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British fear US commander is beating the drum for Iran strikes

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By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Telegraph.co.uk
Last Updated: 2:43am BST07/04/2008

British officials gave warning yesterday that America’s commander in Iraq will declare that Iran is waging war against the US-backed Baghdad government.

A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran’s intervention in Iraq could set the stage for a US attack on Iranian military facilities, according to a Whitehall assessment. In closely watched testimony in Washington next week, Gen Petraeus will state that the Iranian threat has risen as Tehran has supplied and directed attacks by militia fighters against the Iraqi state and its US allies.

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Blowback of Iran War Likely to Be `Terrible'

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by Charles Davis
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/11/7613/
WASHINGTON - Since the release of the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear capabilities last December, the prevailing conventional wisdom has been that the report's finding that Iran is not currently pursuing nuclear weapons had derailed the possibility of the George W. Bush administration launching a military strike before leaving office.
In the months preceding the report's release, the anti-Iranian rhetoric coming out of Washington had been increasingly bellicose, with President Bush suggesting that allowing Iran to gain `the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon' could ultimately lead to `World War III'.

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Support drops for action on Iran

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Support for tough international action against Iran over its nuclear programme has fallen in the past 18 months, a poll carried out for the BBC suggests.

Fewer people now say Iran should face sanctions or military strikes over its refusal to abide by UN resolutions.

The United States and Western allies believe Iran may be developing nuclear weapons. Iran vehemently denies this.

Of more than 30,000 people asked, most said Iran should be allowed to produce nuclear fuel if subject to UN checks.

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Ellsberg: Bush likely to attack Iran, impeachment a must

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By Sari Gelzer

Daniel Ellsberg, perhaps the country's most famous whistleblower, fears that before the Bush administration leaves office, it will try to attack Iran.

Indeed, Ellsberg's argument gained merit as George W. Bush increased his rhetoric against Iran when he delivered his final State of the Union Address. Bush accused Iran of training militia extremists in Iraq and emphasized the United States will confront its enemies.

In a wide-ranging interview with Truthout, Ellsberg uses insight from his experience as a Pentagon analyst under the Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon administrations to discuss Bush's plans to begin a war with Iran, the role of the press to give whistleblowers exposure and how American democracy can be restored.

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Target Iran:  The Next War has been choosen. Here's what you can do to stop it from happening.

  • Call, write, and visit your Congressperson and Senators
  • Refuse to support any candidate who will not denounce war in Iran
  • Speak with your clergy or spiritual leadership about opposing the war
  • Continue to support the withdrawal of troops from Iraq
  • Talk to your neighbors, friends and co-workers
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