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Cheney May Have Mulled Israeli Pretext For U.S. Attack On Iran
Haaretz ^ | September 23, 2007

Posted on 09/23/2007 8:12:16 AM PDT by Fennie

Newsweek Magazine reported Sunday that Vice President Richard Cheney may have considered a plan for Israeli missile strikes against an Iranian nuclear site in an effort to draw a military response from Iran, which could in turn spark a U.S. offensive against targets in the Islamic Republic. Citing two unnamed sources the magazine called knowledgeable, the magazine quoted David Wurmser, until last month Cheney's Middle East Advisor, as having told a small group of people that "Cheney had been mulling the idea of pushing for limited Israeli missile strikes against the Iranian nuclear site at Natanz - and perhaps other sites - in order to provoke Tehran into lashing out." According to the report, "The Iranian reaction would then give Washington a pretext to launch strikes against military and nuclear targets in Iran"...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; cheney; iran; iraniannukes; iraq; israel; middleeast; wurmser
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

LoL!


41 posted on 09/23/2007 2:25:36 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Fennie
Cheney May Have Mulled Israeli Pretext For U.S. Attack On Iran

Excellent!

42 posted on 09/23/2007 2:48:00 PM PDT by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god ... visit The Ponderosa .... www.vandelay.com ... DEATH BEFORE DHIMMITUDE)
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To: Fennie

A military strike has been justified ever since 1979 with the kidnapping of U.S. citizens and Marines. The days of a free Iran will return when the current regime, military complex and infra-structure is demolished. It is long overdue. Why wait? It could be done while the “modern day” Hitler is speaking at Columbia University. One thing he’d notice when returning to the homeland, is that there would be “substantially more parking space.” The Great Oz Has Spoken.


43 posted on 09/23/2007 3:02:46 PM PDT by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: Fennie

As if we need a pretext.


44 posted on 09/23/2007 3:28:37 PM PDT by Sandy
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To: Brilliant
Yeah, and Hillary may have slept with Arafat.

SUHA Arafat, that is...

45 posted on 09/23/2007 4:40:17 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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To: freespirited

To the left, incorrect people and organizations are guilty of whatever the left can think of for them to be guilty of.


46 posted on 09/23/2007 5:01:50 PM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

High Volume. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel. or WOT [War on Terror]

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47 posted on 09/23/2007 5:39:29 PM PDT by SJackson (isolationism never was, never will be acceptable response to[expansionist] tyrannical governments)
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To: Fennie

Totally charismatic, take-charge person. A man of tall stature. I will never forget his total obliteration of John Edwards in the last Vice-presidential Debate, priceless./Just Asking - seoul62..........


48 posted on 09/23/2007 8:26:10 PM PDT by seoul62 (Just asking, Seoul62)
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To: Fennie

"I love it when a plan comes together!"

49 posted on 09/23/2007 8:43:24 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: Fennie
Citing two unnamed sources the magazine called knowledgeable

Translation: We made it up.

50 posted on 09/24/2007 3:10:03 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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