[THS] U.S. Moves Goalposts On Iran And Changes Uranium Details

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'US to Send Secret Military Teams to Iran'
U.S. Is Said to Expand Secret Actions in Mideast

By MARK MAZZETTI

Officials said the order also permits reconnaissance that could pave the way for
possible military strikes in Iran if tensions over its nuclear ambitions escalate.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25533.htm

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U.S. Moves Goalposts On Iran And Changes Uranium Details

By ROGER COHEN

I believed Obama was ready to think anew on Iran. It seems not. Presidents must
lead on major foreign policy initiatives, not be bullied by domestic political
considerations, in this case incandescent Iran ire on the Hill in an election year.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25534.htm

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Former CIA Officer on Iran: Brazil and Turkey are Vital Checks and Balances

By Graham E. Fuller

Shouldn't the world welcome the actions of two significant, responsible, democratic,
and rational states to intervene and help check the foolishnesses of decades of US
policy on Iran?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25535.htm

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Ruled by Paranoia

By Paul Balles

Barack Obama, the pre-emptive Nobel Prize Winner as New York Times columnist
Maureen Dowd referred to him, will eventually have to decide on whether to keep or
scrap the Bush doctrine. Israel and its supporters in America desperately want it
misused against Iran.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25536.htm