Target Iran

In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector in Iraq and US Marine, was one of the few public figures courageous enough to challenge the lies spread by the Bush administration and the mainstream press concerning Iraq's WMDs. In the wake of the Iraq debacle, Ritter has been vindicated. Now the US and its neo-conservative allies are raising the alarm about Iran's alleged nuclear weapons programme and its firebrand president, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Again, Ritter sets the record straight. In "Target Iran", Scott Ritter uncovers the patterns of influence in international security networks to provide a cool-headed analysis of Iran's nuclear programme and US policy in the Middle East. He reveals the motivation behind the Bush administration's attempts to cultivate popular democracy and regime change in Iran. He explains why the US persists in pursuing high-risk foreign policy in the Middle East, Israel's involvement, Great Britain's role as a sanitising ally, and how this time it actually could lead to nuclear conflict.