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To: RetiredNow who wrote (326492)	2/19/2007 11:02:27 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575858

Iranian boats increase their approach to the oil platforms of Iraq By: EFE in: 20.02.2007 02: 00 Washington, 20 feb (EFE). - Several boats patrol Iranian have increased their approach to some Iraqian petroliferous platforms located on the high seas in the North part of the Persian Gulf to evaluate the answer of the American and Iraqian naval forces. The television network of the United States Cnn assured today, of American military sources, that Washington does not consider that the rounds made by the boats are aggressive or a provocation. The approach of the Iranians to Iraqian waters has been taking producing for some months, although the last week intensified. The boats, according to the mentioned sources, were entered during some minutes until they were forced to leave on the part of the Iraqian authorities. A high civil employee of the American navy, of that does not reveal its name, aimed that the Iranians try to evaluate which is the answer from Iraq and the U.S.A. to the facts. Nevertheless, sources of the community of intelligence of the U.S.A. indicated that in many cases they try to see how works American navy. On the other hand, the Secretary of State of the U.S.A., Condoleezza Rice, blamed today Tehran “to carry out of energetic form an opposite policy to the interests of the United States and all those that aspire peacefully to the Middle East”. “We are seeing It in Iraq, where the Iranians continue supporting destabilization activities, including the transference of technologies that our soldiers are killing. We see it in Lebanon, we see it in the Palestinian territories”, added Curls in an interview published by the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz”. Automatical translation from spanish es.news.yahoo.com

To: RetiredNow who wrote (326492)	2/19/2007 11:04:05 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575858

US 'Iran attack plans' revealed US contingency plans for air strikes on Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country's military infrastructure, the BBC has learned. BBC News February 19, 2007 It is understood that any such attack - if ordered - would target Iranian air bases, naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centres. The US insists it is not planning to attack, and is trying to persuade Tehran to stop uranium enrichment. The UN has urged Iran to stop the programme or face economic sanctions. But diplomatic sources have told the BBC that as a fallback plan, senior officials at Central Command in Florida have already selected their target sets inside Iran. BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says the trigger for such an attack reportedly includes any confirmation that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon - which it denies. Alternatively, our correspondent adds, a high-casualty attack on US forces in neighbouring Iraq could also trigger a bombing campaign if it were traced directly back to Tehran. Deadline Earlier this month US officials said they had evidence Iran was providing weapons to Iraqi Shia militias. At the time, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the accusations were "excuses to prolong the stay" of US forces in Iraq. Middle East analysts have recently voiced their fears of catastrophic consequences for any such US attack on Iran. Britain's previous ambassador to Tehran, Sir Richard Dalton, told the BBC it would backfire badly by probably encouraging the Iranian government to develop a nuclear weapon in the long term. Last year Iran resumed uranium enrichment - a process that can make fuel for power stations or, if greatly enriched, material for a nuclear bomb. Tehran insists its programme is for civil use only, but Western countries suspect Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. The UN Security Council has called on Iran must suspend its enrichment of uranium by 21 February. If it does not, and if the International Atomic Energy Agency confirms this, the resolution says that further economic sanctions will be considered. globalexchange.org

To: RetiredNow who wrote (326492)	2/20/2007 8:36:42 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575858

I would believe it either way. I can't believe a damn thing I read nowadays. I'd believe our CIA was funding those Sunnis into bombing Iran and I'd believe Iran photoshopped those US guns. They are both equally plausible. What's the truth? No one will ever know. That's why I don't believe anyone until I see the same info coming from a couple of disparate sources and even then it depends on the quality of the source. And anyone who doubts that American leaders lie, you need look know further than a video clip on NBC last week showing Bush in October telling the country that al Qaida was on the run in Afghanistan when he knew just the opposite was true but was lying to help the GOP in the fall elections. What I do know to be true.....the US is just as guilty for the poor relationship with Iran as the Iranians are.