Bush considers military strike against Iran
 

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Still claiming that Iran is running a secret nuclear weapons program, President Bush said on Monday he wouldn?t rule out a military strike against Iran if it didn?t give up it nuclear ambitions.

When asked in an interview with NBC News whether he would rule out taking military action against Iran, Bush said: "I hope we can solve it diplomatically, but I will never take any option off the table." "If it continues to stonewall the international community about the existence of its nuclear weapons program."

Iran has repeatedly denied U.S. claims that it was covertly trying to develop nuclear weapons, and affirms that its nuclear program is solely used for peaceful purposes, including producing electricity.

Bush's remarks came after a report, prepared by Seymour Hersh, was released on Sunday, saying that Washington was conducting reconnaissance missions inside Iran to identify potential nuclear and other targets.

Hersh is the journalist who first uncovered the flagrant abuses carried out by American soldiers on Iraqi detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad.

"The Iranian regime's apparent nuclear ambitions and its demonstrated support for terrorist organizations is a global challenge that deserves much more serious treatment than Seymour Hersh provides in the New Yorker article titled "The Coming Wars," the Pentagon's chief spokesman, Lawrence DiRita, said in a statement.

DiRita criticised Hersh's report, saying it was "so riddled with errors of fundamental fact that the credibility of his entire piece is destroyed,"

He added that Hersh's sources only provided him with "rumor, innuendo, and assertions about meetings that never happened, programs that do not exist and statements by officials that were never made."

Asked whether U.S. military forces had been conducting reconnaissance missions in Iran, Defense Department spokesman Lt. Col. Barry Venable said, "We don't discuss missions, capabilities or activities of Special Operations forces."

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There is oil in Iran too?

On this one I actually think Iran is a threat...

Iran: Samples taken from military complex will prove nuclear program is peaceful

TEHRAN, Iran ? Iran said Sunday that environmental samples taken from a military complex this weekend by U.N. nuclear inspectors will prove that the country's atomic program is for peaceful purposes and not making weapons, as the United States alleges.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency took samples from landscaped areas of the huge Parchin complex, which Washington believes may be involved in nuclear weapons research.

"We know what the result will be. Since we have never done any illegal activity, definitely the result will prove our declarations," Asefi told reporters.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog had been pressing Tehran for months to be allowed to inspect the Tehran-area complex, long used to research ammunition, missiles and high explosives.

The United States has alleged that the Iranians may be testing high-explosive components for a nuclear weapon, using an inert core of depleted uranium at Parchin as a dry run for how a bomb with fissile material would work.

President Bush's communications director, Dan Bartlett, told CNN's "Late Edition" that the White House wanted to resolve Iran's nuclear file through negotiation, primarily by relying on European allies and the IAEA. But he added that Bush has not ruled out resolving the issue militarily.

"No president at any juncture in history has ever taken military options off the table. That is known. But what President Bush has shown (is) that he believes we can emphasize the diplomatic initiatives that are under way right now," Bartlett said Sunday.

Bush has accused Iran of being part of an "axis of evil" with North Korea and prewar Iraq.

In Monday's edition of The New Yorker magazine, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh said Bush and his national security advisers had been "conducting secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran at least since last summer" for the purpose of gathering intelligence and targeting information.

Hersh, who broke the story about the Abu Ghraib prisoner torture scandal, wrote that he had repeatedly been told by intelligence and military officials, on condition of anonymity that, "the next strategic target was Iran."

Bartlett, when questioned about the Hersh article, said he had read excerpts.

"I think it's riddled with inaccuracies. And I don't believe that some of the conclusions he's drawing are based on fact," the White House spokesman said..

Iran had said it would allow U.N. nuclear experts to take environmental samples from green spaces outside the complex's ammunition production workshops, but it would not allow them to inspect military equipment.

Iranian officials also said they would closely watch the inspectors to prevent any possible theft or spying.

Iran repeatedly has denied any work on secret nuclear weapons programs, saying its nuclear activities are for peaceful energy purposes only.

Asefi said Iran and the Europeans will begin a new round of talks in Geneva later this week focusing on nuclear issues as well as political and security cooperation.

Under international pressure, Iran agreed in November to suspended uranium enrichment and all related activities for at least three months while negotiating with the European Union about economic and technological aid, avoiding U.N. Security Council sanctions. The IAEA agreed to police the suspension.

Asefi said Iran will resume uranium enrichment one day.

"We said from the very beginning that the suspension is a voluntary and temporary measure," he said without elaborating.

Also Sunday, Asefi said Iran was investigating reports that Germany had seized an Iranian-bound shipment of four special high-voltage motors that could be used for a nuclear facility.

"We are investigating the reports. If true, it will be the same restrictions Europeans have imposed against Iran and we protest such measures," he said.

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BUSH Says Nuclear Weapons IRAN says Nuclear Power


They are not stupid!!! If they used nukes on anyone, USA can wipe them out.

I am waiting for the north korea decision.....that should be interesting...

Manifest destiny never rests

attention: bush is an ass clown.

You are clueless. Radicasl Islam must be destroyed completely.

Move along, no OIL there :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

ditto with Christian fundamentalists.

Thats a whole different thing...Bushy boy gets mocked to the max by Kim Jong Il everytime some "warning" from the US goes to that area...

Anyway bushy boy needs to start more wars...the economy must hit the bottom of the barrel (literally)...this guy is crazy

You are truly brainless. Fundamentalist Christians become missionaries and go into third world countries and feed the poor. If it weren't for Christian organizations, there would be a hell of a lot more deaths from hunger and disease in the world. Who are the people helping most with the Tsunami relief effort? 90% of them are fundamentalist Christians.

What do the fucking Muslims do? They kill Christians and non-believers in the name of Allah, cut off the heads of women and children, strap explosives around themselves and blow up busses full of innocent Jewish school children, and hijack airplanes and fly them into buildings filled with innocent people. They even target their own fucking people.

Islam is a completely EVIL religion and should be wiped off the face of the earth.

And the leader of Korea ISN'T crazy? He is a fucking lunatic and poses a grave danger to the west. I wish you fucking European pussies would finally understand that!

I agree :)

You're as ignorant as always ...... :1orglaugh

If he can pull this off i'm losing hope

Somehow, being ignorant according to you doesn't bother me. Funny that.

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Read what I said moron...Bush seems to go for "easy" targets like Iraq and Afganistan while Kim Jong II is always taking a piss at Bush's treats and yet he does nothing about...

i bet its just as secret as iraks nuclear weapons: so secret nobody finds a fucking thing! Somebody stop this menace to the world please..

and all this because he didn't receive enough love from daddy when he was a little boy :2 cents:

korea is more of a threat... oh well

I don't give a FUCK about war if it does not effect me.
I DO give a fuck about the downfall of the dollar and increasing oil prices.

accept it stupid america: bush is a moron costing everybody a LOT of money.

Poor USA...

With all the Bush blunders they will never bring any war to a good end. The leaders are just way too stupid :upsidedow

Im sure there are some radical islamists also in the USA, does it mean, that we can attack the whole country of US because of them?

Get ready to bow down to the fucking Mecca five times a day, you terrorist appeasing European assfuck!

do you know what islam is about? You CANNOT harm people when you follow the rules, its not an agressive religion. Just because some stupid people tell they kill in the name of Allah, its not islam. They are just stupid, it have nothing to do with the religion.

And you Euro-FUCKS were so fucking SURE that Kerry was going to win last November? Did I forget to come in here and laugh at you all? OK, I'll do it now.

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Bush now. Bush tomorrow. Bush for the next FOUR YEARS. :1orglaugh

WHO'S YOUR FUCKING DADDY FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS?

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Do you know what is sad? Because of all the wars, there will be less and less money for education in the future. And that means the ppl will be even more stupid, arrogant and aggresive, just like you.

You obviously don't know shit about Islam. Peace to fellow muslims, DEATH TO NONBELIEVERS. Muhammad won over his followers via the sword. ISLAM IS EVIL TO THE FUCKING CORE. It is Satan's religion.

I am highly educated. You are the typical dumb-ass liberal European assfuck.

This sounds so familiar somehow.

doesnt even surprise me

highly educated people are not rude

Now that's funny. Highly educated people are some of the biggest pricks of all.

Actually, you're right. I am being a bit of a prick today. Sorry.

BTW, nice affiliate site design. Who did it?

lol

if any country supports him if he attacks iran they have to be stupid as bread


this is making me angry

that he really is suggesting that

Was on newspapers today..
Well I don't give a fuck what the US gov thinks it has to do. No one can stop them anyway. They will get the feedback soon enough...

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Bush Scroned :1orglaugh :thumbsup