By Philip Giraldi — But in spite of their certain knowledge of the fragility of the Iranian threat, both Obama and Netanyahu have unfortunately let themselves wallow in rhetoric that hypes the danger. If it sounds and smells exactly like the lead up to Iraq, it should. And, like the case of Iraq, the fearmongering does not end with the intemperate comments made by the two leaders. The US Congress with its proposed House Resolution 1553 is engaged in giving the green light for an Israeli attack on Iran, indicating in advance its support for such an action. HR 1553 comes on top of harsh sanctions approved in early July, measures that could lead to US Navy vessels attempting to board Iranian flagged merchant ships. Even tougher sanctions, steps that would almost certainly lead to war are endorsed by many legislators, particularly those who are regarded as close to Israel. Congressman Brad Sherman of California explains “Critics [of the sanctions] argued that these measures will hurt the Iranian people. Quite frankly, we need to do just that.” At least Congress shows consistency when it is knee jerking spasmodically to demonstrate support for Israel. Sherman’s view of Iranians is somewhat similar to his punishing the Gazans for voting for Hamas or pillorying the Turks for trying to send aid to the Palestinians. Or, not so long ago, sending the 500,000 Iraqi children to their deaths à la Madeleine Albright.
Spokesman Calls US Biggest Sponsor of Terrorism in Decades
FARS News Agency — Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast condemned the US for sponsoring and conducting terrorist operations across the globe while accusing other countries of state-sponsored terrorism under false pretexts. “Under such circumstances that instances of the US behavior show this country has been the biggest sponsor of terrorism during the last three decades, Washington projects the blame and levels void accusations against other countries in a bid to conceal its acts in this regard,” Mehman-Parast said on Monday.
False Flag Nuke Attack on U.S. Justified by “King’s Torah”
By Gordon Duff — The tools are in place. Israel is believed to possess two Hiroshima sized nuclear weapons, weapons that can be used freely because the media is ready to claim them to be “stolen” by Muslims if told to do so. The third weapon was exploded by North Korea with the media blackout leaving Israel as the only possible source for this weapon. No nation has the power to black out a leak like that one, not a leak that exposes Israel as a rogue arms dealer, first to apartheid South Africa, then Libya and both Iraq and Iran during their war and finally North Korea.
Preparing for World War III
by Michel Chossudovsky / Global Research — Humanity is at a dangerous crossroads. War preparations to attack Iran are in “an advanced state of readiness”. Hi tech weapons systems including nuclear warheads are fully deployed. This military adventure has been on the Pentagon’s drawing board since the mid-1990s. First Iraq, then Iran according to a declassified 1995 US Central Command document. Escalation is part of the military agenda. While Iran, is the next target together with Syria and Lebanon, this strategic military deployment also threatens North Korea, China and Russia.
Bomb Iran?
By Gareth Porter — What is important to understand about this campaign is that the aim of Gerecht and of the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is to support an attack by Israel so that the United States can be drawn into direct, full-scale war with Iran.
Repubs Plot Israel-Iran Apocalypse and the Collapse of the US Economy
By Juan Cole / www.juancole.com — The move is reminiscent of the 1998 letter the Project for a New American Century signatories sent to President Clinton, putting pressure on him to initiate war on Iraq. They did maneuver him into pulling out UN weapons inspectors and bombing Iraq. The US removal of the inspectors made the West blind as to the lack of Iraqi weapons programs, since their absence could no longer be certified. In turn, Iraq’s opaqueness as a result of the Clinton actions allowed the Bill Kristol crowd and the rest of the Israel, war industry and oil lobbies to propagandize America into the fruitless and ruinous Iraq War. Now they are repeating this pattern with regard to Iran.
What Would Happen to Oil Prices if Israel Were to Bomb Iranian Nuclear Facilities?
Veterans Today and Lorimer Wilson — There are basically two roads ahead for the Iranian nuclear crisis. 1. The chances that Iran will travel down the road to a diplomatic solution are growing slimmer by the day, and last year’s revelations about the secret enrichment plant underscore this point. 2. The second road, the one Iran is currently on, leads to higher oil prices — potentially much higher.
European Union Poised to Approve Yet More Iran Sanctions
By Jason Ditz — The sanctions will ban all investment in Iran’s oil and gas industry, as well as putting serious restrictions on banking, insurance, and transportaiton from the nation. The sanctions are in addition to previously announced EU sanctions, as well as the UN Security Council sanctions.
Amiri Told CIA Iran Has No Nuclear Bomb Program
By Gareth Porter / InterPress Service — Contrary to a news media narrative that Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has provided intelligence on covert Iranian nuclear weapons work, CIA sources familiar with the Amiri case say he told his CIA handlers that there is no such Iranian nuclear weapons programme, according to a former CIA officer. Philip Giraldi, a former CIA counterterrorism official, told IPS that his sources are CIA officials with direct knowledge of the entire Amiri operation.
The Unchallenged Power of the Israel Lobby
By James Abourezk / Counterpunch.org —”One wonders what to make of the American politicians who are very much like an echo chamber for Israel’s talking points concerning Iran. Do they realize that by being led around by the nose by Israel and its Lobby is very much against U.S. interests? Do they realize that even if Israel begins bombing Iran, the United States will pay the price?”
Heinonen Pushed Dubious Iran Nuclear Weapons Intel
By Gareth Porter —Olli Heinonen, the Finnish nuclear engineer who resigned Thursday after five years as deputy director for safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was the driving force in turning that agency into a mechanism to support U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran.
Times Of London Publishes Fabricated Iranian Nuke Document
By Gareth Porter: Philip Giraldi, who was a CIA counterterrorism official from 1976 to 1992, told IPS that intelligence sources say that the United States had nothing to do with forging the document, and that Israel is the primary suspect. The sources do not rule out a British role in the fabrication, however.
Guns of August in the Middle East?
By Conn Hallinan: The rhetoric is getting steamy, the weapons are moving into position, and it is beginning to feel like “The Guns of August” in the Middle East.
US, Israel Warships in Suez May Be Prelude to Faceoff with Iran
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu: Despite Egypt’s reported refusal to block the canal to Iranian boats, the clearance for the American-Israeli fleet may be a warning to Iran it may face military opposition if the Iranian Red Crescent ship continues on course to Gaza.
Phantom Iranian Ship sails for Gaza
By Mike Whitney: What we know is this; an Iranian ship sailing towards Gaza is headline news. And that’s doubly true since nine peacemakers were shot dead by Israeli commandos. We also know that Israel is looking for an incident that will vindicate its shooting-spree aboard the Mavi Marmara and prove that the humanitarian flotillas are part of an evil Iranian conspiracy to harm Israel.
Report: Israel to Deploy Nuclear Submarines Off Iran Coast
Dolphin, Tekuma, and Leviathan, all German-made Dolphin class submarines of the 7th navy Flotilla, have been reported as frequenting the Gulf in the past, however, according to the Sunday Times report, this new deployment is meant to ensure a permanent naval presence near the Iranian coastline.
Max Keiser and Gerald Celente: Economic Crisis, Fascism, and Iran – Press TV
Max Keiser: Max Keiser and Gerald Celente talk about the economic crisis, fascism, and tensions in middle east surrounding Israel and Iran.
Hilary Clinton Supports ‘Obliterating’ Iran off the Map
With the current new developments in the on-going process by the U.S. and other nations to slap more sanctions on Iran, even though there has been a break through in negotiations by Turkey and Brazil, this short video of an interview with Hilary Clinton is still very current and worth viewing. Who are the foolish and reckless?
Giving the Finger to Iran – Humiliating Turkey and Brazil
By Gary’s Choice: Take that, Tehran! But it turns out that this lifted middle finger was not limited to Iran. Only hours before Clinton’s announcement, the foreign minister of Turkey held his own press conference. Obviously unaware of what was about to happen, he described in some detail not only the tortuous negotiation process with Iran, but his perception that he was acting directly on behalf of the United States.
Turkey and Brazil Reach Deal with Iran on Nuclear Fuel Swap
Turkey and Brazil reached an agreement with Iran late Sunday on the procedure for a nuclear fuel swap, a deal which Western powers hope will end a stand-off over Iran’s nuclear program.
Fox News Rant: Iran Nukes Ready, Israel To Be Attacked By “Jack In The Box” Teen Terror Army
By Gordon Duff: Taken that Vallely works for Israeli owned and controlled Fox News, it can only be assumed that these false reports, nearly identical to those Vallely supported about Iraq, are meant to justify one thing, a nuclear attack on Iran by Israel. It is Vallely’s job to prepare the American people to let Israel get away with this, as Israel has gotten away with so much in the past. What is the definition of sedition?
Ahmadinejad: Clinton Enemy of Iran, President Obama Not
May 5, 2010 – George Stephanopoulos Interviews Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
NPT 101: Is Iran Violating the Nuclear Treaty?
By Scott Peterson: Is Iran violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Iran had ‘violated’ the treaty ahead of this week’s NPT Review Conference in New York. But the UN nuclear watchdog has never used that term. Who’s right?
Transcript of Ahmadinejad’s Speech At U.N. Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference
Those who exploded atomic bombs killed hundreds of thousands of people and leveled to the ground two cities, are regarded as the most hated human beings in the history. For over sixty years the Security Council and the United Nations have failed to build sustainable security feeling of security in the international relations. The current international circumstances seem to be far more critical than those of past decades.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Calls for States Who Use Nuclear Threats to be Punished (Full Speech)
Both the United States and Israel have suggested that they could use military force against Iranian nuclear facilities, which they suspect are part of a covert atomic weapons program. Iran denies pursuing atomic weapons and insists its nuclear ambitions are limited to peacefully generating electricity.
U.S. Nuclear Option on Iran Linked to Israeli Attack Threat
By Gareth Porter: The new nuclear option on Iran has emerged after a series of public statements over the past year by senior officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice-President Joe Biden, suggesting the administration would tolerate an Israeli option.
Both the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations had said the United States “reserves the right” to respond with nuclear weapons to the use of chemical and biological weapons in an attack on U.S. forces or its “friends” or “allies”.
An Act Of War – By Ron Paul
By Ron Paul: This legislation, whether the House or Senate version, will lead us to war on Iran. The sanctions in this bill, and the blockade of Iran necessary to fully enforce them, are in themselves acts of war according to international law. A vote for sanctions on Iran is a vote for war against Iran. I urge my colleagues in the strongest terms to turn back from this unnecessary and counterproductive march to war.
Nuking the Mullahs
By Philip Giraldi–Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is even worse than Netanyahu and is a symbol of the kleptocratic impulses that characterize the extreme right in Israel. He is a racist who has openly advocated executing Arab members of the Knesset and drowning Palestinian prisoners in the Dead Sea. At one time he called for bombing the Aswan dam to punish Egypt for supporting the Palestinians and he was behind a bill in the Knesset that would have required all Israeli citizens of Arab descent to swear loyalty to Israel as a Jewish state or face expulsion. That he is the Foreign Minister of a country that pretends to have western-style democratic political values is itself telling.
Neo-Con Bill Kristol Wants U.S. to Bomb Iran Now
(VIDEO) By David Edwards and Gavin Dahl–Raw Story — The Obama administration should be seriously considering a strike on Iran, according to neoconservative Fox News contributor Bill Kristol. An Israeli Deputy Defense Minister said last week that he expected Israel would have to attack Iran within a year. Kristol believes it would be better for [...]
Iranian Nuclear Scientist Defects to U.S.
An Iranian nuclear scientist who has been missing since June has defected to the United States and is helping the CIA, ABC news reported on
Tuesday. Citing unnamed sources briefed on the defection, the network said Shahram Amiri, a nuclear physicist in his early 30s, defected as part of a long-planned operation to get him to leave Iran and resettle in the United States.
Imagine Iran
Stop the senseless bombing and warring!!
Israel and Iran: Whose Calling the Bluff?
Israel has no limits to its arrogance, and as always, inflates its self-congratulating “significance”: “The preparations for war give Israel unprecedented international significance. U.S. President Barack Obama, who kept his distance at the beginning of his tenure, is now airlifting senior officials to ask Netanyahu to hold back.”
CIA Supporting Iranian Opposition Terrorist Groups
The leader of a Sunni terrorist group fighting against Shiites in Iran says his organization has close links with the CIA. The head of the Jundullah group was captured earlier this week in the south of the country. Abol-malik Rigi says he met the U.S. agents in Pakistan, who promised support for carrying out terrorist [...]
Media Lies that Iran Threatened to “Wipe Israel Off Map”
Any responsible person can conclude from the translation and speech context that Iran is not threatening Israel. Anyone who repeats the contrivance of threat from Iran to Israel is threatening peace. When the person repeating this war-threatening lie is a government official, the act becomes criminal violation of law.
Iran May be Working on Nuclear Warhead
The U.S. is still assuring Israel that its interests will be protected. The U.S. will go to unusual lengths to aid the rogue nation of Israel, even sending American kids in to fight Israel’s wars.
Iran says home-made stealth drone tested
February 7, 2010
Press TV
Iran has successfully tested the prototype of its first domestically-built stealth drone, a senior Air Force commander said Sunday.
U.S. Senator Lieberman: Impose Sanctions on Iran or attack it
February 7, 2010
Haaretz
“Top U.S. commanders are already working out how such a strike should be conducted, and although “no-one wants this to happen … unless we together act strongly and do more than talk that is exactly what will happen,” Lieberman said.
Iraq to Sue U.S., Britain Over Depleted Uranium Bombs
February 6, 2010
Tehran Times
Expect more and more of these lawsuits (Also Reparations). We are going to find out very quickly how expensive it is to continue the war paths that OUR government has talked us into, based all on LIES. The consequences of doing nothing, and being apathetic and complicit to the carnage and slaughter, are about to be realized in the U.S via the citizen’s pocketbooks. This is only one such pending lawsuit, others have been already filed.
Iran Caught in Middle of China, U.S. Tension
Kaveh L Afrasiabi-February 2, 2010 Haass’ endorsement of the “regime change” option, long promoted by neo-conservatives and hawks, misses the point that Iran has weathered the storm following last June’s disputed presidential elections that resulted in months of street protests and unrest.
US Raises Stakes on Iran by Sending in Ships and Missiles
Chris McGreal-February 2, 2010 American officials said the move is aimed at deterring an attack by Iran and reassuring Gulf states fearful that Tehran might react to sanctions by striking at US allies in the region. Washington is also seeking to discourage Israel from a strike against Iran by demonstrating that the US is prepared to contain any threat.
U.S. Using Iranian Executions for Propaganda
By Catalina Hanna: The facts behind the hanging of Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour are in regards to their involvement in the April 2008 Terrorist bombing in Shiraz. They were convicted of carrying out this attack that killed 13 civilians and wounded hundreds of others.
New Sanctions on Iran Approved by U.S. Senate
January 29, 2010 AFP The US Senate voted Thursday to slap tough new sanctions on Iran, targeting its thirst for gasoline imports in a bid to force Tehran to bow to global pressure to freeze its suspect nuclear program.
Muslim Women Scientists Conference Opens in Tehran
January 29, 2010 The first International Conference of Women Scientists from the Islamic World kicked off Wednesday at the venue of the Science Ministry.
Ayattolah Khamenei Says Israel Poses Threat to Muslim World
Tehran Times- January 27, 2010 “One day regional nations will definitely witness the destruction of the Zionist regime,” but the Muslim countries’ actions will determine when it happens, Ayatollah Khamenei said at a meeting with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
Iran and Latin America: Media Bias
Ramzy Baroud – Western media is indeed rife with all sorts of unfounded accusations, baseless speculations and superfluous insinuations. They evoke in the reader and viewer a dread and fear, based in this case on the doomsday scenario whereby fanatical Latin Americans and radical Muslims gang up on America, and ultimately Israel.
Iran Vows Revenge Over Professor’s Death
Associated Press Iranian officials have blamed an exiled opposition group, accusing it of acting on behalf of Israel and the U.S. Washington denied involvement. Israel did not comment. Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Monday promised revenge on “Zionists” but did not elaborate.
Iranian scientist assassinated as US steps up war threats
Bill Van Auken – Massoud Ali Mohammadi, one of Iran’s leading nuclear scientists, was assassinated in Tehran Tuesday, just two days after the top US military commander in the region announced that the Pentagon has drawn up plans to bomb Iranian nuclear sites.
Pro-Bombing Iran Is Anti-Israel
By M.J. Rosenberg — Imagine if an American politician declared that it was necessary for the security of the United States that we take an action that would result in missile onslaughts against our cities. Imagine the South Korean government – which has a truly crazed neighbor next door – proposing a solution to its security problems that would leave thousands of people in Seoul dead or dying. Imagine the Republic of Georgia deciding that the best way to defend against Russia is by bombing Moscow and then seeing what happens next.