Friday, May 05, 2006

IRAQ: SALVADOR OPTION

ICH: The Salvador Option has been invoked in Iraq
by John Pilger

The American public is being prepared. If the attack on Iran does come, there will be no warning, no declaration of war, no truth.

Now that al-Zarqawi has been replaced by "sectarian violence" and "civil war", the big news is the attacks by Sunnis on Shia mosques and bazaars. The real news, which is not reported in the CNN "mainstream", is that the Salvador Option has been invoked in Iraq. This is the campaign of terror by death squads armed and trained by the US, which attack Sunnis and Shias alike. The goal is the incitement of a real civil war and the break-up of Iraq, the original war aim of Bush's administration.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

IRAN

ICH: Bush’s hand in the Terror War
by Mike Whitney

"....There is no civil war in Iraq; it’s all been fabricated to split the country apart. The violence we see is emanating in waves from its ultimate point of origin…1600 Pennsylvania Ave; the epicenter of global terrorism. Fisk’s article just punctuates that point."

IRAQ

Independent: Robert Fisk: Seen through a Syrian lens, 'unknown Americans' are provoking civil war in Iraq

The Americans, my interlocutor suspected, are trying to provoke an Iraqi civil war so that Sunni Muslim insurgents spend their energies killing their Shia co-religionists rather than soldiers of the Western occupation forces. "I swear to you that we have very good information," my source says, finger stabbing the air in front of him

IRAN

Dar Al-Hayat: Power Makes Men Mad
by Scott Ritter

The current 'crisis' regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions is nothing more than a facilitator for war.

IRAN

New York Times: U.S. and Europe Draft U.N. Resolution on Iran

The United States, Britain and France have drafted a binding Security Council resolution requiring Iran to stop key nuclear activities, but Russia and China are already resisting, officials involved in the negotiations said today.

The Americans and the Europeans want to move swiftly against Iran, and to that end, the resolution will be introduced in New York on Wednesday or Thursday, according to R. Nicolas Burns, the under secretary of state who has led American diplomatic efforts concerning Iran.