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<div>Former Iraq weapons inspector and marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter was interviewed Friday morning, October 20, on the Ray Taliaferro show on KGO AM 810, and discussed his new book "Target Iran: The Truth About the White House's Plans for Regime Change."
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<div>Ritter, now well known for his warnings prior to the invasion of Iraq that the claims of WMDs in Iraq made by the Bush administration were seriously doubtful, made a number of clear cut statements about the military intentions of the US towards Iran, and the claims that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
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<div>He said he did not think the Eisenhower aircraft carrier group being positioned near Iran before next months elections signals an October surprise strike against Iran. According to Ritter, there is insufficient staging of military assets to signal a pending attack.
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<div>However, Ritter did say he expects a push for the US to attack Iran in 2007, and the title of his new book is explicit in its claims that the US intends regime change in Iran. He also stated that even if the Democrats take control of the US House, US attacks against Iran may still proceed.
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<div>He also stated that the facts do not indicate with certainty that Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons.</div>
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<div>Below are links to an audio file (yes, it works, I'm listening to it now via RealPlayer, which indicates a length of 1:27:52) of a compelling discussion (not from the KGO radio interview) between Seymour Hersh and Scott Ritter presented by The Nation Institute, Cosponsored by The New York Society for Ethical Culture,
<a href="http://Democrats.com">Democrats.com</a>, and the Public Concern Foundationon, on Ritter's new book "Target Iran: The Truth About the White House's Plans for Regime Change:"</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.nysec.org/2006/10/16/seymour-hersh-and-scott-ritter-october-16-06/">http://www.nysec.org/2006/10/16/seymour-hersh-and-scott-ritter-october-16-06/</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://nysoundposse.com/2006/10/event-seymour-hersh-and-scott-ritter.html">http://nysoundposse.com/2006/10/event-seymour-hersh-and-scott-ritter.html</a></div>
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<div>And a link to info on Rays' show from last Friday with the interview with Ritter: </div>
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<div><a href="http://www.kgo.com/viewentry.asp?ID=355472&PT=PROGRAM">http://www.kgo.com/viewentry.asp?ID=355472&PT=PROGRAM</a></div>
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<div><b>Friday, October 20, 2006 </b></div>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><b>1-2 A.M.</b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Republicans are going after gays. Well, some of them. Others are in denial about queer folks in the party at all. Still others really want the GOP to get to discussing smaller government, or scaling back the war in Iraq, or taking a tougher stance with another "evil" country... it's
<a href="http://www.kgo.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-iraqpol20oct20,1,3627800.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage">an identity crisis </a> and the GOP should do some soul searching to
<a href="http://www.kgo.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/us/politics/20conserve.html?hp&ex=1161403200&en=f75af82c63e1ce7e&ei=5094&partner=homepage">figure out what they're about</a>... </p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">While they do that, Americans have figured out just how smarmy and disjointed the GOP is, so <a href="http://www.kgo.com/goout.asp?u=http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/19/civil-war-iraq/">they'll be voting for the Dems
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><b>2-3 A.M.</b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">The "Gay Purge" and glass closet discussion continued this hour... Read more on that <a href="http://www.kgo.com/goout.asp?u=http://salon.com/news/feature/2006/10/20/outing/">here</a>... <br>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><b>3-4 A.M.</b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Rumsfeld inspired by God? Would anyone say anything so ridiculous? Yep...howabout the chairman of the joint chiefs... Read that story <a href="http://www.kgo.com/goout.asp?u=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061019/pl_afp/usmilitarypolitics_061019193550">
here... </a></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><b>4-5 A.M.</b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Scott Ritter, former U.N. Inspector, joined Ray this hour to discuss the Bush administration's plans for war with Iran, and his book Target Iran. Read more about the book <a href="http://www.kgo.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.amazon.com/o/asin/1560259361/ref=s9_asin_image_1/002-2177431-9237650">
<font color="#800080">here</font></a>. </p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<br></p></div>
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