AHMADINEJAD LETTER TO U.S. PEOPLE

"... Ahmadinejad has made an unprecedented and direct appeal to the US people, urging them to reject US foreign policy. In a letter to "Noble Americans" Iran's president said the US administration's use of "coercion, force and injustice" weakened its global position... (and) said terrorism had "grown exponentially" in the "military misadventure" of Iraq..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6157311.stm

Complete letter:
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1130-23.htm

RUSSIAN SUPER MISSILES TO IRAN -- WILL BE INVULERABLE IN 6 MONTHS

"Russia sells Iran sophisticated missile systems capable of repelling US or Israeli air or missile assaults... The first of 29 Tor-M1 systems in the $700m deal have been delivered to Iran... a weapon widely regarded as the most advanced of its kind in the world... (with) ability to simultaneously destroy two targets traveling at up to 700km/h in any weather by day or night, (having) powerful, jamming-resistant radar with electronic beam control... (and) and automatic threat evaluation data on up to 48 targets... its full deployment at Iran’s nuclear installations will make them virtually invulnerable to American or Israeli attack... Therefore, no more than six months remain, until the Russian Tor-M1 systems are in place, for any attempt to knock out Iran’s nuclear weapons industry."
--DEBKAfile (Israel), November 27, 2006
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=3541

USS BOXER PATROLLING OFF OIL TERMINALS

"USS Boxer Expeditionary Strike Force is patrolling waters off S. Iraq’s Basra and Khawr Al Amaya oil terminals... The terminals, key elements of Iraq’s lifeline oil exports, are under terrorist threat. Boxer has been deployed since Nov. 21 in support of the US 5th Fleet, whose area of responsibility includes the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and parts of the Indian Ocean, critical chokepoint straits and 27 countries."
--DEBKAfile (Israel), November 27, 2006
http://www.debka.com/index.php

IRAN PROPOSES TO HELP U.S. CALM IRAQ

"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed Sunday that he would help the United States calm Iraq if Washington changes what he described as its "bullying" policy toward Iran...
"We are ready to help you. You went to Iraq to topple Saddam and find weapons of mass destruction, but it was clear to us that you came in order to dominate the region and its oil.You have been trapped in a quagmire and locked in your place with nowhere to go. The Iranian nation is ready to help you to get out of the quagmire — on condition that you resume behaving in a just manner and avoid bullying and invading. Then, nations of the region, headed by the Iranian nation, will be ready to show you the path of salvation. It is the time for the leaders of the U.S. and U.K to listen. You have reached a dead end in our region as well as in the world."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-26-iran-us-iraq_x.htm

"ROQUE STATE" TERM CREATED FOR TARGETS OF WAR ON TERROR

"... The US response to... (9-11) has been... a vengeful declaration of a "war on terror". This is a strategic overshoot, because terrorism is an amorphous organism that cannot be eliminated by military operations, war can only be declared on and fought between states. Thus the US was compelled to conjure up the notion of "rogue states" that gelled into an "axis of evil" allegedly linked to state-sponsored terrorism....
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HK21Ak03.html

U.S USING KURDISH GROUP TO DESTABILIZE IRAN

"The United States, which has promised Ankara to end the existence of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, is reportedly backing the group’s Iranian wing PEJAK in a secret ploy to destabilize (Iran)... Washington, and Israel, have been providing PEJAK with training and equipment over the last six months..."
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20061121&hn=38497

CIA: NO PROOF IRAN DEVELOPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS

"The CIA has not found conclusive evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons... (says) a secret CIA report based on intelligence such as... satellite photography and measurements from sensors planted by US and Israeli agents.... the alleged document appears to challenge Washington's views regarding Iranian nuclear intentions..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6167304.stm

FOUR CARRIERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF

"Why Are There Four Carriers In The Persian Gulf?"
http://www.rense.com/general74/whyare.htm

S. KOREA WON'T INTERCEPT N. KOREAN SHIPMENTS TO IRAN

"... South Korea will not join a US-led scheme to stop and search suspicious North Korean ships... worried that intercepting a North Korean ship could trigger an armed clash... (still) South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Park In-kook told reporters that South Korea supported the "purpose and principles" of the PSI... a voluntary initiative that was launched in 2003 as a way of stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction by stopping suspicious cargo ships at sea..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6142488.stm

"... the US - along with ships from Bahrain, Australia, France, Italy and Britain - is conducting exercises simulating inspection of ships carrying illicit weapons-related materials. Iran must understand that the purpose is to intercept any nuclear- or missile-related shipments from North Korea..."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HK03Ak02.html

IRAN WARNS ISRAEL AGAINST MILITARY STRIKES

"... Israel's deputy defence minister Ephraim Sneh... suggested Israel could launch military strikes against Iranian nuclear installations as a last resort... Iran's foreign ministry spokesman has warned Tehran will not hesitate to retaliate with a crushing blow if Israel attacks its nuclear sites... "if Israel indulged in such stupidity, then the response of Iranian fighters would be emphatic, crushing and immediate... it would not take one second..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6141180.stm

LANDING FORCE STRIKE GROUP ENTERS PERSIAN GULF

"USS Boxer Strike Group, entered the Persian Gulf Thursday, Nov. 9, the largest US landing force to reach this water in a decade. The Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group (BOXESG) now in the US Fifth Fleet area headquartered in Bahrain, consists of Boxer (picture), Amphibious Squadron 5, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Seals), the Coast Guard cutter Midgett and Canadian frigate HMCS Ottawa, as well as the USS Dubuque, USS Comstock, the largest landing craft in the US Navy, USS Bunker Hill and the guided missile destroyers USS Benfold and USS Howard.

"The Boxer Group has just come from joint maneuvers with the Indian navy in the Arabian Sea opposite the coast of Goa, including large-scale landing practices. The group’s commander, Capt. David Angood said that if “anything important happens in the real-world environment, the task force will deal with it in the most efficient manner.”

"...the arrival of Boxer in the Persian Gulf coincided with the USS Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group’s passage through the Suez Canal on its way from the Gulf to the Mediterranean. It is the first time that a US naval strike force is accompanied by a coast guard unit. Its vessels are equipped and their crews trained for rapid rescue and aid missions to damaged ships and wounded crewmen. Their presence in the task force indicates that the Boxer strike group is prepared for Iranian attack by sea, air, submarine, sea-to-sea missiles or depth mines."

--DEBKAfile (Israel), Sunday, November 12, 2006
http://www.debka.com/index.php

ATTACK ON IRAN COULD TRAP U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ

"Sources indicate increasing indications of 'something big' happening between the Nov. 7 congressional election and Christmas. That could be the long-planned attack on Iran... It will be a 'package' of air and missile strikes, by U.S. forces or Israel...(what) no one forsees is a substantial danger that we could lose the American army now deployed in Iraq... our supply lines from the south could be cut if we attack Iran.... by Shiite militias including the Mahdi Army and the Badr Brigades... (and by) regular Iranian Army divisions (that) will roll into Iraq..."
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1218968.php/Outside_View_Iraq_disaster_warning

ATTACK ON IRAN COMING

"Sources indicate increasing indications of 'something big' happening between the Nov. 7 congressional election and Christmas. That could be the long-planned attack on Iran... It will be a 'package' of air and missile strikes, by U.S. forces or Israel...(what) no one forsees is a substantial danger that we could lose the American army now deployed in Iraq... our supply lines from the south could be cut if we attack Iran.... by Shiite militias including the Mahdi Army and the Badr Brigades... (and by) regular Iranian Army divisions (that) will roll into Iraq..."
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1218968.php/Outside_View_Iraq_disaster_warning

MISSILE EXERCISE TO WARN EUROPE OF BACKLASH FROM U.S. NAVAL ATTACK

"... Iran announced (a) war game... Nov. 1 in response to the to the US-led naval movements and buildup in the in the Red Sea... The spectacular swarm of sophisticated missiles fired in Iran’s surprise military exercise stuns military planners in the US, Israel and Europe... their most startling feat was the successful first test-fire of the long-range Shehab-3 with its cluster of tens of small bomblets... This Shehab-3, whose 2,000-km range brings Israel, the Middle East and Europe within reach - may be more than a match for any anti-missile missile system in American, Israeli or European arsenals... Europe... was being warned that it would be first in line for a backlash from a US or Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities..."
--DEBKAfile, Israel, November 6, 2006
http://www.debka.com/index.php

U.S. STRIKE FORCES ASSEMBLE OFF IRAN

"Hundreds of US and allied war ships foregathered in the strategic seas of the Middle East and India in the last days of October 2006 for two primary missions: To prepare for a US-led military strike against Iran... (and) to fend off palpable al Qaeda threats to oil targets... an Iranian spy plane had located the USS Boxer heading for the Persian Gulf... the Iranians suspect that at the end of the joint US-Indian exercise in the Arabian Sea, USS Boxer will veer west and head into the Persian Gulf. There would then be four US air carriers with task forces parked opposite Iranian shores, including the USS Enterprise Strike Group, the USS Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group and the USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, which are already in place.... DEBKAfile’s military sources provide details of the massive deployments..."
http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1223

U.S. AND IRANIAN NAVAL MANUEVERS

"... Two developments in the Persian Gulf region need to be watched carefully. First, it has been reported that US-led coalition naval forces have moved into the Saudi port of Ras Tanura. The stated purpose is to ward off possible seaborne attacks from al-Qaeda against the world's largest oil-loading terminal. But Iran will be watching carefully to see how much this US presence intimidates the Saudi leaders. Second, the US - along with ships from Bahrain, Australia, France, Italy and Britain - is conducting exercises simulating inspection of ships carrying illicit weapons-related materials. Iran must understand that the purpose is to intercept any nuclear- or missile-related shipments from North Korea.

Perhaps in response, Iranian state television has announced that naval maneuvers - named "Great Prophet Two" - would take place in the Gulf and the Sea of Oman from Thursday. "The war games are aimed at demonstrating the deterrent power of the [Iranian Revolutionary] Guards against possible threats," General Yahya Rahim Safavi, commander of the Revolutionary Guards, was quoted as saying."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HK03Ak02.html

TWO STRIKE GROUPS AN EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENT

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, and its accompanying carrier strike group, passed through the Suez Canal on Monday, Oct. 30, and arrived in the Red Sea on Tuesday, Oct. 31.

DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the USS Eisenhower is at sea off the Saudi Arabian coast, together with another aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise. The presence of the two US aircraft carriers, and their accompanying strike groups, in a body of water as small as the Red Sea is an extraordinary development.

So far there have been no indications that the USS Eisenhower arrived to replace the USS Enterprise.

US Intelligence director John Negroponte also is in the region. He was in Saudi Arabia over the weekend and in Cairo on Tuesday, and is due to arrive in Israel on Wednesday, Nov. 1.

With the arrival of the USS Eisenhower in the region, there are now three US aircraft carriers in the Persion Gulf and surrounding waters, including the USS Iwo Jima. Accompanying the USS Eisenhower are the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio, the guided-missile destroyers USS Ramage and USS Mason and the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Newport.

DEBKAfile’s military sources report that a fourth US aircraft carrier, the USS Boxer, will arrive on the scene by the beginning of next week, together with its carrier strike group. The USS Boxer is currently taking part in joint US-Indian naval maneuvers, dubbed Malabar ’06, which include the landing of marines on beaches.

-DEBkafile (Israel), November 1, 2006
http://www.debka.com/index.php