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US, Iran Both Squandered Opportunities for Détente
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/28-9

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Justifying War with Iran

By Russ Baker

A growing body of evidence points to a concerted campaign to prepare Americans and the world for war against Iran. This is not idle speculation. It fits a pattern that repeatedly preceded previous hostilities.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30084.htm



Will a U.S. attack on Iran become Obama's 'October Surprise'?

Israelis and many Americans are convinced that President Obama will ultimately back away from attacking Iran. They may be wrong.

http://bit.ly/tWx7XQ


From Information Clearing House

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New war: Just substitute 'Iran' for 'Iraq,' 'nuke' for 'WMD'

Libertarian News Examiner
by Garry Reed

12/27/11

Those who don t read history probably don t know that America s Ruling Sociopaths have manipulated or outright lied the United States into virtually every war it s ever been in. The rulers get power, wealth and glorification in history books while everyone else gets folded flags and bugles played over boxes of their mangled remains. Few seem to see through the warmongering fraud...

http://exm.nr/v9tH3o



US to Iran: Don t you dare act like us

Guardian [UK]

12/28/11

Tensions between the United States and Iran have dangerously ratcheted up as naval officials with America s Fifth Fleet warned any attempt by Iran to close a strategically vital oil route through the Strait of Hormuz would 'not be tolerated.' The news heightens a sense of growing crisis in the Persian Gulf after two days of threats by senior Iranian figures that they might shut down the important trade route in response to any future international sanctions against the country s oil exports...

http://bit.ly/taP2kr


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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As US Readies Sanctions, Iran Threatens to Block Oil Route

David E. Sanger, The New York Times News Service: 'An Iranian official delivered a sharp threat in response to economic sanctions being readied by the United States, saying [Iran] would retaliate ? by blocking all oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for transporting about one-fifth of the world's oil supply.'

http://www.truth-out.org/us-readies-sanctions-iran-threatens-block-oil-route/1325081423



Crackpot Anti-Islam Activists, 'Serial Fabricators' and the Tale of Iran and 9/11

Gareth Porter, Truthout: 'Behind a mysterious December 22 Associated Press story about 'finding of fact' by a District judge in Manhattan Friday that Iran assisted al Qaeda in the planning of the 9/11 attacks is a tapestry of recycled fabrications and distortions of fact from a bizarre cast of characters.... The only real effect of the case is to promote right-wing political myths about Iran.'

http://www.truth-out.org/crackpot-anti-islam-activists-serial-fabricators-and-tale-iran-and-911/1325172724

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The Strait of Hurmuz, oil shipments, and regional conflict in the Middle East
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/iranus-sabre-rattling/the-strait-of-hurmuz-oil-shipments-and-regional-conflict-in-the-middle-east.html



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