26/2/08

‘Bomb Bomb Bomb’ Iran McCain or ‘No More Bomb-a’ Obama?
By papundits
McCain recognizes the dramatic threat to world peace posed by Iran. In January 2006, he labeled the possibility of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons “the most serious crisis we have faced – outside of the entire war on terror – since the …
papundits.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/bomb-
bomb-bomb-iran-mccain-or-no-more-bomb-a-obama/

Top Officials Meet in Washington To Discuss Policy on Iran
By BENNY AVNI Staff Reporter to the Sun
UNITED NATIONS — Top officials in the foreign offices of six world powers met in Washington yesterday to coordinate their policies on Iran — even as their UN ambassadors tried to rally members of the Security Council around a new …
www.nysun.com/article/71837

MAJOR EXPLOSION ROCKS TABRIZ – NORTH WEST IRAN
By Alan Peters(Alan Peters)
According to the analysis of the BND [a German intelligence agency], Iran has bought 18 unassembled mobile rockets of type BM-25 (range 2500km and then had the rockets remodelled, based on the Russian submarine rocket SS-N-6, …
noiri.blogspot.com/2008/02/major-
explosion-rocks-tabriz-north-west.html

Major powers want Iran sanctions vote at UN soon
AFP –
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States Monday pressed for a prompt UN Security Council vote on a new set of sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear …
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Oil steadies over $99, eye on OPEC meeting
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
Also supportive for prices are a Turkish military incursion into oil-producing northern Iraq, worsening strains between Iran and the West over Tehran’s …
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnSP296945.html

US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran
By Gaime(Gaime)
In a move that reflects Washington’s growing concern with the failure of diplomatic initiatives, CIA officials are understood to be helping opposition militias among the numerous ethnic minority groups clustered in Iran’s border regions …
gaimelist.blogspot.com/2008/02/us-
funds-terror-groups-to-sow-chaos-in.html

British diplo: Actually, Iran might not have ceased its nuclear …
By tips@hotair.com (Hot Air Network, LLC)
The NIE said they did, the Brits say they didn’t. […] Read the rest
www.hotair.com/archives/2008/02/25/british-diplo-actually-iran
-might-not-have-ceased-its-nuclear-weapons-work-in-2003/

US Expects Fast Vote on Iran Sanctions
The Associated Press –
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States predicted a swift vote on new United Nations sanctions against Iran following a strategy session Monday, as Iran again …
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25/2/08

Iran Dismisses Nuke Documents As Fakes
The Associated Press –
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — The UN nuclear monitoring agency presented documents Monday that diplomats said indicate Iran may have focused on a nuclear weapons …
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Iran blames foreign forces’ mismanagement for Iraqi civilian deaths
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini on Monday condemned the recent crimes against innocent Iraqi people as acts of terror. …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=163969

Iran will start rebuilding Baghdad soon: Tehran mayor
Tehran Times – Iran
BAGHDAD – Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf announced on Monday that despite some security problems Iranian companies will soon start implementing …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=163968

IAEA report indicates Iran committed to NPT, envoy tells UN
Tehran Times – Iran
NEW YORK (IRNA) — Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaee has said the IAEA report clearly indicated that Iranian nation is …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=163978

West should deal with Iran nuclear issue logically: official
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN – Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Deputy Director Mohammad Saeedi has urged the Western powers to stop inventing pretexts to pressure the Islamic …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=163974

US Treasury asking emirates to help pressure Iran
Reuters – USA
The Treasury has frozen US assets and prohibited American transactions with several Iranian state banks and other companies it accuses of aiding Iran’s…
www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2544005620080225

Oil breaches $99 on cold spell, OPEC meeting looms
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Support also came from the Turkish military incursion into oil-producing northern Iraq, continued strain between Iran and the West over Tehran’s nuclear …
www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7336103

IAEA Report on Iran’s nuclear activities (February 22, 2008)
It is essential for Iran to comply with all of the international community’s demands formulated by the IAEA Board of Governors and by the Security Council, and to reestablish confidence in the exclusively peaceful aims of its nuclear …
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/iran_301/the
-iranian-nuclear-question_2724/iaea-report-on-iran-nuclear
-activities-22.02.08_10887.html

New UN sanctions proposed against Iran
By info@bravenewfilms.org (Brave New Films)
“Our task in Iran is to make sure that the Iranian nuclear programme is exclusively for peaceful purposes. We are at it for the last five years. In the last four months, in particular, we have made quite good progress in clarifying the …
bravenewfilms.org/blog/30513-new
-un-sanctions-proposed-against-iran

Preventing War On Iran
By admin
Preventing War On Iran 20Feb08 PreventingWarOnIran20Feb08AImedia.mp3 1:48:52 . 49.8 meg A public forum held at the American Legion Post 271 Hadley Ma Background statements by : Norma Akamatsu: Pioneer Valley Coalition to Prevent War in …
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25/2/08

Iran angry by nuclear accusations at key briefing: diplomats
AFP –
VIENNA (AFP) — Key intelligence purportedly showing Iran was involved in nuclear weapons work had the Iranian ambassador, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, …
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Iran welcomes IAEA resolution of outstanding issues
Tehran Times – Iran
LONDON (IRNA) — Iran has welcomed the IAEA concluding all six outstanding issues in accordance with an agreed work plan reached last August. …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=163895

LaSalle Settles Iran Transactions Case
Houston Chronicle – United States
Diplomats from the US and five other countries are meeting in Washington on Monday to discuss a draft resolution for sanctions against Iran for its refusal …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5567723.html

Bad to Worse: America’s Options on Iran, Part II: Invading Iran
By Angry New Mexican
After the big kerfuffle at Columbia over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit, the issue of Iran’s nuclear program has once again come to the fore of media attention (though it hasn’t seemed to make in onto Mr. …
12angrymen.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/bad-to-
worse-americas-options-on-iran-part-ii-invading-iran/

Iran Threatens Response To Further Sanctions
Iranian President MAj has demanded that the US apologize to and compensate Iran because, he says, the recent IAEA report confirms that Iran’s nuclear program is not military. Ahmadinejad also warned that Iran would respond to any …
www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/5703.htm

War pimp alert: US funding militia to destabilize Iran
By travellerev
According to the daily, CIA officials are secretly funding militias among the numerous ethnic minorities clustered in Iran’s border regions in order to mount pressure on the country to give up its nuclear program. Read more.
crazyrichguy.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/war
-pimp-alert-us-funding-militia-to-destabilize-iran/