The Fantasy of an Iranian Bomb
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Seymour HershIran has never had a nuclear bomb--why does Israel insist that it's an imminent threat?
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Iran has never had a nuclear bomb--why does Israel insist that it's an imminent threat?
President Joe Biden has promised "ironclad" support for Israel at a moment US intelligence believes that Iranian reprisals for the April 1st Damascus embassy attack are imminent.
Upping the ante, a US official has told Al Jazeera that the Pentagon could intervene militarily if there is an Iranian attack launched against Israel.
We stand on the cusp of what might be termed Chaotic War. Not the formula used by Israel often in the past to intimidate adversaries; this is different.
Update(1831ET): With Israel's embassies around the world on a heightened state of alert, and extra IDF reservists called up, and home and weekend leave for all combat troops having been abruptly canceled Thursday, the Israeli population is anxiously
Tehran and its Lebanon-based proxy blame Israel for attack in Damascus that killed Quds force leaders.
Israeli expert: 'Iran does not want direct confrontation with the US or with Israel that would involve the US...That could change.'
US Assures Iran It "Had No Involvement" In Embassy Strike As IDF Claims Only A 'Military Building' Hit
The protests come after a strike widely attributed to Israel demolished Iran's consulate in Damascus on Monday and killed eight people, including two Iranian generals.
Did you see what just happened in Damascus? In an absolutely stunning move, Israel took out the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Needless to say, the Iranians are absolutely furious and they are promising a "harsh" response.
Update(1450ET): Tehran is vowing a "harsh" response to the Israeli attack on its embassy and consulate earlier in the day, which killed at least five to eight people, reportedly including IRGC leaders.
Bloomberg's sources stated on Friday that China and Russia made a deal with Iran-backed Houthis for safe passage of their commercial vessels through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
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Israel is behind explosions at two major natural gas pipelines that occurred in southern Iran on Wednesday night, The New York Times reported, citing two Western officials and a military strategist affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp
As Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan refuses to rule out direct strikes on Iran and new bills aim to secure billions more for multiple wars, are both political parties now committed to an escalation that threatens all-out war in Middl
Matthew Hoh joins the show to talk about the dangers of a war with Iran.
Dive deep with Scott Ritter as we explore the critical juncture in U.S.-Iran relations.
"The Iranians have a strategy, and we don't," a former senior U.S. Defence Department official told Al-Monitor: "We're getting bogged down in tactical weeds – of whom to target and how – and nobody's thinking strategically."
...to 'disrupt and degrade' Iran-backed militia, 24 hours after Iranian-linked sites were bombed in Syria and Iraq
"This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man." -- Jeffrey ("the Dude") Lebowski
Former US Marine Corps Officer and UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter reacts to the US base attack on the Jordan/Syrian border and how Biden administration threats are increasing the risk of war with Iran, a war that he claims cannot be won.
The Biden administration is planning to launch a days-long or even potentially weeks-long bombing campaign on Iranian assets across the Middle East, although there doesn't appear to be plans to hit Iran directly, according to US officials speaking to
Never let a good crisis get in the way of an opportunity. As tensions escalate in the Middle East, is President Biden and neo-cons from both sides seizing upon the deaths of troops in Jordan to justify escalation against Iran?
Paul Craig Roberts: We will be very lucky to escape a US attack on Iran
Iran has signaled it is prepared to counterattack in response to any US strike on its soil or assets abroad, as the world still awaits the coming White House response to the Sunday drone attack on the American base in Jordan (Tower 22) which killed t
In the wake of the drone attack in northern Jordan that killed three American soldiers and wounded dozens more, President Biden affirmed to reporters yesterday that he had decided on the US retaliatory action.
Well, it finally happened.
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