World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/03-1

Article says Israel May Attack Iran in April
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/02/03

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Israel Warns US Jews: Iran Could Strike Here

By RICHARD ESPOSITO

Israeli facilities in North America and around the world are on high alert, according to an internal security document obtained by ABC News that predicted the threat from Iran against Jewish targets will increase.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30435.htm



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http://lewrockwell.com/casey/casey106.html

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Panetta report fuels concerns that Israel will attack Iran

MSNBC

02/02/12

Concerns that Israel will attack Iran in an attempt to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons escalated Thursday when the Washington Post reported that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a 'strong likelihood' that Tel Aviv will launch such an offensive in April, May or June. Panetta, who is attending a NATO meeting in Brussels, did not dispute the report by Post Op/Ed columnist David Ignatius...

http://tinyurl.com/6mr4ql2



Clapper-trap on Iranian attacks inside the US

CounterPunch
by Dave Lindorff

02/02/12

Americans ought to understand: If we are going to be an aggressor nation, and are going to sponsor acts of terror abroad against nations that have not attacked us or our allies, we need to expect, or at least be prepared to face attacks on our own country. Ask yourself, what would you do if you were in the Iranian government? What would you support your government doing if you were an Iranian citizen?

http://bit.ly/A72NQ5



Another war on the cheap

Antiwar.com
by Philip Giraldi

02/02/12

Israeli self-reliance is a wonderful thing, if only it were true. The United States has been tied hand and foot to Israeli policies and would be drawn inexorably into anything that Tel Aviv starts. The confident assertion that Iran would be unable to retaliate effectively might prove as reliable as the claims made in 2002 that there would be a 'cakewalk' in Iraq...

http://tinyurl.com/6oyjfcv



The Founding Fathers? guide to the Constitution

Tenth Amendment Center
by Clyde Wilson

02/05/12

The federal constitution ratified by the people of the States provided for a limited government to handle specified joint affairs of the States. The document describes itself not as 'the U.S. Constitution' or the 'Constitution of the United States,' but as a 'Constitution FOR the United States of America.'...

http://tinyurl.com/86d9q2c


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Panetta s defense of suspension of US Constitution
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10859/



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By Ray McGovern

You will almost never see in a major U.S. newspaper the assessment, backed by the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, that Iran is NOT building nuclear weapons.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30419.htm



Iran: This Is What Propaganda Looks Like

By Peter Hart

For sheer propaganda value, ABC World News' January 31 broadcast would be tough to top.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30422.htm



US, Britain, France up for war

The United States, Britain and France have begun to deploy troops in the Gulf in a move which experts say suggests preparations for a war with Iran. The first strikes could be carried out at the beginning of the summer.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/02/02/65163021.html



Israel s military leaders warn against Iran attack

Almost the entire senior hierarchy of Israel s military and security establishment is worried about a premature attack on Iran and apprehensive about the possible repercussions, a former chief of the country s defence forces told The Independent yesterday.

http://ind.pn/zRDgO6


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff375.html

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US Keeps Up Sabre-rattling Show For Iran

News from Washington proves that the US is serious about its plan to carry out a military operation against Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30413.htm



Destination Persian Gulf? US nuclear sub and destroyer enter Red Sea

Two ships of the US Navy, the nuclear submarine USS Annapolis and the destroyer USS Momsen have passed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. Although their destination is confidential, they are now getting dangerously close to the Persian Gulf.

http://rt.com/news/us-submarine-passes-suez-115/



Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran

February 4, 2012

NO war, NO sanctions, NO intervention, NO assassinations.
http://bit.ly/zd95Tq



Petrodollar Pumping US Policy on Iran, Backfire Looms

By Michael T. Winter

Any rhetoric regarding Iran s nuclear program and the insistence on crippling it is nothing more than a US attempt to force regime change for one more receptive to maintaining the hegemony of the petrodollar.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30409.htm



Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won t Join Their War on Iran

By Gareth Porter

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30417.htm


From Information Clearing House

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'Bipartisan' group lays out war plan against Iran
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10857/



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/31-4

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Sanctions v. Negotiations on Iran

By Glenn Greenwald

Former Obama State Department advisor brilliantly explains in this six-minute interview, one I urge everyone to listen to, this anti-negotiating stance has rendered an escalating sanctions regime.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30403.htm



Massive U.S. Military Buildup Reported Around Iran

Up to 100,000 Troops Ready By March

By Mac Slavo

The Pentagon has been quietly massing troops and armaments on two islands located just south of the Strait of Hormuz, and within easy striking distance of Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30398.htm



Nuclear Impasse But Obama Admin Won t Take It

By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett

Given the extent to which Israel, the United States, and America's European partners are ratcheting up tensions over the nuclear issue, one hopes that additional talks would help the parties find a peaceful and productive way forward. But that is unlikely.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30393.htm



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By Vijay Prashad

If you ask Iranians, they will tell you that the war against Iran has already begun.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30383.htm

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Iraq Redux? Media Gobble Up US/Israel Case Against Iran
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/31-3



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By Leonid Savin

Washingtons' choice of pretexts for an aggression comprises at least three options, namely (1) Irans' nuclear dossier; (2) an engineered escalation in the Strait of Hormuz; (3) allegations that Iran supports international terrorism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30373.htm



Asia challenges US, Europe over Iran

China, India and Turkey have warned that they won t support a ban on Iranian oil imports and will try and prevent the US from blocking Iranian oil supplies. Japan and South Korea are planning to follow suit.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/01/28/64831213.html



Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran

The Defense Department has spent about $330 million so far to develop about 20 of the bombs, which are built by Boeing Co. The Pentagon is seeking about $82 million more to make the bomb more effective, according to government officials briefed on the plan.

http://on.wsj.com/xa8RbL



China faces tough call in Iran showdown

A showdown between the West and Iran will partly be turned into a West-China showdown, namely whether China should comply with the West s geopolitical decision. In previous major world political conflicts, China has sought to avoid direct confrontation with the US and Europe.

http://bit.ly/AdNgB9


From Information Clearing House

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Avoiding a Catastrophic War with Iran

Nathaniel Batchelder, Common Dreams: ''Pray cooler heads will guide America in the dialogue and decision-making over Irans' position in the world. Iran does not have nuclear weapons, and there is no certain evidence that such a program is under way. Certainly Iran has the right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the interests of world peace demand that these issues be resolved without military action that could launch a catastrophic war.''

http://www.truth-out.org/avoiding-catastrophic-war-iran/1327858501

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Reject the Ruling Psychopathology
http://lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff374.html



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The U.S. plans to deploy a third convoy of warships led by USS Enterprise to the Gulf in March.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/01/26/64665940.html



What are the experts saying about Iran?

Video

J Street is today releasing a video featuring the views of former Mossad Directors Ephraim Halevy and Meier Dagan, former Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, and Middle East advisor to six U.S. Secretaries of State Aaron David Miller, among others, who have sought to challenge the facile assumptions and rhetoric of those arguing for war.

http://jstreet.org/blog/what-are-the-experts-saying-about-iran/


From Information Clearing House

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India abandons US dollar to purchase Iranian oil
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/money-madness/india-abandons-us-dollar-to-purchase-iranian-oil-.html



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Die Krisenländer Spanien, Italien und Griechenland sind davon besonders betroffen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36303/1.html



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