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By Paul Craig Roberts
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OpEdNews, PA - Apr 8, 2008

General Petraeus will testify before Congress laying out the pretext for war with IRAN. McCain will support him and Obama and Clinton will have to acquiesce...
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_allen_l__080408_countdown_to_attack_.htm



Bomb Bomb Iran by Summer's End?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042908J.shtml

Steve Weissman writes for Truthout: "when Senator John McCain serenaded reporters last April with his 'Bomb Bomb Iran,' I had to wonder. Was this a taste of his aging flyboy humor? Or was he telling us what to expect should he ever become president? We may never find out. If Vice President Dick Cheney has his way, he will beat McCain to the punch, possibly as soon as late May, after President George W. Bush returns from celebrating the 60th anniversary of Israel's creation."

Excerpt:

On February 25 of this year, Cheney made a surprise visit to the Sultanate of Oman, a longtime military ally just across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran. He had come, an Omani official told The Associated Press, "to discuss regional security issues, including the US standoff with Iran over its nuclear program."

A little over three weeks later, Cheney returned to Oman as part of a ten-day visit to several countries in the region, including Israel, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. While in Oman, he gave an interview to Martha Raddatz of ABC News. "Can you foresee any point where military action would be taken?" Raddatz asked. Cheney tried to downplay the question, but Raddatz persisted, asking specifically about the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which concluded that Iran had shut down its nuclear arms program five years ago.

Cheney read the NIE differently. The Iranians definitely had a program to develop a nuclear warhead, which they apparently stopped in 2003, he insisted. "We don't know whether or not they've restarted." Cheney emphasized that the Iranians were continuing with their uranium enrichment, which - he said - would give them the fissile material to make nuclear weapons. He offered no evidence that the Iranian program would or could produce the highly enriched uranium they would need to make a bomb.

"VP: Iran May Have Resumed Weapon Program," the headlines ran. "Cheney: Iran might be next US target." The Israeli web site DEBKA added that Cheney was specifically talking about possible US military action in the region to shut down Iran's nuclear program.

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A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR gas pipeline project linking Iran, Pakistan and India that is bitterly opposed by Washington is set to go ahead after Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a historic first visit to meet leaders of the new coalition government in Islamabad.

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Kislyak said there is no threat from Iran. The Russian military, notably Chief of Staff Yury Baluyevsky, view the Iranian missile threat as hypothetical, unlike the very tangible U.S. interceptor missiles to be deployed in Poland.

http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080428/106110339.html



Conservatives' win is a lesson for US

The effects left by the relentless attacks of the US administration against Iran have brought the conservatives closer together in a united stand. It could not be denied that external factors have played a role in the final results.

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Hillary Strangelove
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/04/27/hillary_strangelove/?page=full


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Clinton exchanges threats with Iranian cleric

Iranian cleric responds to Clinton's warning with a warning of his own.
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By Ann Scott Tyson

The nation's top military officer said today that the Pentagon is planning for "potential military courses of action" against Iran, criticizing what he called the Tehran government's "increasingly lethal and malign influence" in Iraq.

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U.N. Nuclear Watchdog in 'Milestone' Iran Deal

By The Associated Press

IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei called the agreement "a milestone" that - if successful - should signal the end of his organization's years of attempts to probe Tehran's secretive nuclear program.

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US-Contracted Ship Fires Toward 'Iranian' Boat
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/25/8533

Is an Attack on Iran Imminent?
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/25/8529/

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Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:

Britons kidnapped in Iraq are 'held by Iran'

Five British hostages who were kidnapped in Iraq almost a year ago are being held inside Iran by Revolutionary Guards, according to two separate sources in the Middle East and London.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3822830.ece



US warns Iran of retaliation over Iraq action

America's top military officer has ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by issuing an unusual public warning that the Pentagon is planning for "potential military courses of action".

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3822588.ece



Iranian video 'shows no threat to US navy'

Iran has released a video which is claimed to show that its boats did not threaten US navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as has been claimed by the Americans.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/10/wiran110.xml



In war, some facts less factual

When George H. W. Bush ordered American forces to the Persian Gulf - to reverse Iraq's August 1990 invasion of Kuwait - part of the administration case was that an Iraqi juggernaut was also threatening to roll into Saudi Arabia.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p01s02-wosc.html



Clear Iranian role in Baghdad violence: military

"We have found many Iranian-made weapons -- Katyusha and Grad rockets, and smart roadside bombs and smart bombs. We have also seized some documents and identified some people," Atta said, without elaborating.

http://www.france24.com/en/20080427-clear-iranian-role-baghdad-violence-military



Iran dismisses allegations over Iraq meddling, arms supply

Iran on Monday dismissed as "illusive allegations" made by certain Iraqi and US officials over arms supply to Iraqi insurgents.

http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0804286232185939.htm


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Is war with Iran imminent?

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by Justin Raimondo

04/28/08

The shooting has already started in the Persian Gulf — and chances are we’ll be at war with Iran before President Bush’s term is up. An American ship under contract with the U.S. Navy — the Western Venture — claims it was in international waters when Iranian speedboats approached and failed to answer radio calls. Shots were fired on the American side. Iran denies the whole thing. Yet you’ll recall that in the last incident, involving the capture of British sailors, the story about being in international waters was the same — except, it turns out, they weren’t in international waters, but in disputed waters, just as we speculated in this space. There’s no reason to expect anything different this time. Clearly, the U.S. and Britain are trying to trigger a new conflict with the most brazen provocations, and they don’t really care how it happens — only that it does...

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Die USA-Behörden verschärfen die Sanktionen gegen Iran und setzen große Teile des iranischen Bankensektors auf eine Schwarze Liste.

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The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran have reached an agreement on the process to look into allegations regarding Tehran's nuclear programs, IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said Wednesday.

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