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Russia Planning Troops Deployment On Iran s Northern Border

By F. Michael Maloof

The Russian military anticipates that an attack will occur on Iran by the summer and has developed an action plan to move Russian troops through neighboring Georgia to stage in Armenia, which borders on the Islamic republic, according to informed Russian sources.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31069.htm



The Irrationality of the Case against Iran s Nuclear Program

By Gary Leupp

What is the logic of offering Iran a ''last chance'' to stop doing what it is legally entitled to do?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31065.htm



How Neocons Sank Iran Nuke Deal

Two years ago, Washington s influential neoconservatives, both inside and outside government, shot down a possible resolution to the Iranian nuclear dispute because they wanted a confrontation with Tehran that some hoped would lead to their long-held dream of ''regime change.''

http://bit.ly/IYCCah



Uranium Double-Standard: The U.S., Kazakhstan and Iran

Kazakhstan s booming uranium mining and expanding nuclear industry, a massive effort involving U.S. multinational corporations and an authoritarian regime increasingly tied to Washington.

http://bit.ly/IatnmB



A Rare Admission From Israel

By Teymoor Nabili

Israel s Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged that Iran didn t say they will wipe Israel off the map.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31072.htm



The Babylonian Captivity of Washington

By Philip Giraldi

Instead of presidential wannabes declaring their subservience to Tel Aviv, they should perhaps begin emphasizing that they will only act in the future in the interests of the American people. To do so would exclude an unnecessary war against Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31085.htm



Leave Us Out of Another Middle East War

By James Abourezk

The media and the politicians are so inured to laying off criticism of Israel that no one can bring themselves to identify what is hurting us and our economy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31086.htm



Israeli TV report shows air force gearing up for Iran attack, says moment of truth is near

The report, screened on the main evening news of Channel 10, was remarkable both in terms of the access granted to the reporter, who said he had spent weeks with the pilots and other personnel he interviewed, and in the fact that his assessments on a strike were cleared by the military censor.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/iaf-plans-for-iran-attack/



How We are Footing the Bill for Violent Crackdowns in the Middle East

By Anna Lekas Miller

Instead of financing affordable healthcare, housing and education, our government is using our money to finesse an international reputation as the power that violently crushes resistance to repression.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31122.htm



Ready to hit Iran if ordered: Israel military chief

Israeli forces are carrying out more special operations beyond the country s borders and will be ready to attack Iran s nuclear sites if ordered, the chief-of-staff said in an interview on Sunday.

http://bit.ly/I5viu8


From Information Clearing House

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War on Iran: America s Next Catastrophe in the Middle East?

Emanuel Stoakes, Truthout: ''Little has been said about how a war with Iran, at present seemingly urged into near outbreak by Binyamin Netanyahu and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), could be averted, with the Islamic Republic s nuclear program completely halted in 2003. We can thank the architects of the Iraq war for rejecting this wasted opportunity ... Also underreported have been statements made by former senior figures at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) alleging 'pro-western bias, over-reliance on unverified intelligence' at the organization.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8475-war-on-iran-americas-next-catastrophe-in-the-middle-east

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Iran Nuclear Crisis Needs Disruptive Diplomacy, Not Shock and Awe
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/13-2

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Netanyahu s Dilemma and Obama s
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan231.html

A Chance for Peace With Iran
http://lewrockwell.com/raimondo/raimondo169.html



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