Iran
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Israeli Occupation Archive has posted 5 new items: 31 May, 2010
* Sephora taken to court over products from Israeli brand Ahava * Israel stations nuclear missile subs off Iran * UK Ministers move to change universal jurisdiction law * Gideon Levy: Gaza flotilla drives Israel into a sea of stupidity * Zvi Barel: Absentee loyalty Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, May 30, 2010: Secret U.S. Overture to Iran in 1999 Broke Down Over Terrorism Allegations
Washington, DC, May 30, 2010 – A highly confidential U.S. overture to Iran in summer 1999 foundered because the intelligence community and FBI believed members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) had a role in the infamous Khobar Towers bombing of June 1996, and because U.S. officials overestimated the Iranian president’s ability to manage the sensitive… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 26 May, 2010: Obama Prepares Iran Attack / Rand Paul's Racism / Aiyanna Jones Murder
Iran Apocalypse Soon Thu, 05/27/2010 – 11:30 – Glen Ford by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Obama administration’s behavior toward Iran is eerily reminiscent of George Bush’s mobilization for war against Iraq in the half-year before the actual invasion. A recently leaked Pentagon directive and a host of other factors are “consistent with preparations… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 May, 2010: 154,000 Palestinians of Jerusalem Isolated From The City
154.000 Palestinians OF Jerusalem Isolated From The City / Israel Obstructs Entry Of Medicine, Medical Equipment To Gaza / House okays $200m in Israel arms aid / Israeli settlers attack old Palestinian woman and her grandson / Gaza Cancer Patient Dies Due to the Siege / Persecution of Palestinian citizens recalls S. Africa apartheid repression Continue reading
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Video: China responds to Iran deal
China views Iran uranium exchange plan as “a very positive step in the right direction”. Continue reading
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Strategic Culture Foundation online magazine latest publications from 2-8 May, 2010
2010-05-02 Rafe MAIR (Canada) As Tehran and Jerusalem Exchange Pleasantries “As we remember, in January 2013, the US invaded Canada to divert to themselves oil destined to go by pipeline from the Tar Sands to the BC coast thence to China. In the fall of this year you’ll also recall that Mexico, under a coalition… Continue reading
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It’s political, not personal – Hossam el-Hamalawy interviews Charles Glass
Hossam el-Hamalawy meets up with renowned journalist Charles Glass in Cairo Continue reading
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NATO summit: ‘Not rational enough’ By Eric Walberg
The two-day NATO foreign ministers meeting on 22-23 April focussed on the military alliance’s 21st century Strategic Concept and on the war in Afghanistan. Top on the agenda was putting paid to any notion that nuclear weapons might be removed from Europe; rather, they would be integrated into the Pentagon’s pan-European interceptor missile programme in… Continue reading