Bush regime looking to use Iran to justify restarting Star Wars boondoggle

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U.S. seeks antimissile shield to block Iran

By Michael R. Gordon The New York Times
MONDAY, MAY 22, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/22/news/missile.php

WASHINGTON As tensions grow over Iran's nuclear program, the Bush administration is moving to establish a new antimissile site in Europe that would be designed to stop attacks from the Middle East.

The plan for a new antimissile site against Iranian missiles is the latest chapter in the saga of the U.S. missile defense program, which began with President Ronald Reagan's expansive vision of a space-based antimissile shield.

"As far as we can tell," said Gary Samore, vice president of the MacArthur Foundation and a former aide on the National Security Council, "Iran is many years away from having the capability to deliver a military strike against the U.S. If they made a political decision to seriously pursue a space launch vehicle, it would take them a decade or more to develop the capability to launch against the U.S."

Still, Iran has long seen ballistic missiles as an important weapon. Iran fired Scud missiles at Baghdad and Kirkuk during its war with Iraq and later embarked on an effort to secure additional missiles and missile technology from foreign suppliers, including North Korea.

Iran's Shahab-3, a liquid-fueled missile based on North Korea's No-dong missile, has the range to hit Israel, Turkey and other countries in the region.

article: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/22/news/missile.php

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2. What a bunch of shitheads.

I don't know what else to say. If there's anyone in the world who takes them seriously anymore, I'd be disgusted.

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3. their actually laughing at the hypocricy

Knight Ridder Newspapers
May. 22, 2006
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/14642283.htm

Egypt and the United States also clashed at the forum over Iran's right to nuclear development. Mubarak opened the conference by warning the United States against harboring double standards, a reference to the Bush administration's determination to stop Iran's nuclear program while it turns a blind eye to the atomic arsenal Israel is believed to possess.

Zoellick was forced to defend the American position on Iran several times, citing the hard-line Tehran leadership's denial of the Holocaust and its calls to destroy the Jewish state. During a panel Sunday with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, a former Egyptian foreign minister, talks devolved into interruptions and accusations.

"What about Israel's nuclear program?" Moussa demanded at one point.

"It does not have a declared program. I don't know for sure what it may or may not have," a visibly flustered Zoellick responded. Guffaws rippled through the audience.

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4. Incredible.

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Not sure they have a "declared" program. Nuff said!