Going to War With Iran ?
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What to do with Iran ?
Jack Beatty
Atlantic Unbound - http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200508u/pp2005-08-17
8/17/2005
With Iran, the only choices left are war and nuclear deterrence. And war is not the answer

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Comments:		 Iran to Resume Its Nuclear Work
U.S. Warns of Seeking Restraints
Elaine Sciolino
NYTimes
1/4/2006
PARIS, Jan. 3 - Iran announced Tuesday that it planned to restart nuclear research, a move that jeopardized an agreement with the Europeans, complicated a Russian initiative and prompted an American threat.
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Imminent military strike against Iran ?

 Der Spiegel
12-31-2005
Recent reports in the German media suggest that the United States may be preparing its allies for an imminent military strike against facilities that are part of Iran's suspected clandestine nuclear weapons program.
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Comments:		 Reasoning about war
Just War Theory Applied - Iraq and Iran
Editor's Desk
Christian Century
1-4-2006
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Comments:		 The Covert Option
 Can sabotage and assassination stop Iran from going nuclear?
Terrence Henry
The Atlantic Monthly | December 2005
1/4/2006
"Ashton Carter, a former assistant secretary of defense, says that he would be "surprised and disappointed" if a covert campaign wasn't already under way. Conducted skillfully, Carter argues, such a campaign might not merely forestall Iranian progress toward a bomb; it might also sow doubt, causing Iranian officials to question whether their equipment actually worked and whether the people involved in the program could be trusted. By reducing the Iranians' confidence in their ability to produce nuclear weapons, it might even prompt Iran to consider abandoning its nuclear program, in return for the carrots it has so far spurned at the negotiating table."
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Comments:		 The War God Has His Eyes on Iran
Can We Stop Him?
Robert C. Koehler
Common Wonders
1/6/2006
I would phrase this great hope a little more cautiously. I think our government is perfectly capable of perpetuating another such plunge because most of the machinery of our society is calibrated to assist in the effort. But I believe the force to oppose this folly is enormous, and this time it will find leaders, and a voice.
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Comments:		 Bullying Iran is Not an Option
Bush vs Iran's Nuclear Programs
Mary Riddell
Guardian Unlimited
1-8-2006
Before Western Leaders Seek Sanctions Against Iran, They Should Put Their Own Houses in Order on Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power
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Bush exacerbates Mid-East conflict
James Carroll
Boston Globe
January 9, 2006
No one has done more to empower the extremists in the Middle East than George W. Bush.
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Comments:		 Iran and the Bomb
What to do now...
Editorial
NYTimes
1/13/06
The problem is that no one has yet come up with any very good ways of deflecting Iran from its nuclear course. Nature has given it all the raw uranium it needs.
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Comments:		 The Axis of Order
Iran and the Bomb
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
New York Times
1-20-2006
That helped keep Iran on the fence - for a while. But now Iran has gotten off the fence, and so must Russia, China and India. For their own sakes, if not ours, these emerging big three have got to become the Axis of Order. The old cops on the beat can't deal with the Axis of Evil alone anymore. Pay attention to how this one ends, folks. The structure of the whole post-cold-war world is at stake.
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Original:		 War with Iran
What are the chances, and why?
Mahdi Nazemroaya
Mother Jones
1-18-2006
What are the dangers and what are the solutions?
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2006/01/war_with_iran.html#more
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Comments:		 Containing Tehran
How do we do this?
David Ignatius
Washington Post
1-20-2006
Getting Iran policy right is the biggest foreign policy challenge of the new year. Ahmadinejad's wild statements have had the beneficial effect of concentrating the minds of policymakers, who in the past have often differed over Iran and have had trouble framing a formal policy. Officials don't yet have a clear strategy that could bend Iranian radicalism back toward an acceptable norm, but they're assessing the tools that might work. This time they are looking carefully -- and thinking seriously -- before they leap.
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Iran's Nuclear Threat is Real - Thanks to Bush
FLYNT LEVERETT
NYTimes
1-24-2006
During its five years in office, the administration has turned away from every opportunity to put relations with Iran on a more positive trajectory.
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Comments:		 Spinning the State of the Union
What to expect in address
Robert Kuttner
Boston Globe
1-28-2006
"The Iranians, who really do have the ability to build nukes, then elected a truly dangerous radical who is expanding his nation's nuclear program. Having bogged down in Iraq, Bush has neither the forces nor the strategy to deal with a real menace partly of his own making in Iran."
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Comments:		 Behind the Urgent Diplomacy
A Sense Iran Will Get the Bomb
DAVID E. SANGER
NYTimes
2/6/06
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Comments:		 Fear of U.S. Drove Iran's Nuclear Policy

Gareth Porter
OneWorld.net
2/8/2006
The George W. Bush administration's adoption of a policy of threatening to use military force against Iran disregarded a series of official intelligence estimates going back many years that consistently judged Iran's fear of a U.S. attack to be a major motivating factor in its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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Comments:		 Outed CIA officer was working on Iran
Valerie Plame working on Iran nuclear issues
Larisa Alexandrovna
Raw Story
2/13/06
The unmasking of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson by White House officials in 2003 caused significant damage to U.S. national security and its ability to counter nuclear proliferation abroad, RAW STORY has learned.
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Comments:		 Rice Is Seeking Millions to Prod Changes in Iran

STEVEN R. WEISMAN
NYTimes
2/16/06
The Bush administration, frustrated by Iranian defiance over its nuclear program, proposed Wednesday to spend $85 million to promote political change inside Iran by subsidizing dissident groups, unions, student fellowships and television and radio broadcasts.
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Comments:		 Iran Readies Plan to Close Strait of Hormuz

Kenneth R. Timmerman
NewsMax.com
3/1/06
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Iran Renews Threat to Withhold Oil
Karl Vick 3/6/2006 Washington Post Iran Renews Threat to Withhold Oil
Bolton Issues Warning; Vote by U.N. Atomic Agency Looms
By Karl Vick
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, March 6, 2006; A12
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'Long struggle' with Iran seen ahead Congress is told of preparations to 'defeat' regime Farah Stockman 3/9/2006 Boston Globe 'Long struggle' with Iran seen ahead
Congress is told of preparations to 'defeat' regime
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Iran Says It Test-Fired Underwater Missile
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British consider consequences of attack on Iran
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Blair government, military will examine possible role, if any, in 'inevitable' US-led attack.
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The Iran Plans Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb? Seymour M. Hersh 4/10/2006 The New Yorker The Iran Plans
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Yes He Would War with Iran ? PAUL KRUGMAN 4/10/2006 NYTimes Yes He Would
By PAUL KRUGMAN | NYTimes | 4/10/06

"But he wouldn't do that." That sentiment is what made it possible for President Bush to stampede America into the Iraq war and to fend off hard questions about the reasons for that war until after the 2004 election. Many people just didn't want to believe that an American president would deliberately mislead the nation on matters of war and peace.

As Policy Decisions Loom, a Code of Silence Is Broken Generals vs Politicians MICHAEL R. GORDON 4/16/2006 NYTimes As Policy Decisions Loom, a Code of Silence Is Broken
By MICHAEL R. GORDON | NYTimes | 4/16/06
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The Pentagon Preps for Iran
William M. Arkin 4/16/2006 Washington Post The Pentagon Preps for Iran
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New Worry Rises After Iran Claims Nuclear Steps
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Iraq II or a Nuclear Iran?
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Negroponte & Iran
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La lettre de Mahmoud Ahmadinejad à George W. Bush
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The Weapon Iran May Not Want to Use Withholding Oil Exports Could Wreak the Most Havoc at Home Steven Mufson 5/19/2006 Washington Post The Weapon Iran May Not Want to Use
Withholding Oil Exports Could Wreak the Most Havoc at Home
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U.S. Is Proposing European Shield for Iran Missiles US missles to Poland ? MICHAEL R. GORDON 5/22/2006 NYTimes U.S. Is Proposing European Shield for Iran Missiles
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THE LETTER Letter from Iran's President Hendrik Hertzberg 5/23/2006 The New Yorker THE LETTER
by Hendrik Hertzberg
New Yorker | Issue of 2006-05-29 Posted 2006-05-22
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Iran Requests Direct Talks on Nuclear Program
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By Karl Vick and Dafna Linzer | Washington Post Foreign Service | Wednesday, May 24, 2006; A01
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Iran Chief Eclipses Power of Clerics
MICHAEL SLACKMAN 5/28/2006 NYTimes Iran Chief Eclipses Power of Clerics
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It's Just Like Iraq, Only Different
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A Talk at Lunch That Shifted the Stance on Iran Bush agreeing to talk with Iran ? HELENE COOPER and DAVID E. SANGER 6/4/2006 NYTimes A Talk at Lunch That Shifted the Stance on Iran
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BUSH IS PREPARING TO ATTACK IRAN
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Iraqi Ties to Iran Create New Risks for Washington Iraq and Iran and Bushies MICHAEL SLACKMAN 6/8/2006 NYTimes Iraqi Ties to Iran Create New Risks for Washington
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A June to remember Change in US strategy - none too soon Andrew J. Bacevich 6/12/2006 Boston Globe A June to remember
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Michael Klare on Playing Chess with Iran Iran in world chess game Michael Klare 6/15/2006 Tomgram Tomgram: 15 June 2006
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Options for U.S. Limited As Mideast Crises Spread
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Richard Perle reveals US War Plans in the Iran
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The Price of Fantasy Bush and his Crazies vs Reality PAUL KRUGMAN 7/21/2006 NYTimes The Price of Fantasy
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Iran helped cultivate Mideast crisis, US says Web of ties has Tehran at center Farah Stockman 7/21/2006 Boston Globe Iran helped cultivate Mideast crisis, US says
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The Drums of War Sound for Iran
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Condi's Flying Dutchman Mid-East in flames and Bushies ineptitude MAUREEN DOWD 7/22/2006 NYTimes Condi's Flying Dutchman
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US blunders roil the Mideast Bush blunders... Robert Kuttner 7/22/2006 Boston Globe US blunders roil the Mideast
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For the U.S., a Newfangled Compass US in Mid-East review ROBERT F. WORTH 7/23/2006 NYTimes For the U.S., a Newfangled Compass
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On the Eve of Madness
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The Next Steps With Iran Negotiations Must Go Beyond the Nuclear Threat Henry A. Kissinger 7/31/2006 Washington Post The Next Steps With Iran Ne
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America transforms the Middle East, but not as envisioned What Bushies have wrought... James Carroll 8/1/2006 Boston Globe America transforms the Middle East, but not as envisioned
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Was Israel's Aim to Clear Path for US War on Iran
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WATCHING LEBANON
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Preparing the Battlefield for Bush's War on Iran
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