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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:55 PM
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US report cools crisis on Iran
The US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran has acted like a safety valve, letting off the steam that had been building up over a possible American military attack.

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"This is an astounding conclusion," said Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

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"This is a new and important development. It removes any possibility of a military strike in the next year. There would be no substantive cause and no public support.

"It also shows that lessons have been learned from Iraq. The US intelligence agencies are determined to show their independence from political influence."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7126429.stm

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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 01:02 PM
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1. It only takes a lie manufactured by a Ledeen type on behalf of his bosses.
Help the economy for the next four months - then in April - come up with a lie that the NIE was wrong - here are their loaded missiles or some other pretense.

I don't trust them in any form.

I think we saw Act 1, in the new series, yesterday and today.
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