US Warships Stationed Off Iranian Coast
By Daniel Tencer
As unconfirmed reports of an imminent Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities pick up steam in the Middle Eastern media, a US-based strategic intelligence company has released a chart showing US naval carriers massing near Iranian waters.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25829.htm
Massive Iranian military reinforcement near the Gulf region
Informed Iranian sources were quoted as saying on Monday that Tehran reinforced the presence of the army and the Revolutionary Guards near the coast of the Persian Gulf, following the U.N. decision to impose tougher sanctions, including the threat of international inspections of Iranian vessels.
http://tinyurl.com/2d37ear
The Iranian Threat
By Noam Chomsky
"They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran," according to Dan Plesch, director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London. "US bombers and long range missiles are ready today to destroy 10,000 targets in Iran in a few hours," he said. "The firepower of US forces has quadrupled since 2003," accelerating under Obama.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25841.htm
The Moral Burden of War
Holding America's Soldiers Accountable
By John Grant
Is it a good time to ask whether the antiwar movement should stop using the slogan: "Support the troops, not the war"? More to the point, if our current wars amount to misguided policy helping to bankrupt the country in economic hard times, at what point does a share of the moral burden of this fall on the volunteer soldiers doing the fighting?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25842.htm
Israel and US allegedly preparing military strike on Iran
According to Egyptian sources, an American fleet made its way through the Suez Canal. Eyewitnesses say the fleet had eleven frigates and an air carrier. They add there was also an Israeli frigate among the ships.
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-06-28/iran-us-military-preparations.html
Military strike on Iran will destabilize region: Mullen
The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said it would be "incredibly dangerous" for Iran to achieve nuclear weapons, and that there's "no reason to trust" Iran's assurances that it is only pursuing a peaceful nuclear program, especially after the discovery of the secret nuclear facility in Qum.
http://tinyurl.com/37x98nq
US Military Chief: Doesn't Trust Iran but Israel, US "in Synch"
He shot down the idea that Israel would stage a military strike to delay or destroy Iran's nuclear development, saying that Israel is "in synch" with the American thinking. He acknowledged that the biggest problem for the United States is how much it does not know about Iran's nuclear program.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138318
7 Potential Economic Effects Of A War With Iran
Are you ready to pay 8 or 10 dollars for a gallon of gasoline? What do you think that would do to the U.S. economy?
http://english.pravda.ru/business/finance/29-06-2010/114054-war_iran-0
From Information Clearing House
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iran/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Mullen
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=naval+carrier
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Daniel+Tencer
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Chomsky
As unconfirmed reports of an imminent Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities pick up steam in the Middle Eastern media, a US-based strategic intelligence company has released a chart showing US naval carriers massing near Iranian waters.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25829.htm
Massive Iranian military reinforcement near the Gulf region
Informed Iranian sources were quoted as saying on Monday that Tehran reinforced the presence of the army and the Revolutionary Guards near the coast of the Persian Gulf, following the U.N. decision to impose tougher sanctions, including the threat of international inspections of Iranian vessels.
http://tinyurl.com/2d37ear
The Iranian Threat
By Noam Chomsky
"They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran," according to Dan Plesch, director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London. "US bombers and long range missiles are ready today to destroy 10,000 targets in Iran in a few hours," he said. "The firepower of US forces has quadrupled since 2003," accelerating under Obama.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25841.htm
The Moral Burden of War
Holding America's Soldiers Accountable
By John Grant
Is it a good time to ask whether the antiwar movement should stop using the slogan: "Support the troops, not the war"? More to the point, if our current wars amount to misguided policy helping to bankrupt the country in economic hard times, at what point does a share of the moral burden of this fall on the volunteer soldiers doing the fighting?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25842.htm
Israel and US allegedly preparing military strike on Iran
According to Egyptian sources, an American fleet made its way through the Suez Canal. Eyewitnesses say the fleet had eleven frigates and an air carrier. They add there was also an Israeli frigate among the ships.
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-06-28/iran-us-military-preparations.html
Military strike on Iran will destabilize region: Mullen
The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said it would be "incredibly dangerous" for Iran to achieve nuclear weapons, and that there's "no reason to trust" Iran's assurances that it is only pursuing a peaceful nuclear program, especially after the discovery of the secret nuclear facility in Qum.
http://tinyurl.com/37x98nq
US Military Chief: Doesn't Trust Iran but Israel, US "in Synch"
He shot down the idea that Israel would stage a military strike to delay or destroy Iran's nuclear development, saying that Israel is "in synch" with the American thinking. He acknowledged that the biggest problem for the United States is how much it does not know about Iran's nuclear program.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138318
7 Potential Economic Effects Of A War With Iran
Are you ready to pay 8 or 10 dollars for a gallon of gasoline? What do you think that would do to the U.S. economy?
http://english.pravda.ru/business/finance/29-06-2010/114054-war_iran-0
From Information Clearing House
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iran/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Mullen
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=naval+carrier
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Daniel+Tencer
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Chomsky
rudkla - 29. Jun, 06:14
