the price of oil astronomically'...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/060620/20oil.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
06/20/06
World oil prices could double or triple over the current painful $70-per-barrel level if diplomacy failed and military conflict broke out over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Saudi Ambassador Prince Turki al-Faisal warned this morning. 'We don't know' what will happen if the United States chooses a military option in Iran, al-Faisal said, but 'if there is military conflict, if bombs are dropped, ships are blown up, oil facilities on our side of the gulf are targeted ... just the idea of somebody firing a missile at an installation somewhere would shoot up the price of oil astronomically'...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/060620/20oil.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 21. Jun, 14:18
Amerikanische Politik gefährlicher als Iran
rudkla - 21. Jun, 13:24
Bush Wrongfooted as Iran Steps up International Charm Offensive
rudkla - 21. Jun, 10:56
Dienstag, 20. Juni 2006
It's all about Iran
The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber
06/19/06
The Bush administration is suffocating under the punishing weight of the catastrophic failures of its policies in every area, and it can only be saved by another major crisis, even an entirely invented one. They hope that such a crisis will serve to unite the country behind them once again, at least to the extent required to save them from the equivalent of political death...
http://tinyurl.com/mo25c
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Arthur Silber
06/19/06
The Bush administration is suffocating under the punishing weight of the catastrophic failures of its policies in every area, and it can only be saved by another major crisis, even an entirely invented one. They hope that such a crisis will serve to unite the country behind them once again, at least to the extent required to save them from the equivalent of political death...
http://tinyurl.com/mo25c
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 20. Jun, 14:26
