Iran, IAEA to resume nuclear talks: envoy11 May 2008Summary: TEHRAN (AFP) ? Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency will on Monday resume their latest round of talks on Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme, Iran’s envoy to the UN watchdog told the Fars news agency on Sunday. source: AFPread more
Pakistan warns against attack on Iran11 May 2008Summary: QureshiThe Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that a military attack on Iran would not be beneficial for the region. source: Press TVread more
US confession: Weapons were not made in Iran after all10 May 2008Summary: In a sharp reversal of its longstanding accusations against Iran arming militants in Iraq , the US military has made an unprecedented albeit quiet confession: the weapons they had recently found in Iraq were not made in Iran at all. source: CASMIIread more
A Secret Afghanistan Mission Prepares for War with Iran10 May 2008Summary: Those predicting war with Iran or some Bush-Cheney October surprise attack on Tehran are constantly looking for signs of military preparations: a B-52 bomber that mistakenly takes off from North Dakota with nuclear-armed cruise missiles; a second or third aircraft carrier entering the Persian Gulf; a B-1 crashing in Qatar. source: Washington Postread more
War With Iran Might Be Closer Than You Think10 May 2008Summary: There is considerable speculation and buzz in Washington today suggesting that the National Security Council has agreed in principle to proceed with plans to attack an Iranian al-Qods-run camp that the Bush administration says is used to train Iraqi militants. source: The American Conservativeread more
Das Tagesschau-Spektakel: Walter van Rossums Analyse der Medienwirklichkeit am Beispiel ARD9 May 2008Summary: “Die Tagesshow”Dass in den meisten ?unserer? Leitmedien stndig nach Strich und Faden verschleiert und gelogen wird, wei inzwischen fast jeder. Walter van Rossum liefert die Beweise. Er konstatiert: ?Die groe Mehrheit der Journalisten sieht ihre Aufgabe darin, die Gesellschaft vor den finsteren und komplexen Realitten zu beschtzen ? ?Humanitr? ist die zentrale Kriegsbegrndung des beginnenden 21. Jahrhunderts und seit der ?Befreiung? des Kosovo zum Paradigma geworden.? Selbst die tglich von Millionen gesehene Tagesschau ergeht sich zumeist in 15 Minuten Schwafelei und Nebenschlichkeiten. source: NRhZ-Online – Neue Rheinische Zeitungread more
America’s War on Journalists9 May 2008Summary: The Bush administration has engaged in assault, intimidation, and imprisonment to limit the ability of journalists to do their jobs. source: Alternetread more
Legitimising terror9 May 2008Summary: Rajavi SaddamThe People’s Mujahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI a.k.a MEK, MKO) is set to be taken off the UK terrorism blacklist. It’s a mistake – this is a violent, criminal group. The UK not only has legitimised the activities of a well-funded and merciless group whose members have slaughtered tens of thousands innocent Iraqi and Iranian civilians over the past three decades and whose leaders are just as criminal as Saddam Hussein, but it has also earned the contempt of tens of millions of Iranians and Iraqis for supp source: Guardianread more
IRAQ: The elusive Iranian weapons9 May 2008Summary: Weapons in KarbalaA plan to show some alleged Iranian-supplied explosives to journalists last week in Karbala and then destroy them was canceled after the United States realized none of them was from Iran. A U.S. military spokesman attributed the confusion to a misunderstanding that emerged after an Iraqi Army general in Karbala erroneously reported the items were of Iranian origin. source: LA Timesread more
Iran calls for legal action against NPT violators9 May 2008Summary: TEHRAN – Iran?s ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog, Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, has called for the implementation of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty which calls for total nuclear disarmament. source: Tehran Timesread more
Attack Iran? Jay should hold hearings9 May 2008Summary: This is sounding like an echo of the run-up to Iraq, when Bush and Cheney insisted that Iraq had horror weapons, was in bed with suicide fanatics, and made other false assertions that sucked America into the disastrous Iraq war. source: Charleston Gazetteread more
Iran ‘blames monarchists for mosque blast’9 May 2008Summary: Shiraz BombingTEHRAN (AFP) ? Iran on Thursday blamed a mosque explosion that killed 13 people in the southern city of Shiraz last month on Western-backed monarchists who oppose the Islamic republic, the Fars news agency reported. source: AFPread more
May 14: Chicago City Council Considers Resolution Opposing War on Iran9 May 2008Summary: Leading Experts to Testify Against Military Action as Tensions Rise. At the Chicago City Council meeting on Wednesday, May 14 at 10:00 AM in the City Council chambers, the body will vote on a resolution introduced by Alderman Joe Moore (with the support of Chicago’s No War on Iran Coalition) that would declare the city opposed to a U.S. military attack on Iran. source: No War on Iran Coalitionread more
The Iran Consensus Grows More Dangerous9 May 2008Summary: nuclear attackAs I’ve noted, the three candidates share a consensus, backed by the national security community, that Iran is the new strategic threat. It is radical, anti-American, anti-Israel, terrorist-supporting, nuclear-armed and provocative. But just because this is the consensus view does not mean it is right. source: Washington Postread more
Iran resolution goes to Evanston City Council8 May 2008Summary: EvanstonEvanston and North Shore peace groups have gained the backing of an Evanston City Council committee in support of a resolution opposing U.S. military intervention or use of force in Iran. Members of the council’s Human Services Committee voted 3-1 Monday to recommend in favor of the resolution. The proposal now goes to the full council, which could vote on the matter as early as next week. The council is scheduled to meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. source: Pioneer Localread more
Jewish-Iranian lawmaker: Israel’s behavior is ‘anti-human’8 May 2008Summary: An Iranian Jewish leader on Wednesday said his community would not mark this week’s 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, which he accused of “killing innocent” Palestinians. source: Reutersread more
Iran offers nuclear deal but refuses to stop enrichment8 May 2008Summary: Iran said yesterday that it is to present the international community with a new package of proposals aimed at breaking the diplomatic deadlock over the country’s nuclear programme. source: The Guardianread more
IAEA chief sees ‘good progress’ in talks with Iran8 May 2008Summary: BRUSSELS (AFP) ? UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei Wednesday welcomed “good progress” in talks with Iran, noting that a team was in Tehran to discuss the country’s “alleged studies of weaponization.” source: AFPread more
Report: US convenes on Iran war scenario7 May 2008Summary: High-ranking US officials have reportedly held a special meeting to study options for a military strike against the Islamic Republic. source: Press TVread more
Media Disinformation: Iran’s Link to Iraqi Insurgents7 May 2008Summary: New York Times vs McClatchy:
Michael Gordon, the military writer for The New York Times who contributed several false stories about Iraqi WMD in the runup to the U.S. attack on Iraq in 2002, has written several articles in the past year about Iran?s alleged training of Iraqi insurgents—or supplying them with weapons to kill Americans. source: Editor & Publisherread more
Top U.S. officer says would prefer no war on Iran7 May 2008Summary: MullenJERUSALEM, May 5 (Reuters) – U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq would make it difficult to mount any attack on Iran, the Pentagon’s top officer said in remarks broadcast on Monday, adding that he would prefer to avoid a new regional war. source: Reutersread more
Investigate the Pentagon Pundit Program6 May 2008Summary: John KerryThe Pentagon now says that it has suspended this program, but we still don?t know what really happened. What was the extent of the program? Did the Pentagon leverage the financial interests of the analysts? And, especially, now that the Pentagon has announced this program has been suspended, what steps are being taken to make sure it never happens again? We know the life-or-death consequences of policy decisions in Iraq and Afghanistan—and we know that these policies should be debated and defended without secret programs designed to tailor the news for the Administration’s goals. source: dailykos.comread more
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