The Washington Note
Zbigniew Brzezinski Calls Iraq War a Historic, Strategic and Moral Calamity & Says Stop the Trappings of Colonial Tutelage

Letter from a U.S. citizen “addressed to the world”

WorkingForChange-War in October?

War in October?
Bush positions strike group in Gulf prior to midterm elections

It’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

Interview wih Wayne Madsen.

US Israeli attack on Lebanon

Why Lebanon? Why now?Another violent US/Israeli
power grab in the Middle East

Press 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?

Pretty 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 احمدي 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.

I 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:

Play Windows Media version

See 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

Alternate 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:

(The Daily DrEd can also be found online at:
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/)
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Upside Down Flag turns Free Speech Upside Down
“The statute under which Mr. Roe is being prosecuted,” Wilson tells
me, “bans just about everything we do with flags these days: flag
patches on clothing, bumper stickers, use in advertisements, and so
forth. Amid all of this ‘flag speech,’ Mr. Roe’s display was singled
out for prosecution simply because he chose to criticize the police
and how laws are enforced in his community. That’s how it always
goes: Flag desecration prosecutions are only used for political
persecution.
http://www.alternet.org/story/38883/
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Minneta’s resignation: An Amazing Coincidence?
It all began on the evening of June 22, 2006, when “Hannity &
Colmes” (on the FOX/RNC Channel) had a guest on by the name of Dr.
James H. Fetzer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfqYBQYYD1g&mode=related&search=
Minetta’s testimony before the 9/11 Commission. Minetta said he had
encountered Vice President Cheney in a bunker in Washington, DC, at
9:20 AM, on the day of the attacks [forty-three minutes earlier than
Cheney said he had arrived]. Every few seconds a young man would
come into the room and say, ‘Sir, it’s 50 miles out. Sir, it’s 40
miles out. Sir, it’s 30 miles out,’ and so on. Finally the young man
asked the Vice President, ‘Sir, do the orders still stand?’ Cheney
replied gruffly, ‘Of course, the orders still stand. Have you heard
anything to the contrary?’
http://www.jimmarrs.com/
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The Return of the Draft
Uncle Sam wants you. He needs you. He’ll bribe you to sign up. He’ll
strong-arm you to re-enlist. And if that’s not enough, he’s got a
plan to draft you.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6862691/the_return_of_the_
draft/
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Kevin Barrett needs someone to take the position of the 911
Commission Report for debate.
We are going to have a local debate on 9/11 even if we have to
debate an empty chair. Truth TV, a new 9/11 truth show Thursday
night show (11 p.m.) on Madison’s WYOU-TV, cable channel 4, has
agreed to provide a venue. (Other local and national media outlets
are also welcome to invite us to use their facilities and to
broadcast the debate!) We will be announcing a date for upcoming
9/11 debates. Jim Fetzer and/or Kevin Barrett will argue against the
9/11 Commission Report. We will choose the most qualified person we
can find to defend the official story. If nobody is willing to step
forward, we will debate an empty chair, thereby proving that the pro-
9/11 Commission case is so weak that none dare defend it.
http://mujca.com/uwteachingsupporters.htm
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Wayne Madsen on Kevin Barrett responds to Bill O’Reilly’s Nazi-like
attack:
It has come to my attention that one of your announcers, Bill
O’Reilly, has stated on national television that he would like to
see me murdered and thrown into Boston Harbor. Since I get so many
email death threats I can’t keep track of them (among the 10% of my
9/11-related emails that are negative) this is a pretty inflammatory
thing to say. If anything were to happen to me, Fox News would find
itself facing the mother of all lawsuits, and my family might very
well end up in control of the Murdoch fortune. You may wish to
consider urging your friends in the White House to offer me Secret
Service protection.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
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No Drought Required For Federal Drought Aid – Hurriedly drafted by
the Bush administration in 2002 and expanded by Congress the
following year, the relief plan rapidly became an expensive part of
the government’s sprawling system of entitlements for farmers, which
topped $25 billion last year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071701237_pf.html
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UN warns over Afghanistan drought – The United Nations in
Afghanistan says that millions are facing hunger this year because
of drought and that it does not have the resources to help.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5189052.stm
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CNN prepares Israeli false flag war provocation vs. Americans in
Lebanon
The escalating Israeli assault on Lebanon clearly represents a
conscious bid to provoke a general war in the Middle East. The
captured Israeli soldiers are only the pretext for the present
massive military operations.
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/180706CNN.htm
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Bush: Iran May Be Behind Crisis (Like Iraqi WMD)
President George W. Bush believes suspicions of Iran’s involvement
in the escalating Middle East violence are legitimate, he tells
Newsweek in an exclusive interview. “There’s a lot of people who
believe that the Iranians are trying to exert more and more
influence over the entire region and the use of Hizbullah is to
create more and more chaos to advance their strategy,” says Bush in
Newsweek’s July 24 cover story “Meltdown” (on newsstands Monday,
July 17).
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/180706Iran.htm
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I Know I Won’t Fight . . . But How Do I Prove it?
CCCO receives calls asking this question at least once a week. The
answer is a definite yes and no. Even though the registration card
has no official space for it, you can still put yourself on record
as a conscientious objector. Write on the bottom of the registration
card, I am a conscientious objector. Photocopy the actual card a few
times; place one of the copies in a sealed envelope before mailing
the card to Selective Service; then mail the copy to yourself on the
same day that you register. Since the actual card is destroyed after
processing, your sealed, postmarked envelope is the only existing
record of your notice to the Selective Service.
http://www.objector.org/conscription/prove.html
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Taliban forces take control of two towns in Afghanistan: report
Taliban forces have taken over two towns in the southern part of the
country, local media reported. Scores of Taliban fighters on Sunday
entered the southern Helmand town of Garmser, forcing a small
security force to flee and then taking control of the area, the
report said, quoting a local official.
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/18/eng20060718_284174.html
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Train bombers ‘funded by British businessmen’ –Manmohan Singh, the
Indian Prime Minister, raised the terror link with Tony Blair at the
G8 summit in St Petersburg yesterday, reminding him that India
handed over a detailed dossier three years ago identifying 14 men
living in Britain and was assured the suspects would be
investigated.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2273287,00.html
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Stop Specter’s Surveillance Bill!
EFF’s lawsuit against AT&T aims to expose and stop its collaboration
with the NSA’s massive spying program. But the White House and
Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) have reportedly come to a sham
compromise that would sweep this illegal activity and any further
government surveillance under the rug, shuffling legal challenges
out of the traditional court system and into the shadowy FISA
courts. Tell Congress to reject this proposal and let cases like
EFF’s have a fair hearing in court.
https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?
JServSessionIdr004=xs8mjm8zt3.app13b&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2
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The Real Agenda
It is only now, nearly five years after Sept. 11, that the full
picture of the Bush administration’s response to the terror attacks
is becoming clear. Much of it, we can see now, had far less to do
with fighting Osama bin Laden than with expanding presidential power.
Over and over again, the same pattern emerges: Given a choice
between following the rules or carving out some unprecedented
executive power, the White House always shrugged off the legal
constraints. Even when the only challenge was to get required
approval from an ever-cooperative Congress, the president and his
staff preferred to go it alone. While no one questions the
determination of the White House to fight terrorism, the methods
this administration has used to do it have been shaped by another,
perverse determination: never to consult, never to ask and always to
fight against any constraint on the executive branch.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071606D.shtml
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Former Ambassador Leo Wanta Getting 1.2 Trillion Of Stolen U.S.
Funds Back To Treasury
Despite the Bush and Clinton crime families efforts to rip-off the
country of more than 27.5 trillion, Wanta has recovered more than
1.2 trillion. He further thanked the Arctic Beacon for being one of
the only news outlets to believe his story as the mainstream media
remains hush-hush.
http://www.arcticbeacon.com/
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Lebanon civilian deaths morally not same as terror victims — Bolton
US Ambassador John Bolton said there was no moral equivalence
between the civilian casualties from the Israeli raids in Lebanon
and those killed in Israel from “malicious terrorist acts”.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14035.htm
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Leviathan run amok
The perception in the Arab street – as well as for most of the
world’s 1.4 billion Muslims – has been reinforced: the US/Israel
axis seems to hold a license to kill Arabs with impunity.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14045.htm
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“The Insane Brutality of the State of Israel” Atrocities in the
Promised Land
It needs to be said now, loudly: those who devise and carry out
Israeli policies have made Israel into a monster, and it has come
time for all of us — all Israelis, all Jews who allow Israel to
speak for them, all Americans who do nothing to end U.S. support for
Israel and its murderous policies — to recognize that we stain
ourselves morally by continuing to sit by while Israel carries out
its atrocities against the Palestinians.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14042.htm
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Fmr. Director of the CIA calls for U.S. attack on Syria
“I think the last thing we want to do now is to start talking about
ceasefires”
Click here to watch 2 Minute Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14041.htm
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One Giant Gaza Strip from the Caspian to the Red Sea
Israel’s rationale is merely an apology for state terrorism and it’s
utterly meaningless in respect to the enormous damage they’ve
caused.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14036.htm
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Israel’s path to total war
Despite dire warnings by certain US politicians, such as Senator
John Warner, the Bush administration has failed to call on Israel to
halt its offensive, opting instead to focus on Syria and Iran -
reminding one of the Vietnam War when Moscow or Peking (Beijing)
were often blamed for the efforts of the North Vietnamese.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14038.htm
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Nearly 6,000 Iraqi Civilians Killed In May, June as U.S. occupation
continues:
The report by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, which was released
today, said most of the victims were killed in Baghdad.
http://tinyurl.com/oa7ry
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World Health Organization: Lebanese Residents Displaced by Israeli
Bombardment Expected to Top 900,000:
We go to Beirut to get a report from Pulitzer prize-winning reporter
Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/18/1442244
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Blaming The Victim In Gaza:
Few readers will be aware that on June 24, the day before
the “kidnapping”, Israeli commandos had entered the Gaza Strip and
captured two Palestinians claimed by Israel to be members of Hamas.
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/06/060710_blaming_the_victim.php
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Middle East Violence: Neocons’ Fantasy:
The champions of American global empire are using the latest upsurge
of violence in the Middle East to give new life to their discredited
plan to extend the war in Iraq to Syria and Iran. The neo-con Weekly
Standard has taken the lead in its July 24th cover issue,
proclaiming that the current violence is “Iran’s Proxy War” against
the West.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/39048/
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Blair: Iran and Syria must stop Middle East crisis :
“Hizbullah is supported by Iran and Syria, by the former in weapons,
weapons incidentally very similar if not identical to those used
against British troops in Basra, [and] by the latter in many
different ways and by both financially,” he told MPs.
http://tinyurl.com/qeqy2
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Hizbollah says ready to attack US, Israel: (We are Safer)
If America wants to ignite World War Three … we welcome it,” he
said.
http://tinyurl.com/qrz9l
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Israel in its best position to mount air strike on Iran :
Israel is in the best position militarily in its history to mount
air strikes against Iran, after a decade of buying U.S.-produced
long-range aircraft, penetrating bombs and aerial refueling tankers.
http://tinyurl.com/proyo
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Lebanon exposes Mossad network:
Lebanese authorities have broken up an Israeli spy ring whose
members have claimed responsibility for a string of killings of
leading Hezbollah and Palestinian militants since 1999.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19494999-
601,00.html
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Taliban seize control of two towns in chaotic province:
A local official said Taliban forces were now “moving freely”
around the Garmser and the surrounding district.
http://tinyurl.com/s3vfo
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A telling insight into the one-sided relationship with Bush :
The live microphone exchanges captured yesterday between George Bush
and Tony Blair offer a snapshot between an articulate but ultimately
subordinate Prime Minister and the verbally stumbling President.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14046.htm
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Terror survey has frightening outlook:
Some 84 percent of the analysts disagreed with President George W.
Bush’s assessment that the United States was winning the war on
terror.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14049.htm
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U.S. is called unhelpful in probe of abduction:
Germany said Sunday that the U.S. has refused to help probe the
alleged CIA abduction of a German citizen.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060717/5067354.asp
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Gonzales: Bush blocked eavesdropping probe:
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that President Bush
personally blocked Justice Department lawyers from pursuing an
internal probe of the warrantless eavesdropping program that
monitors Americans’ international calls and e-mails when terrorism
is suspected.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060718/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/eavesdropping_g
onzales
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The Definition of Tyranny :
Congress is dithering and the American public doesn’t even seem
particularly concerned as the administration of George W. Bush
systematically trashes such fundamental American values as justice,
due process, respect for human rights and submission to the rule of
law.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14047.htm
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Chossudovsky interview: “Al-Qaeda Is a U.S.-sponsored Intelligence
Asset”
Michel Chossudovsky, author of the international bestseller
America’s War on Terrorism, personally graced the jam-packed local
launch of his latest book held at the Asian Center at the University
of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City last June 24. During the
launch, he gave a lecture about the imminent danger of a U.S.-made
nuclear catastrophe amid the Bush administration’s preparations for
war with Iran. Joel Garduce of Center for Anti-Imperialist Studies
(CAIS) caught up with the director of the Centre for Research in
Globalization (CRG) during his short weekend stay in the Philippines
and conducted the following interview.
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/8172.php
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Secret US plot to crush Hezbollah 18 Jul 2006 The Bush
Administration, while concerned about the survival of Lebanon’s
fragile democratic government, basically supports the Israeli action
and sees it as an opportunity to cripple Hezbollah, which the
Administration is convinced is controlled, financed and equipped by
Syria and Iran.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/secret-us-plot-to-crush-
hezbollah/2006/07/17/1152988472058.html
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1,100 Big Dig bolts ‘unreliable’ –Death prompts tests, concerns. 17
Jul 2006 Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Monday that tests show
more than 1,100 bolt assemblies that used epoxy and more than 300
other areas in a Big Dig connector tunnel where the ceiling
collapsed are unreliable.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-07-17-big-dig-papers_x.htm
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Tejano Anarchist Released Following 7 Year Sentence
On June 18th 1999 Rob attended a reclaim the streets demonstration
in Eugene Oregon as part of the J18 global day of action against the
G8 meeting in Koln Germany. The protest ends with 15 people arrested
including Rob, who is charged and convicted for throwing a
projectile at the police.
http://www.roblosricos.net/combat.htm
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Halliburton’s Fleecing Ends — Or Does It?:
Two sets of hearings by Representative Henry Waxman and Senator
Byron Dorgan, using the Pentagon’s own information, exposed
Halliburton’s deceitful billing practices: charging for twice as
many employees as actually hired and always choosing the most
expensive vendor. Instead of paying 80 cents a pound for bacon,
Halliburton paid $6. Instead of $450,000 for ice, Halliburton paid
$3.4 million, blaming transportation costs. Where did it come from,
Alaska?
Letting Halliburton continue, much less bid on government logistics
contracts again, sends a terrible message. It says, If I catch you
bilking the government, I’ll suggest you knock it off. But I’ll
still pay you, and require only that you compete for the opportunity
to do so again — and likely win because of experience gained from
three years on the job, more information than anyone but the Army
itself, and an infrastructure already in place.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=20601039&refer=columnist_carlson&sid=aWq.XoaVqS4U
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Wayne Madsen on Election Voting Security – Georgia’s Democratic
primary is today. Already, problems with Diebold machines are being
reported from Georgia’s Fourth District, where Rep. Cynthia McKinney
is facing a primary challenge. This is reminiscent of 2002 when
McKinney was defeated in the primary because of documented election
fraud. WMR urges its readers in the Georgia Fourth to get out the
vote for McKinney and document any incidents of fraud or voter
intimidation, including that from police or people claiming to
be “state officials.”
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
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Wayne Madsen on the Press – While Israeli bombs and missiles
obliterate Lebanon and her people, the Washington Post’s Dana
Millbank, a favorite messenger boy for the Bush neocons, launched
his own attack against Lebanese-American White House Press Corps
Doyenne Helen Thomas, in a scathing review of her new book,
Watchdogs of Democracy: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It
Failed the Public. Thomas has been one of the few White House
correspondents to try to hold George W. Bush and his three lap dog
Press Secretaries accountable for their actions. Millbank does not
hide the fact that he detests Thomas and her politics in calling for
a more even-handed U.S. approach to the Middle East. Millbank is a
noted apologist for Israel and a key member of what has become known
as “The Lobby” in Washington. Millbank harangued former CIA officer
Ray McGovern, alleging he was anti-Semitic because he stated that
the U.S. attack on Iraq was partially carried out for the interests
of Israel. But that is Millbank’s job and what his Washington Post
masters expect him to do.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
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US wants new Iraq oil law so foreign firms can take part – The
United States urged Iraq to adopt a new hydrocarbon law that would
enable US and other foreign companies to invest in the war-torn
country’s oil sector.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060718/pl_afp/iraqusoil
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Forces Will Try to Retake Afghan Towns – U.S.-led forces will
launch “decisive operations” to reclaim two southern towns captured
in recent days by the Taliban, the military said Tuesday. Scores of
Taliban militants chased police out of the two towns near the
Pakistani border.
TVNL Comment: Did CNN or FOX report that two towns were taken by the
Taliban?
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AFGHANISTAN?
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Here’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.

Iran

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.”

Dagbladet 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?

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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.

Når fjender endelig beslutter, at det er i deres interesse at sætte sig ned og diskutere tilsyneladende uoverstigelige uoverensstemmelser, sker der ofte det forunderlige, at man fortsætter med at konversere – endda i lang tid – selv om man ikke kan nå til enighed. Ingen tør rejse sig og gå og smække med døren af frygt for, at det vil føre til krig og international fordømmelse. Denne dynamik accepterer præsident George W. Bush og hans udenrigsminister Condoleezza Rice eksplicit med deres tilbud om at forhandle med Iran i et multinationalt forum (bestående af Frankrig, Storbritannien og Tyskland med Rusland og Kina som bisiddere). Den politiske risiko er betydelig. Hvis præstestyret i Teheran siger ja, kan det blive svært at få sagen ført tilbage til Sikkerhedsrådet. Iranerne kan trække tiden ud med nølen og tovtrækkeri, mens de i det skjulte fortsætter atomprogrammet og udvikler kapacitet til at bygge en bombe. Et sådant facit ville ændre situationen fundamentalt. Med et atomvåben i hånden ville Iran ikke længere have behov for en amerikansk sikkerhedsgaranti.
DET ERMERE eller mindre, hvad der er sket i Nordkorea, som mistænkes for at have bygget et eller flere atomvåben under de seneste tre års forhandlinger i sekspartsgruppen, hvor USA sidder med. Forskellen er imidlertid, at Nordkoreas manøvrefrihed er strengt begrænset af dets store nabo – atommagten Kina. I Mellemøsten er Irans mægtigste nabo USA, der har 160.000 soldater i Irak og 24.000 soldater i Afghanistan og aftaler med en stribe arabiske lande om adgang til militære faciliteter samt en flåde liggende i Middelhavet og Den Persiske Golf. Den eneste regionale magt i Mellemøsten, som stritter imod amerikansk militært herredømme, er Iran. Derfor er regimets trodsige politik over for USA og EU3-landene så populær blandt masserne i regionen og hinsides. Derfor er det så vigtigt for USA og dets partnere at dæmme op for Irans voksende indflydelse under den anti-israelske islamistiske præsident Mahmoud Ahmadinejads ledelse og for alt i verden afværge, at iranerne rekvirerer et atomvåben.

SETIDETPERSPEKTIV er USA’s og EU3-gruppens krav om, at Iran skal indstille uranberigelsen som betingelse for at genstarte forhandlingerne, forståelig. Der er forskel mellem at indstille og stoppe eksperimenterne med centrifugerne i den iranske by Natanz. En indstilling kan ikke være ensbetydende med en opgivelse af Irans “naturret” til at berige uran til udvikling af atomenergi. Det hævdede udenrigsminister Manouchehr Mottaki torsdag og vicesikkerhedsrådgiver Javad Vaeidi i går i The New York Times. Men det er ren og skær nonsens. Det var ikke noget problem for Iran at indstille forsøgene under de halvanden år lange og resultatløse forhandlinger med EU3-landene. Hvorfor skulle det være det nu, da iranerne har opnået, hvad de ville – nemlig at få USA tvunget ud af busken og direkte til forhandlingsbordet? Hvis Iran trods denne modsigelse stolt holder fast på sin “naturret” og afviser at indstille forsøgene, kan man roligt antage, at regimet vil miste meget af den goodwill, det har opbygget rundt omkring i verden for sin opsætsige linje over for Bush-regeringen. Regimet vil også have et forklaringsproblem internt, hvis og når en så obsternasig holdning fører til sanktioner i FN-regi og mulig nød i befolkningen.

NÅRDETERSAGT, bør det tilføjes, at amerikanerne ikke ligefrem har gjort det let for Iran at indstille berigelsesprocessen og komme til forhandlingsbordet. Rice brugte en unødvendigt hårdkogt og kompromisløs retorik under sit pressemøde onsdag og i tv-interview efter mødet med sine kolleger i Wien torsdag. Man fristes nærmest til at mistænke hendes regering for inderst inde at håbe på et iransk nej. Det ville glæde Cheney, Rumsfeld og nykonservative i og uden for Bush-regeringen vældigt, fordi man så håber at gå styrket tilbage til Sikkerhedsrådet med krav om international isolation af Iran og indførelse af sanktioner. Udenrigsministeren har på forhånd gjort klart, at den pakke gulerødder, som Iran vil blive tilbudt, højst kan indeholde indrømmelser på det atomare område i form af forsyningssikkerhed til iranske atomreaktorer og formentlig et fornyet tilbud om medlemskab af WTO samt eksport af reservedele til iranske passagerfly. Men Irans uomgængelige krav er, at USA opgiver at undergrave præstestyret og garanterer at afstå fra et militært angreb. Ellers vil Iran ikke opgive deres spar es – atomprogrammet. Herudover vil Teheran også have ophævet amerikanske sanktioner. Det er spekulation, hvor langt USA vil strække sig. Men igen – hvis forhandlingerne starter, kan de i kraft af en indre dynamik føre til uventede resultater. Det har man i hvert fald lov at håbe på. burchOg min kommentar:

‘Information’ som talerør for den amerikanske krigs-retorik AF Jakob Hede Madsen [05-06-2006]

Overordnet mener jeg at denne leder i alt for høj grad accepterer USA’s globale imperialisme.

1) Det er givetvist naivt at tro at USA’s seneste såkaldte forhandlings-udspil er andet end nøjagtig den samme type sminke USA brugte som optakt til krigen mod Irak, som vi alle ved var baseret på ikke bare een løgn, men et helt skiftende system af løgne: 911, WMD, Demokrati, borgerkrig, terrorisme. Olie!
Her er et link til en glimrende artikel som uddyber ovenstående:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_stephen__060602_sham_us_proposal_to_.htm

2) Denne leder forudsætter implicit at Irans atomprogram har det skjulte formål at føre til udviklingen af atomvåben. Det er da muligt at det er naivt at TRO at det ikke er meningen, men det er bare IKKE det Iranerne selv siger er formålet med deres fredelige ATOMKRAFT program, og IAEA har heller ikke fundet nogen indicier på at iranerne prøver på at snyde med deres atomprogram.
Så hvor helt præcist er argumentationen for at Iran er i gang med at udvikle ATOMVÅBEN?
Og jeg mener ikke den amerikanske administrations argumenter, jeg mener VIRKELIGE argumenter.

3) Ja, med atomvåben i hånden ville Iran ikke have brug for en amerikansk sikkerhedsgaranti, for USA overfalder kun forsvarsløse lande med vitale geostrategiske interesser for USA selv.
USA har allerede overfaldet to af Irans i forvejen totalt lemlæstede nabolande, og nu har USA vendt den samme retorik mod Iran – hvad skal de mon tro? Enten skaffer de sig Atomvåben ligesom Nordkorea, Pakistan, Indien eller Israel, eller også får de samme tur som Afghanistan og Irak.

4)Har forfatteren til denne leder egentlig sat sig ind i Ikke-sprednings-aftalen (NPT)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty
Den siger for det første helt eksplicit at stater der underskriver aftalen har en UMISTELIG ret til at have et fredeligt atomprogram, inklusive berigelse af uran. Derfor er USA’s krav om at Iran skal opgive deres uran-berigelse ikke i overensstemmelse med NPT, kravet er i modstrid med NPT.
Derfor er lederens sarkastiske reference til Irans “naturret” også ret usmagelig.
Desuden har et hav af andre lande et uranberigelsesprogram uden at USA af den grund angler til krig med dem. Eksempelvis Brasilien har for nylig startet deres uranberigelse under kontrol af IAEA. var der nogen her der havde hørt om det?
For det andet siger NPT at de lande der ifølge aftalen godt må have atomvåben ikke må tilskynde andre lande til at få atomvåben og ved at true Iran med atomvåben tilskynder USA lige præcis Iran til at skaffe sig atomvåben fordi atomvåben vil være det eneste realistiske forsvar mod at blive atombombet af USA.
For det tredje baserer aftalen sig på at de atomvåben-bærende magter skal nedruste og afskaffe deres atomvåben, og USA har i direkte modstrid med aftalen nyudviklet deres såkaldte bunker-buster ‘mini’ atombombe.
Det er altså USA og IKKE Iran der på flere punkter overskrider og forvrænger Ikke-sprednings-aftalen.

5) Det er desuden USA og IKKE Iran der har et kriminalregister fyldt med voldelige overfald på andre stater, og det er USA der allerede har atomvåben – mange! og det er USA der som det eneste land i verden allerede har brugt atomvåben. Og det er USA der helt aktuelt er i gang med at true med at bruge atomvåben – ikke til selvforsvar, og heller ikke i aggression mod at andet atomvåben-bærende land der kan forsvare sig, nej mod et forsvarsløst land uden atomvåben.
Ikke desto mindre er det det samme land, USA der med sin propaganda forsøger (med et vist held som denne leder beklageligvis indikerer) at få resten af verden til at tro på, at det altoverskyggende aktuelle problem er Irans hypotetiske mulighed for i løbet af en årrække at udvikle atomvåben i modstrid med deres erklærede intentioner.
Det er Iranere der er for “irrationelle” til at besidde atomvåben – ikke amerikanerne der er for voldelige?

6) Hvordan kan det være “obsternasigt” af Iran at nægte at gå til forhandlinger der forudsætter at de inden de sætter sig til forhandlingsbordet har måttet opgive deres ret til den uranberigelse som NPT erklærer som deres UMISTELIGE ret?

7) Afslutningsvis er det som om sløret er lige ved at løfte sig for lederen, når det nævnes at det i mistænkelig grad ser ud som om USA spiller så ‘hardball’ at den reelle intention bare er at give et tilbud som iranerne kun kan afslå, for at USA derefter kan udnytte dette spin til at trække den følgagtige vestlige presse med sig i en hetz mod Iran der har krigen som selve sit mål.
Nøjagtig som USA allerede har gjort det med Irak.

Vi ved nu at USA er i gang med en vanvittig imperialistisk ‘global’ krig under et bevist løgnagtigt dække af at være en krig mod terror, og vi kan se at de nu er i gang med nøjagtig den samme løgnagtige propaganda som optakt til krig mod Iran, som de brugte mod Irak.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13458.htm

9) USA lyver og myrder for øjnene af os, og ikke desto mindre skal jeg finde mig i at min såkaldt ‘progressive’ avis – “Information” medvirker til denne propaganda ved at give medløb til USA’s retorik og forvrængede verdensbillede.

Med antændt hilsen, Jakob Hede Madsen.

SHAM US PROPOSAL TO IRAN EVOKES MEMORIES OF PAST SIMILAR ONES

So 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:

Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Jonathan Steele: If Iran is ready to talk, the US must do so unconditionally

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
This is an edited extract from Failed States by Noam Chomsky (Hamish Hamilton)

Endgame 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.

The 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:

1. The treaty calls for disarmament, and USA is not disarmed – yet.
2. 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:

1. nonproliferation
2. disarmament
3. the right to peacefully use nuclear technology.