Original source URL: http://www.realtruth.org/news/070208-001-iran.html NEWS BRIEF FEBRUARY 8, 2007 Posted/Updated: 2007-02-08 15:42:34 GEOPOLITICS, STRATEGIES & ECONOMIES Iran to Announce ³Giant Achievements² Iran¹s Fars News Agency reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will unveil to the world ³giant achievements² on February 11, which marks the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution. Many believe the announcement will be related to Iran¹s nuclear program‹possibly an increase in the number of centrifuges from the current 328 to 3,000. In advance of the February 11 announcement, Iranian scientists proclaimed that they have ³introduced an AIDS cure.² Fars reported, ³After seven long years of arduous work, Iranian scientists here on Saturday introduced a herbal medicine which cures Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).² Iran¹s Minister of Health Kamran Bagheri Lankarani claimed, ³The drug named ŒIMOD¹ is completely effective and safe with no proven side effects.² Mr. Ahmadinejad stated that his country is ever vigilant and will once again disappoint its ³ill-wishers,² adding, ³The bullying forces are aware of Iran¹s development and the growing trend of its relations with other countries. Their new plan is also doomed to failure. Therefore, the enemies of the Iranian nation will get nowhere. ³They have mobilized their entire propaganda facilities to prevent our nation¹s progress, but they have failed in all stages. Today, they suppose that they can disrupt the unity of the Iranian nation, but they will never manage to sow seeds of discord among Iranian people.² Mr. Ahmadinejad urged his people to participate in transforming Iran into a developed country. ³They are against Iran¹s advancement and that of independent nations. However, they should know that the era of their hegemony is over and that Iranians will overcome all obstacles facing them to access the peak of technology. ³During the current week, great achievements will be introduced to the Iranian nation. This will prove to the nation¹s enemies that if a nation is determined to have faith in God Almighty and rely on itself, the Lord will help it and they will manage to gain constant victories,² he said. Will Iran continue on its current path of defying the international community? If so, what does that mean for the world? Will the United States or Israel be ³forced² to take military action? The REAL TRUTH article ³A Nuclear Middle East?² discusses this possibility: ³Israel has not ruled out preemptive military action against Iran similar to its 1981 air strike against an atomic reactor in Iraq, although many analysts believe Iran¹s nuclear facilities are too fortified and scattered for Israel to take on alone. ³Some observers view President George W. Bush¹s decision to dispatch another aircraft carrier battle group to the Persian Gulf, create a Œtroop surge¹ of 20,000 more soldiers in Iraq, along with deploying more Patriot missiles to U.S. military bases in the region, as keeping his options open in the event of a military attack on Iran. ³On January 26, President Bush denied his administration was preparing military action against Iran, but he did confirm he authorized U.S. troops to hunt down or take out Iranian operatives in Iraq. Some view this order as a prelude to tougher action. Two weeks earlier, he pledged to Œinterrupt the flow of support [for extremists in Iraq] from Iran and SyriaŠWe will seek out and destroy the networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies in Iraq.¹² 07/02/08 RELATED LITERATURE [links in original] € A Nuclear Middle East? € IRAN The Nuclear Stand-Off Part 1: The Seeds of Hate € IRAN The Nuclear Stand-Off Part 2 € Iran Becomes a Regional Player -- -------------------------------------------------------- Escaping the Matrix website http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website http://cyberjournal.org Community Democracy Framework: http://cyberjournal.org/DemocracyFramework2.1.html subscribe cyberjournal list mailto:•••@••.••• Posting archives http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/
