The New Dark Age

2 January 2012 — williambowles.info

2 January 2012
‘Iran opposes US hegemony’
Russiatoday.ru Today at 17:54
The US has slapped sanctions on Iran, targeting its financial sector while the EU is considering an embargo on Iranian oil. But if the West suffocates Iran, it will have no option but to respond in a severe manner

Iran/Iraq ‘Defectors’ and Disinformation
Consortiumnews.com Today at 17:15
Exclusive: Official Washington has a soft spot for ‘defectors’ from hostile nations, especially if their tales of perfidy about their ex-homelands fit with favored policy. That was the case with Iraq before the 2003 invasion and now with Iran, but these ‘defectors’ often tell lies, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry A new American war hysteria is rising, this time over Iran, and – like its predecessor with Iraq – this one employs ‘defectors’ who come forward, often under the umbrella of…

Imperialism and the “Anti-Imperialism of the Fools”
Dissident Voice Today at 16:00
One of the great paradoxes of history are the claims of imperialist politicians to be engaged in a great humanitarian crusade, a historic ‘civilizing mission’ designed to liberate nations and peoples, while practicing the most barbaric conquests, destructive wars and large scale bloodletting of conquered people in historical memory.

Balancing The Noir Shadow In US Culture
The Greanville Post Today at 15:35
John Grant, This Can’t Be Happening
Following a decade of military invasion and occupation in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, the United States is becoming the Rodney Dangerfield of empires: ‘We get no respect!’

Iranian guards held in Pakistan
BBC NewsToday at 09:01
Pakistani police detain three Iranian border guards after they allegedly crossed the border killing one man and wounding another they had been pursuing, officials say.

Iran test-fires long-range missile in Persian Gulf – media
Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 07:58

Iran missile blast in show of strength
Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 04:30

U.S. presidential candidate threatens to bomb Iranian nuclear sites
Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 04:19

1 January 2012
‘Strait Hormuz part of Iran defense line’
Strategic Culture Foundation Yesterday at 16:15

Iran condemns US bank sanctions
BBC News Yesterday at 15:38
Iran’s President Ahmadinejad lashes out at new US financial sanctions, saying Tehran’s central bank has the strength to deal with foreign plots.

Nuclear benchmark: A rod for nuclear Iran
Russiatoday.ru Yesterday at 10:42
Iran says its engineers have managed to produce a nuclear fuel rod, marking a benchmark achievement for the country’s nuclear ambitions. Meanwhile the US issued new round of sanctions against Tehran in a bid to stop its…

Iran ‘tests medium-range missile’
BBC News Yesterday at 10:16
Iran has test-fired a medium-range missile during military exercises in the Gulf, state media report, amid rising tensions over its nuclear programme.

The American-Iranian Cold War in the Middle East and the Threat of A Broader War
GlobalResearch.ca Yesterday at 10:16
A Cold War between Tehran and Washington has been raging across the Middle East from Lebanon to Iraq and the Persian Gulf with the use of spies, drones, assassinations, and perception campaigns.

Obama signs new Iran sanctions
Strategic Culture Foundation Yesterday at 08:14

Obama picks New Years Eve to sign NDAA bill.
The Wild Wild Left – Front Page Yesterday at 04:45
Strange..but then again…not really, as that friggin bill has a lot of  nasty shit in it and signing it on a holiday is standard procedure when  you want the news media to ignore it or at the very least..bury it.  From RSN via TheNationalJournal:

‘US sets stage for war against Iran’
Strategic Culture Foundation Yesterday at 03:39

America’s Bloody Clipboard: Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Now Iran
Corrente Yesterday at 03:34
A pending war with Iran has a lot to do with US unholy imperialism as well as the US’s unhealthy (INSANE) codependency with the leadership of Israel.

31 December 2011
Obama signs Iran sanctions bill
BBC News 31/12/2011 at 21:03
President Obama signs into law a defence bill including tough new US sanctions against Iran, while expressing concerns about other provisions.

Ron Paul’s Anti-Progressive Agenda
The Greanville Post 31/12/2011 at 16:59
by Stephen Lendman
Compared to a rogue’s gallery of Republican aspirants, supporters claim Paul looks good by comparison. Look again and think carefully about America in his hands.

Crackpot Anti-Islam Activists, “Serial Fabricators,” and the Tale of Iran and 9/11
Dissident Voice 31/12/2011 at 16:00
Behind a mysterious December 22 Associated Press story about “finding of fact” by a District judge in Manhattan Friday that Iran assisted al Qaeda in the planning of the 9/11 attacks is a tapestry of recycled fabrications and distortions of fact from a bizarre cast of characters.

Keeping Iran from Saying Yes
Consortiumnews.com 31/12/2011 at 15:57
The current U.S.-Iran confrontation has the look of inevitably leading to war, much like the one-way ratcheting of pressure on Iraq a decade ago. Whatever concessions Iran is likely to make are almost certain not to satisfy the West, as ex-CIA official Paul R. Pillar writes. By Paul R. Pillar Imagine that you are a senior adviser to the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and have decided that sanctions and other pressures on Iran have accomplished exactly what they ostensibly are…

Cables Hold Clues to U.S.-Iran Mysteries
Consortiumnews.com 31/12/2011 at 15:48
From the Archive: As the West’s confrontation with Iran grows more dangerous – and major U.S. news outlets blame Iran – it may be worth recalling the documents that revealed how the U.S. and its allies showed bad faith in talks with Iran about its nuclear program, as Robert Parry reported in 2010. By Robert Parry (Originally published Nov. 29, 2010) Classified U.S. diplomatic cables from WikiLeaks show that the Obama administration, like its predecessors, has played a double game with Iran’s…

US threatens war in the Persian Gulf
World Socialist Web Site 31/12/2011 at 11:23
Having provoked Tehran with legislation for an oil embargo, the US is threatening Iran with military action if it retaliates by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz.