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Video

A brief history of Iran and America s relations and the facts that have led to this political gridlock.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32761.htm



Cheney Considered Plan To Trigger War With Iran

By Faiz

The ''meeting took place in the Vice-President's office. 'The subject was how to create a casus belli between Tehran and Washington,''...

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By Michael Kaufman

One key component of the government-created conspiracy has been the selection of deluded, marginal figures to entrap.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32709.htm



US Think Tank: Iran Can Target Israel s Dimona Nuclear Complex

A group of US presidential advisors at the Wilson Center warned that Iran could engage in at least token missile/rocket strikes against the attacker, targeting sites in Israel or US facilities in the region. Hence, they said that the US government should avoid any military adventurism against Iran because it could backfire.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107111814



The war drums keep beating: Anti-Iran Hawks Maintain P.R. Offensive

By Jim Lobe

Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham said he is working on a new Congressional resolution he hopes to pass in any lame-duck session after the Nov. 6 elections that would promise Israel U.S. support, including military assistance, if it attacks Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32723.htm



NYPD Concern About 'Iran Terror' Should Put U.S. Security on Alert

By Maidhc Ó Cathail

A story in yesterday s New York Post entitled ''NYPD on alert for Iran terror'' should be of major concern to those charged with protecting U.S. national security.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32715.htm



'Striking Iran problematic under int'l law'

On what grounds can Israel attack under international law? According to Prof. Yuval Shany, this is a difficult question.

http://is.gd/LdMg6H



Senate Push to Pledge Unconditional Support for Israeli War on Iran

By Jamal Abdi

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is planning to press the Senate next month to pledge U.S. troops, money, and political support to Israel should Bibi Netanyahu launch a ''preventive'' war on Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32733.htm



US and Israel Recognize Iran Not Near a Bomb

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In spite evidence Iran directing much of its supply of 20% enriched uranium for scientific purposes, ''killer'' sanctions continue.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32726.htm



US Citizens Goose-Step to Voting Booth and War with Iran

By Libbyliberal

All American citizens should think of this as they cast their ballots. Think of their own participation, their enabling, the greatest crime against humanity, WAR.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32753.htm



Medicine crisis in Iran due to sanctions

''We are feeling the shortage mostly for cancer and MS drugs. Of course, thalassemia and dialysis patients are also facing hardships. These all are rooted in problems which have been caused by sanctions against the banking sector and difficulties transferring foreign currency.''

http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/2077786.html



Carnage or Sanctions? Six Million Iranian Lives at Stake

By Ismail Salami

Imposing illegal sanctions against the Islamic Republic and jeopardizing the lives of millions of patients is indeed an act of brutality which runs counter to the very true spirit of humanity.

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Israel bombs Sudan in Dry Run for Iran Attack

By Uzi Mahmaini, Tel Aviv and Flora Bagenal, Nairobi

Eight Israeli F-15I planes, four carrying two one-ton bombs, escorted by four fighters, struck the giant Yarmouk factory on the southwestern outskirts of Khartoum, the capital, in the early hours of Wednesday.

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How to Bomb Iran

By Philip Giraldi

Some Pentagon spokesmen have suggested that Israel cannot do the job alone, but the problem is much larger than that, leading to the question whether Israel can do it at all.

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Netanyahu Vows to stop Iran, Even in Defiance of the United States

By Times of Israel staff

Asked in an interview whether, if reelected in January, he would ''pledge that Iran won t have a nuclear program by the end of your next term,'' Netanyahu said simply, ''Yes.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32955.htm



Israel ready to strike Iran: Netanyahu

''I am, of course, ready to press the button if necessary,'' Netanyahu said in the interview.

http://is.gd/0kKt2g



Mossad 'defied Bibi order to prepare Iran strike'

Former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi and former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan feared that an unauthorised military strike would inevitably follow and did not carry out the order.

http://is.gd/xj7X1H



Secret war against Iran and its allies heats up

From a suspected Israeli airstrike in Sudan to cyber warfare in the Gulf and a drone shot down over Israel, the largely hidden war between Iran and its foes seems heating up and spreading.

http://is.gd/iE7pPA



Netanyahu: What the UN says doesn t interest me

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a television interview Saturday night that he is not interested in what the UN has to say about illegal settlement construction, which intensified in the East Jerusalem area this month.

http://is.gd/cURnwu


From Information Clearing House

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War or no war on Iran?

Freedom s Phoenix
by Stephen Lendman

10/12/12

War on Iran assures all sides lose. Regional countries will be affected. US facilities and ships will be attacked. Economic consequences will be severe. Sharply higher oil prices will follow. Global recession will deepen. Israel and America will be more hated than ever. War may happen anyway...

http://tinyurl.com/97ptf7p


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Roots of the Iranian 'Crisis'
http://lewrockwell.com/raimondo/raimondo189.html



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Bombastische Warnung bleibt ein Evergreen.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/152954

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Why target Iran?

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

10/08/12

Hardly a day goes by without some supposedly sensational revelation or claim about Iran s alleged 'weapons of mass destruction.' It seems like only yesterday, however, that we were seeing exactly the same headlines, and the same articles, only this time it is Iran instead of Iraq that stands accused. Back in 2002, it was a series of pieces bylined by a New York Times reporter, Judith Miller, whose name has become virtually synonymous with deception...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/10/07/why-target-iran/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Report says U.S., Israel Plan Iran Attack

By UPI

If such a strike is carried out it would set the Iranian nuclear program back many years, the report said and would do so without civilian casualties.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32700.htm



Iran Sanctions Now Causing Food Insecurity, Mass Suffering

By Glenn Greenwald

Yet again, the US and its allies spread mass human misery though a policy that is as morally indefensible as it is counter-productive.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32701.htm

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US, Israel Have Plan for Joint 'Surgical Strike' Against Iran
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Tehran proposed an immediate end to Western economic sanctions against it in exchange for gradual winding down of 20-percent uranium enrichment, according to a New York Times report.

http://is.gd/ra27MD



US Congress mulls extending Iran sanctions

Menendez, who is a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, said he is also looking at ways to freeze an estimated 30 percent of Iran s foreign currency reserves, held in banks outside the country.

http://rt.com/news/us-extend-sanctions-iran-786/



UN Chief Says Sanctions Harm Iranians

Iran s general population is feeling the brunt of international sanctions as inflation and unemployment continue to rise and lifesaving medicines are in short supply, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said in a report to the U.N. General Assembly released Friday.

http://is.gd/o7EtgD


From Information Clearing House

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Congress cries war

The American Conservative
by Ted Galen Carpenter

10/08/12

When hawks roost on Capitol Hill, even Canada isn t safe...
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/congress-cries-war/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Sanctions Against Iran Are Form of War, Not Alternative to It
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/04-11

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Ex-defense Chief Says Attack On Iran Would Be Disastrous

By Bill Sizemore

Neither the United States nor Israel is capable of wiping out Iran s nuclear capability, he said, and "such an attack would make a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32644.htm



Thousands Would Die in an Attack on Iran s Nuclear Sites Estimating the human toll of airstrikes

By Golnaz Esfandiari

''Nobody has ever talked about the humanitarian consequences of a military strike on Iran,'' Molavi says. ''Those humanitarian consequences are grave, so I think this report fills a very important vacuum.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32647.htm



The Currency War on Iran

By Peter Beaumont

A collapse in the rial, greeted with glee by some, is a cause not for celebration but for fear.

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By Glenn Greenwald

GOP Senator Lindsey Graham echoes a long line of US policymakers...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32629.htm



Possible attack on Iran and deaths of millions

Video

Possible attack on Iran and deaths of millions are cause for laughter for Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of State.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32630.htm



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By Danny Schechter

Sometimes, major media is the last to recognize, shifts in policy positions. Iran is a case in point.

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Video

This bi-partisan resolution, reasserts the power of Congress to declare war, and states that any President who circumvents Congress, unless the United States is attacked, will face an article of impeachment.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32528.htm



Is Threatening Iran With A Pre-emptive Strike Responsible?

By Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra provides a thoughtful exploration of the consequences of threats by politicians about pre-emptive strikes on Iran to curb its nuclear program. Is it responsible to make these types of threats?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32536.htm



Israel 'greatest threat to US national interests'

All sixteen U.S. intelligence agencies have described the Israeli regime as ''the greatest threat to U.S. national interests'' which is not worthy of America s financial and diplomatic support.

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/264292.html



Strike on Iran Would Trigger 'World War III': Guards

By Farhad Pouladi

Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike if Israel prepares to attack it, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander told broadcaster Al-Alam on Sunday, a day after his boss warned that conflict was inevitable.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32533.htm



US Refused Iran Nuclear Offer

By Gareth Porter

Iran has again offered to halt its enrichment of uranium to 20 percent, which the United States has identified as its highest priority in the nuclear talks, in return for easing sanctions against Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32543.htm



Jews in Iran

Video

''Anti-semitism has never been the general policy of the Iranian government'' explains Maurice Mottamed, the country s sole Jewish MP.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32574.htm



Netanyahu s Warning Reveals His Moments of Memory Loss

By Robert Fisk
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32592.htm



Israeli strike on Iran without US would be a 'disaster,' World Jewish Congress president says

Lauder raised the issue of the 2003 Iraq War, when most governments worldwide were certain that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, but afterwards it became evident that Iraq did not have such materiel. If they erred then, it is possible everyone is erring now, Lauder posited.

http://is.gd/iQtIHs


From Information Clearing House

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Iran threatens to hit US bases if attacked

Austin American-Statesman

09/23/12

A senior commander in Iran s powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that Iran will target U.S. bases in the region in the event of war with Israel, raising the prospect of a broader conflict that would force other countries to get involved. The comments by Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who heads the Guard s aerospace division, came amid tension over Iran s nuclear program and Israel s suggestion that it might unilaterally strike Iranian nuclear facilities to scuttle what it believes are efforts to build a bomb...

http://tinyurl.com/dxq62ca


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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False Flag Event for War With Iran
http://lewrockwell.com/wenzel/wenzel195.html

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Facts
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/27-5

Israel Versus Iran: Netanyahu s Cartoon Version
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/28-1



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