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Znet Article Porter: Intel Council Warned Against Raids in Pakistan

Znet Article, September, 13 2008 Gareth Porter
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The National Intelligence Council, the U.S. intelligence community's focal point for estimating future developments, warned the George W. Bush administration last month that a decision to launch commando raids by U.S. troops against al Qaeda-relat...

Znet Article Porter: Bush Forced al-Maliki to Back Down on Pullout in 2006

Znet Article, July, 30 2008 Gareth Porter
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Many official and unofficial proponents of a long-term US military presence in Iraq are dismissing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's demand for a US timeline for withdrawal as political posturing, assuming that he will abandon it under pressure.

Znet Article Porter: United States and Israel against Iran

Znet Article, June, 25 2008 Gareth Porter
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This whole unfolding threat to Iran has not been simply a psyops, simply an intimidation operation. We know now for a fact that Dick Cheney did, in fact, propose within the Administration that they attack Revolutionary Guard bases in Iran that we...

Znet Article Porter: Attack Iran? Cheney's Already Tried

Znet Article, June, 10 2008 Gareth Porter
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WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions ...

Video Porter: Washington's conflicting strategies on Iran

Video, May, 27 2008 Gareth Porter
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US foreign policy...

Znet Article Porter: Where are those Iranian weapons in Iraq?

Znet Article, May, 24 2008 Gareth Porter
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But U.S. officials have failed thus far to provide evidence that would support that claim, and a long-delayed U.S. military report on Iranian arms is unlikely to offer any data on what proportion of the weapons in the hands of Shiite fighters are ...

Znet Article Porter: Bogus claim, al-Maliki stall U.S. plan on Iran arms

Znet Article, May, 21 2008 Gareth Porter
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Early this month, the George W. Bush administration's plan to create a new crescendo of accusations against Iran for allegedly smuggling arms to Shiite militias in Iraq encountered not just one but two setbacks.

Znet Article Porter: The Pentagon's Corrupt "Military Analysts" Media Scheme

Znet Article, April, 23 2008 Gareth Porter
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In Sunday's New York Times, investigative reporter David Barstow exposed television's "military analysts" on the Iraq War as sock puppets of the Pentagon who consciously peddle the Bush administration's talking points on Iraq while hiding their ow...

Znet Article Porter: My Lai Probe Hid Policy that Led to Massacre

Znet Article, March, 17 2008 Gareth Porter
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For decades, it has been generally accepted that the My Lai massacre of as many as 400 Vietnamese civilians by U.S. Army troops on Mar. 16, 1968 was a violation of official policy directives on the treatment of civilians in South Vietnam.

Znet Article Porter: Another Neocon Attempt to Frame Iran Falls Apart

Znet Article, January, 26 2008 Gareth Porter
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Although nukes and Iraq have been the main focus of the Bush Administration's pressure campaign against Iran, US officials also seek to tar Iran as the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. And Team Bush's latest tactic is to play up a thirteen-ye...

Znet Article Porter: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel

Znet Article, January, 12 2008 Gareth Porter
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Dispite the official and media portrayal of the incident in the Strait of Hormuz early Monday morning as a serious threat to U.S. ships from Iranian speedboats that nearly resulted in a "battle at sea", new information over the past three days sug...

Znet Article Porter: Anbar "Turnaround" Undercuts War Rationale

Znet Article, September, 15 2007 Gareth Porter
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WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (IPS) - In hailing what he has called an "almost breathtaking" turnaround in Anbar Province that has weakened al Qaeda as a triumph for his new military strategy in Iraq, Gen. D...

Znet Article Porter: Cheney, Lieberman and the Iran War Conspiracy

Znet Article, August, 19 2007 Gareth Porter
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I was never one of those who believed the Bush administration was getting ready to attack Iran in 2006 or early 2007. But it is now clear that at least Vice President Dick Cheney...

Znet Article Porter: US Tags Iran for Casualties from Its Own Attacks

Znet Article, August, 17 2007 Gareth Porter
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WASHINGTON - When a top U.S. commander in Iraq reported last week that attacks by Sh...

Znet Article Porter: Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance

Znet Article, May, 28 2007 Gareth Porter
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Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance

Znet Article Porter: Bush's New Iran Policy - War Plan or Propaganda?

Znet Article, January, 18 2007 Gareth Porter
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WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (I...

Znet Article Porter: Iraq Occupation Depends on Sadr -- and Iran

Znet Article, September, 23 2006 Gareth Porter
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Washington - For many months, the George W. Bush administration has been complaining that Iranian meddling in Iraq is a threat to the country's stability and to U.S. troops. The irony of this publicity campaign over Tehran's alleged bid to undermi...

Znet Article Porter: Bush's Double Game on an Iraq Withdrawal Timetable

Znet Article, July, 19 2006 Gareth Porter
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WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - Caught between the need to explore a possible diplomatic way out of an otherwise hopeless mess in Iraq and the domestic political need to keep the Democrats on the defensive, U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice Presid...

Znet Article Porter: Iran Proposal To U.S. Offered Peace With Israel

Znet Article, May, 26 2006 Gareth Porter
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Washington - Iran offered in 2003 to accept peace with Israel and cut off material assistance to Palestinian armed groups and to pressure them to halt terrorist attacks within Israel's 1967 borders, according to the secret Iranian proposal to the ...

Znet Article Porter: Fear of U.S. Drove Iran's Nuclear Policy

Znet Article, February, 10 2006 Gareth Porter
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WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (IPS) -- The George W. Bush administration's adoption of a policy of threatening to use military force against Iran disregarded a series of official intelligence estimates going back many years that consistently judged Iran's fea...

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