Iran Nuclear Weapons

Why Republicans Might Attack Iran Before the General Elections

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home

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Omid Memarian

One of the strongest scenarios among neo-conservatives is based on the hypothesis that in the case of any military attack against Iran, the greatest beneficiary would be John McCain.

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Russert Watch 5-18-08: In Which Tim Stays on the Surface About "Appeasement"

Todd Gitlin | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home

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Todd Gitlin

Russert turned to his usual routine, and tried unsuccessfully to nudge Webb into saying that he was at odds with Democrat orthodoxy about veterans and Iraq.

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Can P5+1 Offer Break the Nuclear Stalemate?

Trita Parsi | Posted 05.12.2008 | Home

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The permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany will present Tehran with a secret incentive package in the next few days to convince Iran to suspend its enrichment program and enter negotiations.

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Clinton's "Obliteration" Remark is Genocidal, Requires Apology

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home

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Omid Memarian

If the media were not distracted by Rev. Wright's controversial remarks, this comment would cause a huge backlash against Clinton.

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When Hillary Clinton Saber Rattles, America Loses

Sam Sedaei | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

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Sam Sedaei

Hillary's comments on Iran might as well have been made with the backdrop that said "Jewish Votes This Way." Furthermore, intelligence on its nuclear program is inconclusive.

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Clinton Threatens to 'Obliterate' Iran

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

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Shouldn't the potential leader of a nation that used nuclear bombs to obliterate hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese employ extreme caution before making such a threat?

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Dick Cheney: Ahmadinejad Won't Respond To Nuclear Deterrence

Washington Post | Dan Froomkin | Posted 04.11.2008 | Home

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Vice President Cheney went on right-wing talk radio yesterday with a dramatic new argument for preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons, casting t...

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Why Should We Bomb These People?

Larry Beinhart | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home

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Larry Beinhart

Bombing Iran because they posture and provoke on the world stage will be a disaster that we won't live down.

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Cheney Claims Iran Trying To Develop Bomb Despite No Evidence

LA Times | Posted 03.25.2008 | Home

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Certainly high oil prices, the state of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Arab-Israeli conflict were high on the agenda of Vice President Di...

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The Idiocy of King George

Hooman Majd | Posted 03.21.2008 | Home

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Hooman Majd

If Bush's idea in his Iranian radio interview was to get the Iranian people on his side, if the idea was to convince them that their government is acting foolishly and dangerously, then he scored a big fat zero.

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The 'Great Satan' Strike Out

Robert Scheer | Posted 03.05.2008 | Home

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Robert Scheer

How can one explain the meager attention paid to the truly historic visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Iraq?

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Six Unanswered Questions on Iran's Nuclear Program

Graham Allison | Posted 02.22.2008 | Home

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Graham Allison

The December 2007 National Intelligence Estimate raised new questions about Iran's nuclear program. Will the upcoming IAEA report address these questions?

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Iran Nuclear Program Debated With New Evidence Of Centrifuge Testing

NY Times | DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD | Posted 02.08.2008 | Home

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Iran has reportedly begun to deploy a new generation of machinery to produce nuclear fuel, a development bound to intensify a debate in Washington abo...

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Stephen Kinzer Hits the Road for Peace with Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 01.30.2008 | Home

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Robert Naiman

Author Stephen Kinzer will begin a tour to warn of the danger of a U.S. military confrontation with Iran and to push for a change in U.S. policy towards real diplomatic engagement with Iran.

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A Criminal Idea

James K. Galbraith | Posted 01.27.2008 | Home

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James K. Galbraith

A radical doctrine written by five former NATO generals would not only violate international law, it repudiates the principle of international law.

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Bush Tells Israelis He Doesn't Believe Iran NIE Report

Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 01.14.2008 | Home

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In public, President Bush has been careful to reassure Israel and other allies that he still sees Iran as a threat, while not disavowing his administr...

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UN Nuclear Chief Arrives In Iran

Associated Press | Nasser Karimi | Posted 01.11.2008 | Home

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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog began a two-day visit early Friday to discuss Iranian compliance with international demands over the country's n...

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Iranian TV Airs Video Of US-Iran Naval Encounter In Persian Gulf

AP | LAUREN FRAYER | Posted 01.10.2008 | Home

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Iran aired video Thursday of its boats and U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf in an apparent attempt to show that there was no confrontation between...

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Video Recordings Show Iran-US Clash In Persian Gulf

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 01.08.2008 | Home

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Small Iranian fast boats swarmed around massive U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, and a man speaking heavily accented English threatened, "I am comin...

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U.S. Describes Confrontation With Iranian Boats

NY Times | THOM SHANKER and BRIAN KNOWLTON | Posted 01.08.2008 | Home

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Five armed Iranian speedboats approached three United States Navy warships in international waters in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, then m...

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Pentagon Says Iran Harassed US Ships

Associated Press | Pauline Jelinek | Posted 01.07.2008 | Home

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In what is being called a serious provocation, Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait o...

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The Secret Sex Fantasy of Giuliani's Guru

Craig Unger | Posted 12.25.2007 | Home

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Craig Unger

What is little known about Podhoretz is that the godfather of neoconservatism once entertained fantasies of having a relationship with no less an icon of liberalism than Jacqueline Kennedy.

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The Iran Policy Cover-up Continues

Gareth Porter | Posted 12.24.2007 | Home

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Gareth Porter

Condi Rice is the latest administration official to dissemble and conceal in answering a question about the new intelligence about Iran's having dropped its work on nuclear weapons.

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U.S. Wants Iran To "Confess" To Past Nuke Program

Associated Press | George Jahn | Posted 12.21.2007 | Home

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Iran must "confess" to running a past nuclear weapons program or its claims of cooperating with a U.N. investigation will not be credible, the chief U...

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Treacherous Alliances: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States

Omid Memarian | Posted 12.20.2007 | Home

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Omid Memarian

The state of "no peace-no war" between the United States and Iran is not sustainable. It is either going to translate into some kind of a peace, or some sort of a war.

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