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Opposition to a perceived risk of a military attack on Iran by the United States is known to have started during 2005-2006. During this period, several analysts, including Seymour Hersh^[1], former UN weapons of mass destruction inspector in Iraq from 1991-1998, Scott Ritter^[2], Joseph Cirincione, director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace^[3], Professor at the University of San Francisco and Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project, Stephen Zunes^[4] claimed that the United States planned a military attack against Iran. Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer^[5], physicist Jorge E. Hirsch Jorge Hirsch^{[6] [7]}, Michel Chossudovsky^[8], and Seymour M. Hersh ^[9] claimed that the attack could be expected to use nuclear weapons, in line with the US Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations which was revised in March 2005. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seymour Hersh Seymour Myron (Sy) Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and author based in New York City. ... A weapon of mass destruction or (WMD) is a term used to describe munitions with the capacity to indiscriminately kill large numbers of human beings. ... Iraq and weapons of mass destruction concerns the Iraqi governments use, possession, and alleged intention of acquiring more types of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) during the presidency of Saddam Hussein. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... William Scott Ritter, Jr. ... Joseph Cirincione (b. ... The Endowments headquarters at 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private nonprofit organization promoting international cooperation and active international engagement by the United States of America. ... The University of San Francisco (often abbreviated USF, or sometimes USFCA) is a private, coeducational Jesuit university in the United States. ... Stephen Zunes is a political theorist and activist with particular interest in the Middle East. ... Philip Giraldi is a former CIA officer who became famous for claiming in 2005 that the United States (US) was preparing plans to attack Iran with nuclear weapons in response to a terrorist action against the US, independently of whether or not Iran was involved in the action. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Wikinews has news related to: Jorge E. Hirsch Jorge E. Hirsch is a physics professor (Ph. ... Jorge E. Hirsch is a physics professor (Ph. ... Michel Chossudovsky is a Canadian economist. ... Seymour Hersh Seymour Myron (Sy) Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and author based in New York City. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... The 2005 Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations is the current US doctrine on when and under which circumstances to use nuclear weapons. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Organisations and declarations

The organisation Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran was officially founded on December 1, 2005 in London and claimed its first success to be the inclusion of opposition to an attack on Iran as part of the aims declared by the International Peace Confernece in London on December 10, 2005.^[10]. Another London-based organisation opposed to an attack on Iran is Action Iran^[11]. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On May 30, 2006, representatives of the 118 states of the Non-Aligned Movement made a statement supporting Iran's civilian nuclear program and opposing military attacks against nuclear facilities, stating "The ministers reaffirmed the inviolability of peaceful nuclear activities and that any attack or threat of attack against peaceful nuclear facilities, operational or under construction, poses a great danger to human beings and the environment, and constitutes a grave violation of international law, principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and regulations of the IAEA. They recognized the need for a comprehensive multilaterally negotiated instrument, prohibiting attacks, or threat of attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful uses of nuclear energy."^[12] May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Member states of the Non-Aligned Movement (2005) The Non-Aligned Movement, or NAM, is an international organization of over 100 states which consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. ... This article is about Irans nuclear power program. ...

Street actions

During global anti-war protests on March 18, 2006, in addition to protests against the Iraq War, many of the protests were directed against the perceived threat to attack Iran.^[13]. March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the Iraq War from outside Iraq. ...

See also

• United States-Iran relations

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References

1. ^ http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?050124fa_fact
2. ^ Sleepwalking To Disaster In Iran, April 01, 2005, Scott Ritter
3. ^ Fool Me Twice, March 27, 2006, Joseph Cirincione, Foreign Policy
4. ^ The United States, Israel, and the Possible Attack on Iran, Stephen Zunes, May 2, 2006, ZNet
5. ^ Deep Background, August 1, 2005, Philip Giraldi, The American Conservative
6. ^ A 'Legal' US Nuclear Attack Against Iran, Jorge Hirsch, November 12, 2005
7. ^ America and Iran: At the Brink of the Abyss ,Jorge Hirsch, February 20, 2006
8. ^ Nuclear War Against Iran, Michel Chossudovsky, January 3, 2006
9. ^ The Iran plans, Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker Mag., April 8, 2006
10. ^ Declaration of International Peace Conference, London, 2005. Stop the War Coalition (December 10, 2005). Retrieved on 2006-10-23.
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12. ^ Non-Aligned Movement (May 30, 2006). NAM Coordinating Bureau's statement on Iran's nuclear issue. globalsecurity.org. Retrieved on 2006-10-23.
13. ^ Worldwide Anti-War Protests - March 2006. Indymedia (22 March 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-23.