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Im Atomstreit mit dem Iran setzen die US-Neokonservativen auf Eskalation. Offenbar will auch die Bundesregierung beim nächsten »Präventivschlag« nicht abseits stehen. Analyse von Knut Mellenthin in junge Welt vom 08.02.2006 http://www.jungewelt.de/2006/02-08/007.php


"Es gibt kein politisches Ziel, das einen Angriffskrieg rechtfertigt". Friedensbewegung besorgt über Eskalation im Atomkonflikt mit Iran - "Fahrplan" gegen den drohenden Krieg beschlossen

Zwei Presseerklärungen vom 5. Februar 2006 bei der AG Friedensforschung an der Uni Kassel http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/presse/2006-02-06.html

Die erste wurde im Anschluss an eine Aktionskonferenz der Friedensbewegung in Kassel vom Bundesausschuss Friedensratschlag herausgegeben und legt einen "Fahrplan" der Friedensbewegung für ihr Engagement gegen einen drohenden Irankrieg vor. Die zweite Pressemitteilung stammt von der Bonner Friedenskooperative und enthält einen Appell an Kofi Annan, eine sog. "hochrangige UN-Mediationskommission" einzurichten. Dort auch Links zu Grundlagen-Dokumenten

Irakkrieg

Generalbundesanwalt bekennt hanebüchene Rechtsauffassung: „Angriffskrieg ist nicht strafbar“. Gesetzgeber ist gefordert

Pressemitteilung des Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie sowie des Netzwerk Friedenskooperative vom 07.02.2006 http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/ub_showarticle.php?articleID=183

EU-Militär ungebremst

„Anhörung zur europäischen Militarisierungspolitik: Auslandseinsätze aus dem Entwicklungsbudget. Hochrüstungspläne weiter auf der Tagesordnung.

Von einem »Untoten« war am Dienstag während einer Anhörung im EuropäischenParlament (EP) in Brüssel häufiger die Rede: Gemeint war der europäische Verfassungsentwurf und daraus insbesondere der Teil zur sogenannten »Europäischen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik« (ESVP)….“ Artikel von Rainer Rupp, Brüssel, in junge Welt vom 08.02.2006 http://www.jungewelt.de/2006/02-08/051.php


Aus: LabourNet, 8. Februar 2006

There aren't many elected officials in Washington who want to throw the gantlet down on Iran more than Hillary Clinton. The New York Senator believes the president has been too soft on the militant Islamic country, claiming that Bush has played down the threat of a nuclear-armed Tehran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11821.htm

Ritter said, the United States will drop a nuclear bomb on Iran.

By Brandon Garcia

Ritter described how the U.S. government might justify war with Iran in a scenario similar to the buildup to the Iraq invasion.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11812.htm



Russian Ultranationalist Leader Expects U.S. to Attack Iran in Late March
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11828.htm



Beware The Ides Of March

Soothsayer's warning before Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44BC.

By Mathew Maavak

If Julius - regarded as one of the greatest Caesars - couldn’t take note, the leader of the current superpower should. This March, his actions may spark off a conflict from which the world might never recover.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11826.htm



Following Orders Is No Excuse

"A hoax on the American people, the international community, and the United Nations Security Council."

By Paul Craig Roberts

If Powell had refused three years ago to deliver the Speech of Lies, we would not now be watching an identical duplicity being rolled out against Iran. The ultimate cost of the deception being practiced on the American people will dwarf the terrible price that has already been paid.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11817.htm



Washington digs in for a 'long war' as Rumsfeld issues global call to arms

By Simon Tisdall

According to the review, a "large-scale, potentially long duration, irregular warfare campaign including counter-insurgency and security, stability, transition and reconstruction operations" is necessary and unavoidable. Gone is the talk of swift victories that preceded the 2003 Iraq invasion. This will be a war of attrition, it says, fought on many fronts.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11824.htm



Ex-President Carter: Eavesdropping illegal

KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
Associated Press

Former President Jimmy Carter criticized the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program Monday and said he believes the president has broken the law.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11823.htm

http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/presse/2006-01-06.html

Die Resolution der IAEA vom 5.Februar 2006:
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/regionen/Iran/gov2006-14.html

Die Rede von George Bush zur Lage der Nation:
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/regionen/USA/bush2006-dt.html

Die Rede von US-Verteidigungsminister Rumsfeld auf der Münchner
Sicherheitskonferenz (englisch):
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Sicherheitskonferenz/2006-rumsfeld.html

Die Rede der Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, ebendort:
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Sicherheitskonferenz/2006-merkel.html

Die UN-Charta:
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/UNO/charta.html

A senior Iran defence official added to the tough talk yesterday with a senior military commander saying its forces would teach any attackers "a lesson that will be remembered throughout history".

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=185482006



Iran Secretly Tests New Surface-To-Surface Missile

"We do not intend to attack any country, but if we are attacked, we are capable of effectively responding. Our position is defensive."

http://tinyurl.com/73wq3



Russia: Do Not Threaten Tehran, Lavrov Says

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday warned world powers against threatening Iran and said the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program must be resolved through negotiations.

http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2006/02/07/012.html



The gullibility that led us into the last war could yet bring us a new conflict

Our leaders were never trustworthy, yet many people were only too willing to.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1702935,00.html


From Information Clearing House



McCain Starts Bombing Run on Iran

The senior senator for Arizona is, thus far, sparing the Iranians his riper bouts of pugilism, as when he bellowed for "lights out in Belgrade" and for NATO to "cream" the Serbs back at the close of the Nineties.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11801.htm

The Singh government's far-right predecessors had tried to forge an "anti-terrorist" alliance with the US and even become the camp-followers of Bush in Iraq, but failed. Popular opposition prevented it. It remains to be seen whether India's ruling class can take advantage of the new Iran opening to make "strategic partnership" with the US more real - and whether the people of the country will permit it, writes J. Sri Raman.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020606G.shtml