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February 2007

IEDs in Iraq contain parts from Radio Shack, proving that they were made in Iran 2-28

Iran could be among our best allies 2-28

Edwards: Treaty With Iran Possible 2-27

US forces in Iraq say found more Iran-made weapons 2-26

Cheney: "all options" for dealing with Iran remain possible if it continues to defy United Nations efforts to end its nuclear program. 2-26

Despite growing international concern about Iran's nuclear program and its regional ambitions, most US intelligence shared with the UN nuclear watchdog agency has proved inaccurate 2-25

3 Arab states in the Persian Gulf agree to allow the Israel Air force to enter their airspace in order to attack Iran. 2-25

Iran has "enabled the IAEA to carry out the most robust inspection of any IAEA member State. " 2-25

Rice Warns Iran It Risks Further U.N. Sanctions 2-23

New Yorker: A Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack on Iran that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush 2-25

US Iran intelligence 'is incorrect': Much of the intelligence on Iran's nuclear facilities provided to UN inspectors by US spy agencies has turned out to be unfounded. 2-23

Second US carrier arrives off Iran 2-21

Oil prices rise amid Iran tensions 2-24

Persian Gulf states, IAEA to cooperate on nuclear study 2-23

Iranian official offers glimpse from within: A desire for U.S. ally 2-23

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Western nations Tuesday to stop their own enrichment programs if they wanted his country to stop its own and return to negotiations. 2-21

Man convicted of attack in Iran claims he was working for the United States 2-20

BBC: US "Iran Attack Plans" Cover Most Of Military Infrastructure 2-20

Rove Said to Have Received Iranian Proposal in 2003: Who else in the Bush administration was aware of the secret proposal? 2-20

You know those Iranian Special Forces that are fighting us in Iraq? It turns out they're working WITH the Iraqi government. 2-19

Bush administration says that they have no plans to go to War with Iran. Cites the fact that they didn't have any plan for going to war with Iraq either 2-19

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday emphasized his country's need to produce nuclear fuel, saying its oil and gas reserves would dry up 2-19

From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq: 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. 2-17

Pentagon: New killer IED's are so complex they could only be made in Iran. Reality: They're easy to make and need only 3 parts. Total cost, $20 2-17

Pentagon: New killer IED's are so complex they could only be made in Iran. Reality: They're easy to make and need only 3 parts. Total cost, $20 2-17

Amcon mag: "The White House denies plans to attack Iran, but the signs all point in that direction." 2-16

Refresher: Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and the Iraq Study Group report. 2-16

Hillary Clinton: “If the administration believes that any, any use of force against Iran is necessary, the president must come to Congress to seek that authority. 9-15

Bush Insists Iran Sending Arms To Iraq, But Says He Doesn't Know If Top Iranian Leaders Are Responsible 9-15

Joint Chiefs' Chair Rebuts White House, Pentagon Iran Claims 2-14

For some reason, people don't believe George W. Bush when he says he is not planning to attack Iran 2-13

Cheney aide admits 'real possibility' of US invasion of Iran in 2007 2-13

If the United States were to attack Iran, the country would respond by striking U.S. interests all over the world, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says 2-8

Blue-dog Hillary's anti-Iran rhetoric: spoken at an AIPAC dinner, of course 2-7

Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq. 2-6

Iran opened a key uranium-conversion facility to visiting diplomats to show its nuclear program is not a cover for nuclear bomb-making. Iraq wasn't making nuclear bombs either, that didn't stop Bush from invading them 2-4

Two retired generals, retired admiral say war with Iran would be "disastrous". 2-4

Iranian nuclear scientist ‘assassinated by Mossad’ 2-4

US-Iran tensions could trigger accidental war. How do you "accidentally" wage war? 2-1

“Installation” of Iran's 3000 centrifuges more about propaganda than reality, on all sides 2-1

February 2006

Iran Offers IAEA Secret Atomic Info 2-25

According to Bush, Iran is “the main sponsor of terrorism”. 2-25

FOX"news" is very effective: Iran has replaced Iraq as the country Americans consider to be their greatest enemy, according to a Gallup Poll. 2-25

Formenting A Coup? The intelligence wing of the US marines has launched a probe into Iran’s ethnic minorities at a time of heightened tensions along the border with Iraq and friction between capitals. 2-24

The United States and Iran were on a course to work closely together on the war against al Qaeda and its Taliban sponsors in Afghanistan in late 2001 and early 2002 -- until Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stepped in to scuttle that cooperation 2-24

Iran was not referred to the Security Council for Noncompliance : The public should not be worried about Iran, rather, it should be concerned about the implications of allowing one nation to arbitrarily repeal internationally-accepted treaties and dictate how the world will be run. 2-22

Iran and Russia have agreed on the principles of a "common formula" in negotiations in Moscow on a plan to enrich uranium on Russian soil, the head of the Iranian delegation told state television Tuesday. 2-22

Rice Asks for $75 Million to Increase Pressure on Iran 2-16

Rice Says Iran Is Openly Defying The World : Speaking at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rice said Washington is examining the full range of possible punitive sanctions on Iran. 2-16

Iran crosses 'red line' in nuclear stand-off: Iran has started to inject uranium feedstock gas into centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility, crossing an internationally agreed "red line" on the path to producing the material for atomic weapons. 2-15

Iran: "...it is impossible at this phase to inject uranium into the 60,000 centrifuges in Natanz," Vaeidi said, referring to press reports that the full enrichment process had already started. 2-15

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency have stripped most surveillance cameras and agency seals from Iranian nuclear sites and equipment as demanded by Tehran in response to its referral to the U.N. Security Council 2-13

US prepares military blitz against Iran's nuclear sites 2-13

"Iran is prepared to retaliate, experts warn 2-13

Al Gore lashed out at Iran's clerical regime, denouncing it as a threat "for the future of the world." 2-13

Parallels Between Iran and Pre-War Iraq: the present state of affairs in Iran. Parallels are abound 2-10

Former Foreign Secretary Lord Hurd has said Britain cannot "realistically" rule out using military force against Iran over its nuclear programme. 2-10

Russia confirms missile defence contract with Iran: Amid the escalating crisis around Iran's nuclear programme, Russia said on Thursday that it will still arm Tehran with missiles that can secure nuclear facilities from attacks. 2-10

Blair: "British Troops In Iran? We Can Never Say Never" TONY Blair yesterday refused to rule out a British military invasion of Iran. 2-9

“The United States has realized, too little and too late, that those to benefit most from the Anglo-American war on Iraq were the Shiites of Iran.” 2-8

Iran capable of nuclear bomb: US 2-8

Israel's Ambassador to the United States Danny Ayalon said on Tuesday morning that Iran is the biggest problem facing the world since World War II. 2-8

Hawks have warplanes ready if the nuclear diplomacy fails 2-8

Norman Solomon: The Iran Crisis -- "Diplomacy" as a Launch Pad for Missiles 2-8

U.S. Poll: Growing Number of People Fear Iran 2-8

There aren't many elected officials in Washington who want to throw the gantlet down on Iran more than Hillary Clinton. 2-8

US 'encouraged' by India's Iran vote 2-8

India's decision to vote to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council puts into doubt the future of a gas pipeline the two countries were looking to build through Pakistan. 2-8

Iran tells IAEA to remove surveillance cameras, agency seals 2-7

Iran Secretly Tests New Surface-To-Surface Missile: "We do not intend to attack any country, but if we are attacked, we are capable of effectively responding. Our position is defensive." 2-7

Rumsfield: "Iran is the leading supporter of terrorism." Mostafa Mohammad Najjar: "No we're not, you are." 2-6

Iran Ends Voluntary Cooperation With IAEA 2-6

Iran will resume uranium enrichment and will no longer allow snap IAEA inspections of its nuclear facilities — voluntary measures it had allowed in recent years in a gesture to build trust. 2-6

The hidden stakes in the Iran crisis: At the end of this operation, Washington should have complete control over the world’s main hydrocarbon production and reserves. It will control the world economy without the need to share power. 2-6

Iraq errors show West must act fast on Iran: Perle: Richard Perle, a key architect of the U.S.-led war against Iraq, said on Saturday the West should not make the mistake of waiting too long to use military force if Iran comes close to getting an atomic weapon. 2-6

Iran bans oil tankers' Gulf passage if oil exports sanctioned -- MP: "If a ban is imposed on our oil exports, we will not allow oil tankers to sail in the Gulf waters," Mehr news agency quoted Sulaiman Jaafar Zadeh, member of the national committee for security and foreign policy in the Shura council, as saying. 2-6

Frist says military action a possibility against Iran: Asked whether Congress had the political will to use military force against Iran if necessary, First said: "The answer is yes, absolutely." 2-6

Will Iran's 'petroeuro' threat lead to war?: If Iran does open an oil bourse next month, we should expect the warplanes will soon thereafter begin to fly. 2-6

Iran strikes back at Big Five, saying they have no right to refer it to UN 2-1

Report: Big companies pulling out of Iran 2-1

A document obtained by Iran on the nuclear black market serves no other purpose than to make an atomic bomb, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday. 2-1

Why the U.S. Probably Won't Attack Iran: Moqtada Sadr's group, told me recently "If America attacks Iran, then all bets are off." With such a deterrent at hand, who needs a nuclear weapon? 2-1

The head of Belgium's state security service has resigned amid allegations that his department failed to disclose nuclear technology transfers to Iran. 2-1

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