In his new book "The War Within," Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward details a telling White House meeting on Iran in spring 2007 (p. 334):

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Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, "unprecedented in its scope." Bush's secret directive covers actions across a huge geographic area – from Leba …

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From PressTV for Fri, 07 Mar 2008 presaging today's announced "retirement" of Adm.

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Have America and Israel suddenly gone soft on Iran's nefarious nuclear-weapons program? Despite sanctions and UN Security Council resolutions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is gleefully pressing forward with his efforts to build a bomb, which Israeli military intelligence …

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NEWSWEEK has learned that a separate internal report being prepared by a Pentagon working group will "differ substantially" from Petraeus's recommendations, according to an official who is privy to the ongoing discussions but would speak about them only on condition of anon …

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John Arquilla, an intelligence and counterinsurgency expert at the Naval Postgraduate School, is even harsher in his assessment of Petraeus. I think Colin Powell used dodgy information to get us into the war, and Petraeus is using dodgy information to keep us there, he said.

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The invasion of Iraq has greatly destabilised the country, President Bush admitted yesterday — but he still insisted that Iraqis should be grateful to America for starting the war.

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On Jan 4, Bush ousted the top two commanders in the Middle East, Generals John Abizaid and George Casey, who had opposed a military escalation in Iraq, and removed Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, who had stood by intelligence estimates downplaying the near- …

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