(TimesofIsrael) – At Washington Institute gala, Dennis Ross, Elliott Abrams and outgoing US ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey insist the president will strike next year if diplomacy doesn’t succeed Read More Here

Kyle Bass, Larry Edelson, Jim Rogers and Marc Faber Predict Widespread War

(WashingtonsBlog) – Kyle Bass writes:

Trillions of dollars of debts will be restructured and millions of financially prudent savers will lose large percentages of their real purchasing power at exactly the wrong time in their lives. Again, the world will not end, but the social fabric of the profligate nations will be stretched and in some cases torn. Read the rest of this entry »

(YNetNews) – Former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk predicts that the United States will go to war with Iran as early as 2013. “I’m afraid that 2013 is going to be a year in which we’re going to have a military confrontation with Iran,” he said in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Read the rest of this entry »

(PressTV) – The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has denounced using force against Iran over the country’s nuclear energy program as “unacceptable” amid Israel’s escalating threats against the Islamic Republic. Read the rest of this entry »

(RealNews) – Sami Ramadani Pt5: History has shown that deep global economic crisis can lead to war. An intervention into Syria will severely heighten tensions between Russia, China and the US. Read the rest of this entry »

(Silverstein) – Former Labor party minister, Uzi Baram, wrote a column in Yisrael HaYom today that urges Israel’s leadership to tell the people clearly what lies in store when they execute an expected attack on Iran.  What is most striking about the article is this:

Recently, I’ve come to believe that the leaders of the State have decided to act [attack Iran].

Read the rest of this entry »

(YNetNews) – While US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attempted to convince top Israeli politicians and security officials not to launch a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities during his visit to Israel last week, his predecessor Donald Rumsfeld, seems more prepared for a possible attack. Read the rest of this entry »

(PressTV) – Following the recent fluctuations in the global oil markets, crude prices have rebounded sharply to near USD 109 per barrel over tensions with Iran and as a result of the West’s unilateral sanctions against the Iranian oil sector. Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (Youtube) – Gerald Celente – A War with Iran Will be the Beginning of WW3 – Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (BBCNews) – Russian Warships Head for Syrian Port of Tartus – Read More Here

(Haaretz) – Speaking in a closed meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated this week that he is not troubled by the possibility that an investigative committee could be formed after a theoretical Israeli strike on Iran. Read the rest of this entry »

Israel sees window of opportunity for Iran strike closing

(PaulWatson) – Speculation that Israel and the United States may decide to launch an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities have heightened after former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy told the New York Times, “If I were an Iranian, I would be very fearful of the next 12 weeks.” Read the rest of this entry »

(Haaretz) – U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon shared Washington’s contingency plans for a possible attack on Iran with Israel’s PM, according to a senior American official. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – Following a move by Iran to blunt an EU-imposed oil import embargo that went into effect on Sunday, the New York Times reports that the Pentagon has moved “significant military reinforcements” into the Persian Gulf to send a message to Iran’s leadership. The Pentagon announced the new influx of military hardware after Iran responded to the latest round of sanctions on the country. Read the rest of this entry »

(DebkaFile) – US President Barack Obama has ordered the US Navy and Air Force to accelerate preparations for a limited air offensive against the Assad regime and the imposition of no-fly zones over Syria, debkafile reports. Read the rest of this entry »

(DebkaFile) – Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu acted Thursday, April 26, to correct the damaging impression of divided and uncertain perceptions of the Iranian nuclear threat left by statements delivered in the last two days by himself and Defense Minster Ehud Barak.

Israel’s chief of staff Gen. Benny Gantz rallied to the task with an unambiguous comment that “other countries have readied their armed forces for a potential strike against Iran’s nuclear sites to keep Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The military force is ready. Not only our forces but other forces as well,” he said without elaborating. Full story here.

See Also: (RussiaToday) – International military operation looms for Syria

The new ceasefire set for May 5 could prove a turning point in the Syrian conflict. If the truce fails, an international peacekeeping intervention might become a reality. Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (Bloomberg) – Brzezinski Says Romney Lacks ‘Grasp’ of Foreign Policy – Read More Here

Related: Report: Iran Attack Postponed Until Spring 2013

(Haaretz) – A Time Magazine report revealed on Friday that Israeli intelligence services have scaled back their covert operations inside Iran.

According to senior security officials who spoke to the magazine, operations have been reduced in areas such as high-profile missions, including assassinations and detonations at Iranian missile bases, as well as in recruiting spies inside the Iranian nuclear program, and efforts to gather on-the-ground intelligence. Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (HigginsBlog) – Video: ‘CNN Crew Linked With Homs Bombings’ – Is It A PsyOp? – View Here

(RussiaToday) – March 22d, 2012 – Whilst the US, UK, France and Israel speak about the POTENTIAL “dangers” of the Iranian Nuclear program, nobody speaks about the REAL dangers of the US, UK, France and Israel having nuclear weapons and a proven track of a willingness to destroy entire countries based on false premises, as we have seen in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Palestine Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (Haaretz) – Report: Iran planned to bomb Israeli ship in Suez Canal – Read More Here

(KurtNimmo) – In an exclusive report, Jerusalem-based DEBKAfile reports that both Israel and the United States are on the same page in regard to launching an attack on Iran. Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (AmericanFreePress) – Obama Expands Use of Shadow Soldiers – Read More Here

EO is designed to combat imminent interruption in oil supplies

(PaulWatson) – Some analysts fear that the Obama administration’s recently passed executive order represents more than just a power grab and could in fact be part of preparations for a war with Iran. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – In an article posted on the Bloomberg website, the neocon propagandist, Jeffrey Goldberg, tells us an attack on Iran is “historically inevitable” and will not result in World War Three. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman has told the Chinese that “all options are on the table” for Iran, in other words Israel reserves the “right” to attack Iran despite the fact there is no evidence the Islamic country is developing nuclear weapons. Read the rest of this entry »

(DontTreadOnMe) – False flag operations are covert operations designed to deceive the public in order to make the attack look like some outside force carried it out. This gives a nation the ability to start a war and make it look like they were the victims.  This is very important if the public does not want wars and it also limits the ability to for opposing interests to stop the new war.  Any opposition foreign or domestic would immediately put in the same category as those they claim that did the false flag.

False flags do not happen very often, but when they do happen, they change the paradigm we operate in. We all see how the world has been changed forever after 9/11. Before 9/11 we would not have put up with such a loss of privacy and loss of liberty. Much less a decade of war looking for weapons of mass destruction or men in caves. With the supposed death of Osama bin Laden and the supposed end of military actions in Iraq.  I feel the decks are cleared for the next big event. Read the rest of this entry »

(VigilantCitizen) - The overnight viral sensation KONY 2012 brought worldwide awareness to the African war criminal Joseph Kony. Beneath this commendable cause, lies however an elaborate agenda that is presented in the video in a very manipulative way. We’ll look at the agenda behind KONY 2012 and how it uses reverse psychology to not only justify a military operation in Africa, but to actually have people demand it. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – On Super Tuesday, establishment GOP candidates pledged their fidelity to the foreign policy objectives of AIPAC and strived to outdo each other in belligerent rhetoric aimed at Iran. Romney, Santorum and Gingrich promised to support an Israeli attack some analysts predict will occur in June.

“If Iran doesn’t get rid of nuclear facilities, we will tear them down ourselves,” said Rick Santorum, who has expressed strongly worded anti-Iran sentiment in the past. In January Santorum said he would not hesitate to launch an attack on Iran. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – The Algemeiner, billed as the fastest growing Jewish newspaper in America, is reporting that Israeli PM Netanyahu has made up his mind and Israel will attack Iran, probably before the election. Read the rest of this entry »

(PressTV) – On the 11th of January 2012, Iran woke up to the news of another terrorist attack on an Iranian scientist.

Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan was killed on his way to work. His attackers followed his car on a motorcycle and, when the time was right, attached a magnetic bomb to his side of the vehicle. Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (Forbes) – Gasoline Prices Are Not Rising, the Dollar Is Falling – Read More Here

(DaisyLuther) – March 20th is a holiday in Iran.  It is called NOWRUZ and it’s the equivalent of New Year’s Day.  On the Iranian calendar it ties in with the vernal equinox (the first day of spring).  The holiday’s roots are based in the ancient religion of Zoroastrastrianism and it is considered the biggest holiday of the year in the country. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) – Iran has provided the United States and Israel with another excuse to attack – the country has announced it will now produce yellowcake. The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Fereydoun Abbasim said on Wednesday Iran has installed a new generation centrifuges at the Natanz facility. Read the rest of this entry »

(KurtNimmo) - Binyamin Netanyahu wasted little time exploiting two attacks on Israeli embassies in India and Georgia and a similar attack in Bangkok yesterday. He carefully packaged them together with the unsubstantiated accusation that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon as part of the ongoing propaganda effort to drum up support for an attack on the Islamic country. Read the rest of this entry »

(AmericanDream) – Is 2012 the year when we will see a major war in the Middle East?  For years we have heard about rising tensions in the Middle East, and for years we have heard politicians express concerns about Iran’s nuclear program, but now things really do seem to be reaching a boiling point.  In just the past few days, the U.S. government has imposed tough new sanctions on Iran and has totally shut down the U.S. embassy in Syria.  The truth is that we are getting dangerously close to a major war in the Middle East. Read the rest of this entry »

(Silverstein) – Several interesting developments concerning the simmering war between Israel and Iran.  The website of the Iranian Majlis published a report (in Farsi) by the director of an official government think tank that advocates Iranian attacks against Israeli sites. Read the rest of this entry »

(AJC) – Alex discusses the propaganda surrounding an alleged attack by Iran on US soil. Read the rest of this entry »

(RussiaToday) – Inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog say Iran seems committed to resolving all nuclear issues. The statement comes after a three-day visit by the IAEA, which Tehran’s called “constructive”. Experts have been attempting to verify the peaceful nature of Iran’s atomic programme. The West has recently stepped up economic sanctions against the Islamic state, suspecting it of developing nuclear weapons. Washington’s intelligence chief has warned of an increasing likelihood that Iran could attack America or its allies. The U.S. is beefing up its military presence in the Persian Gulf, by sending a third aircraft carrier to the region. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern says people have been misled into thinking Iran is a clear and present danger. Read the rest of this entry »

(Silverstein) – The Israeli power of delusion is evident in this short film called, The Last Day, which purports to film the last moments of an Israeli family before Iran drops a nuclear bomb on Israel and obliterates it. The film, created by Ronen Barany, is shot in faux-documentary style with lots of shots of Israelis in extremis including suitably shaky, off kilter camera angles proclaiming it a product of ersatz cinema verite. Read the rest of this entry »

Additional destroyer also on way to region near Strait of Hormuz

(PaulWatson) – Following the announcement that a third US aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, would be heading to patrol waters near the Strait of Hormuz in March, it has also been revealed that the nuclear submarine USS Annapolis and the destroyer USS Momsen are also likely to heading towards the Persian Gulf in the build up to a possible attack on Iran. Read the rest of this entry »

(OilPrice) – The European Union threatened Iran on Monday with cutting off petroleum imports into the 27 EU member states, and announced sanctions on Iranian banks and some port and other companies. Read the rest of this entry »

(Haaretz) – Conflicting reports about the readiness of the US and Israel to attack Iran continue to flood the international media.

The report below suggests that the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs, Martin Dempsey, has sent word to Israel to lower the volume of bellicosity in advance of his visit this week. Read the rest of this entry »

(Trust) – India to buy Iran oil despite US sanctions -minister – Read More Here

(WashingtonsBlog) – Russia: “Should Anything Happen to Iran … This Will Be a Direct Threat to Our National Security” – Read More Here

(PressAssociation) – Iran could face UK military action over nuclear programme, says Hague – Read More Here

(Haaretz) – U.S. army chief heads to Israel as fears over attack on Iran mount – Read More Here

(ForeignPolicy) – Mossad Agents Posed As American Spies to Recruit Jundullah Terrorists – Read More Here

(Telegraph) – Syria: growing Arab calls for military intervention as Assad announces amnesty – Read More Here

(RIANov) – Tehran ‘studying’ U.S. letter on Strait of Hormuz – Read More Here

(USAWatchdog) – Iran War is Only Matter of Time – Read More Here

(YNet) – Israeli Source Tells London Times: Mossad Behind Iran Assassination – Read More Here

(IsraelHayom) – Breaking: Joint US-Israeli military drill cancelled due to ‘budgetary reasons’ – Read More Here

(PaulWatson) – US Backs Off Iran Attack? – Massive joint US-Israeli drill postponed – Read More Here

(SANA) – Media Disinfo: British journalist – Image of events on the ground in Syria is completely contrary to media depictions – Read More Here

(WSWS) – Iran’s Green Opposition endorses imperialist intervention in Syria – Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – War Plan Iran: Dispelling the Lies, Telling the Truth about Western Aggression in the Persian Gulf – Finian Cunningham and Michel Chossudovsky – Read More Here

(Reuters) – Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist

“We have reliable documents and evidence that this terrorist act was planned, guided and supported by the CIA,” the Iranian foreign ministry said in a letter handed to the Swiss ambassador in Tehran, state TV reported. The Swiss embassy represents U.S. interests in a country where Washington has no diplomatic ties. Read More Here

(RadioFreeEurope) – Iran Says It Has Evidence CIA Was Behind Assassination Of Scientist – Read More Here

(RussiaToday) – ‘Qatar is aligned with US in destabilizing Syria’ – Read More Here

(WSWS) – Military Buildup: US doubles aircraft carriers near the Persian Gulf – Read More Here

(RussiaToday) – Iran’s Military Capabilities: Iran Could Attack US Military Facilities, “Asymmetric Warfare”: Russian Defense Analyst

Iran plays a critical role in the Persian Gulf and, with its strategic geography, totally dominates the northern gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. But does it have enough resources to block and hold the strategic route in the event of military conflict? Read the rest of this entry »

“Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No.”

(GlobalResearch) - Officially, America is now bankrupt: financially, economically, politically – and morally. Its criminal aggression towards Iran is just one of many parts of a jigsaw that add up to a clear and grotesque picture of what the United States of America now represents in the 21st Century world. Read the rest of this entry »

(WashingtonsBlog) – Tensions Between U.S., Israeli, British and Iranian Warships

The U.S. and Israel are conducting their largest-ever joint warfare exercises near Iran. And see this.

England is sending its most advanced ship – the HMS Daring – to the region.

Only days after finishing its last wargames in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has announced another set of wargames in February.

What Could Go Wrong?

Looking behind the headlines:

• The people pushing for war against Iran are the same neocons who pushed for war against Iraq. See this, this and this.

• China and Russia have warned that attacking Iran could lead to World War III.

• The sinking of the USS Maine, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and other justifications for past wars have turned out to be false.

• A number of high-level intelligence officials and politicians have said that the U.S. would fake a provocation and blame it on Iran as a casus belli.

• War against Iran was planned at least 20 years ago.

• The U.S. has been claiming for more than 30 years that Iran was on the verge of nuclear capability (and the U.S. apparently helped fund the Iranian nuclear program.)

• Endless war is bankrupting America and harming our national security.

• The war against Iran has already begun. See this and this.

What could possibly go wrong? – Source: Washingtons Blog

See Also: (ConsortiumNews) – Iran/Iraq ‘Defectors’ and Disinformation – Robert Parry – Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – The Islamic Republic of Iran has been threatened with military action by the US and its allies for the last eight years.

Iran has been involved in war games in the Persian Gulf. The US Navy is deployed. Iran’s naval exercises which commenced on December 24th were conducted in an area which is patrolled by the US Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain. Read the rest of this entry »

(Infowars) – All signs coming out of Washington, London, Paris and Tel Aviv are pointing towards a pre-emptive military strike against Iran in 2012. But a number of key indicators are also pointing towards an unsuccessful, unlikely operation, whose failure could result in a military and economic tailspin from which the United States and Israel are unlikely to recover. Read the rest of this entry »

See Also: (ZeroHedge) – Iran Test Fires Second Missile In 24 Hours As Posturing Escalates – Read More Here

Also: (TheBlaze) – Al Qaeda and Taliban Uniting With Pakistani Terrorists Against U.S. in Afghanistan – Read More Here

(KurtNimmo) – On Sunday, 48 hours out from the Iowa caucus, Mitt Romeny and Rick Santorum told potential voters that Iran is a danger to the United States. Santorum declared that if elected he will bomb Iran, while Romney said that Iran’s reported development of nuclear rod technology is a threat. He said “it’s also a device which can be transformed into nuclear weaponry.” Read the rest of this entry »

(GlobalResearch) – The following essay by Professor John McMurtry is Part I of an eight part series, which will be published on Global Research in the course of the next month. Read the rest of this entry »

(JPost) – Former US President Bill Clinton said he believes a nuclear-armed Iran would be unlikely to launch the weapon at Israel.

“The Iranians, I think, would be crazy to launch a nuclear weapon, because their whole society would disappear,” Clinton told Fox’s Bill O’Reilly Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »