US ‘Support’ for Nuke-Free Mideast Comes With Strings by Jason Ditz Antiwar Forum - 30 May 2010 Already expressing its “regrets” for the call for a nuclear weapons-free Middle East as soon as they had signed it, more reports are emerging indicating that the Obama Administration’s official “support” for the idea is incredibly narrow and comes with [...]
Official: Obama Made Secret Pledges to Israel Over NPT
by RAINman on 01. Jun, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons
by RAINman on 25. May, 2010 in Hard News
Exclusive: Secret apartheid-era papers give first official evidence of Israeli nuclear weapons Chris McGreal in Washington The Guardian, Monday 24 May 2010 Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state’s possession of nuclear weapons.
US Intelligence admits Iran nuke document forged
by RAINman on 05. Jan, 2010 in General
Anti-Iran nuclear document shown to be fabricated by unknown foreign intelligence agency. By Gareth Porter – WASHINGTON Middle East Online 31 December 2009 US intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a “neutron initiator” [...]
‘Neocon-ing’ Obama
by RAINman on 23. Dec, 2009 in Analysis
Middle East Online – 22 December 2009 Over the past year, influential neocon columnists were bashing Obama for putting renewed pressure on Israel for a peace deal. The neocons have blunted any serious Obama pressure on Israel to accommodate the Palestinians in a Middle East peace accord. The neocons appear to be especially eager to [...]
GOP Senators: US, Not Israel, Should Attack Iran ‘If Necessary’
by RAINman on 07. Oct, 2009 in Videos NEW!!!
By David Edwards Raw Story — 5 October 2009 This video is from Fox’s Fox News Sunday, broadcast 4th Oct 2009. Two senior Republican senators say the United States, and not Israel, should attack Iran if military action becomes “necessary.”
Intelligence Agencies Say No New Nukes in Iran
by RAINman on 21. Sep, 2009 in General
By Mark Hosenball Newsweek 16 September 2009 Secret updates to White House challenge European and Israeli assessments. The U.S. intelligence community is reporting to the White House that Iran has not restarted its nuclear-weapons development program, two counterproliferation officials tell NEWSWEEK. U.S. agencies had previously said that Tehran halted the program in 2003.
CIA declassifies report on Israel’s nukes
by RAINman on 20. Jun, 2009 in General
The 1960 report defends Israel’s nuclear ambitions, offers guidance on handling today’s nuclear-hopefuls. By Walter Pincus Washington Post “We do not believe that Israel will embark on the development of nuclear weapons with the aim of actually starting a nuclear war,” reads the declassified 48-year-old CIA Special National Intelligence Estimate.
Living with 75 tons of depleted uranium in Gaza
by RAINman on 27. May, 2009 in General
Gaza is littered with the depleted uranium Israel uses to strengthen its warheads. Now there will be many children born with deformities and even more precious land beyond human habitation or farming.
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