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al-Jazeera

Ron Paul, a Republican congressman, said: "Unproven charges against Iran's nuclear intentions are eerily reminiscent of the false charges made against Iraq." Paul said "unproven accusations of Iranian support for the Iraqi insurgen

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Observer

Iran's efforts to produce highly enriched uranium, the material used to make nuclear bombs, are in chaos and the country is still years from mastering the required technology. Iran's uranium enrichment programme has been plagued by constant

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by Jon Basil Utley (AntiWar)

The murdered Israeli leader Gen. Yitzhak Rabin opposed the First Gulf War in 1990, warning that one never knows when starting a war where it will lead. As Bush and the neocons are reportedly planning to attack Iran, we should all think of the likely

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Salon

By demonizing Iran and stirring up sectarian hatred against it in the region, Bush is pouring gas on the fire he started in Iraq -- and empowering al-Qaida.

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by Craig Unger (Vanity Fair)

The same neocon ideologues behind the Iraq war have been using the same tactics—alliances with shady exiles, dubious intelligence on W.M.D.—to push for the bombing of Iran. As President Bush ups the pressure on Tehran, is he planning to double his Mi

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By Gareth Porter (American Prospect)

After promising the Bush administration would publish a document this week detailing the evidence for its charge that Iranians in Iraq are providing arms and advice to Shiite militias to kill American troops, no such document would be forthcoming an

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AP

Iran on Saturday opened the gates to a key uranium conversion facility to visiting diplomats and journalists in an effort to show that its disputed nuclear program is peaceful and not a cover for nuclear bomb making.

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NY Times

The many setbacks and outright failures of Tehran’s experimental [nuclear] program suggest that its bluster may outstrip its technical expertise. And the problems help explain American intelligence estimates that Iran is at least four years away from

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McClatchy News

The Bush administration, which made exaggerated or false claims about Iraq's weapons programs and ties to al-Qaida to justify its 2003 invasion of Iraq, hasn't provided evidence to back up its charges that Iranian-backed Shiites, have mounted

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LA Times

Bush adminstration official acknowledged Friday that they had yet to compile evidence strong enough to back up publicly their claims that Iran is fomenting violence against US troops in Iraq. Adminstration officials have long complained that Iran

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by Jim Lobe (AntiWar)

Increasingly concerned about the escalating rhetoric against Iran by senior U.S. officials, including President George W. Bush, members of Congress are trying to put limits on his ability to attack the Islamic Republic.

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by Robert Dreyfuss (TomPaine)

The White House has manufactured a crisis that pits the United States against Iran. In what looks like the military and diplomatic equivalent of a full court press, Washington has unleashed a barrage of threats, maneuvers and limited military actions

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by Robert Parry (Consortium News)

While congressional Democrats test how far they should go in challenging George W. Bush’s war powers, the time may be running out to stop Bush from ordering a major escalation of the Middle East conflict by attacking Iran.

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ynetnews

Aggressive tactics to deter Iranian assistance to Iraqi militants include more forceful patrols by fighter planes along Iran-Iraq border. ‘For every improvised explosive device that goes off in Iraq, a bomb should go off in Iran,’ retired Air Force l

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AP

Citing Iranian involvement with Iraqi militias and Tehran's nuclear ambitions, the Bush administration has shifted to offense in its confrontation with Iran – building up the U.S. military in the Persian Gulf and promising more aggressive moves a

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The Australian

IRAQ'S Vice-President al-Mahdi noted, "Unlike the Americans, we don't have an exit strategy from Iraq." The same was true of Iraq's neighbours. This was why they were urging President Bush to talk to these countries and warning

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Turkish Daily News

The US "could be using its 2 air force bases in Bulgaria and one at Romania's Black Sea coast to launch an attack on Iran in April, " the Bulgarian news agency Novinite claimed. Commenting on the report, the Sunday Herald wrote

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Christian Science Monitor

The US isn't facing a two-front war, exactly – but as the Pentagon begins its new push in Iraq, the Bush administration simultaneously is increasing military and political pressure on Iran. The point is to counter Iranian meddling in Iraq, whi

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NY Times

Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad outlined an ambitious plan to greatly expand its economic and military ties with Iraq — including an Iranian national bank branch in the heart of the capital — just as the Bush administration has been warning the Iranians

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The Observer

The startling statistic crystallized popular anger over runaway inflation, which has eaten into the living standards of the army of low-income Iranians whom Ahmadinejad came to office pledging to help.

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The Observer

Boasts of a nuclear program are just propaganda, say Iranian insiders, but the PR could be enough to provoke Israel into war. Iran's uranium enrichment program has been plagued by constant technical problems, lack of access to outside technology

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