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2/25/07: The Bush administration, in its rhetoric and in its actions, is moving dangerously towards an attack on Iran. Bush and other administration officials claim that Iran is providing weapons to insurgents in Iraq, without ever offering proof. They hypocritically talk about the threat of Iran dominating the Middle East (again without offering evidence), when the US government is already occupying Iraq and proclaiming its right to attack other countries. And the Bush administration continues to claim Iran is well on its way to developing nuclear weapons, and that this will not be tolerated. Bush, Cheney, and Rice say that "all options are on the table" in dealing with Iran, and that includes dropping nuclear bombs. Not only are they seeking to build public support for an attack on Iran (in a way all too reminiscent of the build-up to the Iraq war), but military preparations are also well along the way. Two aircraft carrier battle groups have been placed near Iran. Patriot missiles are being moved to countries surrounding Iran. A naval admiral has been put in charge of the US military command in the region (which, given there are two ground wars going on in the region, would only make sense if there are plans for a new war not fought on the ground). In Iraq, the US military has twice captured Iranian diplomats. Covert operations by the US military inside Iran are already underway. Seymour Hersh reports in the March 5th issue of The New Yorker that a Pentagon panel was created to plan a bombing attack on Iran within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President Bush. An attack by the US on Iran would have disastrous consequences. Not only would innocent people in Iran be killed, and perhaps suffer the lasting consequences of a nuclear bomb, but this would likely give rise to a much larger conflict in the Middle East and possibly the world. It would only strengthen the dynamic where people are told to choose between the Bush regime's unjust war on the world, on one hand, and Islamic fundamentalists on the other hand. There is an urgent responsibility of people living in the United States to STOP an attack on Iran. The Bush regime cannot be allowed to bring about even more destruction to the world and further inflame the Middle East. In the coming weeks, there must be massive opposition from people in the US, refusing to allow an attack on Iran, demanding an end to the unjust war on Iraq, and demanding that Bush be impeached for war crimes. To do anything less at this crucial moment will be to accept and be complicit in the horrors being carried out and future horrors being planned by the Bush regime. The following articles provide important insight into what the Bush regime is planning in relation to Iran: The Redirection by Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker, 2/25/07 From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq by Craig Unger, Vanity Fair, 3/07
Bald-faced Lies and Bogus Pretexts Revolution newspaper
Bush Is Hiding the Ball on Iran by Robert Parry
Bush Regime “Surges”…Toward War With Iran by Larry Everest Clinton, Edwards and Obama: Strike Iran by Joshua Frank War on Iran Looms Dangerously on the Horizon The Next Act by Seymour Hersh
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