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The US military is drawing up plans for a "surgical strike" against an insurgent training camp inside Iran if Republican Guards continue with attempts to destabilise Iraq, western intelligence sources said last week.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3868063.ece



Top cleric vows crushing response if Iran attacked
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American warships, do not in the slightest meet the Iranian "threat" head on. They do the reverse: They strengthen the most radical mentalities of ancient Persia that remain locked in the memories of the country's history. In fact, they only strengthen perfervid anti-Western feelings.

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Democrats Okay Funds for Covert Ops

By Andrew Cockburn

Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, "unprecedented in its scope."

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"Das unabwendbare Schicksal ungerechter Regierungen ist der Sturz" http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27819/1.html



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The Persian Gulf is more dangerous than ever. Will the U.S. and Iran go to war at sea?: In April 1988 the American and Iranian navies fought the biggest air-sea battle waged since World War II. By the time it was over, carrier-based U.S. attack planes had sunk the frigate Sahand and disabled the frigate Sabalan, the pride of the Iranian navy.

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By John Milburn

CIA Director Michael Hayden said Wednesday that Iranian policy, at the highest government level, is to help kill Americans in Iraq, the boldest pronouncement of Iranian involvement by a U.S. official to date.

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US officials: Decision On Confronting Iran Up To Iraq

By The Associated Press

Iraqi leaders have been given the latest U.S. evidence of Iranian support for militias inside Iraq, and Baghdad will decide what to do about it, two senior Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

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Is War With Iran Imminent?

This time, it's more than a rumor...

By Justin Raimondo

The indications of an imminent attack - the latest incident, the steady stream of accusations coming from the U.S. regarding Iranian influence in Iraq, the nuclear charade, etc. - have suddenly taken a more ominous turn with the recent statement of America's top military officer that the U.S. is weighing military action against Iran. The Washington Post reports.

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Presstitute and war pimp alert:
US Cites New Evidence of Iranian Support for Taliban

The Pentagon said Wednesday Iran is continuing to provide weapons and other material to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, in addition to its alleged continuing support for Shiite militias in Iraq.

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Mullen Cites U.S. 'Vulnerability'

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, said the U.S. political transition will be "extraordinarily challenging," particularly as the military is engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan and faces interference in both countries from Iran.

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The Iranian Chessboard

Pepe Escobar writes for TomDispatch.com about the perspective from Iran as this week the US floats a second aircraft carrier battle group into the Persian Gulf: "What does the world look like from Tehran? Here are five ways to think about Iran under the gun and to better decode the Iranian chessboard."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050108S.shtml

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How Under-the-Gun Iran Plays it Cool

By Pepe Escobar

This year, Iran finally becomes a natural gas-exporting country. The framework for the $7.6 billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline, also known as the "peace" pipeline, is a go. Both these key South Asian US allies are ignoring Bush administration desires and rapidly bolstering their economic, political, cultural, and - crucially - geostrategic connections with Iran. An attack on Iran would now inevitably be viewed as an attack against Asia.

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Katie Couric and the Corporate Media Gear Up for Iran Attack
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Iran seeking to keep Afghanistan unstable

US official: Iran is seeking to keep Afghanistan weak and unstable, delivering arms to the Taliban whilst ostensibly supporting Kabul's government, a senior US state department official said in Paris Tuesday.

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Iran a potential threat in Latin America: US

Isolated Iran sees Latin America as a place to push back US influence, from which it could maintain a 'terrorist threat' against the United States in the event of a conflict, a senior US official warned on Wednesday.

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MSNBC

04/29/08

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that sending a second U.S. aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf could serve as a ‘reminder’ to Iran, but he said it’s not an escalation of force. Speaking to reporters after meeting with Mexican leaders, Gates said heightening U.S. criticism of Iran and its support for terror groups is not a signal that the administration is laying the groundwork for a strike against Tehran...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24377396/



Not so by the way …
The Power of Narrative

by Arthur Silber

04/29/08

One last point about the attack on Iran that will very likely come before Bush leaves office, and probably sometime this summer at the latest, a point that no one discusses: in the unfolding, bloody chaos following such an attack, chaos that will extend through the fall and long after, just exactly who do you think will be most helped by the hysteria that will engulf us, fueled by the always helpful mainstream media that will faithfully regurgitate and amplify the government propaganda? McCain — or the Democratic presidential candidate, whether it be Obama or Clinton? If you think the Democrat will be helped the most, I suggest you do your best to wake up from that coma...

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2008/04/not-so-by-way.html


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Navy Adds Carrier in Gulf as "Reminder" to Iran

David Morgan, of Reuters, reports: "the US Navy has temporarily added a second aircraft carrier in the Gulf as a 'reminder' to Iran, but this was not an escalation of American forces in the region, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters during a trip to Mexico, Gates flatly denied a suggestion that the presence of two US carriers in the Gulf could be a precursor to military action against Tehran."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/043008J.shtml

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Presstitute and war pimp alert:

"Hostile" Iran Sparks U.S. Attack Plan

"What the Iranians are doing is killing American servicemen and -women inside Iraq," said Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/29/eveningnews/main4056941.shtml



Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:

US Report: Iran World's Most Significant Terrorism Sponsor

The report identified Iran as the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism with support for hard-line Palestinian factions opposed to U.S.-led peace efforts, Lebanese Hezbollah militants, and Iraqi insurgents.

http://tinyurl.com/54kmtw



US Denies Report It Is Ramping Up Military Plans Vs Iran

"I'm not aware of any ramping up or revision of war plans for Iran," Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters traveling with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates

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White House downplays arrival of second U.S. aircraft carrier in Gulf

"They reinforce that the U.S. has an enduring commitment to the region and to our allies, and we continue to protect our allies and interests wherever necessary," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino during a White House briefing.

http://tinyurl.com/4z246e



Waships 'to remind Iran of US power'

The decision to send a second US aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf should be a "reminder" to Iran of Washington's military might but was not an escalation of force in the region, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23623738-15084,00.html



Top Russian official says Iran's nuclear program is strictly peaceful

A senior Russian government official said on Wednesday after talks with the Iranian leadership that the Islamic Republic was not developing nuclear weapons.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080430/106309079.html



Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the depreciating dollar a "worthless piece of paper" at a rare summit last year in Saudi Arabia attended by state leaders from OPEC countries.

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