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Congress and Iran: The New Iraq?
By John Isaacs
If U.S. warplanes fly toward Iran next year, October 2007 may be remembered as the month that the
Bush administration began its final push to prepare the public for a new Mideast intervention. Although
largely driven by Vice President Dick Cheney and associates in the Bush administration, the push toward
military action has been abetted by cheerleaders in Congress, as well as by a heavy dose of rhetoric
from the regular suspects in the neoconservative and hardline advocacy communities. Read full story.
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White House Sharpens Its Words
By Jim Lobe
The vice president gives a hostile assessment of Iran and the president links World War III to a nuclear
Iran, while the secretary of defense tries to temper the two with a more restrained and robust interpretation
of the Iranian threat. Long before it has figured out what to do with Iraq, the White House seems intent
on more military action in the Middle East. Read full
story.
SPECIAL PROFILE SECTION: Hawking Iran in Europe
Réalité EU
This Europe-based outfit echoes the rhetoric of many pro-Israel hardliners in the United States in
its efforts to educate European leaders about supposed threats to the continent from the Middle East.
The Henry Jackson Society
Honoring the controversial hawkish senator from Washington, the British-based Henry Jackson Society
serves as the neoconservative analogue in the UK, offering a platform for the likes of Richard Perle
to push regime change in Iran and other global hotspots.
The Transatlantic Institute
This Brussels-based outfit, founded by the American Jewish Committee, often serves as a host for U.S.
writers and pundits who helped bring about the Iraq War and now aim to extend it to Iran.
SPECIAL PROFILE SECTION: The Intel Déjà Vu
Team B Strategic Objectives Panel
Though the gaming of intelligence has been on full display during the George W. Bush presidency, the
phenomenon has a Cold War forerunner in Team B.
Rumsfeld Missile Commission
As the history of this rightist-driven congressional commission from the late 1990s reveals, Iran
is just the latest in a long line of trumped up excuses for deploying controversial and costly missile
defense systems.
Rumsfeld Space Commission
Supported by hardline and neoconservative-led groups like the Center for Security Policy and the Jewish
Institute for National Security Affairs, this congressionally mandated study warned of a "Space Pearl
Harbor." And then 9/11 happened.
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Whose EFPs?
By Gareth Porter
The argument that Iran alone is behind deadly explosives used against U.S. troops in Iraq is the latest
in a long line of skewed intel conclusions offered by the Bush administration to justify the "war
on terror." Read full story.
ALSO NEW ON RIGHT WEB
Right Web Profile: John Podhoretz
Many conservatives are unhappy that the neocon scion, known more for head-scratching pop culture
columns than for intellectual prowess, has been named as future editor of Commentary magazine.
Right Web Profile: Sen. Joe Lieberman
One of the Senate's most ardent hardliners on Iran and a consistent backer of a neoconservative
foreign policy agenda, Lieberman has repeatedly called for sending U.S. troops into Iran to attack
purported terrorist training sites.
Right Web Profile: Foundation for Defense
of Democracies
A key member of the neoconservative advocacy club, the FDD has proved an effective promoter of
the idea that Islamic extremism is the main threat to Mideast peace and Western civilization.
Forgetting the Carrot
By Ali Gharib
The United States says it's open to diplomacy with Iran, but new U.S. sanctions seem to suggest otherwise. Read full article.
Islamofascist What?
By Khody Akhavi and Ali Gharib
David Horowitz, Daniel Pipes, and friends staged a pre-Halloween fete last week aimed at deriding
leftist "lynch mobs" and "Islamo-Nazis" that bore all the hallmarks of an extremist
rally. Read full article.
Bracing the Brass on Iran
By Gareth Porter
Some politicians appear eager for U.S. military action against Iran, but their military counterparts
are more cautious, a divide reflected in the changing military options tabled by the administration. Read full article.
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