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Iran on Monday dismissed any prospect of new talks with the United States on Iraq, accusing U.S.-led forces on Monday of a "massacre" of the Iraqi people.

https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/pl_nm/iran_iraq_dc



Iran will not hold talks with U.S. on Iraq

Iran does not intend to hold talks with the United States on Iraq while American forces are fighting Shiite militias in Sadr City, the Iranian Foreign Ministry reported on its Web site on Monday.

https://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/05/africa/iraq.php



Iraq: No Evidence Iran Is Arming Shiites

A top Iraqi official said Sunday there was no "conclusive" evidence that Shiite extremists have been directly supplied with some Iranian arms as alleged by the United States.

https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/04/iraq/main4069224.shtml



Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:

US: Hezbollah training Iraqi Shiite extremists in Iran

Iraqi Shiite extremists are being trained by members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in camps near Tehran, a U.S. military spokesman said Monday.

https://tinyurl.com/4c595d



Selling war:

Breakthrough reached in intel on Iran

Mossad chief Meir Dagan is expected to brief Britain's MI6 head Sir John Scarlett, who is slated to visit Israel later this month, on an intelligence breakthrough regarding the Iranian nuclear program, London's Sunday Times reported.

https://tinyurl.com/5whqxw



Nir Rosen: Selling the War with Iran

When the American media, which, in the build up to the American attack on Iraq abdicated its duty to challenge those in power and inform the public, continues to demonstrate the same lack of skepticism, it is very distressing.

https://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/05/selling_the_war/



Former UN weapons inspector says attack on Iran 'virtual guarantee'

I would say that it's a virtual guarantee that there will be a limited aerial strike against Iran in the not-so-near future-or not-so-distant future, that focuses on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Command".

https://tinyurl.com/3mwx2l



Iran Set To Reject Nuclear Incentives Offer By World Powers

Iran was quick to pour cold water on the offer, which reportedly outlined possibilities of technical assistance if Iran gave up its uranium enrichment program.

https://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1042.html



Iran offers major breakthrough for ending world crises Tehran

Hosseini added that Tehran's proposed package "can help international peace, stability and security" and are based on "respecting rights of all nations and their territorial integrity."

https://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0805053250145306.htm



Iran says U.S. aids rebels at its borders

The violence may be driving Tehran's efforts to back its own allies in Iraq.
https://tinyurl.com/3fynpd



John Bolton: US should bomb Iranian camps

While he acknowledged that the risk of a hostile Iranian response harming American's overseas interests existed, he said the damage inflicted by Tehran would be "far higher" if Washington took no action.

https://tinyurl.com/5wxxcv


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