Asia Times Online :: Gareth Porter: "U.S. plot to nail Iran backfires"

A reader forwards a post from Gareth Porter at Asian Times entitled, "US plot to nail Iran backfires" that details the desperation of the Bush administration attempting to establish a pretext for war on Iran. Porter appears regularly on Anti-war.com and writes: "The Bush administration and top Iraq commander General David Petraeus had plotted a sequence of events that would build domestic US political support for a possible strike against Iran over its "meddling" in Iraq, and especially its alleged export of arms to Shi'ite militias. The plan was keyed to a briefing document to be prepared by Petraeus on the alleged Iranian role in arming and training Shi'ite militias that would be revealed to the public after the Maliki government had endorsed it, and that would be used to accuse Iran publicly. ..." Keep reading