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Dace De'Briago · 02-17-2005, 07:37 AM

Well, I'm going to source a few articles that seem to imply a build-up of tensions in the Middle East. The last time this happened as I recall there was a war. You may have heard about it on the news.
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"There is an eerie similarity to the events preceding the Iraq war," commented David Kay, who led the search for banned weapons of mass destruction in postwar Iraq, in a Washington Post article.
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Note that I am choosing arguements that support my statement from the sources below. If you know of anything relevant that would detract from these, let us all know about it.

( if you have the time, there are a number of very good articles on the subject at http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/0,12858,889981,00.html )

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story...416319,00.html

Iran and Syria heightened tension across the Middle East and directly confronted the Bush administration yesterday by declaring they had formed a mutual self-defence pact to confront the "threats" now facing them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story...415881,00.html

George Bush calls Iran "the world's primary state sponsor of terror" and US officials charge Syria with allowing Palestinian militants and Iraqi insurgents to operate from its soil.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/...415966,00.html

No one knows whether the US is serious about attacking Iran to destroy its alleged nuclear weapons programmes, and today's assertion from Tehran that US spy planes have been overflying the country will have done nothing to calm the jitters.

It takes two to create a sense of crisis, and George Bush deliberately used his state of the union address on February 2 to depict Iran as "the world's primary state sponsor of terror", as well as accusing it of secretly developing an atomic arsenal.

In Washington's eyes, one of the central members of the "axis of evil" of 2002 has now graduated to become an "outpost of tyranny".

Alarmingly, there are signs that military options are being explored by the US, with reports of unmanned drones, special forces identifying targets (Seymour Hersh's recent New Yorker article on this was reprinted in its entirety in the Iran News), as well as carefully-publicised nods, winks and briefings that Israel might attack Iran's nuclear sites, as it did Iraq's in 1981.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/internatio...411159,00.html

During a visit to France this week, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice called on Iran to abandon what she says is a nuclear weapons programme, and pointedly refused to rule out an attack on atomic sites.

In January, the investigative reporter Seymour Hersh reported that US special forces were already operating inside Iran, selecting sites for future air strikes.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/...ria/index.html

Article relates primarily to the tensions between Syria and the US. Iran is also brought into this article, probably because of the recent defence pact the two threatened countries made.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/...eut/index.html

TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran, facing mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program, promised on Thursday a "burning hell" for any aggressor as tens of thousands marched to mark the 26th anniversary of its Islamic revolution.

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I could probably find articles like these all day long from dozens of news agencies. You have to concede that the rhetoric from the US administration is very similar to that immediately before the declaration of war and invasion of Iraq.

It seems a little naive to ignore the obvious signs of aggression that exist this time around and indicate premedative steps towards a second war in the Middle East.

[ 02-17-2005, 07:38 AM: Message edited by: Dace De'Briago ]

02-17-2005, 07:37 AM	#5
Dace De'Briago Silver Dragon Join Date: December 28, 2002 Location: Wales Age: 45 Posts: 1,617	Well, I'm going to source a few articles that seem to imply a build-up of tensions in the Middle East. The last time this happened as I recall there was a war. You may have heard about it on the news. ------------------------------ "There is an eerie similarity to the events preceding the Iraq war," commented David Kay, who led the search for banned weapons of mass destruction in postwar Iraq, in a Washington Post article. ------------------------------ Note that I am choosing arguements that support my statement from the sources below. If you know of anything relevant that would detract from these, let us all know about it. ( if you have the time, there are a number of very good articles on the subject at http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/0,12858,889981,00.html ) http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story...416319,00.html Iran and Syria heightened tension across the Middle East and directly confronted the Bush administration yesterday by declaring they had formed a mutual self-defence pact to confront the "threats" now facing them. http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story...415881,00.html George Bush calls Iran "the world's primary state sponsor of terror" and US officials charge Syria with allowing Palestinian militants and Iraqi insurgents to operate from its soil. http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/...415966,00.html No one knows whether the US is serious about attacking Iran to destroy its alleged nuclear weapons programmes, and today's assertion from Tehran that US spy planes have been overflying the country will have done nothing to calm the jitters. It takes two to create a sense of crisis, and George Bush deliberately used his state of the union address on February 2 to depict Iran as "the world's primary state sponsor of terror", as well as accusing it of secretly developing an atomic arsenal. In Washington's eyes, one of the central members of the "axis of evil" of 2002 has now graduated to become an "outpost of tyranny". Alarmingly, there are signs that military options are being explored by the US, with reports of unmanned drones, special forces identifying targets (Seymour Hersh's recent New Yorker article on this was reprinted in its entirety in the Iran News), as well as carefully-publicised nods, winks and briefings that Israel might attack Iran's nuclear sites, as it did Iraq's in 1981. http://www.guardian.co.uk/internatio...411159,00.html During a visit to France this week, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice called on Iran to abandon what she says is a nuclear weapons programme, and pointedly refused to rule out an attack on atomic sites. In January, the investigative reporter Seymour Hersh reported that US special forces were already operating inside Iran, selecting sites for future air strikes. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/...ria/index.html Article relates primarily to the tensions between Syria and the US. Iran is also brought into this article, probably because of the recent defence pact the two threatened countries made. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/...eut/index.html TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran, facing mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program, promised on Thursday a "burning hell" for any aggressor as tens of thousands marched to mark the 26th anniversary of its Islamic revolution. ===================================== I could probably find articles like these all day long from dozens of news agencies. You have to concede that the rhetoric from the US administration is very similar to that immediately before the declaration of war and invasion of Iraq. It seems a little naive to ignore the obvious signs of aggression that exist this time around and indicate premedative steps towards a second war in the Middle East. [ 02-17-2005, 07:38 AM: Message edited by: Dace De'Briago ]