Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Talk is starting for war with Iran

As reported by Simon Tisdall,Tuesday January 30, 2007,Guardian Unlimited it appears the Bush Administration is back on the hunt to take down another regime that won't bend to their wishes. The British press liken it to their own Downing Street debacle before the invasion of Iraq. In an account in Adnkronos International, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei believes that the UN sanctions on Tehran should be frozen and the U.S. and Iran should come to the table to discuss the issues. It worked in North Korea. Why not here? There is nothing in North Korea that we want, unlike Iran and Iraq where most of the oil of the world exists. And it has been intimated that Iran refused to allow the UN inspectors in but ElBaradei disspelled this rumor.
The Jerusalem Post calls Iran "America's top rival in the Mideast" in their story of cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Iran to stem the strife between the Sunnis and the Shias in Iraq. Whose side are they on?
It appears Russia is cozying up to Iran now that the international community is taking sides. The Fars news agency reported that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said, "The U.S. has not achieved its goal in the region despite all its efforts. Active cooperation between Iran and Russia on regional issues within a defined framework can hinder the U.S.' ambitious and unilateral plans". Iran needs a strong ally that can make the U.S. think twice before marching to Tehran.
Pyotr Goncharov is a political commentator for the Russian News and Information Agency Novosti. His article Iran and U.S.: Between the logic of sanctions and the logic of war, he clearly lays out the strategy that is being put in place to allow the U.S. the right to pursue Iran. "The global media are writing that the plan of a potential U.S. strike at Iran has been worked out in detail, with the strike to be delivered by the end of April".
It appears from the article in the Irsh Examiner that Iran is not going to back down. It is pursuing its nuclear capabilities and will not be deterred, even by the "powerful" U.S.
Ahmadinejad, whose hard-line nuclear diplomacy tactics has faced strong criticism from both reformists and conservatives at home, also hinted today that key decisions in Iran are made by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, not him. IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad saying.“The general policies of the system are made by the Exalted Supreme Leader, and the government is required to carry them out; the president, as the head of the country’s executive body, pursues and announces the nuclear position.”

Nicolas Burns said "We're trying to convince the Iranians that it's in their best interest to sit down and talk with the United States. That is the basis of American policy." This was reported by Mohammad Zargham for Reuters. The article clearly was an administration propaganda tool. The list of articles goes on and on but the facts are clear. The international community believes Iran is a target of the U.S. and the American people are once again being deceived.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6320363.stm

http://www.counterpunch.org/cohn02012007.html

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/30/iran_ashura/

http://www.progressive.org/node/4486

http://business.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=171202007

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0131-28.htm

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