World-News

"Iran is very active in the southern part of Iraq. They are training Iraqis in Iran who come into Iraq and attack our forces, Iraqi forces, Iraqi civilians. There are movements of equipment. There's movements of funds," Hadley said. "So we have illegal ... militia in the southern part of the country that really are acting as criminal elements that are oppressing the people down there."

http://tinyurl.com/5zhz42


From Information Clearing House

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AFP looks skeptically at US's new rationale for being in Iraq, the
Iranian 'threat'

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7350/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iranian+threat
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=War+pimp+alert
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hadley

Khaleej Times Editorial

LATEST movements in Washington's war lobby indicate a reassessment of the Iraq policy with Iran slowly replacing Al Qaeda as the prime terrorism threat as officials juggle with justification for continued surge level troops.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19724.htm

 

http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_r_m_080412_the_coming_war_with_.htm

Informant: gary100dm

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It's About the Oil, Stupid

By Joe Lauria

World civilization is based on oil. The world is running out of oil. The oil companies and governments are not telling the truth about how close we are to the end. Dick Cheney knew about peak oil back in 1999 when he spoke to the London Petroleum Institute as Halliburton CEO.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19737.htm

 

http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Halliburton
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joe+Lauria

The official says there were no signs any boat was armed.
http://tinyurl.com/626ntu

 

http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Persian+Gulf

By Dan Froomkin

Vice President Cheney went on right-wing talk radio yesterday with a dramatic new argument for preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons, casting the Iranian leadership as apocalyptic zealots who yearn for a nuclear conflagration.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19719.htm

 

http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dan+Froomkin

http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan77.html

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Petraeus Points To War With Iran

By Patrick J. Buchanan

The neocons may yet get their war on Iran. Ever since President Nouri al-Maliki ordered the attacks in Basra on the Mahdi Army, Gen. David Petraeus has been laying the predicate for U.S. air strikes on Iran and a wider war in the Middle East.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19715.htm

 

http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Maliki
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Basra
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mahdi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/buchanan

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/11/8229/

 

http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Matthew+Rothschild

By Mark Tran

By invading Iraq, the US has removed a Sunni bulwark against Shia Iran.

It may surprise George Bush and his top commanders to hear that the US military presence in Iraq suits Iran down to the ground.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19711.htm



With warning to Iran, Bush says U.S. troops in Iraq to have all time they need

The regime in Tehran has a choice to make, Bush said -- "to live in peace with its neighbor, enjoy strong economic and cultural and religious ties, or it could continue to arm and train and fund illegal militant groups, which are terrorizing the Iraqi people and turning them against Iran

http://tinyurl.com/572apf



Iran and al Qaeda among greatest threats to U.S.: Bush

"If Iran makes the right choice, America will encourage a peaceful relationship between Iran and Iraq. If Iran makes the wrong choice, America will act to protect our interests and our troops and our Iraqi partners."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080410/pl_nm/bush_iraq_iran_dc



US-Iran conflict likely to deepen

As the Bush administration draws closer to the end of its tenure in office, the prospect of a US military strike against Iran is increasing, partly caused by the serious misjudgment of each other's strategies.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2008-04/10/content_6605526.htm


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+pimp+alert
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Manufacturing+Consent+For+War+With+Iran

Aijaz Ahmad on the Petraeus hearings and why the neo-cons target Iran. http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=1321&thisview=item

 

Candidates jockey for position on Iraq


Tom Hayden: Iran is Washington's scapegoat for failure of surge. http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=1320&thisview=item

 

http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Aijaz+Ahmad
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tom+Hayden

Crocker claimed that militias loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had alienated many Iraqis, and Iran's reputation suffered because Iraqis take it as a given that the militias are backed by Iran.

http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_8862807?nclick_check=1



Petraeus Says Iranian-Backed Groups Are Greatest Threat to Iraq

The so-called "special groups,'' which are funded, trained and armed by Iran, played a "destructive role'' in the recent clashes between extremist militias and Iraqi government forces in Basra and Baghdad, Petraeus said.

http://tinyurl.com/44m6tv



Iranian Government Slams US Over Fresh Iraq Accusations

"This report indicates that despite the surge, whose result has been more killing, the Americans have not been able to reach their announced goals in Iraq," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said in a statement.

http://tinyurl.com/42xm8s



Matthew Rothschild: Petraeus Prepares the Battlefield for Iran

I watched much of General Petraeus's testimony. And what jumped out at me were the bellicose comments he made about Iran.

http://www.progressive.org/mag_wx040808



Experts, Senators Diverge Over Ways to Impose Tougher Sanctions on Iran

Despite the December 2007 National Intelligence Estimate that concluded Iran had halted part of its nuclear weapons program, there was no question the country was pursuing nuclear weapons.

http://public.cq.com/docs/cqt/news110-000002700234.html



Iran's nuclear armament will aid Islamic terror

"Iran's nuclear armament poses an existential threat to Israel, because it will provide a 'nuclear umbrella' to fundamentalist Islamic terror," Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3529763,00.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ryan+Crocker
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