July 2008 archive


7/31/2008 - Neocon Flap Highlights Jewish Divide Time columnist Joe Klein's accusations that Jewish neoconservatives, who played a particularly visible role in the drive to war in Iraq and have since pushed for military confrontation in Iran, sacrificed "US lives and money...to make the world safe for Israel," have spurred angry charges of anti-Semitism and personal attacks from critics at such neoconservative strongholds as the Weekly Standard, National Review, and Commentary.  



7/30/2008 - Strike on Iran still possible, U.S. tells Israel Bush administration officials reassured Israel's defense minister this week that the United States has not abandoned all possibility of a military attack on Iran, despite widespread Israeli concern that Washington has begun softening its position toward Tehran.  

7/30/2008 - Audio: U.S. Intel: Iran Plans Nuclear Strike on U.S. Newsmax.com?s Kenneth Timmerman, author of ?Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran,? reveals that Iran has carried out missile tests for what could be a plan for a nuclear strike on the United States. A crock of BS if I've ever heard one. Note the ties to Israel all over the page.

7/30/2008 - US Set to Deploy Radar Systems in Israel Senior U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, say the systems will give Israel an extra layer of protection in case of an attack by Iran.....Officials say the systems will be set up in Israel before a new U.S. president takes office in January. Why the rush?

7/30/2008 - 'SS Liberty' Sails to Challenge Israel Forty-one years after the American surveillance ship USS Liberty was napalmed, torpedoed and strafed by Israeli naval and air forces during the Six-Day War, another "Liberty" will be setting out from a Cyprus port in August to try to break through the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.  



7/29/2008 - Francis Boyle: Iran Should Sue US in World Court to Stop Threats of Attack    

7/29/2008 - Acts of War By Scott Ritter Iran, we are told, is not just a nation pursuing nuclear weapons, but is the largest state sponsor of terror in the world today. Much of the information behind this is being promulgated by Israel, which has a vested interest in seeing Iran neutralized as a potential threat....We are at war with Iran right now. We just don?t have the moral courage to admit it.  

7/29/2008 - Perle Linked to Kurdish Oil Plan Influential former Pentagon official Richard Perle has been exploring going into the oil business in Iraq and Kazakhstan, according to people with knowledge of the matter and documents outlining possible deals. Perle (and his fellow neocon cohorts) should be in a 12x12 cell, to say the least, for his role in pushing America into invading Iraq.



7/28/2008 - Oil prices could drop if Iran concerns allayed: OPEC president The price of oil could drop to between 70 and 80 dollars a barrel if the dollar strengthens and concerns over Iran are reduced, OPEC chief Chakib Khelil said Saturday.  

7/28/2008 - Israeli, US defense chiefs meet Barak also was expected to meet with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and members of Congress, according to Israeli officials.  

7/28/2008 - Bush must be stopped before starting war with Iran The American people must act to stop this madness. We must raise our voices in protest. We must demand that Congress exercise its constitutional authority and block a war on Iran. We cannot allow the Bush neocons to act out their final bloody fantasy and destroy all hopes for peace in the Middle East  



7/27/2008 - Officials: US talks to Iran to legitimize attack "This way they will be able to say they tried everything," one official speculated. "This increases America's chances of gaining more public support domestically as well as the support of European nations which are today opposed to military action."  

7/27/2008 - A Mysterious Explosion by Philip Giraldi There are a number of possibilities. The story itself could be a complete fabrication intended only to substantiate US and Israeli claims that Tehran is supplying weapons to Hezbollah in contravention of UN agreements.  



7/25/2008 - Iranian military convoy rocked by mystery explosion Last month Seymour Hersh, the respected American investigative journalist, reported that US President George W Bush had authorised up to $400 million (£200 million) to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran to destabilise the regime  

7/25/2008 - Are You Ready to Face the Facts About Israel? Sixty years of efforts by good and humane people to hold Israel accountable have so far failed, but they are more important today than ever before. Israel has its captive American nation on the verge of attacking Iran, the consequences of which could be catastrophic for all concerned. The alleged purpose of the attack is to eliminate nonexistent Iranian nuclear weapons. The real reason is to eliminate all support for Hamas and Hezbollah so that Israel can seize the entire West Bank and southern Lebanon. The Bush regime is eager to do Israel's bidding, and the media and evangelical "Christian" churches have been preparing the American people for the event.  



7/24/2008 - If Iran is Attacking It Might Really be Israel by Philip Giraldi Israel is willing to behave with complete ruthlessness towards the US if they feel that the stakes are high enough, witness the attack on the USS Liberty and the bombing of the US Consulate in Alexandria in the 1950s. If they now believe that Iran is a threat that must be eliminated it is not implausible to assume that they will stop at nothing to get the the United States to do it for them, particularly as their air force is only able to damage the Iranian nuclear program, not destroy it.  

7/24/2008 - Ashkenazi in U.S.: All options are on the table regarding Iran    

7/24/2008 - Neocons Lash Out at White House for Diplomatic Overtures to Iran The Bush administration?s recent diplomatic overtures toward Iran have unleashed a torrent of criticism from neoconservatives and have fueled concerns in Israel that Washington is shelving the option of using military force against Tehran?s nuclear facilities.  



7/23/2008 - Ex-US advisors: Iran attack 'disaster' "If we get into a war with Iran, we know there would be disaster, we know there would be a disaster," said Zbigniew Brzezinski, ex-president Jimmy Carter's national security advisor on Tuesday.  

7/23/2008 - Bolton: U.S. should help Israel hit Iran    



7/21/2008 - McCain to Israeli TV: Sanctions might stop Iran, but US will not allow 2nd Holocaust American presidential candidate John McCain told an Israeli TV station that stiffer sanctions might stop Iran's threats against Israel. In an interview broadcast Monday, the Republican candidate said that in any event, the U.S. would not allow Iran to try to destroy Israel.  



7/19/2008 - Iran must choose between cooperation and confrontation: US    



7/17/2008 - Bush Won?t Give Congress Papers in CIA Leak Probe    

7/17/2008 - Israel Planning a September/October Surprise? The point is that the growing danger that the Israelis perceive will probably prompt them to find a way to get the US involved in hostilities with Iran. Cheney and Bush have pretty much given them that license, with the president regularly pledging to defend "our ally" if Israel is attacked. All Israel has to do is to arrange to be attacked. Not a problem  



7/16/2008 - House Iran Resolution Would Send Alarming Message to President Bush "The Ackerman-Pence resolution includes a clause that could be interpreted as calling for a naval blockade of Iran," remarked Cara Bautista, Deputy Political Director of Peace Action West. "According to international law, that would be an act of war."  

7/16/2008 - Americans Say No to War with Iran: Will Washington Listen? Two weeks ago, I was alarmed to learn that congressional Democrats were sponsoring Resolution 362, which encourages what amounts to an act of war against Iran. Today, there are more than 200 co-sponsors of the House resolution, but there is also growing mobilization to stop passage of Res. 362.  

7/16/2008 - Turning the Tables on the Israel-Firsters by Michael Scheuer The reality and power of this anti-American, pro-Israel triangle ? Israel-first politicians, civil servants, and pundits; AIPAC's corrupting influence; and the warmongering of major evangelical Protestant preachers ? is so obvious and palpable that the only way its members can blur reality is to deny the triangle's existence and identify their critics as anti-Semites. Michael Scheuer is former CIA head of the Bin Laden unit.



7/15/2008 - A phony crisis ? and a real one by Patrick J. Buchanan Last week, Mossad's chief, Meir Dagan, was here to make the case for war on Iran. This week, Defense Minister Ehud Barak visits Dick Cheney and maybe Bush. Next week, it is the head of Israel's armed forces. Israel and its Fifth Column in this city seek to stampede us into war with Iran. Bush should rebuff them, and the American people should tell their congressmen: You vote for 362, we don't vote for you.  



7/14/2008 - Karzai opposes U.S. use of Afghan soil against Iran    

7/14/2008 - Amber Alert! - Get ready for war The Israelis, in concert with their amen corner in the U.S., have been engaged in a propaganda blitz targeting Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program, the whole point of which is not to pressure the Iranians into backing down, but to force the U.S. to take action in lieu of the Israelis going it alone. Why fight if your big brother is willing to wage the battle? To that end, the Israelis are taking aim at Washington, rather than Tehran, in a full-scale political assault that shows every sign of succeeding where it counts ? in the Oval Office  

7/14/2008 - India warns against any attack on Iran    

7/14/2008 - Iran Shows Its Cards By Scott Ritter Until the U.S. Congress segregates legitimate national security concerns from narrow Israeli-only issues, the pro-Israel lobby will have considerable control over American national security policy. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee?s continued push for congressional action concerning the implementation of what is tantamount to a naval blockade of Iran (and as such, an act of war) by pushing House Resolution 362 and Senate Resolution 580 is mind-boggling given the reality of the situation. Congress must stop talking blockade, and start discussing stability and confidence-building measures.  



7/13/2008 - President George W Bush backs Israeli plan for strike on Iran Despite the opposition of his own generals and widespread scepticism that America is ready to risk the military, political and economic consequences of an airborne strike on Iran, the president has given an "amber light" to an Israeli plan to attack Iran's main nuclear sites with long-range bombing sorties, the official told The Sunday Times.  

7/13/2008 - Book: Iraq was invaded to help secure Israel Former U.S. Rep. John Hostettler argues in a new, little-noticed, self-published book that the United States invaded Iraq to avenge an assassination attempt on then-President George H.W. Bush and to help Israel.  

7/13/2008 - Iran to target heart of Israel, 32 U.S. bases if attacked "In case the United States and Israel dare to shoot a bullet, Iran will target the heart of Israel and 32 U.S. bases in the region imminently," said Mojtaba Zolnoor, vice representative of Khamenei to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.  



7/11/2008 - No More Blank Checks for War by Patrick J. Buchanan Ehud Olmert returned from a June meeting with Bush to tell Israelis, "George Bush understands the severity of the Iranian threat and the need to vanquish it, and intends to act on the matter before the end of his term." .....If Bush believes war with Iran is vital to U.S. security, he should make that case to Congress. To allow Israel to start a war we do not want would be an abdication of his duty as president.  

7/11/2008 - Retired Military Leaders Oppose Provocative House Resolution on Iran Three retired military leaders sent a letter to lawmakers urging them to abandon a resolution currently making its way through Congress that might lead to a blockade or the use of force against Iran. The retired military leaders say H.Con.Res. 362 is ?poorly conceived, poorly timed, and potentially dangerous.?  

7/11/2008 - Israel hints at pre-emptive attack on Iran In Jerusalem, a corruption scandal could bring down the Mr Omert's government in September. This is another reason for Israel, if it is determined to go ahead, to act sooner rather than later, even alone and without the explicit collaboration of the US.  

7/11/2008 - Iraq denies reports of IAF using its airspace Iraq denied on Friday reports claiming the Israeli Air Force has been practicing for a possible attack against Iran in its airspace.  



7/10/2008 - Iran tests more missiles as U.S. vows to defend allies    

7/10/2008 - Iran Red Lines The Israelis allegedly presented the US with Iranian weaponization evidence that they consider very credible, which the US intelligence community allegedly did not consider credible. Analysts also say Israel and the US are drawing different definitions and redlines about what they consider would be Iran's nuclear "breakout" capability.  

7/10/2008 - Barak to head to US for talks at the Pentagon In a series of consultations apparently aimed at coordinating policies against the Iranian nuclear threat, Defense Minister Ehud Barak will head to the US on Monday for talks at the Pentagon, days after Mossad chief Meir Dagan was in Washington for meetings with key intelligence officials. Sources say Israel is urgently trying to convince the US that Iran is closer to passing the nuclear threshold than Washington believes.....A week after Barak's visit, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi will head to Washington for his own round of talks with American defense chiefs, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, who was in Israel two weeks ago....The source added that the visits of the Israeli officials came as an intense debate continued to rage inside the US administration between those who favored military action, led by Cheney, and those opposed, led by Gates. Whose war is this?



7/9/2008 - US officials can now tap phones officially    

7/9/2008 - Iran test fires missile - Pat Buchanan weighs in    

7/9/2008 - Iran missile test sends message to US, Israel    

7/9/2008 - Israel Believes Obama Will 'Deprive' It of Political Support for Iran Attack Only Ron Paul has repeatedly attacked the plans to attack Iran and, appropriately, laid them at AIPAC's doorstep. Obama himself has had nothing to say except hawkish statements.  



7/8/2008 - Russia Warns of Military Response If U.S.-Czech Missile Defense Agreement Approved    

7/8/2008 - Iranian president says no war with US, Israel The Israelis "are a complex political group, but you should know this regime will be eventually destroyed and there is no need of any measure by Iranian people," he said when asked to comment on whether he has called for the destruction of Israel.  

7/8/2008 - AIPAC's Hirelings Rush to Resolution America's Knesset, servile hirelings of Israel's lobby, rush to pass yet another resolution conceived by AIPAC and authored and co-signed by its most slavish puppets, Ackerman and Ros-Lehtinen in the House and Lieberman and Bayh in the Senate, Resolutions H. Con. 362 and S. 580, the "Iran War Resolution."  



7/7/2008 - US holds Navy exercise after Iran comments on Gulf The U.S. Navy said on Monday it was carrying out an exercise in the Gulf, days after vowing that Iran will not be allowed to block the waterway which carries crude from the world's largest oil-exporting region  

7/7/2008 - Is Iran Currently an Existential Threat to the United States? by nearly every quantifiable metric, Iran does not presently represent an existential threat to the United States based on its conventional arsenal.  

7/7/2008 - Commentary: Guns of August spiked? With three former U.S. CENTCOM commanders on record against the military option, it was hard to see how Israel could strike on its own -- without shutting the Persian Gulf down. Never underestimate the power of the Israeli lobby. Witness the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

7/7/2008 - Analyze This: Disquiet on the 'third front' between the US and Israel Mullen has already gone on record as among those top American officials not only opposed to a US military response to the Iranian threat, but expressing concern over a unilateral Israeli response, telling the press last week he was concerned that the repercussions could open up a "third front" for US forces already strained by their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. A boo-hoo article by a writer for the Jerusalem Post.

7/7/2008 - Americans Don?t Know: There?s a Plan on the Table to Resolve the Nuclear Standoff With Iran Unfortunately, most Americans don?t read the New York Review of Books or the Boston Globe. So, while polls consistently show most Americans want negotiations with Iran to resolve the nuclear dispute, most Americans don?t know that there?s an offer on the table right now to resolve the nuclear dispute that the US government is walking away from.  

7/7/2008 - Officials say Israel could not attack Iran without U.S. support Israeli defense officials have told local media they are concerned that Israel is being used as a pawn by rival factions in the White House. That's odd, because there are some of us Americans that feel that the White House is being used as a pawn by factions of Israel. Go figure.



7/6/2008 - US concerned Israeli strike in Iran 'doomed to fail' "The Israelis have better information. But the Americans left the meetings unconvinced that the Israelis have enough intelligence on where to strike, and with little confidence that they will be able to destroy the nuclear program." 'the Israelis have better information'.. BAHAHAHAHA.

7/6/2008 - U.S. admiral: Iran strike on Israel 'likely' One of Mullen's hosts noted at the end of the visit that even though Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi and the other senior officers did not discuss operational coordination, it was mentioned during discussions that both sides would like to avoid mistaken confrontations, of the sort that led to the IDF attack against the U.S. Navy ship, Liberty, in June 1967.  



7/5/2008 - U.S. and Israeli militaries discuss attack on Liberty    

7/5/2008 - Talk to Iran For each day that passes without dialogue, the world is brought closer to another war in the Middle East ? paid first by Americans at the gas pumps, and eventually, American lives and treasure.  



7/3/2008 - "Virtual Iran War Resolution" by Congressman Ron Paul    

7/3/2008 - The Secret War in Iran Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military intelligence and congressional sources.  

7/3/2008 - A disastrous attack on Iran? MILITARY ACTION will incur costs for the US, but far from being "disastrous," or even heavy, they will probably be limited. This is somebody writing for the Jerusalem Post telling us that an attack on Iran won't be so bad. No conflict of interest there.



7/2/2008 - The Right?s Game-Playing With ?Dual Loyalty? and ?Anti-Semitism? Accusations As our political establishment takes new and disturbing steps towards a more confrontational approach with Iran, the effort to stomp out any discussion of the role Israel plays in that policy has once again intensified. Last week, Joe Klein ? basically out of the blue ? observed that while many advocates of an attack on Iraq (which once included Klein) were motivated by ?neocolonial? fantasies or ensuring access to Iraq?s oil, many other war proponents were motivated by their allegiance to Israel  

7/2/2008 - AP interview: Iran envoy dismisses attack threat AP interview: Iran envoy dismisses attack threatIran's top diplomat predicted Wednesday that the United States and Israel would not risk the "craziness" of attacking his country and possibly provoking a wider Middle East war or driving oil prices into uncharted heights.  



7/1/2008 - Former Agent Says CIA Ignored Findings on Iran A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now says that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb.  




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