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Is Iran next

Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker: "Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country's religious leadership."

http://www.truthout.org/article/preparing-battlefield

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Seymour Hersh on IRAN. You MUST be informed

Everyone MUST READ or listen to the interviews with and the article by Seymour Hersh.

Vice President Dick Cheney seems determined to attack (or encourage Israel to attack) IRAN and he and Bush are seeking an excuse and a provocation to attack IRAN.

Article in New Yorker magazine:
PREPARING THE BATTLEFIELD.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh

Interview on NPR with Terry Gross on "Fresh Air." (I think this was the best interview)

Seymour Hersh On Covert Operations In Iran:
In the upcoming issue of the New Yorker, Seymour Hersh writes that the United States may be closer to armed conflict with Iran than previously imagined.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92025860

Hersh: Congress Agreed to Bush Request to Fund Major Escalation in Secret Operations Against Iran

Interview with Amy Goodman. (scroll down on web page for transcript) . Iran stopped production for nuclear weapons in 2003.

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/30/hersh_congress_agreed_to_bush_request

Morning Joe: Katrina vanden Heuvel on the Sy Hersh Leak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlFO-7vfhJc

BBC NEWS | Americas | US special forces 'inside Iran'
Jan 17, 2005 ... BBC NEWS: VIDEO AND AUDIO. Details of Seymour Hersh's claim. SEE ALSO:. Analysis: Is Iran next for US military? 17 Jan 05 | Americas ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4180087.stm

Geraldo Cienmarcos

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rudkla - 30. Jun, 09:22

Iran In The Crosshairs: As Fears Of An Air Strike Increase, Little Opposition Is Heard

http://countercurrents.org/glunts290608.htm

From APFN daily update

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rudkla - 30. Jun, 08:52

Israel Prepared to Use Force Against Iran

Israeli politician Isaac Ben-Israel says his country is ready to launch an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities if diplomacy doesn't work.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,562746,00.html

Report: Iran will use oil as weapon if attacked

The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the country would impose controls on shipping in the vital Gulf oil route if Iran was attacked.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25424938/

I'm Off To Iran Before Israel Bombs It

By George Galloway

As a signatory to the treaty governing the development of nuclear weapons, Iran has done nothing wrong under it either, at least according to the watchdog maintained by the international community, the IAEA.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20209.htm

Video

Why USA and Israel Will Attack Iran
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20210.htm

If attacked : Iran ready to strike at Israel's nuclear heart

Iran has moved ballistic missiles into launch positions, with Israel's Dimona nuclear plant among the possible targets, defence sources said last week.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4232021.ece

Congress to Bush and Cheney: Do What You Want in Iran

The U.S. will be at war with Iran or on the way to war by January 2009. And if that is so, it will matter less than we think who is elected in November. The momentum will be there; the country will be committed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20080630/cm_huffpost/109868

From Information Clearing House

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Iran Threatens to Shut Down Persian Gulf Oil Lanes if Attacked

The Los Angeles Times' Borzou Daragahi: "The commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said the government might shut down vital oil lanes through the Persian Gulf if the country were attacked by the United States or Israel, according to a newspaper report Saturday."

http://www.truthout.org/article/iran-threatens-shut-down-persian-gulf-oil-lanes-if-attacked

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Fear over Israel’s threat to strike Iran
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7662/

Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

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rudkla - 30. Jun, 08:00

Debunking The Iran War Resolution

By August Wagele

The White House is continually asserting that Iran is a threat to America, a threat to its neighbors, harming Americans in Iraq, supporting terrorism, and illegally pursuing nuclear weapons.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20199.htm

America Is the Rogue Nation
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20197.htm

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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charley+Reese

rudkla - 30. Jun, 06:10

The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran

By Seymour M. Hersh

Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country's religious leadership.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20203.htm

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rudkla - 30. Jun, 06:07