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Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

12/07/11

We are being lied to about the purported Iranian nuclear threat, and the war party knows it. In ways eerily reminiscent of the 2002 buildup to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the American people are being fed a steady diet of war propaganda about Iran and its alleged quest for a nuclear weapon. As with Iraq s president, Saddam Hussein, comparisons to Hitler circa 1938 abound. Max Boot, the neoconservative columnist, is just one of many propagandists working to agitate Americans into supporting a military attack on Iran...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1112g.asp



Iraq: No lessons learned

CounterPunch
by James Zogby

12/07/11

With the date for US forces to be fully withdrawn from Iraq fast approaching, it is important to remind ourselves how we got into that long and deadly war in the first place, to recognise that this conflict is far from over, and to hold accountable those responsible for the horrors they created during the past eight years. In a word, the road to Baghdad was paved with 'lies'...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/07/iraq-no-lessons-learned/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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What Israel s War Against Iran Would Look Like

Richard Sale, Truthout: 'The debate for and against an Iran war has turned into a catfight 'alive and spitting, sharp in tooth and claw,' as a poet said. The country s intelligence officials, like ours, are dead-set against any war. 'The Israelis have no idea of the scale and complexity of this kind of operation,' said a former senior US intelligence official.'

http://www.truth-out.org/what-israels-war-against-iran-would-look/1323374542

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Gingrich Calls For Joint Operations' With Israel To Attack Iran's Nuclear Program

By Ben Armbruster

'I would rather plan a joint operation conventionally than push the Israelis to a point where they [the Iranians] go nuclear'...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29928.htm



Gingrich wants Bolton as his secretary of state

Critics described him as hotheaded, and he famously loathed the U.N., which won him conservative fans. Bolton discussed a 2012 presidential run himself but decided against it.

http://bit.ly/uQTQYH



Ambassador: Turkey 'cannot tolerate' Iran getting nukes

Turkey is committed to keeping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and has stopped other countries from taking materials in to help Iran s nuclear program, Turkey s ambassador to the United States said Thursday.

http://bit.ly/sqU455



Newt Gingrich Condemned for Calling Palestinians 'Terrorists'

By Phoebe Greenwood

The Republican frontrunner insisted at a candidate debate on Saturday - to warm applause from the audience - that 'these people are terrorists. They teach terrorism in their schools.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29954.htm


From Information Clearing House

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US drone lost over Iran was on CIA operation
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/iranus-sabre-rattling/us-drone-lost-over-iran-was-on-cia-operation.html



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