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USA / Iran from two viewpoints

View from the Pentagon behind the scenes: US military officials are putting huge pressure on interrogators who question Iraqi insurgents to find incriminating evidence pointing to Iran, it was claimed last night…

…Brose, 30, who extracts information from detainees in Iraq, said: ‘They push a lot for us to establish a link with . . . → Read More: USA / Iran from two viewpoints

Watch the price of oil

John Bolton, arch-neocon and former US ambassador to the United Nations called for Iran to be bombed yesterday: Mr Bolton, who was addressing a fringe meeting organised by Lord (Michael) Ancram, said that the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was “pushing out” and “is not receiving adequate push-back” from the west.

“I don’t think the . . . → Read More: Watch the price of oil

Spinning again

The White House / Pentagon spin machine has shifted up a gear with their attempts to convince us that Iran is really, really evil. How long until they or Israel attacks them? The Guardian thinks we probably have about a year.

Lying again

It appears that Bush has been caught lying again. By Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker. Just like before the Iraq war. Am I surprised?

No.

Bush planning preemptive strike to “save” Iran

Mission was completed in Iraq three years ago this May. Now Bush feels it is time to take out Iran and save it from itself, according to the New Yorker: A government consultant with close ties to the civilian leadership in the Pentagon said that Bush was “absolutely convinced that Iran is going to . . . → Read More: Bush planning preemptive strike to “save” Iran

Consequences of an invasion in Iran

Mark Cliff, chief economist at ING Financial Markets, writes in the Independent today about the possible economic consequences of an invasion of Iran by the USA: …this would imply: a $12 per barrel increase in the oil price, taking West Texas crude up to more than $60 per barrel; a 14 per cent drop . . . → Read More: Consequences of an invasion in Iran