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Hearings, Congressional Record, video, press
2006 (SecDef), 1991 (DCI), 1987 (DCI)
by Charles Judson Harwood Jr.
• Bombing Iran's IAEA safe-guarded nuclear facilities
• U.S. complicity in Israel settlement confiscations
• Iraq wmd war
• War Crimes Act
• John Bolton
• John Negroponte
• Alberto Gonzales
• Condoleezza Rice
• Bob Gates
• Iraq Study Group
• Iraq wmd war timeline: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008
• Iran uranium timeline
• Israel/Palestine
• Settlements
• Blockade, reprisals
Questions for Bob Gates:
Without a vote in Congress:—
Will you:—
1. Issue orders, to the U.S. military, to attack Iran.
At the behest of the President, the Vice-President, CIA Director, Director of National Intelligence, or another U.S. official, or foreign official, or anyone else, on your own initiative, or for any reason.
2. Permit to continue, any armed attacks on Iran now underway:
By any U.S. military personnel directly, or seconded to other U.S. agencies, foreign agencies, private contractors, or operating free lance.
By any private contractors or private groups or individuals, or foreign governments or agencies, operating under the protection of the U.S. military, or with the use of any U.S. military assets, or with the use of any private company assets.
Like you did in 1988.
Using barges of the Brown & Root Company, as fire-bases, to launch attacks on Iran.
Permit any battlefield intelligence, or other intelligence, to be given to any individuals or groups, to assist them to attack Iran.
Like you did in the 1980s.
Providing battlefield intelligence to Iraq, to assist Iraq wage its criminal war of aggression against Iran.
Permit any members of the U.S. military, or civilians, or others under your control, to provide advice and assistance, of any sort, to such groups or individuals.
Like you did in the 1980s.
Seconding U.S. military and CIA advisers to Baghdad, to advise Saddam’s forces in their attacks on Iran.
And advising them on how to improve their mustard gas munitions.
3. Actively seek to avoid receiving information about any of the above.
Like you did in the 1980s.
Actively seeking to avoid learning of unlawful activities, by U.S. officials, and others, supporting the U.S.-Contra army, attacking Nicaragua.
Charles Judson Harwood Jr.
December 4 2006
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Charles Judson Harwood Jr.
Posted Nov. 12 2006. Updated July 28 2008.
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