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By Gareth Porter

New revelations about two documents leaked to The Times of London to show that Iran is working on a "nuclear trigger" mechanism have further undermined the credibility of the document the newspaper had presented as evidence of a continuing Iranian nuclear weapons programme.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24339.htm



The Mushroom Effect

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

One could be forgiven for thinking that the neoconservatives who nudge us towards war with Iran are under the effect of the magic mushroom. Obsessed with Iran, their trips take on the shape of a 'mushroom cloud'. Christopher Hitchens is one such example.

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Nuclear Deceit - The Times And Iran

By kanan48

On December 14, The Times announced that it had obtained documents about Iran's nuclear programme that revealed "a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator. This is the component of a nuclear weapon that triggers the explosion". - The Times had no doubts about the authenticity or significance of the document.

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Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: "US intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a 'neutron initiator' for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency official."

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Neocon Pundits Amp Up Demonization Efforts in Response to Possible Ron Paul 2012 Run
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Christians United for War

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by Philip Giraldi

12/24/09

On December 10th a group calling itself the Christian Leaders for a Nuclear-Free Iran sent a letter to both political parties’ leaders in Congress as well as to the chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Relations committee. The letter, beginning ‘We write today as Christian leaders,’ preceded a December 15th vote in the House of Representatives in which 412 house members approved the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, with only twelve votes opposed. The sanctions proposed by the House of Representatives and endorsed by the Christian leadership have correctly been seen by many as amounting to an act of war...

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Onward Christian soldiers, again

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by Philip Giraldi

02/04/10

On Christmas Eve I reported about a group of ‘Christian leaders’ who were calling on the US government to initiate harsh sanctions against Iran. Their lobbying contributed to an overwhelming House of Representatives vote (412-12) in support of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, which seeks to cut off Tehran’s importation of refined petroleum products, amounting to 40% of its energy needs, and bring the country’s economy to its knees. The supporters of the House resolution believe that pressuring Iran in that fashion will somehow convince its government to alter its nuclear energy policy.

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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'No proof Iran nuclear program is military'

Moscow is not convinced that Iran plans to weaponize its nuclear program, and has not been shown evidence convincing it otherwise, deputy Russian foreign minister Alexander Saltanov told The Jerusalem Post this week.

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Is Anyone Telling Us The Truth?

By Paul Craig Roberts

Who benefits? Clearly, attacking Iran is on the Israeli-U.S. agenda, and someone is creating the "evidence" to support the case, just as the leaked secret "Downing Street Memo" to the British cabinet informed Prime Minister Tony Blair's government that President Bush had already made the decision to invade Iraq and "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24352.htm



GOP Congressman wants to deport every Iranian

The National Iranian American Council is on high alert after a South Carolina Congressman announced this week that he will introduce legislation which would require the deportation of all Iranians living in America.

http://rawstory.com/2010/01/gop-congressman-deport-iranian/



Congressman seeking to bar Iranians from US

The STEP Act, a bill that was originally presented in 2003, would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar citizens of Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the United States.

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Graham: U.S. may have to use military action against Iran

The U.S. may have to act militarily, he said, if other methods fail."It would be better to use military force to go after Iran before they get the bomb," Graham said. "I told the president the same thing."

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France touts new nuclear sanctions: Military force would have only limited effect in stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons but must remain an option, the top U.S. military officer said Monday.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1136592.html



No Attack on Iran

"The lesson of George W. Bush invading Iraq and leaving North Korea alone is that if you have a nuclear bomb, the United States will leave you alone."

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Limbaugh Calls For "Massive Bombing Raids," War With Iran

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On his show Friday, Rush Limbaugh warned his listeners that "if we don't pound Iran into submission at some point they are going to get the bomb."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/18/limbaugh-calls-for-massiv_n_397715.html



Iran strike could destabilize Middle East: Pentagon

"I think that outcome is potentially a very, very destabilizing outcome ... on the other hand, when asked about striking Iran, specifically, that also has a very, very destabilizing outcome," Mullen told a gathering at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think-tank.

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Zbigniew Brzezinski: Attack on Iran would be a disaster
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U.S. President Barack Obama has warned his Chinese counterpart that the United States would not be able to keep Israel from attacking Iranian nuclear installations for much longer, senior officials in Jerusalem told Haaretz.

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Statement Opposing the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act

By Ron Paul

Mr. Speaker, I am concerned that many of my colleagues opposing war on Iran will vote in favor of this legislation, seeing it as a step short of war to bring Iran into line with US demands. I would remind them that sanctions and the blockades that are required to enforce them are themselves acts of war according to international law.

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Leaking of dubious document spurs new wave of anti-Iran propaganda
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Faith-Based Intelligence

Talk by Ray McGovern, 27-year Veteran of the CIA and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24185.htm



Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran

US to drill Iranian attack scenario

A top Pentagon official said Monday that a US missile defense drill would simulate an Iranian attack - a departure from the usual scenario of a North Korean attack - according to Reuters.

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Syria will defend Iran if Israel attacks

If Israel does attack Iran's nuclear facilities, it will undoubtedly result in a regional war after Iran and Syria signed a mutual defense agreement on Sunday.

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By Gareth Porter

The Obama administration seems to have adopted a position that makes it impossible to achieve an agreement acceptable to Tehran and move towards a global settlement with the US. If this is the case, the US may have started down the long, dark corridor to confrontation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24153.htm



Which Side Are You On?

By Carl Herman

Official and authoritative US policy for the use of nuclear weapons has first-strike plans to strike targets "intending to use WMD" against a US ally.

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Flucht nach vorne, ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste
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