U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that if Iran doesn't live up to its "international obligations to forego a nuclear program, then obviously we'll have to take stronger action."

http://207.44.245.159/article8256.htm

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/index.php?p=170


From Information Clearing House

The United States warned of Iran on Tuesday that it will consider possible actions against Iran if Iran does not fulfill its obligations to stop its sensitive nuclear activities.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/09/content_2671031.htm



From Information Clearing House

Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei U.S. Trying To Undermine Iran:

"The American officials assume they are the chief of the global village, whom other nations must obey."

http://www.irib.ir/worldservice/englishRADIO/NEWS/indexnews2.htm#Bush%20&%20Ric
http://tinyurl.com/46yqe


From Information Clearing House

The United States accused Iran on Wednesday of “cynically” pursuing nuclear weapons, saying Tehran’s claims that its aims were peaceful constituted willful deceit and required action by the U.N. Security Council.

http://nsnlb.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050303/NEWS03/50303008/-1/news
http://tinyurl.com/3nad2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

General John Abizaid, head of the US Central Command, told members of Congress he was surprised the Iranian military had not given more thought to the strategic consequences of acquiring nuclear weapons.

http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en76463&F_catID=&f_type=source
http://tinyurl.com/5hgb2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

"State sponsors of terrorism such as Iran and Syria are with the terrorists and therefore against all of us," said Frances Townsend, homeland security adviser to President Bush.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=QLWZRZMVVTH3SCRBAEKSFEY?type=worldNews&storyID=7789586
http://tinyurl.com/7273x


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0302-31.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

by Gary Leupp

CounterPunch

02/28/05

According to Gen. Wesley Clark, a senior U.S. military officer told him in the Pentagon as early as November 2001 that the administration planned, following the invasion of Iraq, to conduct campaigns throughout the Middle East and beyond. 'Oh yes, sir, not only is it Afghanistan. There's a list of countries. We're not that good at fighting terrorists, so we're going after states: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia and Iran. There's a five-year plan.' We're in the fourth year of that plan, which proceeds apace. Afghanistan and Iraq are conquered, dotted with U.S. military bases designed to be permanent. Libya's been removed from the target list, due to some canny machinations on Col. Muammar Qadhafi's part, and Somalia's drawing less attention than Sudan. But Syria, Lebanon and Iran remain very much in the crosshairs...

http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp02282005.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp