Bush, Neocons Using Iraq-type Propaganda for Iran Attack

The administration is preparing for an attack on Iran by using the same type of disinformation campaign employed before the invasion of Iraq:

"In an echo of the intelligence wars that preceded the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a high-stakes struggle is brewing within the Bush administration and in Congress over Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program and involvement in terrorism....U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials say Bush political appointees and hard-liners on Capitol Hill have tried recently to portray Iran's nuclear program as more advanced than it is and to exaggerate Tehran's role in Hezbollah's attack on Israel in mid-July."

Here's an example of some of that disinformation:

"'The International Atomic Energy Agency complained in an unusual letter made public on Thursday that a House intelligence committee report on Iran contains 'erroneous, misleading and unsubstantiated information.'"

Dejavu all over again:

"'The dispute was a virtual rerun of the months before the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, when ElBaradei and his agency questioned claims that Saddam Hussein was aggressively seeking nuclear weapons. Some top U.S. officials sought to discredit ElBaradei, although the IAEA's assessment proved correct.'"