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Zbigniew Brzezinski Calls Iraq War a Calamity
Monday, February 5th, 2007Letter from a U.S. citizen “addressed to the worldâ€
Thursday, January 18th, 2007WorkingForChange-War in October?
Friday, September 29th, 2006
WorkingForChange-War in October?
War in October?
Bush positions strike group in Gulf prior to midterm electionsIt’s an empirical fact that in modern America, two rhetorical devices must be used repeatedly by our president before we can invade another country. First, that country must be conflated with its leader, so that we are bombing one person, not, say, 70 million people. Second, that leader must be demonized. He must be Worse-Than-Hitler, an evildoer, a charter member of the Axis of Evil, a “devil,” if you will. That stench in the streets of whichever country we’ve targeted isn’t the smell of napalm in the morning. It’s sulfur.
YouTube – CNN Video – War With Iran Has Begun
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006US Israeli attack on Lebanon
Monday, August 21st, 2006Interview wih Wayne Madsen.
Why Lebanon? Why now?Another violent US/Israeli
power grab in the Middle EastPress the play button to start the video
Analysis by Wayne Madsen
Over 1,000 Lebanese, including many children, killed…35,000 homes and places of business destroyed… 1,000,000 forced to flee their homes…
400 miles of Lebanon’s roads ruined…150 bridges and interchanges destroyed…billions of dollars in infrastructure damage to manufacturing and transportation facilities
All because Hezbollah “kidnapped” two Israeli soldiers?
How can anyone but a child be expected to believe the goverment-media story?
يادداشت هاي شخصي اØمدي نژاد
Monday, August 21st, 2006Pretty cool with the arabic signs – heh?
Anyway this is Mahmood Ahmadinejad’s blog, and that’s cool too! I wish Bush would have a personal blog… ha ha.
I haven’t read much of it, I find all the references to god-stuff quite distracting, but I guess it has to be like that with Mahmood.
يادداشت هاي شخصي اØمدي نژاد
In His Name 2473/5/13
In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
Oh Almighty God, please, we beg you to send us our Guardian- who You have promised us- soon and appoint us as His close companions.
During the era that nobility was a prestige and living in a city was perfection, I was born in a poor family in a remote village of Garmsar-approximately 90 kilometer east of Tehran. I was born fifteen years after Iran was invaded by foreign forces- in August of 1940- and the time that another puppet, named mohammad Reza – the son of Reza Mirpange- was set as a monarch in Iran. Since the extinct shah -Mohammad Reza- was supposed to take and enter Iran into western civilization slavishly, so many schemes were implemented that Iran becomes another market for the western ceremonial goods without any progress in the scientific field. Our Islamic culture would not allow such an infestation, and this was an impediment in front of shah and his foreign masters’ way. Thus, they decided to make this noble and tenacious culture weak gradually that Iran be attached strongly to the west as far as its economy, politics, and culture was concern. After the implementation of this policy and the unreal and outward of upswing, the villagers began to rush to the cities. Upon the enforcement of the land reform, the status of the villages became worst than the past and villagers for earning some breadcrumbs, they were deceived by the dazzling look and the misleading features of the cities and became suburban and lived in ghettos.
Prof. Michel Chossudovsky War on Terror – The Pirate Bay
Friday, August 4th, 2006I found this very strong speech on the bittorrent server thepiratebay.org.
Chossudovsky in no uncertain terms states that
- USA has embarqued on global war
- Iran is the next major target
- The pretext ‘War on Terror’ is a fabrication
- The primary goal is control of oil ressources
- Israel will play an active role in bombing the middle east
- Nuclear weapons has been decategorized as conventional weapons
Prof. Michael Chossudovsky War on Terror – The Pirate Bay
Prof. Michael Chossudovsky War on Terror Speech given in Kuala Lumpur 2006
You can also download it right here from this server:
michael.chossudovsky-war.on.terror.wmv (384*288, 37.6 MB)
michael.chossudovsky-war.on.terror.m4v (320*240, 111 MB for iPod)
And/or watch it right here:
Western diplomacy supports Israel’s war of aggression
Thursday, July 20th, 2006See the Israeli attack on Lebanon in a broader context, with the American Agenda of Nuking Iran as the ultimate goal for the current strategy.
Western diplomacy supports Israel’s war of aggression
New Orleans Indymedia
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Alternate news site with many interesting posts, related to 9/11 and the middleeast crisis with Israel vs. Lebanon
newswire : NOLA Indymedia
A long list of posts:
Iranian quotes on Israel
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006Here’s a very ‘israelic’ site with quotes of various Iranian leaders, expressing more or less bluntly that they would like to see israel stuffed where the sun don’t shine.
An example:
“The foundation of the Islamic regime is opposition to Israel and the perpetual subject of Iran is the elimination of Israel from the region . Palestine is Islamic land that was conquered by an anti-Islamic enemy, and according to Islam, one must oppose the Zionist regime. The support for the Palestinians is a religious decree.”
‘Information’ som talerør for den amerikanske krigs-retorik
Monday, June 5th, 2006Dagbladet Information havde en leder, som jeg ikke var helt tilfreds med. Derfor skrev jeg en kommentar på deres webside:
Sig ja, Iran!
Tema: Iran: Bombemagt eller bombemål?[LEDER]
HOLD VEJRET! – som man siger på engelsk. Vær tålmodig! Intet er afgjort endnu. Trods skepsis og forståelig pessimisme kan man ikke komme udenom, at USA’s tilbud om at sætte sig ned og tale med Iran er et lyspunkt, der slår ned midt i en proces, som indtil nu syntes at accelerere mod en uafvendelig konflikt mellem de to lande. Nu er det lykkedes at få stoppet lavinen. Det giver unægtelig diplomatiet en chance for at tage over og holde USA og Iran fast på, at dialog er at foretrække frem for konfrontation.
SHAM US PROPOSAL TO IRAN EVOKES MEMORIES OF PAST SIMILAR ONES
Monday, June 5th, 2006“Israel must be wiped off the map”
Saturday, June 3rd, 2006So Ahmadinejad never said that “Israel must be wiped off the map”.
What he did say was:
“this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time“.
Get the explanation of how to interpret that in context:
Furthermore The West is portraying Ahmadinejad as being in power, while in fact, he is no more in power than His predecessor, Mohammad Khatami was.
Ultimate power lay with the conservative unelected supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
Why it’s over for America
Friday, June 2nd, 2006Why it’s over for America
This is an edited extract from Failed States by Noam Chomsky (Hamish Hamilton)
Endgame in Iran by Mike Whitney
Friday, June 2nd, 2006Endgame in Iran by Mike Whitney
US carrier groups are already moving to the Gulf and the finishing touches are being put on the battle plans. Lt General Sam Gardiner expects that an attack will come as early as June 2006.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thursday, June 1st, 2006The current obstacle about Iran’s alleged attempt to develop Nuclear weapons is hinged on the (Nuclear) Non proliferation Treaty NPT.
In order to better understand the discussion it is therefore instrumental to have at least a cursory understanding of this treaty.
Of greatest relevance is the so-called Third Pillar, which allows member-states – inalienably – the peaceful utilisation of Nuclear energy, including Uranium enrichment.
The stance of USA is problematic for two reasons:
- The treaty calls for disarmament, and USA is not disarmed – yet.
- The nuclear weapon states (NWS) should not induce a non-NWS to acquire NW, and the threat of using NW against a non-NWS is such inducement. USA has recently spoken of the posibility of preemptively attacking Iran with NW.
The treaty itself is problematic because it has never delivered an ethical argument as to why the original 5 NWS are entitled to have NW while no one else can have them.
Food for thought: The 5 NWS are also the 5 permanent members of the UN security council.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT or NNPT) is an international treaty, opened for signature on July 1, 1968 to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. 188 sovereign states are parties to the treaty, however, two (India and Pakistan) out of seven confirmed nuclear powers (i.e., those that have openly tested nuclear weapons), and one possible nuclear power (Israel) have not ratified the treaty. Another self-proclaimed nuclear power (North Korea) has withdrawn. The treaty was proposed by Ireland and Finland was the first to sign. In New York City, on May 11, 1995, the parties to the treaty decided by consensus to extend the treaty indefinitely and without conditions.The treaty is often summarized as having three pillars:
- nonproliferation
- disarmament
- the right to peacefully use nuclear technology.
Vladimir Putin and the rise of the petro-ruble
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006Here’s an article that gives a brief explanation of why the Dollar is crucially dependant on being thee global reserve currency, and exclusively used as petro-currency, ie: all oil-trades are in Dollars.
(Can’t say I fully understand this yet, but the fog is slowly clearing)
The article also claims that the Dollar will collapse when/if countries like Russia, Iran, Venezuela or even Norway goes off the Dollar for their oil-trades and uses alternatives like Euros or Rubles.
And of course, in the context of USA’s current threats against Iran, we are reminded that Iraq was invaded shortly after they converted from Dollars to Euros.
The article makes the prediction that as Russia goes further with it’s conversion idea, we will see the Western media start a smeer campaign aganist Putin, possibly using the same ‘Hitler’ card against him, as is used against ‘Ahmadi Nejad’ and Chavez… and ironically by radical lefties against Bush.
Vladimir Putin and the rise of the petro-ruble
Putin’s challenge to the dollar is the first salvo in a guerilla war that will end with the crash of the Dollar.
Putin proposes creation of ruble-denominated oil, gas exchange
Thursday, May 18th, 2006Putin proposes creation of ruble-denominated oil, gas exchange
When Iraq converted their oiltrade to Euros they were anihilated 6 months later by USA.
Now Iran Is planning to convert their oiltrade to the Euro.
And now also Russia seeking to get away from the Dollar.
Maybe this is the essential global dissent that we need in order to oppose USA.
Why don’t Europe itself also convert their oiltrade to the Euro???
Full Text : The President of Iran’s Letter To President Bush
Friday, May 12th, 2006World leaders suspect the Bush administration of involvement in the 911 attacks
Thursday, May 11th, 2006World leaders suspect the Bush administration of involvement in the 911 attacks
(WMR) — The first skeptics to question what role the Bush administration played in the 9-11 terrorist attacks were a few cabinet ministers in the governments of America’s NATO allies. They included German Science and Technology Minister Andreas Von Bulow and British Environment Minister Michael Meacher. They were joined by Belgian European Parliament Member Paul Lannoye.However, in recent months the former cabinet ministers have been joined in their skepticism about the “official” version of the 911 events by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad…
Brazil Officially Starts First Uranium Enrichment Facility
Thursday, May 11th, 2006Brazil Officially Starts First Uranium Enrichment Facility
Brazil has inaugurated its first uranium enrichment facility to produce the type of fuel for nuclear power plants that Iran is running into trouble for attempting to produce. There are strong suspicions that the objective of the Iranian nuclear program is to eventually build a bomb, but Brazil has managed to assure the international community its intentions are industrial and commercial, not military.
Prominent US Physicists Send Letter to President Bush
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006Prominent US Physicists Send Letter to President Bush
Thirteen of the nation’s most prominent physicists have written a letter to President Bush, calling U.S. plans to reportedly use nuclear weapons against Iran “gravely irresponsible” and warning that such action would have “disastrous consequences for the security of the United States and the world.”…
Peter Dale Scott: Poetry and Political Writings
Monday, May 8th, 2006Peter Dale Scott: Poetry and Political Writings
His prose books include The War Conspiracy (1972), The Assassinations: Dallas and Beyond (in collaboration, 1976), Crime and Cover-Up: The CIA, the Mafia, and the Dallas-Watergate Connection (1977), The Iran-Contra Connection (in collaboration, 1987), Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America (in collaboration, 1991, 1998), Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (1993, 1996), Deep Politics Two (from JFKLancer, 1995), and Drugs Oil and War (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, March 2003) Click here to read the Preface to this book. (I am often asked about the availability of my out-of-print War Conspiracy; the five most relevant chapters are reprinted in this book.)
Peter Dale Scott on Al-Qaeda, 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, United States
The Untold Story of Israel’s Bomb
Thursday, May 4th, 2006Recently declassified documents shows that USA in 1969 accepted that Israel became a state with nuclear arms. The condition by the USA was that Israel kept it a secret.
The Untold Story of Israel’s Bomb
By Avner Cohen and William Burr
… With the aid of recently declassified documents , we now know that NSSM 40 was the Nixon administration’s effort to grapple with the policy implications of a nuclear-armed Israel…
President Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir,
meeting in the Oval Office (Source: National Archives and Records Administration)
Time to Dump the UN
Monday, May 1st, 2006PNAC Library & Resources
Friday, April 28th, 2006A site with a critical focus on PNAC.
PNAC Library & Resources :: Learn About The Project for the New American Century
This site is a collection of articles, publications and news stories about PNAC (Project for the New American Century), a Washington think tank whose members started pressing for the Iraq invasion long before 9/11.
Nynne-Bynne gør det igen.
Friday, April 28th, 2006Så har Nynne igen brugt DR Deadline som platform for utilsløret propaganda imod Iran.
Denne gang har hun dog sikret sig selskab af en ekspert, der giver kraftig medvind til hendes propaganda, i modsætning til sidst, hvor en militær-mand sågar var lige ved at tage gassen ud af hendes propagande-ballon.
Nynne viser et klip hvor Irans præsident fastlår Irans ret til at have ATOM-KRAFT. Herefter går Nynne videre til at hævde at han lige har sagt at Iran vil have ATOM-VÅBEN…. !
Det var jo IKKE det manden sagde Nynne!
Nynnes medbragte ekspert kører videre ud af samme spor, og ingen af dem hæfter sig ved en sondring imellem civil og militær anvendelse af ATOMKRAFT.
Derefter ser vi hvad FN synes om sagen, repræsenteret ved JOHN BOLTON!
Hvor er FN’s general-sekretær lige blevet af???
John Bolton repræsenterer IKKE FN, han repræsenterer USA, og han er neokonservativ medunderskriver af nogle af PNAC’s mest kendte dokumenter hvori PNAC beskriver hvorledes de mener at USA skal kontrollere hele verden ved hjælp af kraftigt oprustet militær aggression.
Fedt nok – klart! Lad os høre hvad HAN mener om Iran, så er vi rigtignok blevet seriøst informeret i det intelektuelle parnas; Deadline.
Hvorfor ikke bare gøre Krarup og Langballe til faste studieværter, så ville der da være tonet rent flag… Spassere!!!
Jeg begynder at se et klart mønster: Hver gang Deadline skal have liret noget krigsopgejlende retorik af, så dukker Nynne-bynne op på skærmen.
Så snart jeg kan få downloadet dette afsnit af Deadline skal jeg lægge et udpluk her.
A member of the Project for the New American Century, Bolton was also one of the signers of the January 26, 1998 PNAC Letter sent to President Clinton urging him to remove Saddam Hussein from power using U.S. diplomatic, political and military power. The letter also stated “American policy cannot continue to be crippled by a misguided insistence on unanimity in the UN Security Council.” [44]
Foreign Policy: Fool Me Twice
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
I used to think that the Bush administration wasn’t seriously considering a military strike on Iran, because it would only accelerate Iran’s nuclear program. But what we’re seeing and hearing on Iran today seems awfully familiar. That may be because some U.S. officials have already decided they want to hit Iran hard…
the nuclear information project: the B61-11
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006This would be the bomb doing the honors when bitchslapping Iran:
the nuclear information project: the B61-11
U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran is years away from building nukes
Friday, April 21st, 2006Mainstream media take on Iran’s Nuclear status.
USATODAY.com – U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran is years away from building nukes
Stop Us Before We Kill Again!
Friday, April 21st, 2006An article from opednews.com by Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers
Describing the impending Iran crisis:
The essence of Bush&Co. strategy, from January 2001 to today, can be boiled down to this: We’ll continue doing whatever we want to do until someone stops us.
So, if you’re wondering whether the U.S. will back off from attacking Iran, or whether corporations will no longer be given the ability to dictate Administration environmental policy, or whether domestic spying on U.S. citizens will cease, or whether Scalia might recuse himself on cases he’s already pre-judged — if you still harbor any or all of those illusions, forget about it…
THE IRAN PLANS by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Friday, April 21st, 2006The New Yorker: PRINTABLES
THE IRAN PLANS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?
Issue of 2006-04-17
Posted 2006-04-08
… One former defense official, who still deals with sensitive issues for the Bush Administration, told me that the military planning was premised on a belief that “a sustained bombing campaign in Iran will humiliate the religious leadership and lead the public to rise up and overthrow the government.” He added, “I was shocked when I heard it, and asked myself, ‘What are they smoking?’ ”…