Oh mercy mercy me...
Former UN weapons inspector in Iraq, Scott Ritter, made startling claims at a recent talk in Olympia, Washington. "The ex-Marine turned UNSCOM weapons inspector said that George W. Bush has "signed off" on plans to bomb Iran in June 2005, and claimed the U.S. manipulated the results of the recent Jan. 30 elections in Iraq. ", according to Mark Jensen of United for Peace of Pierce County, Washington.
http://electroniciraq.net/news/1881.shtml
"On Iran, Ritter said that President George W. Bush has received and signed off on orders for an aerial attack on Iran planned for June 2005. Its purported goal is the destruction of Iran’s alleged program to develop nuclear weapons, but Ritter said neoconservatives in the administration also expected that the attack would set in motion a chain of events leading to regime change in the oil-rich nation of 70 million -- a possibility Ritter regards with the greatest skepticism.
The former Marine also said that the Jan. 30 elections, which George W. Bush has called "a turning point in the history of Iraq, a milestone in the advance of freedom," were not so free after all. Ritter said that U.S. authorities in Iraq had manipulated the results in order to reduce the percentage of the vote received by the United Iraqi Alliance from 56% to 48%. "
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2295/
I have no idea if or how Scott Ritter has access to this kind of information after he has undergone such major career assassination by the right-wing press, but it is always possible that he knows something we don't know. Our World Our Say, an activist group, is trying to raise money to publicise this thing, but I'm not sure what to make of it all. Yes, taking over Iran and Syria would fit with the plans that the neocons and the Project for the New American Century have been salivating over for years, but after the mess of Iraq it does genuinely seem like they have written off the idea of any kind of ground invasion. Noises made by Cheney, Perle and the Pres lately have suggested more of a you-revolt, we-bomb kind of deal, which I am doubtful would work in a centralized country like Iran. Any ideas anyone?
http://electroniciraq.net/news/1881.shtml
"On Iran, Ritter said that President George W. Bush has received and signed off on orders for an aerial attack on Iran planned for June 2005. Its purported goal is the destruction of Iran’s alleged program to develop nuclear weapons, but Ritter said neoconservatives in the administration also expected that the attack would set in motion a chain of events leading to regime change in the oil-rich nation of 70 million -- a possibility Ritter regards with the greatest skepticism.
The former Marine also said that the Jan. 30 elections, which George W. Bush has called "a turning point in the history of Iraq, a milestone in the advance of freedom," were not so free after all. Ritter said that U.S. authorities in Iraq had manipulated the results in order to reduce the percentage of the vote received by the United Iraqi Alliance from 56% to 48%. "
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2295/
I have no idea if or how Scott Ritter has access to this kind of information after he has undergone such major career assassination by the right-wing press, but it is always possible that he knows something we don't know. Our World Our Say, an activist group, is trying to raise money to publicise this thing, but I'm not sure what to make of it all. Yes, taking over Iran and Syria would fit with the plans that the neocons and the Project for the New American Century have been salivating over for years, but after the mess of Iraq it does genuinely seem like they have written off the idea of any kind of ground invasion. Noises made by Cheney, Perle and the Pres lately have suggested more of a you-revolt, we-bomb kind of deal, which I am doubtful would work in a centralized country like Iran. Any ideas anyone?
posted by Matthew at 11:06 AM
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