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By David Bromwich

To maintain the old wars and give us a new, the war party have now to argue, as they did in Iraq, that the only intelligent war is preemptive war, and that nuclear ambitions mark a special case. Besides, they can add, as they did in Iraq, and as they did in Afghanistan until a few weeks ago, an Israeli or American attack will bring the added benefit of improved democracy in Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26106.htm



U.S. and EU fail to isolate Iran

China, Russia, India and Turkey move into the lucrative void left by U.S. and EU sanctions that aim to halt Iran's nuclear program.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-sanctions-20100809,0,6722759.story



Iran to dump dollar and euro reserves

Iran has announced plans to get rid of its US dollar and euro reserves in response to the latest UN sanctions over its contested nuclear program.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1323407/Iran-to-dump-dollar-and-euro-reserves



Iran sanctions helping Ahmadinejad: Karroubi

Western countries' sanctions against Iran are boosting rather than hurting the Iranian government, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi said in an interview with a British newspaper published Thursday.

http://www.france24.com/en/20100812-iran-sanctions-helping-ahmadinejad-karroubi


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