Tag: iran
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iran shoots down US spy drone
from xinhua: Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic was facing increasing military pressure from its arch rival – the United States. The aircraft was brought down when it was trying to cross the borders “during the last few days,” Seyed…
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weapons for iran & china traced to pentagon
from international herald tribune: The U.S. military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries – including Iran and China – who exploited security flaws in the Defense Department’s surplus auctions. The sales include fighter jet parts and missile components. In one case, federal investigators said, the contraband made it…
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kucinich: ‘if bush attacks iran, all bets are off’
from raw story: While making an unannounced appearance at a media reform conference on Friday, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) – a candidate for president in 2004 and already announced for 2008 – was pressed by bloggers in attendance about impeachment. Telling the crowd that while he didn’t think immediate action was wise, due to fears…
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fears of a ‘gulf of tonkin’ to provoke Iran war
from prison planet: Republican Congressman and 2008 Presidential candidate Ron Paul fears a staged Gulf of Tonkin style incident may be used to provoke air strikes on Iran as numerous factors collide to heighten expectations that America may soon be embroiled in its third war in six years. Writing in his syndicated weekly column, the…
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‘no proof’ of iran nuclear arms
from bbc: The US Central Intelligence Agency has not found conclusive evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, a US magazine has reported. Veteran investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, writing in The New Yorker, cites a secret CIA report based on intelligence such as satellite images. Correspondents say the alleged document appears to challenge Washington’s views…
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Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran
from times online: Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear “bunker-busters”, according to several Israeli military sources. The attack would be the first with nuclear weapons since 1945, when the…
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gloom & doom in 2007?
from ap/yahoo: Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster. These are among Americans’ grim predictions for the United States in 2007. Only a minority of people think the U.S. will go to war with Iran or North Korea over those countries’ nuclear ambitions. An overwhelming majority of those surveyed…
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prince harry off to iraq
from new york post: Prince Harry will soon be off to war in Iraq – and this time, he’ll be wearing proper British military gear and not a Nazi uniform. The young royal reportedly will head to Iraq with his unit in May. Harry will be stationed near the southern port city of Basra, and…
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US to warn Iran with naval buildup in gulf
from reuters/alertnet: The Pentagon is planning a major buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Gulf as a warning to Iran, CBS News reported on Monday. A senior Defense Department official told Reuters the report was “premature” and appeared to be drawing “conclusions from assumptions.” The official did not know of plans for…
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Iran dumps dollar for euro
from agence france-presse: The Iranian government said it has ordered the central bank to transform the state’s dollar-denominated assets held abroad into euros and use the European currency for foreign transactions. “The government has ordered the central bank to replace the dollar with the euro to limit the problems of the executive organs in commercial…
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white house objects to talks
from times online: The White House has made clear its outright opposition to the idea of direct talks with Syria and Iran on the issue of Iraq, after sharply criticising a group of Democrat senators for meeting the leadership in Damascus. Responding to a trip to Syria this week by Ben Nelson, a Florida Democrat,…
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CIA analysis finds no Iranian nuke drive
from agence france-presse: A classifed draft CIA assessment has found no firm evidence of a secret drive by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, as alleged by the White House, a top US investigative reporter has said.Seymour Hersh, writing in an article for the November 27 issue of the magazine The New Yorker released in advance,…
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Preemptive Strike
“well now what happened is, one of our base commanders, he had a sort of, well he went a little funny in the head. you know. just a little… funny. and uh, he went and did a silly thing. well, I’ll tell you what he did, he ordered his planes… to attack your country.”- dr.…