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Rückkehr zur Realität: Die Neokonservativen nach dem Geheimdienstbericht über Irans Nuklearprogramm.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26832/1.html



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Doesn't believe report they stopped making WMD in '03
http://www.torontosun.com/News/World/2007/12/12/4720395-sun.html



Mullen: Israel not alone against Iran

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen wrapped up his lightning trip to Israel on Monday, leaving the IDF with a feeling that Israel does not stand alone in the face of the Iranian nuclear threat, despite a recent American intelligence report.

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Israel keeps up pressure on Iran

The Israeli government does not like the US National Intelligence Estimate on Iran - and for the most part, is not buying it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7138506.stm



'France worried by Iran-Israel tension'

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published Wednesday that there is a danger of war erupting over Iran's nuclear program if "the Israelis consider their security truly threatened."

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Report on Iran may scupper future sanctions

A draft Security Council resolution being discussed yesterday by officials from the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany would extend punitive measures - including travel bans and the seizure of assets - to the 15,000-strong Quds force, as well as dozens of named individuals.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3037599.ece



US admits 'tactical differences' with Russia, China on Iran

The United States has "tactical differences" with Russia and China on adopting new UN sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

http://www.afxnews.com/about488/index.php?lg=en&c=00.00&story=2221181



American Jews oppose attack on Iran

Regarding Iran's nuclear program, 92 percent of American Jews are concerned about the prospect of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. Still, a majority - 57 percent - oppose US military action to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

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Army chief: Israeli Military Preparing For Nuclear Iran Scenario

By Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Israel's army chief of staff hinted Wednesday that the Israeli military may have to act itself to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, if the international community was unsuccessful in doing so.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18883.htm



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Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

12/10/07

The latest assessment of Iran’s nuclear ambitions is a stunning development. Two years ago the Bush administration touted intelligence alleged to show that Iran was developing such weapons. Only several weeks ago Bush warned that if Iran were not stopped, World War III would follow. This week he said he did not know about the new National Intelligence Estimate when he made that chilling statement, although the estimate had already been written. Administration spokesmen say Bush was aware there was new information about Iran’s activity but didn’t ask for details. Whether that is true or false, it is typical of this government...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0712b.asp



The boy who cried WMD

In These Times
by Sanhita SinhaRoy

12/11/07

There goes the Axis of Evil. On Dec. 3, news broke that 16 U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded that Iran had halted its nuclear arms efforts in 2003. You would think the report — known as the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) — would give Bush pause in his push for another war. You’d be wrong. At a Dec. 4 White House press conference, Bush said, ‘Iran is dangerous, and the NIE doesn’t do anything to change my opinion about the danger Iran poses to the world. Quite the contrary.’ For years the Bush administration and its neoconservative buddies have been ratcheting the rhetoric against Iran...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3444/the_boy_who_cried_wmd/



The GOP’s Iran option is off the table

Salon
by Juan Cole

12/11/07

For Republicans, the beauty of Iran as a campaign issue was that it involved a regime whose minions had regularly chanted ‘death to America’ for decades, a regime that is actively hostile to the U.S. ally Israel, that had at least at some point been involved in international terrorism, and that — above all — was suspected of aggressively pursuing a nuclear weapons program. Americans had despised the Shiite clerical regime ever since Khomeini’s regime took U.S. embassy personnel hostage, and ayatollahs with nukes was a national nightmare. Indeed, the ongoing threat of a nuclear-armed Iran had the potential for bolstering those Americans motivated by issues of national security, thereby rescuing the politically sinking Republicans. Americans are not now going to fall in love with Iran, and suspicions may linger about Tehran’s civilian nuclear energy research program. But voters are unlikely to take very seriously the idea that a poor, weak country of 70 million — one lacking much of an air force and with no weapons of mass destruction — is the most important problem that the United States faces. And if Iran is not the most important problem, then surely healthcare, the economy and getting out of Iraq are...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/12/11/iran_08/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Informant: Lew Rockwell



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After seeing Rice, Lavrov told reporters: "It fully confirms the information that we have: that there is no military element in their nuclear program. We hope very much that these negotiations with Iran will continue."

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/12/10/016.html


From Information Clearing House



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Bombed If You Do, Bombed If You Don't
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul429.html

NIE vs. LIE
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese420.html



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Major crude producer Iran has completely stopped carrying out its oil transactions in dollars, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Saturday, labelling the greenback an "unreliable" currency.

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Bolton says US intel report on Iran was political

Bolton described the NIE, released Monday, as a "quasi-putsch" by the agencies, Der Spiegel said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22161437/


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Now Is The Time For Serious Diplomacy On Iran

The consequences of an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities which has been advocated by many are too hazardous to even contemplate seriously.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18855.htm



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Sebastian Abbot, writing for The Associated Press, reports: "Gulf Arab countries challenged Defense Secretary Robert Gates on American policies toward Iran and Israel Saturday, after he urged them to force Tehran to stop uranium enrichment."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120907Z.shtml



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