U.S. SPYING AND TERRORISM IN IRAN
"A senior Iranian intelligence official... (said) the CIA and British intelligence were involved in spying, but Iran had destroyed several of their networks that were trying to set off bomb blasts, conduct terrorism and kidnappings and also film and photograph sensitive sites.The official complained spy networks were also targeting ethnic minorities and attempting sabotage in areas on Iran's western borders... Iran lodged an official protest on Sunday against the US government for allegedly sending spies to Iran."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6704987.stm
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
WHY IRAN WILL FIGHT RATHER THAN COMPROMISE
"... Iran's economy is so damaged that it is impossible to tell how bad things are... overall unemployment at 30% and youth unemployment at 50%. Government subsidies sustain a very large portion of the population; 42% of the non-agricultural population is employed by the Iranian state... The present inflation rate of about 20%, driven by a 40% rate of monetary expansion, suggests that government resources are already exhausted... the country exports nothing but oil, carpets and dried fruit... and manufactures nothing the world will buy. Its most pressing problem, unemployment among the 60% of its population now under the age of 30... "
"What strategic consequences ensue from Iran's economic misery? Broadly speaking, the choices are two... (break down like Russia) under the pressure of America's military buildup... (or) gamble on... an imperial adventure... Ahmadinejad and his generation of Revolutionary Guards will fight, and cautious old men like Rafsanjani will not be able to stop them."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IE30Ak03.html
"... Iran's economy is so damaged that it is impossible to tell how bad things are... overall unemployment at 30% and youth unemployment at 50%. Government subsidies sustain a very large portion of the population; 42% of the non-agricultural population is employed by the Iranian state... The present inflation rate of about 20%, driven by a 40% rate of monetary expansion, suggests that government resources are already exhausted... the country exports nothing but oil, carpets and dried fruit... and manufactures nothing the world will buy. Its most pressing problem, unemployment among the 60% of its population now under the age of 30... "
"What strategic consequences ensue from Iran's economic misery? Broadly speaking, the choices are two... (break down like Russia) under the pressure of America's military buildup... (or) gamble on... an imperial adventure... Ahmadinejad and his generation of Revolutionary Guards will fight, and cautious old men like Rafsanjani will not be able to stop them."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IE30Ak03.html
Sunday, May 27, 2007
CHENEY CONSPIRACY AGAINST BUSH ON IRAN WAR
"... The AEI (American Enterprise Institute) is conspiring with Vice President Cheney to foment war with Iran... Cheney is working with the AEI warmongers to short-circuit the efforts of Bush’s secretaries of defense and state to find a diplomatic solution... one former high-level national security official describes the Cheney-AEI conspiracy as possibly an act of "criminal insubordination" against President Bush... Cheney and the neoconservatives would likely succeed in convincing Bush to nuke Iran. Cheney... already changed US war doctrine to permit preemptive nuclear attack against non-nuclear powers..."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts211.html
"... The AEI (American Enterprise Institute) is conspiring with Vice President Cheney to foment war with Iran... Cheney is working with the AEI warmongers to short-circuit the efforts of Bush’s secretaries of defense and state to find a diplomatic solution... one former high-level national security official describes the Cheney-AEI conspiracy as possibly an act of "criminal insubordination" against President Bush... Cheney and the neoconservatives would likely succeed in convincing Bush to nuke Iran. Cheney... already changed US war doctrine to permit preemptive nuclear attack against non-nuclear powers..."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts211.html
IRAN UNCOVERS U.S. SPIES SUPPORTED BY IRAQI FACTIONS
"Iran says it has uncovered several spy networks run by the US and its allies - the occupying forces in Iraq... The intelligence ministry said it had "succeeded in uncovering, identifying and striking blows" at infiltrators organised by those forces. The statement said the networks had been detected in western, south-western and central parts of Iran... These spy networks were operating under the guidance of the occupiers' intelligence services and with the support of some influential Iraqi groups and factions..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6695653.stm
"Iran says it has uncovered several spy networks run by the US and its allies - the occupying forces in Iraq... The intelligence ministry said it had "succeeded in uncovering, identifying and striking blows" at infiltrators organised by those forces. The statement said the networks had been detected in western, south-western and central parts of Iran... These spy networks were operating under the guidance of the occupiers' intelligence services and with the support of some influential Iraqi groups and factions..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6695653.stm
Friday, May 25, 2007
U.S. ARMADA ASSEMBLES OFF IRAN'S COAST TO BACK UP CHENEY'S PLEDGE
"Nine US military ships enter Persian Gulf Wednesday, assembling off Iran’s coast in largest American naval move since 2003... The vessels carry around 17,000 combat and marine personnel. They include the two aircraft carriers, USS Nimitz and USS Stennis, as well as the USS Bonhomme Richard LHD 6 Group, the world’s biggest amphibious strike force. Iran was not notified of the planned arrival.... Its presence backs up Cheney’s pledge... Cheney visited the region (two weeks ago) and informed ... Gulf rulers that... if Iran refuses to waive a nuclear weapon capability, the US will attack its nuclear, military and economic infrastructure..."
--DEBKAfile (Israel), May 23, 2007
http://www.debka.com/index.php
"Nine US military ships enter Persian Gulf Wednesday, assembling off Iran’s coast in largest American naval move since 2003... The vessels carry around 17,000 combat and marine personnel. They include the two aircraft carriers, USS Nimitz and USS Stennis, as well as the USS Bonhomme Richard LHD 6 Group, the world’s biggest amphibious strike force. Iran was not notified of the planned arrival.... Its presence backs up Cheney’s pledge... Cheney visited the region (two weeks ago) and informed ... Gulf rulers that... if Iran refuses to waive a nuclear weapon capability, the US will attack its nuclear, military and economic infrastructure..."
--DEBKAfile (Israel), May 23, 2007
http://www.debka.com/index.php
CHENEY PLANNING FOR ISRAEL TO START WAR FOR U.S. TO ENTER
"... Cheney does not support President Bush's tack towards Condoleezza Rice's diplomatic efforts... Cheney believes that Bush can not be counted on to make the "right decision" when it comes to dealing with Iran... The thinking on Cheney's team is to collude with Israel, nudging Israel at some key moment in the ongoing standoff between Iran's nuclear activities and international frustration over this to mount a small-scale conventional strike against Natanz using cruise missiles (i.e., not ballistic missiles). This strategy would sidestep controversies over bomber aircraft and overflight rights over other Middle East nations and could be expected to trigger a sufficient Iranian counter-strike against US forces in the Gulf..."
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002145.php
"... Cheney does not support President Bush's tack towards Condoleezza Rice's diplomatic efforts... Cheney believes that Bush can not be counted on to make the "right decision" when it comes to dealing with Iran... The thinking on Cheney's team is to collude with Israel, nudging Israel at some key moment in the ongoing standoff between Iran's nuclear activities and international frustration over this to mount a small-scale conventional strike against Natanz using cruise missiles (i.e., not ballistic missiles). This strategy would sidestep controversies over bomber aircraft and overflight rights over other Middle East nations and could be expected to trigger a sufficient Iranian counter-strike against US forces in the Gulf..."
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002145.php
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
BUSH AUTHORIZES NEW COVERT ACTION AGAINST IRAN
"The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert “black” operation to destabilize the Iranian government... Bush has signed a “nonlethal presidential finding” that puts into motion a CIA plan that reportedly includes a coordinated campaign of propaganda, disinformation and manipulation of Iran’s currency and international financial transactions..."
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/bush_authorizes.html
"The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert “black” operation to destabilize the Iranian government... Bush has signed a “nonlethal presidential finding” that puts into motion a CIA plan that reportedly includes a coordinated campaign of propaganda, disinformation and manipulation of Iran’s currency and international financial transactions..."
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/bush_authorizes.html
Thursday, May 17, 2007
U.S. ADMIRAL TRIED TO VETO BUILD UP TO THREATEN IRAN
"... the deployment of a third carrier group... would have brought the U.S. naval presence up to the same level as during the U.S. air campaign against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq... The deployment of three carrier groups simultaneously was not part of a plan for an actual attack on Iran, but was meant to convince Iran that the Bush administration was preparing for possible war if Tehran continued its uranium enrichment programme..."
"(But) Admiral William Fallon... Bush's nominee to head the Central Command (CENTCOM), expressed strong opposition in February to an administration plan to increase the number of carrier strike groups in the Persian Gulf from two to three and vowed privately there would be no war against Iran as long as he was chief of CENTCOM..."
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37738
"... the deployment of a third carrier group... would have brought the U.S. naval presence up to the same level as during the U.S. air campaign against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq... The deployment of three carrier groups simultaneously was not part of a plan for an actual attack on Iran, but was meant to convince Iran that the Bush administration was preparing for possible war if Tehran continued its uranium enrichment programme..."
"(But) Admiral William Fallon... Bush's nominee to head the Central Command (CENTCOM), expressed strong opposition in February to an administration plan to increase the number of carrier strike groups in the Persian Gulf from two to three and vowed privately there would be no war against Iran as long as he was chief of CENTCOM..."
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37738
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
UNSEEN WAR ON IRAQ HAS BEGUN
"Bush doesn't want detente. He wants to attack Iran... Silently, stealthily, unseen by cameras, the war on Iran has begun. Many sources confirm that the US has increased its aid to armed movements among the ethnic minorities that make up about 40% of Iran's population. ABC News reported in April that the US had secretly assisted the Baluchi group Jund al-Islam (Soldiers of Islam), responsible for a recent attack that killed 20 Revolutionary Guards..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2079648,00.html
"Bush doesn't want detente. He wants to attack Iran... Silently, stealthily, unseen by cameras, the war on Iran has begun. Many sources confirm that the US has increased its aid to armed movements among the ethnic minorities that make up about 40% of Iran's population. ABC News reported in April that the US had secretly assisted the Baluchi group Jund al-Islam (Soldiers of Islam), responsible for a recent attack that killed 20 Revolutionary Guards..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2079648,00.html
Friday, May 04, 2007
STRIKE FORCES ASSSEMBLE, WINDOW TO ATTACK IRAN NEAR
"... the Nimitz is rapidly approaching the Persian Gulf, where it will join two other U.S. aircraft carriers and the French carrier Charles De Gaulle in the largest concentration of naval firepower in the region since the launching of the U.S. invasion of Iraq four years ago... the Nimitz is on its way to the Gulf to replace the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower... But the U.S. Central Command... refuses to say when the Eisenhower will actually depart... For a time, at least, the United States will have three carrier battle groups in the region. The USS John C. Stennis is the third. Each carrier is accompanied by a small flotilla of cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and support vessels, many equipped with Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles (TLAMs)... with the arrival of the Nimitz battle group, the Bush administration will be — for an unknown period of time — in an optimal position to strike Iran with a punishing array of bombs and missiles.."
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/04/970/
"... the Nimitz is rapidly approaching the Persian Gulf, where it will join two other U.S. aircraft carriers and the French carrier Charles De Gaulle in the largest concentration of naval firepower in the region since the launching of the U.S. invasion of Iraq four years ago... the Nimitz is on its way to the Gulf to replace the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower... But the U.S. Central Command... refuses to say when the Eisenhower will actually depart... For a time, at least, the United States will have three carrier battle groups in the region. The USS John C. Stennis is the third. Each carrier is accompanied by a small flotilla of cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and support vessels, many equipped with Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles (TLAMs)... with the arrival of the Nimitz battle group, the Bush administration will be — for an unknown period of time — in an optimal position to strike Iran with a punishing array of bombs and missiles.."
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/04/970/
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