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codshit.com: Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran: Aug 19, 11:08am 1 review alternative-news, military, war, iran
http://codshit.blogspot.com/2008/08/massive-us-naval-armada-heads-for-iran.html; From the page: " The build up of naval forces in the Gulf will be one of the largest multi-national naval armadas since the First and Second Gulf Wars. The intent is to create a US/EU naval blockade (which is an Act of War under international law) around Iran (with supporting air and land elements) to prevent the shipment of benzene and certain other refined oil products headed to Iranian ports. Iran has limited domestic oil refining capacity and imports 40% of its benzene. Cutting off benzene and other key products would cripple the Iranian economy. The neo-cons are counting on such a blockade launching a war with Iran. The US Naval forces being assembled include the following: Carrier Strike Group Nine USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) nuclear powered supercarrier with its Carrier Air Wing Two Destroyer Squadron Nine: USS Mobile Bay (CG53) guided missile cruiser USS Russell (DDG59) guided missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG92) guided missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG86) guided missile destroyer USS Ford (FFG54) guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG61) guided missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG60) guided missile frigate USS Curts (FFG38) guided missile frigate Plus one or more nuclear hunter-killer submarines Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group USS Peleliu (LHA-5) a Tarawa-class amphibious assault carrier USS Pearl Harbor (LSD52) assult ship USS Dubuque (LPD8) assult ship/landing dock USS Cape St. George (CG71) guided missile cruiser USS Halsey (DDG97) guided missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG65) guided missile destroyer Carrier Strike Group Two USS Theodore Roosevelt (DVN71) nuclear powered supercarrier with its Carrier Air Wing Eight Destroyer Squadron 22 USS Monterey (CG61) guided missile cruiser USS Mason (DDG87) guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG94) guided missile destroyer USS Sullivans (DDG68) guided missile destroyer USS Springfield (SSN761) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine IWO ESG ~ Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group USS Iwo Jima (LHD7) amphibious assault carrier with its Amphibious Squadron Four and with its 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit USS San Antonio (LPD17) assault ship USS Velia Gulf (CG72) guided missile cruiser USS Ramage (DDG61) guided missile destroyer USS Carter Hall (LSD50) assault ship USS Roosevelt (DDG80) guided missile destroyer USS Hartfore (SSN768) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine Carrier Strike Group Seven USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) nuclear powered supercarrier with its Carrier Air Wing 14 Destroyer Squadron 7 USS Chancellorsville (CG62) guided missile cruiser USS Howard (DDG83) guided missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG101) guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG73) guided missile destroyer USS Thach (FFG43) guided missile frigate USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) fast combat support ship Also likely to join the battle armada: UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal Carrier Strike Group with assorted guided missile destroyers and frigates, nuclear hunter-killer submarines and support ships French Navy nuclear powered hunter-killer submarines (likely the Amethyste and perhaps others), plus French Naval Rafale fighter jets operating off of the USS Theodore Roosevelt as the French Carrier Charles de Gaulle is in dry dock, and assorted surface warships Various other US Navy warships and submarines and support ships. The following USN ships took part (as the "enemy" forces) in Operation Brimstone and several may join in: USS San Jacinto (CG56) guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG68) guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG60) guided missile cruiser USS Carney (DDG64) guided missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG79) guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG81) guided missile destroyer USS Carr (FFG52) guided missile frigate" You can't count out Bush or Cheney, nor their neoconservative cronies. They wanted this war with Iran so it is going to happen. Obama and the Democrats in Congress will, more than likely, do absolutely nothing to stop it.

Georgia War: A Neocon Election Ploy?: Aug 14, 8:17am 3 reviews alternative-news, russia, georgia, neoconservative-machinations
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/scheer2; Georgia wouldn't have made any move against South Ossetia (contrary to what CNN and the BBC say it was the Georgians who started this conflict) without either the U.S. knowing about it or giving tacit approval to the Georgian governments actions. Any pronouncements from the Shrub junta to the contrary are things people like to call lies. The U.S. is the number one arms dealer in the world. The U.S. and Israel both have vested interests in Georgia for different reasons, and there is absolutely no way this aggression by Georgia against South Ossetia would have been able to elude the prying eyes of the CIA or Mossad. Hell, this very same scenario was war gamed almost a month ago with Georgia and NATO troops. This is nothing more than a con job. But who does the con benefit?

Awesome Beyond Words: An American Carol | PEEK | AlterNet: Aug 14, 7:35am 0 review alternative-news
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/94987/awesome_beyond_words%3A_an_american_...

Intriguing Twists and Turns in the Anthrax Case | Media and Technology | AlterNe…: Aug 5, 7:06am 1 review alternative-news, terrorism, cover-up, police-investigation
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/93904/intriguing_twists_and_turns_in_the_a...; More and more there appears to be something very fishy about the convenient discovery and subsequent suicide of the supposed Anthrax Killer. Evidence being used against bioweapons scientist Bruce Ivins is almost completely circumstantial and doesn't hold up to any amount of scrutiny, so why is the federal government so anxious to pin this on the late Ivins as a "lone nut" when in 2003 they did their best to try and tie the anthrax attacks to Iraq, Saddam Hussein, or Osama bin Laden? Why the rush if Ivins is the real Anthrax Killer?

Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines: Jul 31, 8:57am 79 reviews alternative-news
http://www.truthdig.com/

NYPD Assaults Critical Mass Cyclist | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet: Jul 29, 7:23am 1 review alternative-news, crime, video, police-brutality
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/93096/nypd_assaults_critical_mass_cyclist; I don't know if this is typical of the PIGS in NYC, but I would bet that he faces no repercussions for assaulting a bicyclist. Why did he attack the guy in the first place? Why did this PIG think that was the most appropriate response to a situation? This is what you get when you allow the "authorities" to operate above the law. Welcome to the United Police States of Murikkka!

Fars News Agency :: Iran Ready for Talks with US under Fair, Equal Conditions: Jul 16, 9:38am 1 review alternative-news, military, iran, diplomacy
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8704250449; Iran wants to talk and the U.S. media blacks out their overtures. I don't have any illusions about just how power hungry and fucked up the clerics who run Iran are, but if they want to talk doesn't it behoove the U.S., since it is supposedly run by adults, to at least acknowledge this positive step instead of getting their surrogates in the U.S. Corporate Conservative Media to institute a blackout? I mean, if one were so inclined one might think the CCM not mentioning the peace talk overtures is a sign that they are fully in the pocket of the pro war with Iran group.