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Posted 1/3/2007 @ 20:17:4 GMTUS Funds Terror Groups to Sow Chaos in Iran
America is secretly funding militant ethnic separatist groups in Iran in an attempt to pile pressure on the Islamic regime to give up its nuclear programme. In a move that reflects Washington's growing concern with the failure of diplomatic initiatives, CIA officials are understood to be helping opposition militias among the numerous ethnic minority groups clustered in Iran's border regions. more By Sunday Telegraph

Posted 1/3/2007 @ 20:13:28 GMTBush Camp Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The Bush administration will be taking a massive gamble if it presses ahead with plans to attend a regional conference on the future of Iraq later this month. more By Daily Telegraph

Posted 1/3/2007 @ 19:55:32 GMTWashington's Mixed Signals on Iran
One day the Bush administration is bashing Iran, pushing U.N. Security Council sanctions, cutting off its credit, arresting its nationals and sending more warships into the Persian Gulf. Then, practically the next day it seems, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is announcing plans for U.S. and Iranian diplomats to meet in Baghdad to discuss cooperating to quell the carnage in Iraq. more By Time Magazine

Posted 1/3/2007 @ 19:3:28 GMTBolton Calls for `Regime Change' in Iran, Chastises Europeans
John Bolton, the former American envoy to the United Nations, said the U.S. should pursue ``regime change'' in Iran because European governments refuse to back sanctions tough enough to halt the suspected Iranian nuclear-bomb program. more By Bloomberg

Posted 1/3/2007 @ 18:21:4 GMTThe Negotiations Hoax
Talking with Iran—and we’ve done plenty of it—has gotten us nothing. more By National Review Online