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Angela Doland reports for The Associated Press, "French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Monday that it would be 'catastrophic' to resort to military force in confronting Iran over its suspect nuclear program."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082807F.shtml

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6662/


Informant: jensenmk



Report: US Has Prepared to Attack Iran
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/26199


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

THE White House's plans to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organisation are intended to give the Bush administration cover if it launches military strikes on the Islamic republic, according to a prominent former CIA officer.

http://snipurl.com/1q0lk



The Next War Draws Nearer

I continue to put the prospects for a major military operation targeting Iran down as "likely," and the time frame drawing nearer. When will Bush give the go ahead? I think late this year or early next would be the most congenial time frame from the perspective of the war party. Some of the developments that go into my call...

http://harpers.org/archive/2007/08/hbc-90000995



What happens if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz?

In terms of volume, blocking the Strait of Hormuz ''is probably the biggest single energy-security risk that exists in the world,'' says Lawrence Eagles, head of oil markets at the International Energy Agency, the Paris-based energy watchdog for the world's most industrialized nations.

http://snipurl.com/1q0ln


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'Ridiculous' Washington Post editorial mongers war with Iran
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6661/


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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iran+airstrikes
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=revolutionary+guards
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Strait+of+Hormuz
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday a diplomatic push by the world's powers to rein in Teheran's nuclear programme was the only alternative to 'an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran'.

http://snipurl.com/1q0li


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A new US strategy for victory in Iraq may be in the works

By Hassan Nafaa

The implications for the Sunnis and the Shiites are frightening.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18262.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hassan+Nafaa

By Noam Chomsky

The sabre-rattling rhetoric about "containing Iran" has escalated to the point where both political parties and practically the whole US Press corps accept it as legitimate and, in fact, honourable, that "all options are on the table," to quote the leading presidential candidates - possibly even nuclear weapons.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18263.htm



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

USA Today

08/26/07

Iran vowed Sunday to use a new 2,000-pound ’smart’ bomb against its enemies and unveiled mass production of the new weapon, state television reported. Tehran first announced development of the long-range guided bomb Thursday, saying it could be deployed by the country’s aging U.S.-made F-4 and F-5 fighter jets...

http://tinyurl.com/ywn5wp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The White House's plans to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organisation are intended to give the Bush administration cover if it launches military strikes on the Islamic republic, according to a prominent former CIA officer.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/26/wiran126.xml


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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=revolutionary+guards

CIA said to step up operations in Iran

In an effort to build congressional and Pentagon support for military options against Iran, the Bush administration has shifted from its earlier strategy of building a case based on an alleged Iranian nuclear weapons program to one invoking improvised explosive devices (IEDs) purportedly manufactured in Iran that are killing US soldiers in Iraq.

http://snipurl.com/1px4h



An intensifying US campaign against Iran

It was Iran, warned Madeleine Albright, then-US envoy to the United Nations, that had forged a "tactical alliance" with a Somali warlord and "terrorists" in Sudan. Intelligence sources for the first time spoke of smuggled Iranian weapons. In Mogadishu, journalists were told that Iranian agents were training Somalis to make car bombs. But no proof was ever presented.

http://snipurl.com/1px4i



Draft intelligence Report Logs Bleak Outlook for Iran

A draft intelligence report portrays a bleak political situation in Iran, anticipating little progress in getting Tehran to halt its nuclear program or stop supporting militant groups in the region, U.S. officials said Thursday.

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Iranian dissident warns of US actions against Iran

Mohsen Sazegara, who was a high-ranking Tehran official before turning against the government, told AFP in an interview that the US move, reported to be in the works last week, could spark a backlash, stirring up more turmoil in places where Washington accuses them of terror activities, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon.

http://snipurl.com/1px4k



US Reaction to Iran-IAEA Deal Illogical

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini called the US reaction to agreements between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency as "illogical and non-technical".

http://www.iran-daily.com/1386/2925/html/national.htm#s252795


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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Manufacturing+Consent
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=IAEA

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22303955-2703,00.html


Informant: Kev Hall

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US, 'poised to strike,' labors to paint Iran as aggressor
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6654/


Informant: jensenmk

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