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  • US plans attack on Iran
    22 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    US plans attack on Iran
    01/21/2007 07:25 PM | Agencies
    Washington & Tehran: US contingency planning for military action against Iran’s nuclear programme goes beyond limited strikes and would effectively unleash a war against the country, a former US intelligence analyst said on Friday.
    "I’ve seen some of the planning ... You’re not talking about a surgical strike," said Wayne White, who was a top Middle East analyst for the State Department’s bureau of intelligence and research (…)

  • World-famous new service Information Clearing House publishes new blog on EU server
    22 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Introducing www.ichblog.eu
    Hi This is Tom.
    We have developed a new sister website for ICH readers and would like to take a moment to provide some information, which I hope will allow you to take advantage of the benefits this sister website offers to those who wish to take a more active role in helping to share news and information with fellow ICH readers.
    First let me reassure you that this new website will not in any way replace www.informationclearinghouse.info or interfere with the (…)

  • Iranian ambassador exposes U.S. double standards
    21 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    • Before the Islamic Revolution, Washington proposed the idea of developing nuclear energy to produce electricity, and now it is condemning Iran for doing just that, stresses Ahmad Edrisian
    BY ELSON CONCEPCION PEREZ—Special for Granma International—
    THE Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates the 28th anniversary of the triumph of its revolution on February 11, and is preparing to do so with significant advances in its economic development, its nuclear program for peaceful ends, its (…)

  • Lt. Gen. William E. Odom: A Cassandra for Our Times
    21 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” - Mark Twain (1)
    On September 26, 2006, Lt. General William E. Odom, USA, Retired, testified before the House of Representatives’ Out of Iraq Caucus, at a Capitol Hill forum chaired by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). He said: “The longer the U.S. stays in Iraq, the worse it will get!” His wise words are still ringing in my ears. (2) The hawkish Bush-Cheney Gang, however, has no intention of listening to Odom’s sage (…)

  • Israeli Nuclear Strike On Iran Turned Back
    20 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By William Thomas
    – http://www.willthomas.net/Convergen...

  • "WIPED OFF THE MAP" - The Rumor of the Century
    19 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Arash Norouzi
    Across the world, a dangerous rumor has spread that could have catastrophic implications. According to legend, Iran’s President has threatened to destroy Israel, or, to quote the misquote, "Israel must be wiped off the map". Contrary to popular belief, this statement was never made, as the following article will prove.
    BACKGROUND:
    On Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 at the Ministry of Interior conference hall in Tehran, newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (…)

  • Lee, Woolsey To Present Bill Seeking Iraq Pullout
    18 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    January 17th, 2007 10:46 pm
    (CBS 5) WASHINGTON — As Congress battles over President Bush’s plan to send 21,500 more U.S. troops to Iraq, two Bay Area congresswomen are set to introduce legislation Wednesday calling for the complete withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq under a six-month deadline.
    East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee and North Bay Rep. Lynn Woolsey, both Democrats, will introduce The Bring the Troops Home and Iraq Sovereignty Restoration Act, a new bill that they say would (…)

  • Troops pressure Congress to back pullout from Iraq
    18 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    January 17, 2007
    BY RENEE SCHOOF
    MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
    WASHINGTON — Pressure on Congress intensified Tuesday to stop President George W. Bush’s plan to increase troops in Iraq, as about 1,000 active-duty soldiers and Marines urged lawmakers to support a quick withdrawal and antiwar groups planned to rally state legislatures.
    Although most Democrats and some Republicans oppose Bush’s 21,500-troop increase, Congress isn’t moving very fast to try to stop or alter the plan. Democratic (…)

  • US forces raid Kurdish refugee camp in northern Iraq
    17 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    dpa German Press Agency Published: Wednesday January 17, 2007
    Ankara- US troops in Iraq on Wednesday raided a refugee camp housing Turkish Kurds in northern Iraq, Turkish news agencies reported. Abdurrahman Belaf Berzenci, the elected leader of the 10,000 refugees at the Mahmur refugee camp, told the Dogan news agency that US forces moved into the camp Wednesday morning and went from dwelling to dwelling checking identity cards.
    Berzenci said that there were no violent incidents during (…)

  • Why Time is not on Bush’s Side
    17 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Why Time is not on Bush’s Side: "Out of altitude, airspeed and ideas" By FRANKLIN SPINNEY January 17, 2007 The heart of any military strategy in the conduct of war is the art of placing your adversary under menacing pressure to make a decision, while denying him thetime to make sense out of the menacing conditions forcing that decision. The Baker Commission tried to buy time by throwing a life ring to the Decider-in-Chief, but he refused it and chose instead to squander two months of (…)