World-News

By Reuters

'The US talks about sanctioning our oil but they should know that if Iran s oil exports from the Persian Gulf are sanctioned, then no one will have the right to export oil through the Strait of Hormuz.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30162.htm



Obama Seeks to Distance U.S. from Israeli Attack

By Gareth Porter

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are engaged in intense maneuvering over Netanyahu s aim of entangling the United States in an Israeli war against Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30158.htm



Thousands of US troops deploying to Israel

Without much media attention, thousands of American troops are being deployed to Israel, and Iranian officials believe that this is the latest and most blatant warning that the US will soon be attacking Tehran.

http://rt.com/usa/news/us-troops-israel-iran-257/



Pentagon says Iran provoked US warships

The US Department of Defence on Friday claimed that Iranian patrolling vessels in the Persian Gulf have provoked its war ships, the CNN said.

http://bit.ly/AotiVX



US warns Iran to leave Persian Gulf oil route alone, clash shows risk of larger war

Spokesmen were vague on what the United States would do about Irans ''threat'' to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but military officials have been clear that the U.S. is readying for a possible naval clash.

http://wapo.st/zZup0a


From Information Clearing House

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Possible Showdown With Iran Sends Oil Prices Soaring

Jonathan S. Landay and Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: 'The possibility of a confrontation ... [grew] after the Obama administration dismissed an Iranian warning against moving a U.S. aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf, saying the deployment was crucial to 'the security and stability of the region.' Fears that a crisis could disrupt Gulf tanker traffic carrying some 40 percent of the world's sea-borne oil drove international petroleum prices up by more than $4 a barrel.'

http://www.truth-out.org/possible-showdown-iran-sends-oil-prices-soaring/1325686232



The Threat of War Against Iran and Syria Is Real

Shamus Cooke, Countercurrents.org: 'For those who think that the United States wouldn t possibly instigate another war in the Middle East, think again. Empowered by his 'success' in the bombing of Libya and consequent assassination of Muammar Qaddafi, Obama is now seeking to use the exact same strategy against Syria, while using alarming military threats against Iran.'

http://www.truth-out.org/threat-war-against-iran-and-syria-real/1325772640

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Pentagon: US Navy will remain in Persian Gulf

San Francisco Chronicle

01/03/12

The Pentagon on Tuesday answered an Iranian warning to keep U.S. aircraft carriers out of the Persian Gulf by declaring that American warships will continue regularly scheduled deployments to the strategic waterway. George Little, the Pentagon press secretary, said the Navy operates in the Gulf in accordance with international law and to maintain 'a constant state of high vigilance' to ensure the flow of sea commerce...

http://tinyurl.com/8yswmwt



Meanwhile, in the Persian Gulf...

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

01/04/12

It is rank hypocrisy for the US to point to the Iranian threat to close the Strait of Hormuz when Washington is seeking to block commerce traversing the Strait by imposing sanctions on Iranian oil. The Iranians know very well that the sanctions cannot be enforced without a military blockade and that is the next logical step on the road to war...

http://bit.ly/wrIsRi


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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'Iran far stronger than US would like to admit'
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/6437.html

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Obama and Netanayu s Push for Attack on Iran
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/06



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