World-News

Foreign analysts conclude that the deployment of the elements of the US missile defence system in the Gulf under pretence of protection from possible actions of the Iranian authorities looks like an aggressive and a provocative move, especially against a background of a possible pre-emptive attack on Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24730.htm



US senators seek regime change in Iran

Two Republican senators have once again introduced a draft bill in the US Congress seeking full support for the Iranian opposition and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic government in Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24725.htm



US could attack Iran - Russia's General Staff

"The aftermath of a strike against Iran will be terrible not only for Asia but for us and the whole global community also," said Chief of Russia's General Staff General Nikolay Makarov at a news conference.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24749.htm



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The White House on Tuesday would not rule out any options, including the military option, for dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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US is still paying companies that defy its policy on Iran

Boston Globe

The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants, and loans over the past decade to foreign and multinational American companies while they were doing business in Iran, despite Washington’s efforts to discourage investment there, records show. That includes nearly $15 billion in benefits paid to companies that defied American sanctions law by making large investments that helped Iran develop its vast oil and gas reserves...

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Is Iran Running a Bluff?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan130.html

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Palin: Obama Will Win Again If He Backs Israel and Bombs Iran

Speaking on Fox News, Palin stated, "Say he decided to declare war on Iran or decide to really come out and do whatever he could to support Israel-which I would like him to do.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135903



Former IAEA Head Hans Blix: 'Iran Won't Simply Sit There and Accept an Attack'

By Bernhard Zand

It's easy to let the bombs fall, and a military strike could set the nuclear program back by a few years -- something that would be very welcome. But what would the long-term consequences be? Iran won't simply sit there quietly and accept an attack.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24699.htm


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Sarah Palin: Faux populist

Huffington Post
by Alec Baldwin

02/09/10

So, you think Sarah Palin is embarrassed by the crib-notes-on-the-palm incident? You’re kidding, right? This woman, like national candidates of both parties, doesn’t draw a breath without a team of political and image consultants vetting her choices...

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Bombs away: Conservatives embrace war

Campaign For Liberty
by Doug Bandow

02/10/10

Leading Democrats and Republicans alike agree on the need for action against Iran. At least some liberal Democrats seem reluctant to use military force; in contrast, many conservative Republicans are eager to start bombing. While the latter say they oppose Big Government, these days they spend much of their time proposing new wars...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=599



Sarah Palin has a secret

Mother Jones
by David Corn

02/10/10

When Sarah Palin campaigned in 2008, she declared that she would bring ‘transparency’ to Washington, DC. Yet her actions as governor of Alaska may ultimately eviscerate that state’s open records laws...

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The "Bomb Iran" crowd is making a big return to the political center stage
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9406/

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Clinton Ramps Up Rhetoric on Iran
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/15



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Bombing Iran would avert Obama's looming 2010 electoral disaster
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The lessons of Iraq have been ignored. The target is now Iran
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U.S. Senator Lieberman: Impose sanctions on Iran or attack it

Lieberman is the influential chairman of the Senate committee on homeland security. He was speaking a day after Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that his country was ready to accept an international swap of uranium, but only under certain conditions.

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1147872.html



Senate Passes AIPAC's Iran Sanctions Bill in Five Minutes

MJ Rosenberg

Just last week the Senate passed comprehensive sanctions on Iran -- a bill being pushed by AIPAC neocons and the other "usual suspects" -- in record time. It was brought up with only three senators on the floor; there was a five minute debate and it passed by voice vote. Just like that.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24622.htm



Israel and the US preparing for attack on Iran

As part of this build up the US Military has more than doubled its stockpile of weapons in Israel which it states "Israel can use." One would assume that just like the preparation in the build up to the Lebanon Crisis in 2006 and pre Cast Lead in 2008 that this is a very clear indication that both the US and Israel are preparing for a strike on the nuclear facilities in Iran.

http://snipurl.com/ub3qk



Four things Netanyahu needs for an Israeli attack on Iran

Tehran is in the crosshairs, but not before 2011.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1147696.html



Bolton: Either Iran Gets Nukes Or 'Israel Or Somebody Else Uses Military Force To Stop It'

On Fox News, John Bolton declared that "Iran simply has no intention of being talked out of its nuclear weapons program" and that "very severe sanctions" will not work. Later, when host Gregg Jarrett asked if military action is "the only answer," Bolton agreed.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/02/08/bolton-iran-military-force/


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How to beat the War Party

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

02/10/10

In framing the Iranians for supposedly harboring ‘weapons of mass destruction,’ the War Party’s job is to keep up a relentless assault in the hope something will stick. Get ready for a barrage of ‘leaks’ by pro-war factions inside the administration, and yet more ‘intelligence’ reports planted by one or another foreign country with an interest in fomenting war, all of it backed up and ‘verified’ by reliably biased experts. What makes the War Party’s job easier, in this case, is that it’s not hard to confuse the public with a lot of ’scientific’ terminology and wrangling over technical details: people eventually throw up their hands, and reason that where there’s so much smoke there’s bound to be fire...

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Lieberman, McCain Want Iran Sanctioned for Human Rights Abuses, But Ignore Evidence US Committed Similar Violations

The Christian Science Monitor reports that staunch conservatives Joe Lieberman and John McCain introduced legislation to force the Obama administration to impose tougher sanctions on Iran over the country's human rights abuses, even though both senators have publicly defended the treatment of "war on terror" detainees in US custody that numerous human rights groups have said met the definition of torture.

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AP Article Fuels Iran War Hysteria
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/02/08/ap-article-fuels-iran-war-hysteria/


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Obama Is Being Blackmailed Into Attacking Iran
Neo-cons hype assassination attempt on President to be blamed on political "extremists"

Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Establishment media talking points from every direction strongly indicate that a false flag attempt on President Obama’s life is being considered, to be blamed on patsies from either the “extreme” right or left, in order to silence dissent in America and blackmail Obama into launching a military assault on Iran.

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By Stephen Sniegoski

Since there is about a zero chance that Iran would dare to launch a first strike on the US or its Arab allies, the US would only need to strengthen its missile defenses in order to deal with an Iranian counterattack after the US had first bombed Iran.

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Kriegsschiffe und Patriot-Systeme sollen die Region beruhigen, den Iran einschüchtern und Israel von Angriffen auf den Iran abhalten.

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World leaders might have to go to war to stop Iran developing its weapons programme, Tony Blair suggested yesterday.

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Is Iran Next?

Does Iran pose a "clear and present danger" to US or global interests? What would be the basis for a military strike and what would be the consequences?

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Blair the British Neo-con

By Alan Hart

Though the Chilcot Inquiry is concerned only with Iraq - how Blair's government made the decision to go to war and what lessons should be learned - Blair could not resist beating the drum for war on Iran.

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Don't Blame Iran
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis180.html



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US raises stakes on Iran by sending in ships and missiles

Pentagon says Patriot shield will deter strike on American allies in the Gulf.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/31/iran-nuclear-us-missiles-gulf



U.S. steps up arms sales to Persian Gulf allies

The Obama administration is quietly working with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies to speed up arms sales and rapidly upgrade defenses for oil terminals and other key infrastructure in a bid to thwart future military attacks by Iran, according to former and current U.S. and Middle Eastern government officials.

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Obama adviser: U.S. and Israel working very closely on Iran

Israel and the United States are closely conferring about the Iranian nuclear program, U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said in an interview published on Sunday, calling Israel's conduct "responsible".

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Detente with Iran Recedes as US Strengthens Gulf Defenses
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/01-4



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Iran's defence minister warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic could strike back at Western warships in the Gulf if it were attacked, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

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Wie stark (ver)formen Medien unser Bild der Vorgänge im Iran?
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