- The following information has been provided by several
Washington and Middle East sources, and should be assessed in light of
President Bush's speech of Jan. 10. First, a Pentagon public affairs officer
has confirmed that the U.S.S. Stennis carrier group is headed towards the
Persian Gulf and will arive sometime in mid-February, to supplement the
U.S.S. Eisenhower carrier group already in the region (Eisenhower group
is temporarily off the coast of the Horn of Africa). At that point, the
assets will have been put in place for a two-track provocation against
Iran, intended to provide a justification for a U.S. or Anglo-American
"retaliatory" strike against Iranian targets, including alleged
secret nuclear weapons sites, according to one source.
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- The first track of provocations has already been initiated
with the U.S. military action against Iranian officials visiting the Kurdish
region of Iraq last week, and with bombings inside Iran that occurred around
the same time. The second track, according to a Middle East source, will
be initiated anytime after the full U.S. Naval force has arrived in the
Persian Gulf. Expect a U.S. naval incursion into Iranian coastal waters,
aimed at provoking an Iranian military action. This will be the "Gulf
of Tonkin" incident (provoked, or, as in the original Gulf of Tonkin
affair, fabricated) to justify an American military strike against Iran.
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- The sources emphasized that Vice President Cheney, in
particular, is committed to a war with Iran, and, perhaps with Syria, before
he leaves office.
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- Several Washington sources added further details. They
noted that, beginning prior to Bush`s Jan. 10, 2007 speech, unveiling the
Administration`s "surge" plan, the Administration had shifted
its propaganda line. White House claims about Iran's quest for nuclear
weapons were deemed ineffective, given that the Administration had lied
about Iraq's alleged WMD threat. Nobody, the source emphasized, is going
to support a war against Iran on the basis of the discredited Bush-Cheney
Administration's claims of "proof" that Iran has a secret nuclear
weapons program, about to build a nuclear bomb. The new propaganda campaign
will focus on Iran's involvement in arming insurgents inside Iraq with
the anti-tank weapons ("improvised explosive devices"--IEDs)
that are killing American and British soldiers. With the new rules of engagement
under Bush's "surge" policy guaranteed to increase the number
of American soldiers killed and wounded, the Administration plans to cynically
build up this propaganda front, hoping to force Republicans in the Congress,
and even some Democrats, to back their calls for action against Iran to
punish them for their continuing role in the anti-American violence in
Iraq.
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- Add to this the factor of the U.S. naval buildup in the
Persian Gulf, the sources warn, and the elements are all there for Cheney's
new war.
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- One source emphasized that the Bush speech of Jan. 10th
sent shockwaves through the U.S. establishment. While many details of the
Bush "surge" plan had been leaked out and briefed prior to the
speech, the emphasis on Iran and Syria in the President's remarks came
as a shock, and prompted many who felt the Administration's war schemes
against Iran had been contained, to reassess the situation.
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- Thanks for this, Jim.. Thank you for writing such, Jeff..
You have been on to the JINSA/PNAC Neocon war for Israel agenda going all
the way back to 'A Clean Break' as it looks like Cheney is trying to get
the rest of it underway via Wurmser (who co-wrote such and is in Cheney's
office) and Abrams at the NSC. Did you see the following URL yet?:
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- Read about the 'A Clean Break'/war for Israel agenda
via the following URL:
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- http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=28769
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- Kuwait media: U.S. military strike on Iran seen by April
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- http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=66426
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- The following by Wurmser from Seymour Hersh's article
was very telling:
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- Then take a look at what a co-author (Wurmser who is
working for Cheney) of the 'A Clean Break' document mentioned from Seymour
Hersh's article below:
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- http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1120-20.htm
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- In the current issue of Foreign Policy, Joshua Muravchik
(who is associated with JINSA as well), a prominent neoconservative, argued
that the Administration had little choice. "Make no mistake: President
Bush will need to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities before leaving office,"
he wrote. The President would be bitterly criticized for a preëmptive
attack on Iran, Muravchik said, and so neoconservatives "need to pave
the way intellectually now and be prepared to defend the action when it
comes."
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- The main Middle East expert on the Vice-President's staff
is David Wurmser, a neoconservative who was a strident advocate for the
invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Like many in Washington,
Wurmser "believes that, so far, there's been no price tag on Iran
for its nuclear efforts and for its continuing agitation and intervention
inside Iraq," the consultant said. But, unlike those in the Administration
who are calling for limited strikes, Wurmser and others in Cheney's office
"want to end the regime," the consultant said. "They argue
that there can be no settlement of the Iraq war without regime change in
Iran."
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- http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=66426
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