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By Reuters

The United States still believes that Iran is not on the verge of having a nuclear weapon and that Tehran has not made a decision to pursue one, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32132.htm



Iran to Make own WMD if Israel Delivers Airstrike: expert

By RIA Novosti

''The United States does not want this airstrike to be delivered before the presidential election. They [the U.S.] are restraining Israel.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32130.htm



Decision To Attack Iran is Almost Final: Israel TV

By Times of Israel staff

Netanyahu and Barak reason that ''we may have reached the moment of truth'' after which it would be too late to stop Iran, and that "the price of an attack is far lower than the price of inaction.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32149.htm



Bomb Iran Fever

Pepe Escobar

The whole convoluted premise for an Israeli attack on Iran turns out to be bogus.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32148.htm



Israel s 'Bomb Iran' Timetable

By Ray McGovern

Obama s silence regarding a public warning speaks volumes to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32158.htm



Majority of Israelis oppose strike on Iran

Forty-six percent say that Israel should not attack Tehran s nuclear plants; support for prime minister drops to 34% from 46% three months ago.

http://is.gd/g87NoI



Ex-CIA Analyst: The Real Reason Israel Wants To Strike Iran Before US Election

By Michael Kelley

McGovern believes that Israel s primary goal is to ''have Iran bloodied the same way we did to Iraq'' so that Iran "would no longer be able to support Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza, Lebanon, and elsewhere.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32190.htm



Persian Gulf States Are Telling Their Citizens To Leave Lebanon 'Immediately' As Syrian War Spills Over

The UAE received information about its nationals being targeted ''because of the difficult and sensitive circumstances in Lebanon.'' Saudi Arabia cited ''reported threats to kidnap Saudi citizens'' in Lebanon, according to BBC News.

http://is.gd/TVEqJ6



Israel to strike Iran as window of opportunity narrows?

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the country s new ambassador to China, recently discussed precise estimates of Israeli casualties, and the timeframe of a possible war with Iran. A hypothetical war with Iran would probably last a month, and include about 500 estimated Israeli casualties from Iranian missile strikes, Vilnai told Israeli newspaper Maariv on Wednesday.

https://rt.com/news/israel-strike-iran-nuclear-739/




Bibi s Secret War Plan

By Richard Silverstein

In the past few days, I received an Israeli briefing document outlining Israel s war plans against Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32201.htm



Israeli 'document' on Iran attack leaked

An American journalist and blogger on Israeli affairs, says he has been given a leaked document which outlines a plan for an Israeli attack on Iran s nuclear facilities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19271083



US Punched Bibi, Barak in the Face

By Attila Somfalvi

The US hit Israel s most sensitive nerve: The pride in its military power.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32206.htm



With an attack on Iran less likely, Israel s leaders add fuel to the media s fire

Senior Haaretz analyst Amos Harel says a recent comment by the U.S. army chief made it clear that Obama has had enough of Netanyahu and Barak s antics. They, however, could still attack just to show they can.

http://is.gd/hEC8z7



Netanyahu is Preparing his Nation for War

Israel war talk fails to ignite U.S. debate

USA Today Editorial

Netanyahu s timing, speculative but logical, is that he sees the American political campaign as a moment of maximum leverage.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32254.htm



War Fever As Seen From Iran

By Pepe Escobar

So it s time for something completely different and totally absent from Western corporate media; sound Iranian minds rationally analyzing what s really going on behind the drums of war regarding Iran, Turkey, the Arab world and across Eurasia.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32262.htm



The March of Folly

By Uri Avnery

NOTHING COULD be more scary than the thought that this duo, Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, is in a position to start a war, the dimensions and outcome of which are incalculable.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32382.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Inside Israel, Talk of Attack on Iran Grows Louder
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/14

'Not Humane': US Sanctions Prevent Iran Earthquake Aid
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/14-0

Israel s Iran War Talk Aims at Deal for Tougher US Policy
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/16

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This weekend Netanyahu and Barak lost Israeli debate on attacking Iran
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11159/

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An Israeli strike against Iran is bound to go nuclear
http://lewrockwell.com/raimondo/raimondo179.html



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