World-News

By Rick Rozoff

The withdrawal of American and allied troops from Iraq and the beginning of a drawdown of their counterparts in Afghanistan can also be seen in this context, as removing targets for possible retaliation should a large-scale attack be staged against Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29765.htm



Israel s Secret Iran Attack Plan: Electronic Warfare

By Eli Lake

Any Israeli attack on hardened nuclear sites in Iran would go far beyond airstrikes from F-15 and F-16 fighter planes.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29756.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=electronic+warfare
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Rick+Rozoff
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Any aerial strikes against Iran s nuclear facilities could result in significant numbers of dead Russian and North Korean specialists as 'collateral damage,' with all the diplomatic uncertainties that might ensue from Moscow and Pyongyang as the body bags start arriving home.

http://bit.ly/uDmQ9m



Russian military chief: War risks have grown

Russia s chief military officer says the nation is facing an increased threat of being drawn into conflicts at its borders that may grow into an all-out nuclear war.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/nov/17/eu-russia-military/



Will Congress Vote To Crash Iran s Civilian Aircraft?

The Republican candidates for president are not the only politicians who use Iran and its nuclear program as a magnet for campaign dollars. The same dynamic is at play in Los Angeles, where two Democratic House members, Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, are trying to out-hawk each other on Iran in preparation for a June 2012 primary.

http://politicalcorrection.org/fpmatters/201111160010


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/11/17

War: The Wrong Jobs Program
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/11/17-5

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'Nuclear Option' Against Iran s Economy Paves Way for War

By Kate Gould

Once sanctions fail-as they almost always do-proponents for war use the failure of sanctions to justify military confrontation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29742.htm



Why the West is Demonizing Iran

By Stuart Littlewood

Iran nationalised its oil to achieve economic and political independence and combat poverty.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29750.htm

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The economics of war

Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Robert P. Murphy

11/16/11

The market economy involves peaceful cooperation. The division of labor cannot function effectively amidst a war. Warfare among primitive tribes did not suffer this drawback because the warring parties had not been engaged in trade before the hostilities. Thus they engaged in total war. Things were different in Europe (before the French Revolution) when military, financial, and political circumstances produced limited warfare...

http://mises.org/daily/5664/The-Economics-of-War


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
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The American Conservative
by Eric Margolis

11/15/11

Washington has worked for the past 20 years to make the UN the 'soft' arm of US foreign policy. The US is the UN s biggest contributor; it pays 25.8% of the costs of the IAEA and has put its own men in positions of influence. Even so, the latest UN reports hedges conclusions with words like 'suggests' and 'appears.' If Iran is indeed trying to produce nuclear weapons -- and it has good reasons for wanting them - why has it taken so long?

http://tinyurl.com/87dh775


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=foreign+policy
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By Craig Murray

Is this not precisely the situation we were in with Blair and Iraq? Have no lessons been learnt?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29713.htm



Iran s Nuclear Program and the Legal Mandate of the IAEA

By Daniel Joyner

The IAEA went outside of its legal mandate with its latest report on Iran, a move that has been viewed by some states as indicating the IAEA s shift from a technical body to a politicized one...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29716.htm



The Hard Sell to Send Troops to Iran

By L. Vincent Poupard

I guess it is time to 'liberate' another country.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29715.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
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By Stephen Lendman

When Washington goes to war or threatens it, America s media march in lockstep, cheerleading. Fiction substitutes for fact.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29690.htm



Reports of Iran s Nuclear Ambitions Sound Like a Repeat of Iraq Eight Years Ago

By Gwynne Dyer

'We will not build two (nuclear) bombs in the face of (America s) 20,000,' said Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in response to an International Atomic Energy Agency report this week that accuses Iran of doing just that. He called Yukiya Amano, the head of the IAEA, a U.S. puppet.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29685.htm



Suspicions Persist about Iranian 'Laptop of Death'

Not only is the information that's being publicized about Iran s alleged nuclear activities 'not new', it s also based/builds on information that was doubted by experts in the first place.

http://www.lobelog.com/suspicions-persist-about-iranian-laptop-of-death/



US plans 'bunker-busting' bombs sale to UAE

Wall Street Journal reports US plan to provide thousands of advanced 'bunker-busting_ bombs to UAE is part of efforts to contain Iran.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=48967



CIA operations in Iran underway to take out Tehran bigs

The covert campaign encompasses a series of assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists since 2007 and a similar explosion at another Iranian missile base two years ago both widely attributed to the Mossad.

http://nydn.us/taapaZ



'IAEA report contains nothing new': Russia

It seems that the IAEA report intended to 'stir up passions in public opinion and prepare the ground for imposing some kind of unilateral sanctions' against Iran, the Russian foreign minister stressed.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210042.html



China and Russia refuse to back US over Iran

US president fails to win support from Hu and Medvedev at APEC summit as he seeks to rein back Iran's nuclear ambitions.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2011/11/20111113201859609409.html



US speeds up militarization of Iran s neighbors

American officials are finalizing a deal that would send advanced 'bunker-buster' bombs to the United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf. Separated by just a small strait, the UAE has strong ties with American authorities and could help launch an attack on nearby Iran in a moment's notice should a strike be ordered by Obama.

http://rt.com/usa/news/american-nuclear-iran-uae-141/



Romney, Gingrich would wage war on Iran

Two of the top Republican presidential candidates said Saturday they would go to war against Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons.

http://bit.ly/ttJQkv



Fake Terror Plots, Paid Informants: The Tactics of FBI 'Entrapment' Questioned

By Paul Harris in New York

Critics say bureau is running a sting operation across America, targeting vulnerable people by luring them into fake terror plots.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29754.htm


From Information Clearing House

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'The new IAEA report is, substantively, a colossal non-event'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10681/

WikiLeaks cables show US jubilation that Amano is at helm of IAEA
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10682/

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Nuclear Pots Call Iranian Kettle Black
http://lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis267.html

Worship of Military Violence
http://lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer244.html

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IAEA Iran Report Spins Intelligence
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/11/14



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IAEA Errs on 'Foreign Expert' in Iran N-programme

By Vladimir Radyuhin

The latest report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran appears to have falsified information about a Russian scientist who allegedly helped Tehran advance its nuclear weapons programme.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29674.htm



Iran Nuclear Report: Why It May Not Be A Game-changer After All

By Scott Peterson

Robert Kelley, an American nuclear engineer and former IAEA inspector who was among the first to review the original data in 2005. 'It s certainly old news; it s really quite stunning how little new information is in there.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29677.htm



Israel ay Launch Strike on Iran as Soon as Next Month

By Tim Shipman

Senior Foreign Office figure: 'We are expecting something as early as Christmas, or very early in the new year'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29679.htm



U.S.: Strike of Iran May Have Unintended Consequences

By The Associated Press and Haaretz

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says there is a possibility that an attack of Iran s enrichment centers would only delay the Islamic Republic s nuclear program by a few years.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29675.htm



Dennis Ross Fired Over IAEA Dud

I have a hunch that the abrupt firing of Dennis Ross is one of the (well deserved) outcomes of the recent 'nuclear Iran' IAEA, Americn induced report dud. The NYT writes.

http://www.moonofalabama.org/2011/11/dennis-ross-fired-over-iaea-dud.html



Obama Wants World War III

By Michael S. Rozeff

One word from Obama can stop Israel from attacking Iran. Is he saying 'No'? I don't hear it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29692.htm


From Information Clearing House

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'Extraordinary' that after Iraq media go along with warmongering against Iran
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10678/



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Robert Parry, Consortium News: 'The US press corps and 'independent' American weapons experts got almost everything wrong about Iraq s purported WMD before the US invasion in 2003. Now, much the same cast is returning to interpret dubious intelligence about Iran s nuclear program, reports Robert Parry. The American public is about to be inundated with another flood of 'expert analysis' about a dangerous Middle Eastern country presumably hiding a secret nuclear weapons program that may require a military strike, although this time it is Iran, not Iraq.'

http://www.truth-out.org/iraq-wmd-replay-iran/1320866861

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Stirring up crises and wars

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

11/09/11

Talk of war with Iran is back in the air. Conservatives and liberals alike are doing exactly what they did when the U.S. Empire was ramping up the crisis environment in the build-up to the Empire s undeclared war on Iraq. Interestingly, the same rationale is being cited by the statists: WMDs...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-11-09.asp



Colonialism in weapons inspectors? clothing

Spiked
by Patrick Hayes

11/09/11

Following a flurry of reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the past week, alarms have been raised that Syria and Iran may be developing nuclear weapons. Yet regardless of whether the IAEA s mundane findings really justify the scaremongering headlines, an important question needs to be asked: what is this officious UN-affiliated body doing poking its nose into these countries? affairs anyway? The answer, of course, is politics...

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11387/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Key IAEA report claim shown false
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10677/



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By RT

The precedent of US intelligence presenting false evidence to build a case for the war in Iraq raises alarm bells as to the accuracy of the atomic agency s latest report on Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29668.htm



Nuclear Wikileaks: Cables Show Cosy US Relationship with IAEA Chief

By Julian Borger

As Mohamed ElBaradei's term as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headed towards a close last year, Washington looked forward to the new era under Yukiya Amano with relish.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29664.htm



Israeli minister warns of possible strike on Iran

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned on Tuesday of a possible Israeli military strike against Iran s nuclear program and rejected suggestions that the Jewish state would be devastated by an Iranian counterattack.

http://bit.ly/rzN2id



WikiLeaks cable portrays IAEA chief as 'in US court' on Iran nuclear program

Iran could use the WikiLeaks revelation as another reason not to cooperate with the West on its nuclear program.

http://bit.ly/fsWLFE



Russia says wont back new Iran sanctions over nuclear program

'Any additional sanctions against Iran will be seen in the international community as an instrument for regime change in Iran. That approach is unacceptable to us, and the Russian side does not intend to consider such proposals,' Interfax quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov as saying.

http://bit.ly/ujcpkW



Former Mossad Chief Seeks to Avert Israeli Attack

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan is hoping to prevent what he believes could be a catastrophe. His statements, however, have deeply angered the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,796320,00.html



IAEA chief Amano is US s puppet over Iran: German MP

''I think even the German government is aware that Amano is a US puppet when it comes to Iran,'' Jan van Aken, deputy head of the German Left Party said.

http://is.gd/m0bHa1


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=war+on+Iran
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http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul777.html

A Perversely Perfect War
http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner517.html

Herman Cain Supports U.S. War With Iran
http://lewrockwell.com/orig11/clabough7.1.1.html

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Bombs Can t Conquer Iran

By Simon Jenkins

A post-imperial virus has infected foreign policy. We have been here before, we know the human cost, and now we must stop.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29619.htm



Israel Preparing For Strike on Iran

Al Jazeera Video

On Wednesday, it test-fired a long-range ballistic missile, its first in three years. And earlier in the week, the military was involved in joint exercises with the Italian air force near Sardinia.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29614.htm



Sarkozy condemns Iran nuclear programme

President Nicolas Sarkozy condemned Iran s nuclear programme on Friday and said France would not stand idly by 'if Israel's existence were threatened'.

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/sarkozy-condemns-iran-nuclear-programme-defends-israel/



UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears

British officials consider contingency options to back up a possible US action as fears mount over Tehran s capability.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/02/uk-military-iran-attack-nuclear



Syria and Iran: The Great Game

By Alastair Crooke

Regime change in Syria is a strategic prize that outstrips Libya - which is why Saudi Arabia and the west are playing their part.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29624.htm



Peres: Israel Closer than Ever to Military Action in Iran

President Shimon Peres: A military strike on Iran will probably solve the nuclear issue better than diplomacy. Time is running out.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149432#.TrWTLFvnTzw



'Iran far from posing existential threat': Ex-Mossad Chief

Ephraim Halevy warns strike on Iran could have devastating effect for region. 'Ultra-Orthodox radicalization poses bigger threat than Ahmadinejad,' he says.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4143909,00.html



The Face of Imperialism

An interview with Michael Parenti

By Paul Weinberg

The ultimate goal is the 'Third Worldization of the entire world including Europe and North America.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29609.htm



Senior Cleric Warns of Iran s Powerful Reprisal for US Plots

By Fars News Agency

Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami, warned on Monday that Tehran would reciprocate any US move and plot against the Islamic Republic with such strong acts of reprisal that Washington and its allies would never forget.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29646.htm



Ron Paul: Befriend Iran

By Associated Press

GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul says 'offering friendship' to Iran, not sanctions, would be a more fruitful to achieving peace with Tehran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29645.htm



Israel and U.S. Plan Largest Joint Exercise

Israel and the U.S. will embark on the 'largest' and 'most significant' joint exercise in the allies' history, said Andrew Shapiro, U.S. assistant secretary for political-military affairs.

http://bit.ly/vxGp7V



Russia warns against any military strike on Iran

'This would be a very serious mistake fraught with unpredictable consequences,' Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said when asked about reports that Israel planned a military strike against Iran.

http://bit.ly/rY7dOg



Russia criticizes release of IAEA Iran report

'We have serious doubts about the justification for steps to reveal contents of the report to a broad public, primarily because it is precisely now that certain chances for the renewal of dialogue between the 'sextet' of international mediators and Tehran have begun to appear,' the ministry said.

http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article531352.ece



Russia accuses Israel of using 'dangerous rhetoric' against Iran

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Israel on Tuesday of using 'dangerous rhetoric' that could lead to a war with Iran, amid rising tensions over the latter s nuclear program.

http://bit.ly/tQmRDD



Report 'Brings Israel Attack On Iran Closer'

An attack by Israel on Iran s nuclear programme has lurched from doomsday scenario closer to reality.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16106334


From Information Clearing House

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Alleged Iran 'assassination plot' on US soil really another FBI sting operation.
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10664-analysis-alleged-iranian-assassination-plot-on-us-soil-really-another-fbi-sting-operation.html

Supposed Iranian assassination plot a geostrategic absurdity
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10669/

After IAEA report on Iran, 'we are five minutes to zero hour'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10676/

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Iran Plot: A Pretext for War

Richard Javad Heydarian, Foreign Policy in Focus: 'At this juncture, it may be too early to pass a credible judgment on the substance and validity of the allegations, but there are just too many reasons to dismiss them as another cynical attempt to further isolate Iran. In the greater scheme of things, such accusations might be part of America s strategy to push its 'regime change' agenda in Iran. Although only a trial in an impartial, credible, and civilian court could shed light on the truthfulness of the U.S. claims, we have every reason to take Washington s allegations with a grain of salt.'

http://www.truth-out.org/iran-plot-pretext-war/1320602149

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War and the word cloud

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

11/07/11

An alleged 'nuclear weapons' site in Syria has been revealed to be a textile factory - and another of the War Party s tall tales is debunked. ... The War Party doesn t give up quite so easily, however: now we are being told that the International Atomic Energy Administration (IAEA), the UN s nuclear watchdog agency, has a new report coming out with satellite photos of a supposed nuclear facility in Iran - just as in the case of the two Syrian sites...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/11/06/war-and-the-word-cloud/



Clarke: Cyber weaknesses should deter US from waging war

New Orleans Times-Picayune

11/07/11

America s critical computer networks are so vulnerable to attack that it should deter U.S. leaders from going to war with other nations, a former top U.S. cybersecurity official said Monday. Richard Clarke, a top adviser to three presidents, joined a number of U.S. military and civilian experts in offering a dire assessment of America s cybersecurity at a conference, saying the country simply can t protect its critical networks...

http://tinyurl.com/6p2lc5p



Iran: Five minutes to zero hour

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

11/09/11

After the big build-up, the actual content of the IAEA report is a major let-down: the movie is nothing like the previews. That isn t stopping the 'mainstream' media from running screaming headlines. ... CNN stated flatly: 'Iran Developing Nuclear Bombs.' Yet the report nowhere said anything this definitive: examined under a microscope - which is how we should look at any and all pretexts for war - the whole tissue of suppositions and 'secret' information is revealed in all its embarrassing flimsiness...

http://bit.ly/u4rbbA



Ignore the hawks on Iraq

Cato Institute
by Malou Innocent

11/05/11

'For many hawks, staying the course in Iraq is not enough. Many of them now advocate a military strike on Iran, a country with three times the population and four times the territory of Iraq. Those who years ago were gullible enough to believe that Iraq would be a 'cakewalk" are today worthy only of being ignored...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13826


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Will Israel attack Iran?
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-middle-east/loose-cannon-will-israel-attack-iran-.html

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IAEA s 'Soviet Nuclear Scientist' Never Worked on Weapons
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/09-5



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