Tag: iran
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al-ciada discredits 9/11 truth & blames iran
from ap: Osama bin Laden’s chief deputy on Tuesday denied a theory that Israel carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for spreading the idea to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida’s strike against the U.S. The comments in a recording posted on an Islamic Web site reflected the increasing criticism by…
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Ahmadinejad’s bumbling 9/11 comments please neo-cons
from paul joseph watson: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s bumbling comments about 9/11, in which he crudely questioned the official story by referring to the death toll, play right into the establishment media and the Neo-Cons’ hands and give them an ample opportunity to debunk the entire truth movement – don’t think for a minute they…
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will petraeus testimony signal attack on iran?
from paul craig roberts: The London Telegraph reported that “British officials gave warning yesterday that America’s commander in Iraq will declare that Iran is waging war against the US-backed Baghdad government. A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran’s intervention in Iraq could set the stage for a US attack on Iranian militiary facilities,…
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global tensions: bombers, beijing, suez & subs
russian bombers fly close to US borderfrom afp: Russian bombers accompanied by Nato fighter jets have completed a patrol off the north west coast of the United States, the Russian air force said on Wednesday, Interfax reported. “NATO fighter jets accompanied the planes of long range aviation in the area of Alaska during the air…
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central command chief william fallon resigns
from danger room: Admiral William Fallon, commander of US Central Command, has turned in his resignation, and Defense Secretary Gates has accepted it. The press, previously hypnotized by the Spitzer scandal, is furiously spinning to find out more. But early speculation will almost certainly center around this interview with Esquire’s Tom Barnett, in which the…
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israel: mccain, livini, risen, cia & mossad
hawkish mccain to visit israelfrom press tv: US Republican presidential candidate John McCain is expected to visit Israel next week as part of a trip by US senators, report says. According to a Ma’ariv report Sunday, during his visit MaCain will meet Zionist prime minister Ehud Olmert, foreign minister Tzipi Livni and war minister Ehud…
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mccain turns to israel to woo gop
from press tv: GOP presidential frontrunner John McCain is reportedly trying to pledge allegiance to Israel in a bid to woo the Republican Party. Amid raising concerns about McCain connecting with the more conservative and religious right wing of the Republican Party, the Arizona senator is trying to show that he embraces the idea of…
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cable cut fever grips the web
from threat level: Are underseas telecom cable cuts the new IEDs? After two underwater cable cuts in the Middle East last week severely impacted countries from Dubai to India, alert netizens voiced suspicions that someone – most likely Al Qaeda – intentionally severed the cables for their own nefarious purposes, or that the U.S. cut…
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real id, tecsar, davos, the black pope & wal-mart
let the governors’ rebellion against real id begin!from no quarter: Montana governor Brian Schweitzer – who, by the way, speaks fluent Arabic from his years in Saudi Arabia as an irrigation developer – “declared independence Friday from federal identification rules [”Real ID”] and called on governors of 17 other states to join him in forcing…
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hormuz & tonkin: false flags then & now
pentagon backtracks on navy confrontation with iran, says threat may not have come from iraniansfrom thinkprogress: Earlier this week, the Pentagon said that three of its Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz had been harassed and provoked by Iranian speedboats. The Navy said it had felt so threatened that it was about to open…
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stakes is high with bush in the middle east
bush criticizes west bank settlementsfrom guardian: The US president, George Bush, today criticised the presence of unauthorised settlements in the West Bank in his first press conference inside Israel. Standing alongside the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, Bush was asked about the settlements. He said: “Outposts, yeah, they ought to go.” US ‘almost opened fire’…
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morrissey wants to perform in iran
from press tv: Controversial British singer Steven Patrick Morrissey has announced his intention to perform in Iran alongside a number of local artists. The 48-year-old vocalist is currently in negotiation with Iranian officials to appear at a concert in Iran during his Middle East tour in 2008. Morrissey’s management is awaiting a formal response from…
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hollywood to frame iran for lockerbie
from press tv: Hollywood and Israel join hands to blame Iran for masterminding the Lockerbie disaster in a new cinematic adaptation of the event. The film will be based on a book by Juval Aviv, the former Israeli secret agent and a top investigator for Pan American during the Lockerbie inquiry. According to the Scotland…
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iran dumps the dollar in oil deals
from press tv: Iran has completely stopped carrying out its oil deals in dollar following the OPEC proposal to trade crude in non-dollar currencies. “The dollar is no longer a reliable currency, considering its devaluation and the loss suffered by oil exporters,” said Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari. “Iran proposed in the last OPEC (Organization…