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Why Republicans Might Attack Iran Before the General Elections

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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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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Dick Cheney: Ahmadinejad Won't Respond To Nuclear Deterrence

Washington Post | Dan Froomkin | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

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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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Hillary's Judgment Was Wrong About Iraq -- And It's Wrong About Iran

Omid Memarian | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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It doesn't matter it is 3 a.m. or 5 p.m., what matters is the right judgment at the right time.

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Defusing Tension With Iran While Promoting Regional Stability

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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From the time Bush labeled Iran as a member of the axis of evil, Tehran simply intensified its anti-American and anti-Israeli activities. By all assessments, Iran has reaped the greatest benefits from the Iraq war.

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Six Unanswered Questions on Iran's Nuclear Program

Graham Allison | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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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How Mainstream Media Echoed a Fabricated Story

Omid Memarian | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media

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There have been lots of outlets criticizing the fake story of speedboats. But mainstream media outlets did not cover the reality behind the story properly.

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Bush Tells Israelis He Doesn't Believe Iran NIE Report

Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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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All I Want for Christmas Is the Release of 30 Iranian Students

Alex Leo | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics

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As I watch these nascent movements give all they have in the name of freedom, I cannot help but mourn what we are so easily casting aside in the name of war.

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The Iran Policy Cover-up Continues

Gareth Porter | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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 | Politics

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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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Bush Still Spinning Nukes in Iran

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

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Just as "Operation Iraqi Freedom" was about corporate control over Iraq's oil, Bush's strategy on Iran is about making Iran safe for global investment.

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Hey, C'mon, the Job's Harder Than You Think!!

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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Perhaps if others looked at events from the president's perspective, they'd think twice before laying blame.

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House and Senate Actions for Peace in the Middle East

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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In the wake of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, stating the belief of U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran abandoned any nuclear weapons r...

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What the NIE Won't Tell Us about Iran

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 12.16.2007 | Politics

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What the findings of the NIE won't tell us is that U.S.-Iranian relations and stability in the Middle East need not be tied to Iran's nuclear program.

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Israel: US Report On Iran Nukes Could Ignite War

AP | LAURIE COPANS | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics

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Israel's public security minister warned Saturday that a U.S. intelligence report that said Iran is no longer developing nuclear arms could lead to a ...

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That NIE: Does it Signal a U.S.-Iranian Thaw?

Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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My suspicion is that Europeans know exactly what is going on: that the more dovish elements in the American national security community brilliantly outflanked the hawks, and it's game over.

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