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Unfortunately, food and everything else transported by the use of gasoline will increase, too.

They've been increasing since 2008

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Who will hit 5 bucks first(California Duh)

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UN atomic agency report notes rapidly expanding Iranian activity that could be used for arms - The Washington Post

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What US recovery?

While things are bad the economy isn't getting worse.

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Of course he hasn't b/ he treats our armed forces as his personal war machine.

How has his foreign policy differed from Bush?

Regarding the Middle East oil, Pres. Nixon set the policy and each president has followed it. Middle East oil is a matter of National Security and the US military can be used to secure it.

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Because the Iranians won't be able to pull this off for very long. Saudi Arabia also said they would increase production to offset any disruption.

Temporarily. Saudi Arabia has a long term perspective on their oil and national developement.

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Iran Warns The US To Keep Its Aircraft Carrier Out Of The Persian Gulf

whatever it is ..this doesn't look good ..I pray that it will be solved soon..

Fars news agency reported that Ataollah Salehi said "We usually don't repeat our warning, and we warn only once. We recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf."



Oil up 3 percent on Iran warning and U.S., China data | Reuters

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Fars news agency reported that Ataollah Salehi said "We usually don't repeat our warning, and we warn only once. We recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf." ...

It's easy for Iran to threaten when it knows that aircraft carrier has a mission planned well in advance of Iran's threat.

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Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks—Hezbollah | News | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere

getting nervous ...I hope there will be dipomacy and a war can be avoided ...this would be an uncontrollable war ...

BEIRUT - Iran could hit US bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday.

"A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen television.

"The response will not be just inside the Israeli entity—American bases in the whole region could be Iranian targets," he said, citing information he said was from Iranian officials. "If Israel targets Iran, America bears responsibility."

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Obama: Diplomacy 'preferred solution' with Iran - TODAY People - TODAY.com

best solution to keep everything calm....talking is always good and keeps everybody asking for champagne ...

So for now Israel...take a coolpill and let's wait ...

Israel is right to be concerned about Iran's push to join the league of nations that possess nuclear weapons, but diplomacy - not military intervention - remains the "preferred solution" to averting a potential arms race in the Middle East, President Barack Obama said Sunday.

Iran's leader: War would be detrimental to U.S. - CNN.com

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Chavez...you gotta be kiddin me..and he is heading to Cuba . Nicaruaga and Ecuador...Oh well let me have another drink ....



He also dismissed speculation by some officials in Washington that Iran might eventually be able to use Latin American countries to stage attacks on U.S. interests.

“That must be looked at carefully because it’s a threat against us,” Chavez said. “We aren’t a threat to anyone. We just have rights and we’re sovereign.”

Ahmadinejad and Chavez both plan to travel to Nicaragua for Tuesday’s inauguration of newly re-elected President Daniel Ortega.

and another drink ....

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Why I'm convinced Israel will bomb Iran in weeks: Netanyahu is running out of patience and is 'closer than ever' to launching a strike | Mail Online

This week, Alon Ben-David, the well-informed military correspondent for Israel’s Channel 10 News, claimed that the country is ‘closer than ever’ to a strike against Iran. He said the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘determined’ to attack Iran before the American Presidential election on November 6, just 11 weeks away.

This suggestion has triggered the chilling prospect of a much larger war across the region that could drag in the U.S.

If the West’s experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001 have taught us one thing, it is how dangerous it is to invade other countries.

But undercover American agents, posing as the Seattle factory owners, were able to expose the truth and identified the involvement of an Iranian called Parviz Khaki. His order list had expanded to precision lathes, nickel alloy, vacuum pumps and a mass spectrometer (which is often used to measure uranium fluorine gas).


It was clear this deal was meant to supply Iran’s nuclear uranium enrichment programme.

It is against this background of subterfuge that the Washington administration is desperate to prove sanctions are working and will halt Iran’s nuclear programme.

The last thing President Barack Obama wants before November’s election is for Israel to launch an attack on Iran. After all, America had already accepted governments in India, Pakistan and North Korea to go ahead with nuclear weapons programmes after initial worries.


The chilling prospect we face is that such an act of aggression risks turning into a Middle East conflict that would unite every regime in that volatile region in yet another — and this time uncontrollable — war.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/1...pment-to-iran/


Khaki was arrested in May in the Philippines. Yi is being sought by US authorities.

Both men face up to 85 years in prison if convicted of all counts. The charges include conspiring to violate the Iran embargo. They are both also charged with conspiring to defraud the US, smuggling, illegally exporting goods from the US to Iran, and money laundering.

According to the indictment, the export conspiracy included discussions about sending 20 tons of high-quality US-made steel to Iran. The steel, known as maraging steel, can be used in gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment.

Moreover, the alleged conspirators discussed obtaining a magnetic mass spectrometer used to perform isotope analysis during the process of enriching uranium. And they discussed shipping other technical equipment associated with gas centrifuges, including gauges, pumps, and pressure transducers.

In May 2009, Khaki allegedly sent the undercover agent an e-mail asking the agent to purchase “radioactive sources and test materials” from a company in Connecticut. Requested products included barium 133 source and europium 152 source.

In January 2011, the indictment adds, Khaki asked the agent to purchase and ship cobalt 57 source and cadmium 109 source. There is no indication those contacts went beyond mere discussion.

“By dismantling this complex conspiracy to deliver nuclear-related materials from the United States to Iran, we have disrupted a significant threat to national security,” John Morton, director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said in a statement.

The Christian Science Monitor (http://s.tt/1hPkL)

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THE PONCE BUILT 1966 , NOW IN IRAN ..REALLY ??

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/wo...ay-of-war.html