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Robert Fisk: The crimewave that shames the world

by RAINman on 08. Sep, 2010 in Newsletter Links

It’s one of the last great taboos: the murder of at least 20,000 women a year in the name of ‘honour’. Nor is the problem confined to the Middle East: the contagion is spreading rapidly
Independent     Tuesday, 7 September 2010
It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders – [...]

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New IAEA Report on Iran Says Little, Sparks Flurry of New Speculation

by RAINman on 08. Sep, 2010 in Newsletter Links

US Finds Report ‘Troubling’ as Iran Sees Vindication
by Jason Ditz,
Antiwar Forum  -    September 06, 2010
The IAEA’s latest report on Iran, leaked today to a number of media outlets, has sparked a wild array of stories and speculation, though it appears to say very little. CNN’s headline “IAEA: Iran still enriching uranium” perhaps says it all, [...]

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25,000 Jews live in Iran

by RAINman on 18. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

By Mike Whitney
Information Clearing House  - August 17, 2010
25,000 Jews live in Iran. It’s the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside of Israel. Iranian Jews are not persecuted or abused by the state, in fact, they are protected under Iran’s constitution. They are free to practice their religion and to vote in elections. They [...]

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The Weak Case for War with Iran

by RAINman on 16. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

Jeffrey Goldberg’s new article in the Atlantic is deeply reported — and deeply wrong about the Middle East. But it’s his misunderstanding of America that is most dangerous of all.

BY FLYNT LEVERETT, HILLARY MANN LEVERETT
FOREIGN POLICY  -  AUGUST 11, 2010
Amid widespread skepticism that sanctions will stop Tehran’s nuclear development and grudging, belated recognition that [...]

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U.S.-Saudi Arms Plan Grows to Record Size

by RAINman on 16. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

Addition of Apaches, Black Hawks Swells Deal to $60 Billion
By ADAM ENTOUS
The Wall street Journal  Reuters  - AUGUST 14, 2010
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration plans to include attack helicopters in an expanded arms package for Saudi Arabia, swelling the size of the proposed deal to as much as $60 billion over 10 years, according to officials familiar [...]

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How Would Iran Respond to US Attack?

by RAINman on 13. Aug, 2010 in Analysis

The Illusion of a ‘limited war’ against Iran

By Mahan Abedin
Guest editorial for Informed Comment
August 12, 2010 “Information Clearing House“ – The frank admission by Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and America’s highest ranking officer, that the U.S. has plans to attack Iran to prevent that country from acquiring nuclear [...]

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Lebanon defiant over US aid freeze

by RAINman on 13. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

Aljazeera -   August 12, 2010
The Lebanese defence minister has said that the country will refuse military assistance from the US should any aid come with conditions that weapons not be used against Israel.
The comments from Elias Murr were made on Wednesday, after it was revealed that $100 million in US military assistance to Lebanon had [...]

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Video: John Pilger — Change That’s Not: ‘Obama On Bush Route’

by RAINman on 13. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

John Pilger: Wikileaks Should Teach Journalists to Question ‘Official Statements’, US Foreign Policy

Recent sanctions against Iran are an attempt by the US to return the country to its sphere of influence, claims veteran journalist John Pilger. “Iran was a pillar of the American empire in the Middle East. That was swept away in 1979 by [...]

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US Outraged as Iran Offers to Replace Military Aid to Lebanon

by RAINman on 12. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

by Jason Ditz
Antiwar Forum  -  August 10, 2010
The US State Department has reacted with outrage today after the Iranian government offered to provide military aid to Lebanon to make up for what was lost when the US pulled all such aid yesterday.
Incredibly enough, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley suggested that Iran’s military aid would “compromise Lebanon’s [...]

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US gimps Saudi deal over Israeli concerns

by RAINman on 11. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

Brian Ennis
IMEMC, August 9, 2010
The US has agreed to sell Saudi Arabia fighter jets but without critical equipment over Israeli concerns of long-term Saudi intentions.
As the US was set to sell Saudi Arabia many new F-15 fighter jets, the country found itself renegotiating the terms of the deal due to Israeli questions of the deal.
According [...]

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New poll: angry at US, Arabs support an Iran nuclear bomb

by RAINman on 10. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

A majority of Arabs said it would be a positive development if the Iran nuclear program built a bomb – a first in the Arab Public Opinion Poll. Pollsters say it’s part of an anti-US Arab backlash.
By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer
The Christian Science Monitor  -  August 6, 2010
Washington – A new poll of Arab [...]

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Obama Warned Israel May Bomb Iran

by RAINman on 05. Aug, 2010 in Hard News

By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: War With Iran
Information Clearing House – August 04, 2010
We write to alert you to the likelihood that Israel will attack Iran as early as this month. This would likely lead to a wider war.
Israel’s leaders would calculate that once [...]

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