Gavin’s Gaily Gigest

The Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, has decreed that the minutes of two Cabinet meetings held in the days leading up to the 2003 Iraq invasion should be disclosed to help “transparency and public understanding of the relevant issues”.
Nothing wrong with that of itself, of course - in any democracy there should be a presumption of [...]

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From the New York Times:

So… None from Iran then.

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The USA, and possibly this country, could be heading to war with Iran, for all the reasons we’ve head before in relation to another Middle East country – Weapons of Mass Destruction, links to terrorist atrocities and a dictator generally hell-bent on destroying Western civilisation.
Some people say that the US has real concerns about [...]

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From the BBC:
“A senior Israeli minister has called for the sacking of Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog.
Deputy PM Shaul Mofaz said the Egyptian head of the International Atomic Energy Agency had endangered world peace by neglecting Iran’s nuclear programme.”

As the story notes, Israel is a member of the IAEA, but not [...]

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From Mary Riddell, in today’s Observer, slips up in what is an otherwise persuasively argued piece on the dangers of a war with Iran and the alternatives open to the world:
“Hundreds of thousands have died in Iraq in a war waged to wipe out non-existent WMDs. This time round, the intelligence is just as thin, but [...]

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Via the Daily Irrelevant:

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In this week’s Economist:

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From BBC News, noted lawyer-shooter and US Vice President Dick Cheney has come out of solitary confinement to warn Iran to say out of Iraq:
Mr Cheney told Fox News that Iran was “fishing in troubled waters” by aiding attacks on US forces and backing Shia militias involved in sectarian violence.

“I think the message that the [...]

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From BBC News:
“They [Iran] are currently putting people into Iraq to do things that are harmful to the future of Iraq,” Mr Rumsfeld told a news conference. “We know it, and it is something that they… will look back on as having been an error in judgement,” he added.Asked whether the alleged insertion of Iranian [...]

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