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The War on Iran Thus Far


We think of the war on Iran as in the future, or we think of an Israeli surgical strike in the future, fantasizing that no wider war would be involved, and pretending that the United States would not be responsible.  But economic warfare is underway.  Deadly sanctions are not a means of avoiding war, but a step into it.  Cyber warfare is openly underway.  Assassinations are announced with a wink and a nod.  Terrorist groups like the MEK are funded and promoted.  And a war in Syria, with the stated goal of weakening Iran, is given U.S. support. 

As much of this sneaks in under the radar, and a fullscale war will strike viewers of "Dancing With the Stars" or "Stars Earn Stripes" as arising out of the blue, the Green Mountain Chapter of Veterans For Peace has compiled a couple of charts.  The first chronicles the escalating rhetoric, including the crime of threatening war.  The second chronicles the extent of the actual war in progress thus far.  As always, keep up on the campaign to stop attacks on Iran at http://DontAttackIran.org And sign RootsAction's petition here.

IRAN - ISRAEL/U.S.  CONFRONTATION

 

DATE: 8/14/12

WAR TALK/THREATS  LOG

   
       

DATE

PUBLISHED HEADLINE

SOURCE AGENCY

PUBLISHED BY

8/13/2012

Israel and Iran: Israeli leaders talking military action against Iran

Ehud barak

New York Times

8/11/2012

Decision To Attack Iran is Almost Final : Israel TV

Israel TV Ch. 2

Israel Times

8/10/2012

Israel media talk of imminent Iran war push

Israel paper Yedioyh Ahronoth

Reuters

8/2/2012

Iranians Should Be ‘Very Fearful For Next 12 Weeks:

Ex-Mossad Chief

Times of Israel

8/1/2012

Reports: Russian warships carrying more than 300 marines headed to Syrian port

AP

Washington Post

8/1/2012

Iran, Israel waging silent war

Walter Pincus

Washington Post

7/29/2012

U.S. Presented Netanyahu With Contingency Plan for Iran Strike

"senior American official "

Haaretz

7/27/2012

Obama: $70M in new military aid to Israel

White House

USA Today

7/27/2012

Pentagon’s 30,000-pound bunker-buster ‘superbomb’ ready for use

USAF Secretary

USA Today

7/26/2012

Iran's Navy: Small Ships, BigThreat

U.S. Congressional Research Service

Washington Post

7/26/2012

Iran bolsters retaliation capability in Persian Gulf, Experts Say

U.S. "Middle East Intelligence expert"

Washington Post

7/23/2012

Author Sees the Danger of a ‘War of Miscalculation’

Dr. David Crist - Gen. USMC, ret.

Scott Shane

7/17/2012

20 nations plan anti-mining exercise in Mideast, US says

U.S. DoD

USA Today

7/3/2012

Iran reports long-range missile launch in exercise

IRGC Commander

AP

7/1/2012

Iran to hold missiles maneuver

IRNA News

AP

6/17/2012

Iran was behind New Delhi bomb plot

New delhi police

The Guardian

5/16/2012

Iran  accused on Tuesday of being behind blasts in Bangkok

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak

ABC News

5/14/2012

Alleged Iran Terror Plot Thwarted in Azerbaijan

Aizerbaijan "official"

IPT News

2/13/2012

Timeline: Attacks on Jewish targets, Israelis abroad

Reuters

Reuters

2/13/2012

Israel blames Iran after attacks on embassy staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Reuters

2/9/2012

New US sanctions on Iran aim to head off Israel

White House

Fox News

2/9/2012

Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists

"U.S. officials"

NBC News

12/14/2011

Iran threatens to shut Strait of Hormuz with military exercise

Iranian Government

dailey mail

12/14/2011

Explosion Seen as Big Setback to Iran’s Missile Program

n.a.

New York Times

12/11/2011

Pols Call Plot an 'Act of War'

U.S. Congressmen

Fox News

12/11/2011

IAEA report on Iran: "serious concerns' about nuclear program"

IAEA Report

Fox News

12/9/2011

Images Suggest Something Happened at Iranian Nuclear Facility

n.a.

Fox News

11/14/2011

Iran Admits Nuclear Sites Hit by 'Duqu' Cyberweapon

IRNA News

Fox news

10/13/2011

Iran Scoffs at U.S. Account of Alleged Assassination Plot

Iranian Government

Fox News

9/26/2011

Report: Obama sells bunker-buster bombs to Israel

"Report"

Newsweek

9/20/2011

Iran fingers mole responsible for murdered scientists

member nation of IAEA

ABC News

6/9/2010

UN sanctions against Iran

United Nations

Wikipedia

 

 

IRAN COVERT WAR

DATE:7/31/12

INCIDENTS LOG

   
       

INCIDENT DATE

REPORTING DATE

INCIDENT

REPORT SOURCE

7/31/12

7/31/12

President Announces New Iran Sanctions

Christian Science Monitor

7/24/12

7/24/12

20 nations plan anti-mining exercise in Persian Gulf

Fox news

7/18/12

7/19/12

Attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria prompts fears of escalating ‘shadow war’

Washington Post

7/16/12

7/16/12

USNS Rappahannock fires on small motor vessel in Persian Gulf

U.S. Navy photo

n.a.

7/11/12

Tehran Abuzz as Book Says Israel Killed 5 Scientists

New York Times

7/12/12

7/12/12

U.S. Imposes new rules

New York Times

7/7/12

7/4/12

Navy adds 4 minesweepers in Persian Gulf. Now up to eight

U.S. Navy photo

7/5/12

7/7/12

Reconditioned/refitted USS Ponce AFSB 1 (Afloat Forward Staging Base) arrives in Persian Gulf

U.S. Navy photo

7/2/12

 

European oil embargo begins

Associated Press

7/3/12

7/3/12

Iran reports long range missile launch exercise

USA Today(AP)

n.a.

3/14/12

Azerbaijan: 22 Iranians arrested in alleged plot to attack U.S./Israeli embassies

IPT

3/15/2012

3/15/12

Global Network Expels as Many as 30 of Iran’s Banks in Move to Isolate Its Economy

Washington Post

3/6/2012

3/6/12

US imposes additional sanctions on Iran

Fox News

2/13/12

2/13/12

Iran/Hezbollah accused in New Delhi, India  and Tibilisi, Georgia embassy vehicle bombings

Reuters

n.a.

2/9/12

Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists

MSNBC

2/6/12

2/7/12

New U.S. Sanctions aim to head off Israel intervention

Fox News

1/11/12

1/11/12

Iranian scientist killed in car bombing

Washington Post

12/14/11

12/14/11

Iran threatens to shut Strait of Hormuz

Daily Mail Reporter

12/4/11

12/9/11

U.S. RQ-170 surveillance drone crashes in

New York Times

11/12/11

12/4/11

Huge explosion at Iranian missile testing site (shifting to solid fuel missile engines)

New York Times

 

11/14/11

Iran Admits Nuclear Sites Hit by 'Duqu' Cyberweapon

Fox News

n.a.

10/11/11

U.S.accuses Iran of plot to murder Saudi Ambassador to U.S.

New York Times

9/2/11-11/8/11

11/8/11

Report reflects serious IAEA concerns about stepped up enrichment and questions about possible weapons related work

IAEA

n.a.

9/20/11

Iran investigating the mole responsible for murdered nuclear scientists

abc News

2006-2010

 

UN Imposes sanctions

Wikipidia

2007-2008

1/15/09

Stuxnet computer virus deployed against Iranian nuclear enrichment program

New York Times


 

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