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House Passes Sanctions Bill Barring Diplomacy With Iran

By Ali Gharib

No person employed with the United States Government may contact in an official or unofficial capacity any person that...is an agent, instrumentality, or official of, is affiliated with, or is serving as a representative of the Government of Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29993.htm



US Senate sanctions Irans Central Bank

The Senate voted 100-0 on Thursday for an amendment proposed by the Democrat Senator Robert Menendez and a Republican, Senator Mark Kirk, which would allow the US President Barack Obama to sanction foreign banks engaged in a 'significant financial transaction with the Central Bank of Iran,' Reuters reported.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/215889.html



Russian expert: Iran will be apparently attacked from Georgia s territory

The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq is a sign of future war against Iran, 'Should the U.S. forces remain in Iraq, it would inevitably lead to unpredictable consequences, with Iran striking heavy blows on the U.S. bases,' Maxim Shevchenko told vesti.az.

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/86722/



U.S. to leave Iraqi airspace clear for strategic Israeli route to Iran

The U.S. military s fast-approaching Dec. 31 exit from Iraq, which has no way to defend its airspace, puts Israel in a better place strategically to strike Iran s nuclear facilities.

http://bit.ly/tWbGr9



Yes, Obama May Call Iran Strike

Dennis Ross, just retired as President Barack Obama s top adviser on the Middle East, warned yesterday that Obama means what he says when he declares that the White House isn t ruling out military action against Tehran.

http://the-diplomat.com/2011/12/15/yes-obama-may-call-iran-strike/


From Information Clearing House

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The inevitable war with Iran

Antiwar.com
by Philip Giraldi

12/15/11

The overly ambitious and ethically challenged wannabes who pass as statesmen in today s United States fail to appreciate that the feckless promises made in their lust for high office could produce a catastrophic result. War is serious stuff, as the past 10 years have surely taught us, and Iran, which has had seven years to prepare for an attack, is a much larger and tougher nut than Iraq and Afghanistan combined...

http://bit.ly/vzMr58


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Dennis+Ross
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Middle+East
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=nuclear+facilities
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+action
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=sanctions
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ali+Gharib
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Philip+Giraldi

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