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July 1, 2010

PROVOCATIONSAND WAR THREATS AGAINST IRAN:
ISWAR IMMINENT?


In thefinal two weeks of June we have seen a number of serious developments inthe Middle East involving the United States, Israel, and the IslamicRepublic of Iran. While almost completely ignored by the U.S. mainstreampress, there is considerable alarm around the world and especially inthe Middle East. Some of these developments are unprecedented and coulddenote a sharp escalation in the U.S./NATO and Israeli campaign againstIran, or even all-out war.

Anti-war and progressive people andorganizations should note the following:

* On June 18, a U.S. naval carrier group, reportedly accompanied by at least one Israeli vessel, passedthrough the Suez Canal into the Red Sea and toward the Persian Gulf. TheHarry S. Truman Carrier Strike Force, , included and aircraft carrier,guided missile cruiser, Aegis-class destroyers and the German frigateGGS Hessen.

*According to Iran's Fars New Agency, the Israeli AirForce recently unloaded military equipment at a Saudi Arabia base nearthe city of Tabuk.. Even more ominously, the Saudi's are reported tohave realigned their missile defense system to allow for an air corridorfor Israeli planes in the event of a war with Iran.

* U.S. forcesstationed in the Central Asian country of Azerbaijan have massed alongthe Iran/Azerbaijani border. The U.S. forces, whichare part of the so-called war on terror, are supposed to be supportingthe war in Afghanistan. Iranian revolutionary guards have called intanks and anti-aircraft units to the area in what amounts to a waralert.

*On July 1, President Barack Obama signed an agreement negotiated in theU.N Security Council stepping up sanctions on Iran and its economy.However, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) publicly worriedthat China may undercut the sanctions.

* On June 28, Iran announced that it would notchallenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza at this time. An Iranian flotillaof ships carrying humanitarian aid and flying the Red Crescent, theIslamic equivalent of the Red Cross, was en route to Gaza accompanied byIranian naval vessels. The expedition reportedly had the diplomaticsupport of both Russia andTurkey.

* Yesterday, June 30, Ali Akbar Salehi, the IslamicRepublic's vice president and director of the nuclear program, announcedthat Iran has produced another 37 pounds of uranium enriched to 20percent. Iran has a right to do this under the nuclear non-proliferationtreaty which it signed (and the Israelis have not signed). Iranmaintains that their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.Significantly, the 20 percent level is far below the level needed toproduce a nuclear weapon.

* There has been speculation that if the U.S. and NATOattempt to inspect Iranian ships in order to enforce the new sanctions,the resulting confrontation may lead to war.

* Among the worldleaders who have issued strong warnings about U.S.intentions is Fidel Castro, who certainly knows what it is like to haveyour country threatened with military attack, including with nuclearweapons. In his published Reflections on June 27, he stressed theimportance of the Cuban people, and progressives everywhere to beprepared to respond, even to the most horrendous catastrophe, whichcould be the outcome of a U.S.-Israeli war against Iran: "What would be[the worst] is to suddenly be made aware of news of serious events,without having heard any news whatsoever beforehand about suchpossibilities, thereby falling into confusion and panic...."

Much analysis is no doubt necessary to determine the seriousness of the above developments. It should be remembered, thatalmost all large military operations in this era require months, if notyears, of meticulous planning. The fact that the Pentagon has notchosen to reveal their plans to themainstream media does not mean that such plans do not exist. However,the most immediate task of anti-war and anti-imperialists around theworld is to to respond quickly to these provocations emanating fromWashington and prepare to resist any and all attempts to make war onIran.

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