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Headlines : "War on Terror"

Summary:

Time may be running out for Congress and the American people to put in place any constraints on President George W. Bush before he plunges ahead with a new war against Iran. Military and intelligence sources say the preparations for a major bombing campaign are moving ahead swiftly, with the deteriorating U.S. situation in Iraq adding to Bush’s urgency. The thinking goes that if Bush’s position collapses in Iraq, a window of opportunity for challenging Iran may close, too.

*Also See: Senators Warn Against War With Iran:* Republican and Democratic senators warned Tuesday against a drift toward war with an emboldened Iran and suggested the Bush administration was missing a chance to engage its longtime adversary in potentially helpful talks over next-door Iraq.

[Posted By ShiftShapers]

By Robert Parry
Republished from Consortium News

Attacking Iran could touch off a regional – and possibly global – conflagration.

While congressional Democrats test how far they should go in challenging George W. Bush’s war powers, the time may be running out to stop Bush from ordering a major escalation of the Middle East conflict by attacking Iran.

Military and intelligence sources continue to tell me that preparations are advancing for a war with Iran starting possibly as early as mid-to-late February. The sources offer some differences of opinion over whether Bush might cite a provocation from Iran or whether Israel will take the lead in launching air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

But there is growing alarm among military and intelligence experts that Bush already has decided to attack and simply is waiting for a second aircraft carrier strike force to arrive in the region – and for a propaganda blitz to stir up some pro-war sentiment at home.

One well-informed U.S. military source called me in a fury after consulting with Pentagon associates and discovering how far along the war preparations are. He said the plans call for extensive aerial attacks on Iran, including use of powerful bunker-busting ordnance.

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RECENT COMMENTS

arghhh.

as a canadian watching this train wreck in slo-mo…

... someone please neuter the smirking chimp !!

antiguanoctane @ 02/01/07 17:18:06

The elite rulers of the world are simply trying to solve the over-population problem…I mean, come on, how can Bush and all the rest of his degenerate kind NOT know that this is not going to end well for most of the planet. All they have to do is hole up in whatever kind of sub-terranian panic rooms they have, and wait for most of us to vaporize ourselves.

Somulate @ 02/01/07 20:22:30

Why would they want to “solve” the “over-population” “problem?” The wider the base, the higher the pyramid.

SnarkHunter @ 02/01/07 22:14:35

I mean seriously.. this Iraq war has killed what, like maaaaybe a mere few hundred thousand (call it 4) in 4 years? My god, at a rate of 100,000 a year, we’ll all be…
oh wait… that many Chinese babies were born while I type this. Jesus Christ, at least come up with a good conspiracy. Anything involving “Mammon”, “peak oil”, “the Bilderberg Conference”, “Rosicrucians”, or “chemtrails” is gold.

SnarkHunter @ 02/01/07 22:23:41

This is about madness and money.

Chickenma1 @ 02/02/07 00:37:33

I think you can drop the madness part.

deadender @ 02/02/07 07:38:49

who isn’t mad?

j1o2n3a4s5 @ 02/02/07 08:39:23

Report: US plans strike against Iran: The Pentagon was reported to be considering ways for the US to destroy nuclear facilities such as Iran’s main centrifuge plant at Natanz, despite the fact that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney hoped that diplomatic efforts to restrain Iran would succeed.

ShiftShapers @ 02/02/07 10:10:22

Stepped Up US Preparations For War Against Iran: A relentless and unmistakable American buildup for war against Iran is currently underway. Military preparations are being accompanied by a daily barrage of propaganda against Tehran issuing from US sources and relayed uncritically via a compliant media.

ShiftShapers @ 02/02/07 10:13:13

Bush Is Hiding the Ball on Iran: Much as he did before the Iraq invasion, George W. Bush is limiting the debate about war with Iran, offering assurances that he considers war ‘a last resort’ even as he moves his military forces into place. Similarly, the Democrats and the national press corps are behaving mostly as either passive observers or willing enablers. There have been remarkably few front-page stories about the consequences if Bush gives the order nor lively debates about possible peaceful alternatives.