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30 Dec 2011

Iran Regime Change, Invasion, Occupation Recolonization Is Imminent

War drums are beating louder and louder in America against Iran. The din and decibel are rising and getting louder. Preparatory steps are being taken irreversibly as the onset of invasion and occupation of Iran is becoming more and more apparent and its imminence glaringly clear. It is rather unmistakable. Public pronouncements by political and military leaders in the United States have been elevated to a-no-going-back sorts of, no retreat, no surrender. A blockade in the name of continuing sanctions against Iran, is about to occur, and Iranian political and military leaders are declaring any such contemplated action, as an act of war, and, such a blockade by America against Iran, Is Act of War, under International Law
War drums are beating louder and louder in America against Iran. The din and decibel are rising and getting louder....
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29 Dec 2011

Despite threats, Iran unlikely to block oil shipments through Strait of Hormuz

Despite its latest warnings in response to the possibility of a Western oil boycott, Iran is unlikely to make good on its repeated threats to close the Strait of Hormuz because the Islamic Republic needs the strategic waterway as much as or more than its adversaries, analysts say.
Despite its latest warnings in response to the possibility of a Western oil boycott, Iran is unlikely to make good on...
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hormuz straights, oil, warmongering
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26 Dec 2011

Why a Strike on Iran Is the Least Bad Option

In early October, U.S. officials accused Iranian operatives of planning to assassinate Saudi Arabia s ambassador to the United States on American soil. Iran denied the charges, but the episode has already managed to increase tensions between Washington and Tehran. Although the Obama administration has not publicly threatened to retaliate with military force, the allegations have underscored the real and growing risk that the two sides could go to war sometime soon -- particularly over Iran s advancing nuclear program.
In early October, U.S. officials accused Iranian operatives of planning to assassinate Saudi Arabia s ambassador to the...
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nuclear weapon, us foreign policy, warmongering
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25 Dec 2011

Nuke expert: Time to attack Iran

The truth is that a military strike intended to destroy Iran s nuclear program, if managed carefully, could spare the region and the world a very real threat and dramatically improve the long-term national security of the United States," Matthew Kroenig, a nuclear security expert at the Council on Foreign Relations who served as a strategist under Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said in an article published by Foreign Affairs Magazine.
The truth is that a military strike intended to destroy Iran s nuclear program, if managed carefully, could spare the...
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nuclear weapon, usa, warmongering
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24 Dec 2011

The winners and losers of US policy on Iran

In the same week that President Obama declared an end to the Iraq War, Congress brought Americans closer to confrontation with Iran. The whimper with which America's presence in Iraq ended was also drowned out by Republican presidential hopefuls beating war drums. This is America nearly four years into Obama's leadership. The President may have begun his term by trying to pursue a different path with Iran, but his acquiescence to domestic lobbying has made the results of his policies indistinguishable from his predecessor. Ironically, his attempts to appease pro-Israel advocates have only invited more onerous demands while leaving would-be supporters disillusioned.
In the same week that President Obama declared an end to the Iraq War, Congress brought Americans closer to...
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sanctions, us foreign policy, warmongering
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16 Dec 2011

Will Iraq Debacle Prevent Iran War

Neoconservatives are livid over President Obama s declaration that the Iraq War is over, fearing that its disastrous outcome will undercut plans for a new war with Iran. But Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says, if elected, he stands ready to join Israel in invading Iran, Robert Parry reports
Neoconservatives are livid over President Obama s declaration that the Iraq War is over, fearing that its disastrous...
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8 Dec 2011

War on Iran has already begun. Act before it threatens all of us

They don't give up. After a decade of blood-drenched failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, violent destabilisation of Pakistan and Yemen, the devastation of Lebanon and slaughter in Libya, you might hope the US and its friends had had their fill of invasion and intervention in the Muslim world. It seems not. For months the evidence has been growing that a US-Israeli stealth war against Iran has already begun, backed by Britain and France. Covert support for armed opposition groups has spread into a campaign of assassinations of Iranian scientists, cyber warfare, attacks on military and missile installations, and the killing of an Iranian general, among others.
They don't give up. After a decade of blood-drenched failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, violent destabilisation of...
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assasinations, bahrain, israel, us foreign policy, warmongering
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7 Dec 2011

War drums are beating for Iran. But who’s playing them?

The retiring US president, Dwight D Eisenhower, famously took the opportunity of his farewell to the nation address in 1961 to warn his fellow countrymen of the danger in allowing too close a relationship between politicians and the defence industry. "This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience," he said. "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
The retiring US president, Dwight D Eisenhower, famously took the opportunity of his farewell to the nation address in...
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5 Dec 2011

Has the War with Iran Already Begun?

Two incidents that occurred on Sunday - Iran's claim of a shoot-down of a U.S. drone, and an explosion outside the British embassy in Bahrain - may have been unrelated. But they appear to add to growing evidence that an escalating covert war by the West is under way against Iran, and that Tehran is retaliating with greater intensity than ever. Asked whether the United States, in cooperation with Israel, was now engaged in a covert war against Iran's nuclear program that may include the Stuxnet virus, the blowing-up of facilities and the assassination or kidnapping of scientists, one recently retired U.S. official privy to up-to-date intelligence would not deny it.
Two incidents that occurred on Sunday - Iran's claim of a shoot-down of a U.S. drone, and an explosion outside the...
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israel, nuclear program, stuxnet, usa, warmongering
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5 Dec 2011

US Edging closer towards war with Iran

Danielle Pletka, head of the American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) foreign policy shop. "The biggest problem for the United States is not Iran getting a nuclear weapon and testing it, it's Iran getting a nuclear weapon and not using it. Because the second that they have one and they don't do anything bad, all of the naysayers are going to come back and say, "See, we told you Iran is a responsible power. We told you Iran wasn't getting nuclear weapons in order to use them immediately." ... And they will eventually define Iran with nuclear weapons as not a problem."
Danielle Pletka, head of the American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) foreign policy shop. "The biggest problem for the...
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israel, neocons, nuclear weapon, usa, warmongering
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2 Dec 2011

The west has Iran in its sights

The hasty decision by the British government to expel all Iranian diplomats from the UK is another step to tighten the diplomatic, economic and military noose around the Islamic republic - a tactic that has defined the western attitude to Iran for at least the past six years. In fact, the government of Iran has apologised and condemned the incursion into the British embassy as an unacceptable act. Despite the accusations made in the western media, there is no evidence at all that the supreme leader or the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards had in any way approved the action of the students. All of this makes the expulsion of all Iranian diplomats completely unjustifiable.
The hasty decision by the British government to expel all Iranian diplomats from the UK is another step to tighten the...
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1 Dec 2011

Germany Probes If Iran Pondering Attacks

German prosecutors are investigating information authorities received that Iran has been planning attacks on American targets inside the country, but has no indication of anything in the works, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
German prosecutors are investigating information authorities received that Iran has been planning attacks on American...
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germany, retaliation, usa, warmongering
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25 Nov 2011

The Iranian threat

The brutal clerical regime is doubtless a threat to its own people, though it does not rank particularly high in that respect in comparison to US allies in the region. But that is not what concerns the military and intelligence assessments. Rather, they are concerned with the threat Iran poses to the region and the world. The reports make it clear that the Iranian threat is not military. Iran's military spending is "relatively low compared to the rest of the region", and of course minuscule as compared to the US. Iranian military doctrine is strictly "defensive, designed to slow an invasion and force a diplomatic solution to hostilities". Iran has only "a limited capability to project force beyond its borders". With regard to the nuclear option, "Iran's nuclear programme and its willingness to keep open the possibility of developing nuclear weapons is a central part of its deterrent strategy".
The brutal clerical regime is doubtless a threat to its own people, though it does not rank particularly high in that...
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iran military, nuclear program, nuclear weapon, us foreign policy, warmongering
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19 Nov 2011

Iran and the I.A.E.A.

I've been reporting on Iran and the bomb for The New Yorker for the past decade, with a focus on the repeated inability of the best and the brightest of the Joint Special Operations Command to find definitive evidence of a nuclear-weapons production program in Iran. The goal of the high-risk American covert operations was to find something physical - a "smoking calutron," as a knowledgeable official once told me - to show the world that Iran was working on warheads at an undisclosed site, to make the evidence public, and then to attack and destroy the site.
I've been reporting on Iran and the bomb for The New Yorker for the past decade, with a focus on the repeated inability...
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iaea, nuclear program, warmongering
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11 Nov 2011

Leon Panetta warns against Iran strike

Military action against Iran could have "unintended consequences" in the region, the US defence secretary, Leon Panetta, said on Thursday, hours after Tehran warned that an attack against its nuclear sites would be met with "iron fists".
Military action against Iran could have "unintended consequences" in the region, the US defence secretary, Leon Panetta,...
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11 Nov 2011

The bomb will not save Iran from its deepening isolation

A harsher option put forward by Washington hardliners, to destroy the Iranian economy by enforcing a boycott of the Iranian central bank, is fraught with danger. It would cripple Iranian crude exports, drive up oil prices in an already tight market, and perhaps deliver the death blow to hopes of global economic revival.
A harsher option put forward by Washington hardliners, to destroy the Iranian economy by enforcing a boycott of the...
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nuclear weapon, oil, sanctions, warmongering
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9 Nov 2011

Iran Threatens Street Fight With “Zionist Soldiers,” US, UK, All of Europe

Certain high-ranking officials within the Iranian government warned that in case Iran comes under a military attack, the battlefield won't be Iran, but "the entire Europe and the US". "Iranian forces will fight with the enemies with maximum might and power all throughout the European and US soil, if Iran comes under attack," he reiterated.
Certain high-ranking officials within the Iranian government warned that in case Iran comes under a military attack, the...
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iran foreign policy, israel, usa, warmongering
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9 Nov 2011

How to overthrow Iran’s regime without war or sanctions

Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, first president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, warns that military intervention and economic sanctions only strengthen Iran s regime, whose grip on power depends on maintaining a crisis. He offers 14 ways to hasten democratization in Islamic countries
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, first president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, warns that military intervention and economic...
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9 Nov 2011

Who’s in favour of sanctioning Iran

The loudest, most influential organisations pushing for sanctions against Iran have an open pro-Israel agenda, regardless of their positioning on the political spectrum. The best resourced of all is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), self-described as "the most influential foreign policy lobbying organisation on Capitol Hill". AIPAC lobbied aggressively for the recent bellicose bill proposals, featuring them and its lead sponsors on the front page of its website. Sanctions are "having an impact" and "more are needed", the accompanying captions read. AIPAC is also a key backer of the push to sanction Iran's central bank, a move that some Iranian officials consider an act of war.
The loudest, most influential organisations pushing for sanctions against Iran have an open pro-Israel agenda,...
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5 Nov 2011

UN report ‘to suggest Iran nuclear weapons work’

The UN's atomic watchdog is planning to reveal evidence that Iran has been working secretly to develop a nuclear weapons capability, diplomats say. The evidence is said to include intelligence that Iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead.
The UN's atomic watchdog is planning to reveal evidence that Iran has been working secretly to develop a nuclear weapons...
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5 Nov 2011

U.S. Keeps Focus On Sanctions For Iran, Amid Speculation Over Israeli Strike

The Obama administration is cautioning the international community to stick with economic sanctions against Iran, as developments in Israel and at the United Nations fuel speculation about a possible military strike being pushed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Obama administration is cautioning the international community to stick with economic sanctions against Iran, as...
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5 Nov 2011

Iran boosts anti-U.S. rhetoric ahead of nuclear report

Iran marked the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy on Friday with burning flags and chants of "Death to America," escalating its anti-U.S. rhetoric ahead of the release of a pivotal U.N. report on its nuclear program.
Iran marked the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy on Friday with burning flags and chants of "Death to...
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3 Nov 2011

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

Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran amid mounting concern about Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme, the Guardian has learned. The Ministry of Defence believes the US may decide to fast-forward plans for targeted missile strikes at some key Iranian facilities. British officials say that if Washington presses ahead it will seek, and receive, UK military help for any mission, despite some deep reservations within the coalition government.
Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran amid...
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28 Oct 2011

Israeli prisoner swap may be prelude to attack on Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s decision to execute a 1,000-for-1 prisoner exchange last week despite his frequently voiced opposition to such lopsided deals is seen by several Israeli military commentators as an effort to "clear the deck" before possibly undertaking an attack on Iran s nuclear facilities.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s decision to execute a 1,000-for-1 prisoner exchange last week despite his frequently...
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22 Oct 2011

How a War With Iran Could Start Accidentally

This February, a U.S. Navy P-3 Orion surveillance plane, on routine patrol over the Persian Gulf, drew some unwelcome attention. An Iranian aircraft made such a close pass that the American pilots reported that they could see the faces of their Iranian adversaries. The Pentagon was quickly notified of the near- collision.
This February, a U.S. Navy P-3 Orion surveillance plane, on routine patrol over the Persian Gulf, drew some unwelcome...
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18 Sep 2011

Must America Accept A Nuclear Iran

The world learned to its horror the price of appeasement when, fearing war, it allowed Adolf Hitler to ignore the Treaty of Versailles in his quest to establish a Thousand Year Reich. More than 50 million people paid that price in death. Now the world is facing another mad dictatorship in an Iran bent on mass destruction.
The world learned to its horror the price of appeasement when, fearing war, it allowed Adolf Hitler to ignore the Treaty...
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18 Sep 2011

The coming Republican push on Iran

The rise of the Arab masses has pushed Iran out of the headlines -- for now. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose theatrics rarely pass unnoticed, has lately failed to grab the attention of the U.S. media. America's attention has instead turned toward Egypt, Syria and Libya. This is likely to change in the next few months. Not as a result of any particular developments in Iran or between the United States and Iran, but because of the 2012 presidential elections.
The rise of the Arab masses has pushed Iran out of the headlines -- for now. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose theatrics...
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8 Sep 2011

Economic Sanctions On Iran Haven’t Been Enough

Ten years after Sept. 11, the Islamic Republic of Iran constitutes the most serious threat to American national security, and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the world's most deadly terrorist organization.
Ten years after Sept. 11, the Islamic Republic of Iran constitutes the most serious threat to American national...
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31 Jul 2011

Euro ABM against Iran

The deployment of missile defense system elements in Europe (often referred to as Euro ABM) may turn out to be a preparation for a strike against Iran. An opinion to that effect was stated by Russia s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the Turkish media. He is currently on a visit to Ankara for NATO air defense shield talks with the Turkish authorities.
The deployment of missile defense system elements in Europe (often referred to as Euro ABM) may turn out to be a...
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31 Jul 2011

How Iran And America Could Wind Up At War

Are Washington and Tehran headed for a showdown? For much of the past decade, conventional wisdom has held that Iran s dogged pursuit of a nuclear capability - carried out in spite of mounting pressure from the international community - will ultimately become a casus belli for Washington.
Are Washington and Tehran headed for a showdown? For much of the past decade, conventional wisdom has held that Iran s...
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27 Jul 2011

Gen: Iran may seek mass U.S. casualties in Iraq

Iran's stepped-up arming of Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq who are targeting American troops may be designed to trigger a "Beirut-like moment" of mass U.S. casualties, the Obama administration's nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Tuesday.
Iran's stepped-up arming of Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq who are targeting American troops may be designed to...
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21 Jan 2011

Tony Blair: Iran is a Looming Threat…If Necessary, Use Force

Out of courtesy, I will not besiege readers with my thoughts on today's testimonial by former Prime Minister Tony Blair --- replete with evasions, distortions, and some outright deceptions --- justifying the 2003 Iraq War to a British enquiry. It is worth noting, however, that he would do it all again...this time with Iran.
Out of courtesy, I will not besiege readers with my thoughts on today's testimonial by former Prime Minister Tony Blair...
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