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The Bush administration failed to enter into negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program in May 2003 because neo-conservatives who advocated destabilization and regime change were able to block any serious diploma.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042106N.shtml

Thirteen of the nation's most prominent physicists have written a letter to President Bush, calling US proposed plans to use nuclear weapons against Iran "gravely irresponsible" and warning that such action would have "disastrous consequences for the security of the United States and the world."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042106B.shtml

"Diplomatic" terrorism

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

04/21/06

Is anyone surprised that our Supreme Leader has refused to rule out nuking Iran? Asked if there was anything to Seymour Hersh's scoop revealing U.S. plans for a nuclear strike against Tehran, Bush replied: 'All options are on the table. We want to solve this issue diplomatically and we're working hard to do so.' All options? Including genocide? Well, uh, yes -- but don't worry. We'll issue a good number of threats before we actually commit mass murder: we'll bellow and beat our chests, like King Kong atop the Empire State Building. Then we'll nuke 'em! That's 'diplomacy' in the Age of Bush II...

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=8881



Attacking Iran: Are they nuts?

Salon
by Joe Conason

04/21/06

As George W. Bush contemplates the prospect of attacking Iran and the regional conflagration that would result, he may be awaiting a heavenly signal that would confirm the doomsday predictions of his allies on the religious right. Here on earth, however, many of the same themes that promoted war on Iraq are beginning to appear again... [subscription or ad view required]

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/04/21/iran/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Reason
by Michael Young

04/20/06

The image of Bush as a nutty, Strangeloveian figure could be just a put-on in the ongoing game of chicken between Washington and Tehran. Arkin chides the administration for failing to talk about military planning, arguing that diplomatic efforts directed at Iran would be 'mightily enhanced' if the Iranians thought the U.S. was serious about going to war. But at what stage does the machinery of war overtake the mind games? On Sunday, Richard Clarke, the famous former national coordinator for security and counterterrorism, and Steven Simon, a former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, warned that such ambiguity might lead to a clash that would be devastating for the U.S. Clarke and Simon recall that the Clinton administration also contemplated bombing Iran, but backed off because 'the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favorably for the United States'...

http://www.reason.com/links/links042006.shtml


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Bush raises UN action against Iran

US President George W. Bush said he has discussed with Chinese President Hu Jintao the possibility of the United Nations passing a motion against Iran that could order sanctions or action going up to military action.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18879879-38198,00.html



US prepared to go it alone over Iran

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has invoked self-defence as a potential justification for military intervention in Iran.

http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=354913&lng=1



Sen. Joseph Lieberman: I'd Support Iran Attack

Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Tuesday that he would back a U.S. airstrike on Iran's nuclear facilities if diplomatic options fail, becoming the first Democrat to announce his support for such a move.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/4/19/164250.shtml?s=lh



Russians withhold judgment on Iran

Russia will decide its stance on the Iranian nuclear crisis based on a report next week by the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the deputy foreign minister said today.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2006/Apr/20060420News015.asp


From Information Clearing House



A Plan To End The War: Dump The Democrats
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/510922.html

http://forward.com/main/article.php?ref=creveld20060419101


Informant: Kev Hall

by Matthew Yglesias, The American Prospect

It's very simple. Any sort of military action against Iran would be counterproductive, if not outright insane.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/04/20/iran_dont_do_it.php

San Francisco Chronicle
by Mark Morford

04/19/06

http://tinyurl.com/hmyrv


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The American Prospect
by Matthew Yglesias

04/19/06

Should we go to war with Iran? The short answer is 'no.' The long answer is 'hell no.' As the rumbles of war are heard over the horizon, many feel they’ve heard this whole story before. But with all due respect to those who correctly ascertained in advance that backing Bush's march on Baghdad was insane, following the neoconservatives to Teheran would be far, far, far more insane. The United States military is, for one thing, in much worse shape today than it was in March 2003 with far fewer resources at its disposal (see the Iraq War). The Iranian military, meanwhile, is in better shape than Iraq's army was, since it hasn't been subjected to more than a decade of stifling sanctions. ... Fully half of Iranians are Shiite Persians, so we're talking about a nationalist backlash with a population base about four or five times as large as the one we're facing in Iraq...

http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=11431


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Please join PDA in asking Congress to instruct Bush and Cheney not to attack Iran: http://tinyurl.com/zqor3

Petition to Bush and Cheney on Iran Has Over 20,000 Signatures
Have you signed it? Has everyone you know? We plan to deliver every signature and comment to the White House on a date to be announced soon.
http://www.dontattackiran.org

Print, Distribute, Post This Flyer
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/daiflyer.pdf


Animation Shows Likely Impact of Attack on Iran
http://tinyurl.com/p43yr

Iran was not ordered to Stop Enrichment http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/10283

Retired Colonel Sam Gardiner on Iran War Plans http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/10272

Kucinich Demands Answers From Administration About US Troops In Iran, Sends Letter To The President http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/10148

Bomb Iran Music
http://tinyurl.com/l6evq


Impeach for Peace and Justice Veterans for Peace, Chapters 25, 27, and 99, have joined with After Downing Street to form Impeach for Peace and Justice (IFPJ), a nonpartisan informal cooperative whose goal is the impeachment of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney as the quickest and surest method of bringing our troops home from Iraq.
http://www.ifpj.org


Thirty-Four Congress Members Now Back Impeachment Investigation

Thirty-four members of Congress have signed onto House Resolution 635. Ask yours to do so: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/635


UPCOMING EVENTS

March in New York
http://www.april29.org

Impeachment: Dialogue, Debate & Action April 29, 8:30 p.m. The Crest Theater, 1013 K Street, Sacramento, CA Representative Maxine Waters; Shayana Kadidal, lead attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights, and co-author, Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush; Elizabeth de la Vega. The Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/10280

Register to Join the UFPJ Congressional Education Day May 21-22, Washington DC United for Peace and Justice Training Sessions and Congressional Education Days May 21-22 in Washington, DC Optional strategy session Saturday, May 20 Register now: http://unitedforpeace.org/modinput4.php?modin=121

UFPJ member group, Progressive Democrats of America is holding organizing meetings on Sunday morning at the Firebird Inn. We are coordinating schedules to allow PDA activists to fully participate in the UFPJ lobby day training and congressional meetings. You must register for each event separately.

Register to Join PDA Grassroots Organizing and Lobbying Day May 21-22, Washington, DC These two days of training and lobbying will include a forum on building the movement to impeach Bush and Cheney. http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/events/2006-05-dc

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