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Our Most Important Mission: Prevent War with Iran

By Scott Ritter, Truthdig. Posted October 5, 2007.


The countdown to war with Iran is both real and terrifying. And it won’t be stopped so long as Iraq is in the spotlight.

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A former Marine Corps intelligence officer who served under Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Scott Ritter worked as a chief inspector for the United Nations Special Commission in Iraq from 1991 until 1998, helping lead the effort to disarm Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. He is the author of several books, including “Iraq Confidential” (2005, Nation Books), “Target Iran” (2006, Nation Books) and “Waging Peace” (2007, Nation Books). “Target Iran,” with a new afterword by the author, has just been released in paperback by Nation Books.

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