Iran steps up preparations for US war (Loyalty over expertise)

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Source: telegraph





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Iran steps up preparations for US war

Tim Shipman in Washington and Kay Biouki in Teheran
Last Updated: 1:06am GMT 29/10/2007

Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is stepping up preparations for possible war with America by replacing a string of moderate regime officials with hardliners who more closely share his views.

After months in which his government has played down the risk of war over Iran's nuclear programme, officials have also begun making bellicose pronouncements in an apparent attempt to ready public opinion for a military clash.

Last week's resignation of Ali Larijani, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, and his replacement by Saeed Jalili, an Ahmadinejad ally who is a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, was merely the most visible of a series of discreet personnal changes, diplomats have revealed.

In recent weeks Mr Ahmadinejad has fired ministers responsible for oil and heavy industry, and forced out the governor of Iran's central bank for refusing to back his policies. Last week he also quietly brought in hardliners to the justice and foreign ministries. "We don't need people with specialities, we need people who are devoted," he said.

But the lack of worldly experience among his appointees has unnerved US officials.


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'But the lack of worldly experience among his appointees has unnerved US officials."

This sure sounds like the WH makeup: LOYALITY over expertise

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1. With every action, there is always a reaction.

Two reactionary regimes calling and raising.

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2. Reminds one of Spring, 1914 n/t

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3. .."replacing a string of moderate regime officials ".... ?

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