SIGNS pointing to an attack on Iran. Post here.

[peacetalksforall]

Could we keep this going? It's a list of threads telling us what this country is doing that's coming to us from within and without the country.

There are two this evening. How many were there this morning? Can you post what you find to this list when you see more? Please?
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15 JANUARY 2007 (Investment firm says)
In private memo, Major investment bank warns of joint US-Israeli strike on Iran

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2690074

15 JANUARY 2007 (Russian Admiral says)
Russian Admiral Says U.S. Navy Prepares Missile Strike on Iran

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3128152

[Swamp Rat]

1. SPF 1,000,000 suntan lotion on sale in Tehran?

:shrug:

[scarletwoman]

2. I'm sorry. Warnings about the upcoming attack on Iran have been posted here for a long time.

For many, many months, if not years.

At this point, if people who haven't bothered paying attention up to now are FINALLY starting to get worried, they damn well ought to just take the word of those of us who have warning about it all along.

Hundreds of links about the coming war on Iran have been posted over the past couple years. I post links nearly every day. Either people pay attention or not.

Here's the bottom line: Big air strikes on Iran are in the works, and they will be happening soon. Either you're okay with more mass murder raining down on our fellow human beings on this planet, or you are screaming out against it.

Pick your stance.

sw

[seemslikeadream]

3. I've been waiting for something to happen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFowNFvmUxw

I've been waiting for something to happen
For a week or a month or a year
With the blood in the ink of the headlines
And the sound of the crowd in my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that youve seen it before
Where a government lies to a people
And a country is drifting to war

And theres a shadow on the faces
Of the men who send the guns
To the wars that are fought in places
Where their business interest runs

On the radio talk shows and the t.v.
You hear one thing again and again
How the u.s.a. stands for freedom
And we come to the aid of a friend
But who are the ones that we call our friends--
These governments killing their own?
Or the people who finally can't take any more
And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone
There are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire

Theres a shadow on the faces
Of the men who fan the flames
Of the wars that are fought in places
Where we cant even say the names

They sell us the president the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars
They sell us every thing from youth to religion
The same time they sell us our wars
I want to know who the men in the shadows are
I want to hear somebody asking them why
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
But they're never the ones to fight or to die
And there are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire

Bush's Inconceivable Interest in Iran Sat Apr-01-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=819437

Senior U.S. Officials “Want to Hit Iran” Tue Apr-04-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=844418

Larisa Alexandrovna: CHENEY TAPS IRANIAN ARMS DEALER FOR IRAN TALKS Thu Apr-20-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=977234

Seymour Hersh said something startling about Rumsfeld on Democracy Now Fri Aug-18-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1936421

So former DLC, PNAC member Abram Shulsky feeding Cheney info on Iran?Sat Aug-19-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1944614

Fuck. Iran has started "war games." Escalation may only be expected.Sun Aug-20-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1949812

Attack on Iran is Coming Sun Aug-27-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1993284

"Grave threat". Yes, it's deja vu all over again. Thu Aug-31-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2022620

UN attacks US nuclear report on Iran erroneous misleading unsubstantiated Sun Sep-17-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2159951

We Are Conducting Military Operations Inside Iran Right Now Tue Sep-19-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2168218

Navy told: Prepare to blockade Iran by Oct 1 Mon Sep-18-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2161779

Pentagon Iran Office Mimics Former Iraq Office Wed Sep-20-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2179484

“This is the largest massing of military power in the region, and it is gathering for a reason.” Sat Nov-18-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2753952

Seymour Hersh: Cheney Says 'Whether Or Not Dems Win-NO STOPPING Military Option With Iran' Sun Nov-19-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2757350

Does anyone still believe the US will launch a full scale invasion of Iran? Mon Dec-04-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2856177

Saudi clerics rally support for Sunnis and Saudi ambassador Abruptly ResignsTue Dec-12-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2902643

Act III in a Tragedy of Many Parts - The US Occupation of Iraq Sun Dec-17-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2935498

Century Foundation Iran White Paper Series Fundamentalists, Pragmatists and the Rights of the Nation Tue Dec-19-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2948146

Oh shit Tue Dec-19-06
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2944423


KBR has been planning the invasion of IRAN since 2003
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3108489&mesg_id=3108489

Russian Admiral Says U.S. Navy Prepares Missile Strike on Iran
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3128152

while Bush sets his plans in motion to orchestrate a war with Iran.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3127918

NYT: 'Newly Revealed Orders" Issued By Bush Show US Has Opened A "Third Front Against Iran"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3122346&mesg_id=3122346

Iran? Just had dinner with a ranking Navy Officer from one of our gulf bound Carrier Groups
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=3108967

US military strike on Iran seen by April ’07; Sea-launched attack to hit oil, N-sites
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=3118092

The most dangerous George Bush is one who feels weak, powerless and under attack
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=3118627

Isn't it a definitive act of war for one country to storm the consulate of another, threaten to kill
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=3095978

[peacetalksforall]

4. Thanks. I hope we can keep this up so that it's all together.'

We need it now to give to people for a number of reasons:

They are lying to us even as they appear to be going into the last steps.
Many people are going to get killed while Iran is years away from nuclear weapons - our own NSC people said that it was years away.
This is the combustion point for many, many deaths.
We knew what was happening before Iraq and our leaders claimed they didn't.
We need organized proof of theplans for the destruction of our kids and Iranian kids.
We have millions of sleeping dumbheads in this country who must wake up.
People must be motivated to march and be educated about what they're marching for.
We need to show who Repubublicans are.

Thank you so much for the list. May I post what you have and put a date on it?

I ask people to keep it up.

If only we had done it for Iraq - we might have had more of our leaders vote NO. Now, we need our leaders to stop this and there are only days.

[seemslikeadream]

5. of course

you know how to get the links right? Hit printer friendly on my post, then copy them. :hi:

[Emit]

6. Hey, thanks for that tip -- never knew that!

:hi:

[lovuian]

7. US Attacks Iran Consulate

theres one

[Bucky]

8. Here's an article I wrote for DU in August 2005 about the imminent attack on Iran.

Actually, I was a little cynical back then that we could plausibly attack Iran, as you may pick up from the tone of the article. Keeping in mind that the premise for any attack on Iran will be that its "proxies" in Iraq are attacking our troops, I wrote this 17 months ago:

Like many of my fellow sane people, I was initially stunned, if not terribly surprised, when I read about Dick Cheney's directive to the U.S. Air Force to retaliate against Iran, should the United States be hit by "another 9/11" whether or not the actual source of the attack is Iran or terrorist proxies supported by Iran...

<snip>

... But upon reflection, I think it's a little too soon to panic over this. First off, these sorts of leaks don't just happen for no reason at all. Someone close to the source, close to Vice President Cheney's office, thought our side would benefit if this information got out. They wanted to remind the mullahs on Iran's ruling council, called the Assembly of Experts, that the United States is big, bad, and not to be trifled with. Led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei, the Assembly of Experts (and not Iran's elected president) control all of Iran's security forces. It is they, under Iran's constitution, who give permission for Iran's nascent democratically elected government to exist.

Certainly, the intent here in leaking this information is to scare the Iranians into some kind of desirable behavior, rather than to freak out you, me, and the American Air Force generals with the thought that Mr Bush's court-appointed guardian has truly lost his marbles. Cheney's directive should be understood in the light of a few basic realities - psychological, diplomatic, historic, and military.

Psychologically, this directive is the equivalent of an alpha male dominance display. In primate terms, it's a big silverback gorilla beating his chest and hollering "I'm in charge!" to his local competitors. "Don't touch my bananas!" The problem is that this particular gorilla is a little too busy guarding the "bananas" in Iraq for this to be a credible bluster...

<snip>

...Militarily, Iran's got two big cards in its hand. They've got a big population. Given time to mobilize, they could put an army of several million men in the field to defend themselves against any US threat. But more importantly, they've got missile bases all along their Persian Gulf coast and more than enough ordnance to shut down the flow of oil by fat slow supertanker coming out of Iraq.

Compare that to the U.S.'s position. We've got a standing army of about half a million troops, dwindling enlistment rates, and a populace dead set against a draft. A recent Democratic proposal to increase force strength doesn't enjoy administration support. U.S. forces are deployed to scores of outposts around the world. Over 100,000 are tied down in Iraq by the (mostly) Ba'athist insurgency and almost all the rest are recovering from and/or planning to return to new deployments in Iraq. The army has dramatically accelerated the troops' rotation schedules going in and out of Iraq, but eventually that's going to impinge on morale. We have no conventional deterrent against Iran's threat to the Persian Gulf and Iran knows it. Our navy could probably take out most of their coastal missile batteries, but not without suffering a lot of casualties, something the American public is not very open to. The full Air Force tactical Monty is about all the neocons have left to bluster with.

So desperation and weakness are behind the Cheney directive to the Air Force to plan a massive strike on Iran. Desperation and weakness are behind his office deciding to leak this Unilaterally Assured Destruction of Iran policy. He might like to take them down a few pegs, sure, but it's a war that he and the United States cannot realistically fight. Such a strike would turn America into a pariah nation; it would end our brief career as the world's sole superpower.

I'm a little better educated now than I was when I wrote that peice. But I stand by it. We may try and do something against Iran, but it won't be direct military strikes on Iran and all this noise is being made because Iran knows we can't hurt them.

[DemBones DemBones]

9. TWO U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the Persian Gulf

That's a lot of ships in a rather small area.

Oh, and the top general was replaced by an admiral, suggesting that the Navy's going to be doing something soon. Besides firing on Somalia, that is.

[doublethink]

10. USS Stennis Carrier Group leaving port tomorrow ..... for the Gulf

Here's a post on the deployment of the Carrier Strike Group over there and the 'build-up' of forces in the region, notice how more forces are getting EXTENDED STAYS in the area. An overwhelming force of Naval/Air force firepower is developing quickly ....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3112067&mesg_id=3112067


And here's a perma-link to my suspicions dealing with the MANDATORY ANTHRAX VACCINES our troops in the Middle East are being subjected to which I think is another *sign* getting way under-reported .....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3112067&mesg_id=3114447

Peace.