Iran
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The Iranian “Plot” by ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Even by the forgiving standards of American credulity, the supposed Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the US is spectacularly ludicrous. Why would Iran want to kill the Saudi envoy – the mild-mannered functionary, Adel al-Jubeir? Continue reading
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Crusader Blair’s Vision: Eternal War By Felicity Arbuthnot
Combing through Tony Blair’s statements over the years, this week of the tenth anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers, I had a feeling of deja vu. Continue reading
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Crusader Blair’s Vision: Eternal War By Felicity Arbuthnot
Combing through Tony Blair’s statements over the years, this week of the tenth anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers, I had a feeling of deja vu. Continue reading
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"Beachhead for an Attack on Iran": NATO is planning a Military Campaign against Syria
NATO is planning a military campaign against Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad with a long-reaching goal of preparing a beachhead for an attack on Iran, Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. Continue reading
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“Beachhead for an Attack on Iran”: NATO is planning a Military Campaign against Syria
NATO is planning a military campaign against Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad with a long-reaching goal of preparing a beachhead for an attack on Iran, Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks for 2 July 2011: Nato rules out military intervention in Syria
2 July 2011 — williambowles.info Clinton: Gadhafi’s Threats Will Not Stop NATO in Libya Voice of America Photo: AP US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says NATO will not let Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s threats deter its mission in the country. Clinton made the comments during a visit to Spain Saturday. Libya’s embattled leader threatened… Continue reading
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"No Shred of Evidence", Iran Building Nukes, Ex Head of IAEA Says By Sherwood Ross
The former Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a new published report that he had not seen “a shred of evidence” that Iran was “building nuclear-weapons facilities and using enriched materials.” Continue reading
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The Secret Wars of the Saudi-Israeli Alliance By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Tel Aviv, Washington and NATO are taking advantage of the upheavals in the Arab World. Not only are they fighting against the legitimate aspirations of the Arab people, they are manipulating the Arab geo-political landscape as part of their strategy to control Eurasia. Continue reading
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Revival of a Military Option: Israel’s Covert War Against Iran Is On By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
After talks in Istanbul between Iran and the West on its nuclear program broke down on January 22, the danger of revival of a military option looms large. It may not come in the form of a direct, conventional US and/or Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear installations, but rather in the guise of the warfare… Continue reading
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Revival of a Military Option: Israel's Covert War Against Iran Is On By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
After talks in Istanbul between Iran and the West on its nuclear program broke down on January 22, the danger of revival of a military option looms large. It may not come in the form of a direct, conventional US and/or Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear installations, but rather in the guise of the warfare… Continue reading
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The general vanishes By Yakov M. Rabkin
A few years ago, an Iranian general, Ali Reza Asgari, deputy minister of defence, vanished during a foreign trip. Rumours spread that he had defected or had been kidnapped by Israelis or Americans. At the end of 2010, the general once again appeared in the news. This time he was reportedly found dead in Israel. Continue reading
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Sex, Lies, Iran, Israel and WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks has given the mainstream media yet another opportunity to vilify Iran. A typical headline, from the New York Times was: “Around the world distress over Iran.” And, ironically, it is true, but not in the way the headline writer meant. Around the world there is distress over Iran, distress at the way it is… Continue reading
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Replay: Zbigniew Brzezinski on Iran
No, I wasn’t saying “opposing”. I was saying that we should not let them use our airspace without our permission, because no matter what, we would be held as complicit, and we will be paying the price for it. So our view is that this is not desirable; we should not allow our airspace to… Continue reading
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FAIR Action Alert: NYT’s Iran Missile Fizzle – Paper cites WikiLeaks cable, but omits doubts
A November 29 New York Times article alleging that Iran possesses powerful missiles with “the capacity to strike at capitals in Western Europe” appears to rest on incredibly shaky evidence–amounting to a German newspaper article that did not fully corroborate the U.S. claims the Times was touting Continue reading
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FAIR Action Alert: NYT's Iran Missile Fizzle – Paper cites WikiLeaks cable, but omits doubts
A November 29 New York Times article alleging that Iran possesses powerful missiles with “the capacity to strike at capitals in Western Europe” appears to rest on incredibly shaky evidence–amounting to a German newspaper article that did not fully corroborate the U.S. claims the Times was touting Continue reading
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Why Might a Saudi King Want the US to Attack Iran?
Mainstream media has been quick to highlight WikiLeaks’ cable reporting a statement from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia that the U.S. should attack Iran, because it is a danger to the region. Larry Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, gives The Real News a series of reasons why such… Continue reading
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The Mysterious “Laptop Documents”. Using Fake Intelligence to Justify a Pre-emptive Nuclear War on Iran By Michel Chossudovsky
Without Russian military aid, Iran is a “sitting duck”. Its air defence system depends on continued Russian military cooperation. These developments strike at the very heart of the structure of military alliances. They prevent Russia and China to sell both strategic and conventional weapons and military technology to their de facto ally: Iran. In fact,… Continue reading
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The Mysterious "Laptop Documents". Using Fake Intelligence to Justify a Pre-emptive Nuclear War on Iran By Michel Chossudovsky
Without Russian military aid, Iran is a “sitting duck”. Its air defence system depends on continued Russian military cooperation. These developments strike at the very heart of the structure of military alliances. They prevent Russia and China to sell both strategic and conventional weapons and military technology to their de facto ally: Iran. In fact,… Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: Washington's "Regime Change Hit List": Iran versus Honduras Part 1 by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson
It would be hard to find a better test of the integrity of the establishment U.S. media than in their comparative treatment of Iran and Honduras over the past couple of years (2009-2010). Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: Washington’s “Regime Change Hit List”: Iran versus Honduras Part 1 by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson
It would be hard to find a better test of the integrity of the establishment U.S. media than in their comparative treatment of Iran and Honduras over the past couple of years (2009-2010). Continue reading
