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U.S. military commanders in Iraq say Shiite militants, believed to be linked to Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army, have received training and equipment from Iranian military commandos. The militants are believed to be behind the recent upsurge in well-aimed rocket fire on the U.S.-protected green zone. Others say the threats from these elite Shiite fighters - and the role of Iran - have been exaggerated.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89850119


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By Richard Silverstein

Hillary Clinton's pledge to 'obliterate' Iran if it attacks Israel is unnecessarily bellicose.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19788.htm



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Truthout's Maya Schenwar interviews "All the Shah's Men" author Stephen Kinzer on Iran and the mentality behind US "regime change" operations worldwide.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042208J.shtml



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From ufpj-news

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Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:

Gates: Iran Hell Bent on Getting Nukes

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believes Iran is "hell bent" on acquiring nuclear weapons, but he warned in strong terms of the consequences of going to war over that.

http://tinyurl.com/4yczuf



Clinton: If Tehran "nukes" Israel, U.S. could 'totally obliterate' Iran

Hillary Clinton, facing a crucial primary in Pennsylvania Tuesday, said that if she were in the White House and Tehran attacked Israel with nuclear weapons, the United States would be able to 'totally obliterate' Iran.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/976991.html



India Rejects US Call For It To Pressure Iran On Nuclear Bid

India on Tuesday told Washington to mind its own business after a U.S. official said New Delhi should urge Iran to curtail its nuclear program during a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

http://tinyurl.com/3hxvdg


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Who Gets Totally Obliterated, Iran Or the US?
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/who-gets-totally-obliterated-us-or-them/


Informant: Duane Roberts

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Clinton: 'No Regrets' Concerning Threat to 'Obliterate Iran'
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/05/8724/



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Informant: Dorothee Krien



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By Jim Meyers

"Israel is preparing for heavy casualties," the source said, suggesting that although Israel will not take part in the strike, it is expecting to be the target of Iranian retribution.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19746.htm



Iran would 'eliminate Israel' if attacked

"We are not worried by Israeli manoeuvres, but if Israel takes such action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, we will eliminate it from the global arena," Mohammad Reza Ashtiani was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency.

http://tinyurl.com/4dfn45


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CounterPunch
by Paul Craig Roberts

04/14/08

Last week’s congressional testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and Green Zone administrator Ryan Crocker set the propaganda stage for a Bush regime attack on Iran….. According to the neocon propaganda, the “special groups” (have you ever heard of them before?) are breakaway elements of al Sadr’s militia.Nonsensical on its face, the Petraeus/Crocker testimony is just another ploy in the macabre theatre of lies that the Bush regime has told in order to justify its wars of naked aggression against Muslims...

http://counterpunch.org/roberts04142008.html


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Cheney cold-shouldered
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