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Consortium News
by Ray McGovern

05/19/08

When Adm. William ‘Fox’ Fallon stepped down as the top U.S. military officer on the Middle East, a key obstacle to a possible U.S. strike against Iran was removed. In this open letter, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern urges Fallon to speak out on the dangers of a wider war...

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/051908b.html


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Mohammad El-Baradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said here Monday the UN nuclear watchdog has no evidence proving that Iran was building a nuclear bomb, but affirmed that the Iranian nuclear file was part of security of region.

http://tinyurl.com/6zww6a



US Congressional leaders say they don't rule out military option against Iran

Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives said in Israel on Monday that they do not rule out military action against Iran to stop it from acquiring nuclear bombs.

http://tinyurl.com/5ot8cq


From Information Clearing House

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Spinning the IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program

US corporate media put slant on report despite IAEA finding no proof of continued nuclear arms program.

http://tinyurl.com/3rcu2e



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http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2008/051608_terror_attacks.htm



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Asia Times
by Gareth Porter

05/15/08

The George W Bush administration and General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, plotted a sequence of events that would sensationally build domestic US political support for a possible strike against Iran. Key to this was to be the display of a major cache of Iranian weapons for use by Shi’ite militias in the Iraqi city of Karbala. The weapons turned out to have nothing to do with Iran, and worse, the Iraq government suddenly distanced itself from the US’s plan...

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JE16Ak02.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix hammers world powers for their 'hypocritical' approach to the Islamic Republic's nuclear issue.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=55677&sectionid=351020104


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Analysis by Gareth Porter

Early this month, the George W. Bush administration's plan to create a new crescendo of accusations against Iran for allegedly smuggling arms to Shiite militias in Iraq encountered not just one but two setbacks.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19927.htm



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http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8861


Informant: Dorothee Krien

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Lies of Aggression
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19937.htm



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Informant: Dorothee Krien



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"The Iranians have been training and arming Iraqi extremists who have gone back into Iraq and are responsible for the killing of hundreds of American soldiers," Lieberman continued angrily. "This is an outrageous act. ... These people have American blood on their hands."

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Lieberman_Airstrikes_on_Iran_distinct_possibility_0512.html


From Information Clearing House



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