Matt Yglesias linked to commentators who see a US attack on Iran as imminent.

Judged as of 2006-04-10. True: posts by Matt Yglesias on or shortly before 2006-04-10 link to commentators who say a US (or US-led) attack on Iran is imminent. Mostly true: he linked to commentators who saw an attack as likely or near, but the commentators' wording was slightly weaker than 'imminent', or the target or attacker detail differs slightly. Mostly false: Yglesias discussed a possible attack on Iran but did not link to anyone predicting it as imminent. False: no such linking occurred in that period, as shown by his archived posts from that time.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Report says US considering Iran nuclear attack The Irish Times · 10 April 2006

   “The Washington Post reported yesterday that although military options, including nuclear strikes, are being considered against Iran, no attack is likely in the short term and US planners are not considering a land invasion at any stage.”

2. E2 Report says US considering Iran nuclear attack The Irish Times · 10 April 2006

   “Richard Perle, a prominent neo-conservative who is close to the Pentagon, told The Sunday Times yesterday that an attack on Iran could be over before anyone knew it had happened.”

3. E3 Bush: Iran Report 'Wild Speculation' CBS News · 10 April 2006

   “Mr. Bush did not directly respond to that report but said, "What you're reading is just wild speculation."”

4. E4 Matthew Yglesias, Author at The American Prospect - Page 49 of 64 The American Prospect

   “The latest Iraq policy gambit has the US and UK getting behind efforts to remove Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari from office and replace him with someone presumably more congenial to Kurdish and Sunni Arab opinion.”

E1–E3 describe the news around 2006-04-10: reports that the US was weighing military options against Iran, including nuclear strikes, and President Bush calling them 'wild speculation'. None of them mentions Matt Yglesias or what he linked to. E4 is an undated Yglesias post on Iraqi politics and says nothing about Iran. No evidence shows whether Yglesias linked to commentators who saw an attack as imminent, so the claim is unresolvable.