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OSC: Russia- Iran Alliance?
Image via Wikipedia Iranian Trump Card. Russia Can Take Control of Persian Gulf Vremya Novostey Friday, August 29, 2008 Document Type: OSC Translated Text The recognition of South Ossetia's and Abkha...
Iran Controls Muqtada al-Sadr
Image via Wikipedia The Associated Press Militant Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr plans to make a series of short visits to Iraq starting within weeks but has decided to make Iran his home base for y...
Strike on Iran still possible, U.S. tells Israel
Los Angeles TimesBush administration officials reassured Israel's defense minister this week that the United States has not abandoned all possibility of a military attack on Iran, despite widespread I...
Mediterranean Summit: Sarkozy Asks Assad to Mediate with Iran on Nuclear Issue
GlobalResearch.caSyrian President Bashar al-Assad said U.S. President George W. Bush was not interested in the Middle East peace process and as result he did not expect direct talks with Israel until ...
Strike on Iran nuclear sites under discussion again
What better way to distract a voting public from political and foreign policy failure and corruption than another war? McClatchy Washington Bureau Six months ago, after American intelligence agencie...
Top Israeli official: 'We will attack' Iran to halt nuclear program
On Deadline - USATODAY.com As Israel's prime minister returned from discussions at the White House, his deputy said in a newspaper interview that "we will attack" Iran if Tehran continues its nuclear...
Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials?
In a word, yes, several times. First Chalabi, the Iranian spy, working paradoxically with Israeli spies in AIPAC, manipulated the already inclined neocons in the Bush Administration, to lead the Iraq...
The Bush Terrorism? Strange Tale of Shiraz Explosion
The Bush Administration has been building a black operations network in Iran since before the Iraq war, now it has made the news. Informed Comment: Global Affairs ...it may be that the Iranian gove...
'Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term'
Jerusalem Post US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran in the upcoming months, before the end of his term, Army Radio quoted a senior official in Jerusalem as saying Tuesday. The official...
'Angry' Iran sharpens tone with Baghdad's leaders
Tri-City Herald When a group of Iraqi envoys headed to Iran recently, they were fully prepared for some tense moments. But they also hoped to come away with something to show for it: pledges of coope...
Arabs and the West Stands Mute While Lebanon is Hijacked by Hezbollah
As tough the talk has been against Iran by Doublethink Dubya, now when he has something to complain about, he is all but silent. Are the Neocons in Washington and Tel Aviv planning to sacrifice Lebano...
Joint Chiefs Preparing to Attack Iran
washingtonpost.com The nation's top military officer said today that the Pentagon is planning for "potential military courses of action" against Iran, criticizing what he called the Tehran government...
Clinton on Iran: If They Attack Israel, We Could 'Obliterate Them'
ABC News Clinton further displayed tough talk in an interview airing on "Good Morning America" Tuesday. ABC News' Chris Cuomo asked Clinton what she would do if Iran attacked Israel with nuclear weap...
FBI denies file exposing nuclear secrets theft
Hey, Murdock can't be all bad. His newspaper in London, often used as a disinformation leaker for US intelligence, has a real story today. Today, I got more information on Sibel Edmund than in any U...
Remaking the Middle East: The New Cold War
The Neocon dream is for the US to dominate the word. Dubya has damaged beyond repair attempts to influence Central Asia and the Middle East by persuasion and supporting human dignity. Zbigniew Brzezin...
Bush's Peace in Palestine: Israeli Rocket Attack
There is no coincident. Within hours of Bush's trip to the Middle East to push his "peace" process, Israel rockets and tanks attack Gaza. Bush's trip wasn't about peace, it was about preparations for ...
2,500 tons of Afghan drugs enter Iran yearly
Maybe this has always been part of the US policy for Iran. Perhaps this is one of the many ways the US has decided to attack Iran. The Daily Star Some 2,500 tons of narcotics enter Iran from neighbo...
Spinning up Iranian Nukes
Much is currently being made about the National Intelligence Estimate released this week about the risk of a nuclear Iran. The most important story, however, has to be dug out of several sources. De...