P R E S S P I C K S
- John Pilger, Iran: The War Begins, New Statesman, 3 February 2007:
As opposition grows in America to the failed Iraq adventure, the Bush administration is preparing public opinion for an attack on Iran, its latest target, by the spring.
- Mike Whitney, Why the Surge will push us into a War with Iran, ICH, 3 February 2007
“If the United States continues to be bogged down in a protracted, bloody involvement in Iraq, the final destination on this downhill track is likely to be a head-on conflict with Iran and with much of the world of Islam at large.”
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor to President Jimmy Carter
No one has done more to expand Iran’s power in the region than George Bush. He routed the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 and then toppled Saddam and the Ba’athist Party in 2003. Both of these were the traditional enemies of the Islamic Republic. Now Bush has installed Iranian-backed warlords in the Green Zone and delivered the country to the Shiites.
- Larry Derfner, Against pre-emptive holocaust in Iran, Cleveland Jewish News
Almost imperceptibly, the debate in Israel over what to do about Iran’s nuclear development has gone over the edge.
- Barry Grey, A political bombshell from Zbigniew Brzezinski, WSWS, 2 Feb 2007: Ex-national security adviser warns that Bush is seeking a pretext to attack Iran
- Kurt Nimmo, AIPAC “Money People” and the Iran Attack, ADE, 3 Feb 2007
- Kim McDonald, Forbid Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Non-Nuclear States, UCSD News, 1 Feb 2007:
Twenty-two of the nation’s most prominent physicists asked Congress today to restrict the authority of President Bush to order nuclear strikes against non-nuclear-weapon states.
- Y-Net and AP, Report: Mossad assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist, YNet, 4 Feb 2007:
Intelligence source suggests that a prize-winning nuclear physicist, who recently died in mysterious circumstances, was killed by Israeli security service, Sunday Times reports
- Yossi Melman, U.S. website: Mossad killed Iranian nuclear physicist, Haaretz, 4 Feb 2007:
A senior nuclear physicist involved in Iran’s nuclear program who died under mysterious circumstances two weeks ago was killed by the Mossad, according to a report released in a U.S. website this weekend. The website – Stratfor.com – features intelligence and security analysis by former U.S. intelligence agents.
- BBC, US ex-generals reject Iran strike, 4 Feb 2007:
Three former high-ranking American military officers have warned against any military attack on Iran.
- AP, Iran showcases nuclear facility to visiting diplomats, journalists, IHT, 3 Feb 2007 :
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.
- UK Channel 4 Report, Inside Iran’s nuclear site, Video:
Six ambassadors from non-aligned countries, along with a number of journalists, including Channel 4 News were invited by the Iranian government to visit the uranium conversion site just south of Isfahan
- Keith Olbermann, Iraq and Iran – Bush Ignoring The Intelligence, MSNBC
- Eric Margolis, Fight Against Iran Too Familiar, Toronto Sun, 4 February 2007
