Don’t Bomb Iran

Remember how Donald Rumsfeld estimated the cost of the Iraq expedition at $60 billion tops, and Nordhaus estimated $2,000 billion if things like combat pensions were counted?   With personnel costs rocketing to over a third of the Defence Department’s $600 bill  budget after a decade of war, and pressure on all budget lines, the [...]

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• 2012-06-05 US nukes cost $30 billion per year
• 2012-03-20 Redefining ‘Imminent’ attack and ‘due process’: US Attorney General on drone assassinations
• 2009-10-17 Bolton suggests Israeli nuclear attack on Iran
• 2009-06-24 US defense spending – $534 or $890 billion – up to $3000 per citizen
• 2009-04-27 Yankee Bombs Go Home: German Foreign minister
• 2009-02-10 US labs use British nuclear factory to build new bombs
• 2009-02-06 Obama to end civilian control of nuclear weapons labs?
• 2009-02-02 Israel broke international law in Syrian attack: El Baradei
• 2009-01-22 Bush offers Emirates nuclear power by 2017 – they say it’s a possible route to the bomb
• IAEA snow banner – “Yes we can”
• 2009-01-13 Each US family spends about $800 on nukes each year
• 2008-12-23 Britain sells its nuclear weapons factory to US in secret
• 2008-11-20 Surge in Pentagon share of humanitarian aid budget
• 2008-11-10 US forces in Iran, but only for surveillance, not attacks
• 2008-10-31 Pentagon must test nukes again or build new ones, threatens Gates
• 2008-09-02 US bases worldwide by Mother Jones
• 2007-09-04 UK new nuclear High Surety Warhead under development ?
• 2007-05-04 Congress slows new warhead, Star Wars
• 2007-03-25 Democrats allow Bush to attack Iran without Congressional approval
• 2007-03-23 Pentagon: new warheads seen as provocative, destabilising
• 2007-02-10 Iran poll: 50% expect war, 66% no to nuclear weapons, 84% yes to enrichment
• 2007-01-27 US declassifies Nixon decision to keep quiet about Israel’s bomb
• 2007-01-07 New US warhead – hybrid design, $100 billion
• 2007-01-05 Iran war ‘in 2 years’: senior Bush advisor
• 2007-01-04 ISOG – shadowy Washington unit quietly developing plans for Iran
• 2006-12-05 More US lies: Iran should stop developing nuclear weapons
• 2006-11-20 Bush: I would understand if Israel chose to attack Iran
• 2006-11-17 US B1 bombers leave Diego Garcia for surge of airstrikes on Afghanistan
• 2006-11-15 Official says U.S. may mull pre-emptive Iran strike
• 2006-11-03 US govt publishes nuke bomb guide on Web
• 2006-09-14 UN: Congressional report on Iran ‘dishonest’ and ‘outrageous’
• US objects as Central Asia bans nuclear weapons
• 2006-09-06 Europeans think US is greater threat to global stability than Iran
• 2006-09-03 Israel, US hawks plan for war with Iran and Syria
• 2006-08-29 Nuclear Bunker busters won’t work – Union of Concerned Scientists
• 2006-08-12 Lebanon: Bush ‘believes conflict is a US-Iran proxy war’
• 2006-03-09 Neocon – some biogs of leading ‘thinkers’
• Neocon quotes on Iran – a sample
• 2006-02-23 Australia backs US as nuclear sheriff, some countries should not have any nuclear technologies? Downer
• 2006-02-13 US nuclear doctrine and policy documents – Federation American Scientists
• US planning to nuke Iran after another 9/11, even if Iran not involved
• 2005-09-01 New US nuclear usage doctrine: pre-emption, counter WMD, and for demonstration purposes (unfinished)
• 2005-05-15 Global Strike – instant global attack readiness, with a nuclear option. Bill Arkin
• 2005-01-03 Neocons say only pre-emptive strike will work on Iran
• 2004-07-29 Sharon: U.S. Wants Israel to Have Nukes
• 2003-06-10 2003: G8 endorses military action to counter proliferation, says US – G8 Evian summit declaration
• EU Council endorses use of force in counter proliferation June 2003
• 1997-06-30 Israel defined as a nuclear proliferator in US trade law