Iran Attack

Americans Say No to War with Iran: Will Washington Listen?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Sarah van Gelder

Congressional Democrats are sponsoring Resolution 362, which amounts to an act of war against Iran. The good news is that growing outcry from Americans is causing some to have second thoughts.

Seymour Hersh Exposes New US Covert Operations In Iran (VIDEO)

New Yorker | Seymour M. Hersh | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics


The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh reports on how the Bush Administration has stepped up covert operations against Iran: Late last year, Congress agreed ...

McCain's Pastor Problem

Sarah Posner | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Sarah Posner

Bush, Cheney, and their band of neoconservative outlaws who led us into one catastrophic war and might lead us into another are pleased to have these faith-based cheerleaders on the sidelines.

Rice Says Iran Resolution Does Not OK War

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she does not believe a Senate resolution authorizes President Bush to take military action against Ira...

UK's Gordon Brown Calls On Europe To Take Hardline On Iran

UK Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Gordon Brown last night moved to repair the alliance with President Bush by calling on European leaders to back America's tough stance on Iran. Echoi...

UN's Top Nuke Expert: Iran Strike "Would Lead Absolutely To Disaster"

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Prior to the Iraq war, International Atomic Energy Agency chairman Mohammed ElBaradei warned there was "no evidence of ongoing prohibited nuclear or n...

Obama, Clinton Battle Over Iran

TPM Election Central | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama has now joined John Edwards in slamming Hillary for her vote for the Kyl-Lieberman amendment, which says Iran is responsible for problem...

Hersh: Bush's Case For Hitting Iran Has "Shifted," Now Focused On "Surgical Strikes" To "Sell" It

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker's Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist, writes in a new article entitled "Shifting Targets" that there has be...

Gen Abizaid: World Could Live With Nuclear Iran

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Every effort should be made to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but failing that, the world could live with a nuclear-armed regime in Tehran,...

France: We Must Prepare For War With Iran

BBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner says the world should prepare for war over Iran's nuclear programme. "We have to prepare for the worst, and ...

NYT: Hawks Gaining Influence On Iran Policy

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


While scrutiny this week focused on the debate over troop strength, President Bush also used the occasion to turn up the pressure on Iran, using his s...

Lieberman Asks Petraeus: Do You Want Authority To Send Troops To Iran?

TPM Muckraker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) doesn't think Gen. Petraeus has enough war on his hands. The senator (changing the subject from Iraq with "I want to go to I...