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June 1, 2008

Iranian Foreign Minister Calls On Muslims To 'Erase' Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called on the world's Muslims today to work to "erase" Israel, in the latest of a long string of verbal attacks by Tehran against the Jewish state. How is it that so many Muslims exist in a state of mind more appropriate for the middle ages than the modern world? But surely Israel isn't worried. After all, if the American people are so foolishly naive as to elect him, a president B. Hussein Obama will talk to the Iranian leaders and everything will be okay. Israel will not be "erased" or, as Almadinejad has promised,... ... more

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May 29, 2008

IAEA to Iran: Explain 2004 Documents For Building Nukes

"Why (was the American intelligence community) so intent on dismissing the threat from Iran that they reversed three years of high-confidence assessments of an ongoing nuclear-weapons program to replace it with a moderate-confidence dismissal?"If you were among the gullible and naive liberals that believed the American intelligence community when it issued a national estimate that claimed with moderate confidence that the Iranians had ceased work on a nuclear bomb by 2003, you were indeed gullible and naive. The IAEA has documents which dispute the NIE, and call into question the motives behind its creation. Back when it first came out,... ... more

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May 19, 2008

Turkish Ambassador to U.S. Calls Iran "a threat to Turkey as well as to the U.S." (Updated)

Andrew Cochran points out at Counterterrorism blog that anyone wondering whether the threat posed by Iran is "tiny" or substantial (is B. Hussein Obama listening?) should ponder what the Ambassador from Turkey to the U.S. said today at the panel on the Turkey-U.S. relationship. Ambassador Nahi Sensoy said that Iran has run "clandestine (nuclear) programs for more than two decades," and those programs are "a threat to Turkey as well as to the U.S." Granted, Turkey's method of dealing with that threat includes diplomatic engagement with Iran - the two have not been at war with each other since 1639... ... more

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May 7, 2008

World Nightmare: Iran Could Have Nukes By Mid-2009

In what Robert Spencer refers to as a 1938 moment, Israel now fears Iran could have a nuclear bomb by mid-2009:(Jerusalem Post) With Iran racing forward with its nuclear program, Israel now believes the Islamic Republic will master centrifuge technology and be able to begin enriching uranium on a military scale this year, The Jerusalem Post has learned. The new assessment moves up Israel's forecasts on Teheran's nuclear program by almost a full year - from 2009 to the end of 2008. According to the new timeline, Iran could have a nuclear weapon by the middle of next year. Iran,... ... more

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May 1, 2008

Iran changes dollar for euro or yen in Oil Exports

This is something Ahmadenijad had already announced some months ago, but now it's being formally announced: "All the oil operations are being made in euros or in yens" Hojjatollah Ghanimifard has explained. Ghanimifard is the director of foreign relations of the Iranian National Oil Company. Iran finishes this way its process of reducing its exposition to the dollar, after the tensions between Teheran and Wasington because of the nuclear crisis. In fact, last december an Iranian Government speaker informed already that 90% of the revenues obtained by the oil exports weren't made in dollars. Ahmadenijad said this was because the... ... more

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December 11, 2007

A 'Perfect Storm': When ODNI's 'Walmart Approach' To Intelligence Gathering Is Combined With The NIE Authors' Political Agenda (Updated)

I had to think twice about which category to put this post under - "political news and commentary"or "Iran." I blame my confusion on an intelligence community that has trouble separating their own political views and agendas from the facts, while putting out half-truths in intelligence reports in order to influence foreign policy. After considerable consideration, I've decided on the more appropriate - "political news and commentaries." After all, it seems to me that we all ought to be asking if the misguided release of a half-truth NIE resulted from the actions of political hacks inside our intelligence community, from... ... more

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November 7, 2007

Will Ahmadinejad's Claim Of 3,000 Centrifuges Trigger Israeli Strike ? (Updated)

Iran's announcement that it now has 3,000 centrifuges signals an ability to produce the nuclear material needed for a warhead. With Israel having destroyed Saddam Hussein's Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981, and having recently struck a suspected nuclear plant in Syria, there should be little doubt that "as the sole -- if undeclared -- nuclear power in the region," it will not tolerate a nuclear Iran that has said Israel should be "wiped off the map." So no wonder Washington is concerned about a possible (if not likely) strike on Iran by Israel: A claim by President Ahmadinejad that Iran... ... more

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September 29, 2007

Ahmadinejad Attributes 11 September to "Bad World Management."

Broadcast 29 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Announcer: While returning from New York in an exclusive interview with IRINN's correspondent, the president of the republic discussed the accomplishments of his trip. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: I think there were very great accomplishments, much more extensive than we expected. In general I knew that this would not be a natural or peaceful visit for many reasons. Parts of the US government as well as the Zionists were certainly not going to tolerate Iran's president of the republic, who is after all a cultural and university figure, speaking plainly about the... ... more

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September 28, 2007

Ahmadinejad Returns Home, Describes New York

Broadcast 28 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) This was broadcast live, moments after Mr. Ahmadinejad landed at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on his return from the USA and South America. ***************************************** If you remember, in an interview before the trip I said, today the nation of Iran is an idealistic society that has valuable and exalted messages for today's society. The nation of Iran has a program for managing the world and it has humane and effective ways to solve today's problems among nations.... ... more

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September 25, 2007

Mohsen Rezai on Ahmadinejad at Columbia

Broadcast 25 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Major General Mohsen Rezai (age 54) was commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) during the Iran-Iraq war and for about a decade afterwards (1981-1997). He ran for president of Iran against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005. He is currently secretary of the National Expediency Council and is closely associated with the popular Persian news website Baztab (http://www.baztab.ir/). He was interviewed by Mohammad Sajedi on the daily "45 Minutes" interview program in the context of National Secred Defense week; most of the questions and answers were about his role in the... ... more

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September 24, 2007

IRINN Reports Ahmadinejad New York Visit

Broadcast 24 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) The president of the republic went to New York with his delegation to attend the second meeting of the UN General Assembly. In addition to speaking to the General Assembly, President Ahmadinejad spoke with this organization's secretary-general, the leaders of certain nations and religious leaders at American universities. After arrving in New York the president of the republic said Iran wants lasting peace based on justice. Responding to a question about American sabotage of relations between nations, Mr. Ahmadinejad said: They do not know about the progress of the Iranian... ... more

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September 23, 2007

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Inspects Indigenous Fighter Aircraft

Broadcast 23 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) The caption says he is looking at Iran's Azarakhsh (derived from the US F-14) and Saeqeh (derived from the US F-18) fighter planes. Crossposted to The Satellite News.... ... more

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IRINN Video Glorifies Boy Soldiers

Broadcast 23 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Crossposted to The Satellite News.... ... more

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September 22, 2007

Khamenei Says West Is Illiterate while Iran Is Learned and Rational

Broadcast 22 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Crossposted to The Satellite News.... ... more

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September 15, 2007

IRINN Says American Movies Politically Motivated

Broadcast 15 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Elham Jalali Farhani, Journalist Club correspondent: In recent years, as in the past, the White House has created an organic relationship with Hollywood to use the power of the media to advance its political objectives. Crossposted to The Satellite News.... ... more

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Kurdish Opposition in Iran

Domestic opposition to the central government in Tehran is known to be widespread, but has been difficult to substantiate and quantify because of the severe restraints on free public expression in Iran. Kurdish opposition to the IRI in Western Iran has always been much more pronounced and has been violently targeted for years, most notably in the Mykonos killings in Germany in 1992, in the Vienna assassinations in 1989 and in recent border clashes with Iranian Kurds in Iraq, which are now seen as a key element in rising tensions between Iran and the US. In a 12 September Gulf... ... more

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Chain Reaction Seen in US-Iran Confrontation

In an opinion piece today in Lebanon's Daily Star David Ignatius says a military confrontation between the US and Iran would prompt Iran to order the Hezbollah in Lebanon to Attack Israel, which would then be followed by an Israeli attack on Syria. He also briefly discusses four potential opportunities for averting the crisis. Read the article here. Crossposted to The Satellite News.... ... more

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September 14, 2007

Khamenei Says International Court Will Try Bush

Broadcast 14 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivered the Tehran Friday prayer sermon today on the first Friday of the month of Ramadan. From his gleeful facial expressions and boastful posturing, one can see that this was a happy occasion, a time to gloat over years of political and ideological successes against both Western adversaries and Iranian opponents of the Khomeini revolution. There have been many such crowing sessions over the years.... ... more

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September 13, 2007

Iran: Larijani Reacts to Petraeus Report

Broadcast 12 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, gave a 90-minute press conference in Tehran yesterday. He began by describing the Pretraeus/Crocker report to the US Congress the day before as a "play." His own press conference was also a carefully staged performance in which he argued that security improvements in Iraq have been more due to the work of Iraqis than to President Bush's surge. He also criticized the US for turning Iraq into an arms market and for not doing more to improve Iraq's public welfare infrastructure.... ... more

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September 11, 2007

IRINN Says Western Media Censored Esfandiari

Broadcast 11 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Haleh Esfandiari censored in Western media! After Haleh said at a Washington press conference that she was not treated badly during her period of detention at Evin Prison and that prison officials treated her with great courtesy, the Western media and especially the Americans distorted and censored her remarks. Haleh Esfandiari said that during her detention nothing was ever said to her about a trial or the existence of a case against her. She said her cell at Evin Prison was well-lighted and relatively large and that she even read,... ... more

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Iran's Hell

In the English edition of today's Al-Hayat Jamil Theyabi notes the threat IRGC Naval Commander Ali Razmjoo has made to turn the Gulf countries into "hell" if the US invades Iran. He urges the Arab governments in the region to be careful about supporting Iran's policies and to take Razmjoo seriously. Read the article here. Crossposted to The Satellite News.... ... more

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September 10, 2007

Iran's Plans for Iraq

Walid Phares projects current trends in Iranian regional ambitions and support for Iraqi dissident groups to produce a well-reasoned scenario about what Iraq would look like if the US suddenly withdrew. Read it here. Crossposted to The Satellite News.... ... more

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Iranian Pilgrims Fingerprinted in Saudi Arabia

Broadcast 10 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Iranian pilgrims were fingerprinted again in Saudia Arabia. An official in our nation's Pilgrimage and Hajj Organization's representative office in Saudi Arabia has said another caravan of Iranian pilgrims performing the minor pilgrimage to Mecca were fingerprinted at Jeddah Airport. This is the third caraan of Iranian pilgrims to be fingerprinted in the last two weeks in Saudi Arabia. Before this several high officials in the Foreign Ministry and the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization have said if we see that the fingerprinting is being done deliberately and not randomly, we... ... more

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September 9, 2007

Jaafari Speaks to 18th IRGC National Commanders Conference

Broadcast 9 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) The 18th national conference of IRGC commanders is underway in Tehran. Majid Akhavan reports: Majid Akhavan: At the 18th national conference of IRGC commanders and officials the commander of the Revolutionary Guards said: The Islamic Republic of Iran is a great world power and relies on spiritual power. All of the world's great materialistic powers are disturbed and agitated about the spread of this power. General Mohammad Ali Jaafari added: Enemies want to reduce the influence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region, and they are very afraid... ... more

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Basij and IRGC Propaganda Piece

Broadcast 9 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) The Basij Resistance Force Male Announcer: Today the Basij is a divine point in support of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic. Female Announcer: This effective and populist force is a manifistation of that very virtuous tree with roots in faith, spirituality, and the ideology of believing sacrificing people, and especially the pure, believing and courageous youth of this land. Male Announcer: Every day in the heart of the Basij sweet fruits are harvested from this blessed tree in the areas of national pride and self-sufficiency, for overcoming the... ... more

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IRGC Sea and Air Forces

Broadcast 9 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Air Power Male Announcer: The Islamic Revolution Revolutionary Guard Air Force, like its land and sea forces, was established by order of the great leader of the Islamic revolution His Holiness Imam Khomeini. It has ground-to-ground missiles, ground-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, the ability to conduct air assaults, provide support for ground force operations, conduct reconnaissance flights, monitor enemy territory, conduct electronic warfare, conduct operations with unmanned aircraft as well as many other capabilities. It has made significant progress and has acquired many other astonishing capabilities. Female Announcer: These capabilities are... ... more

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September 8, 2007

IRINN Reports Black Friday Anniversary

Broadcast 8 September on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) [female announcer] Today is Saturday 17 Shahrivar 1386 (8 September 2007). On this day in 1978 the people of Tehran were mercilessly slaughtered at Maryr Square [Zhaleh Square] by agent of the shah's regime. [male announcer] On 18 Shahrivar 1357 [8 September 1978] agents of the despotic Pahlavi regime laid waste to the great demonstration by the people of the nation. On this day armed agents, after several warnings, viciously fired on the crowd with machine guns from the air and the ground. The mercenaries of the shah's regime even... ... more

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September 5, 2007

Iran's Proxy War against the US in Iraq

Kimberly Kagan has published a 32-page report for the Weekly Standard on Iran's Proxy War against the US in Iraq. Crossposted to The Satellite News... ... more

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August 16, 2007

The Strategic Importance Of President Bush's Action To Designate Al Quds Of The Iranian Revolutionary Guard A Terrorist Organization

As Douglas Farah notes today at FSM, yesterday's Washington Post brought the welcome news that the Bush administration is about to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist entity. As Farah points out in his piece, the al Quds Force doesn't always operate with the full knowledge and consent of the central government, nor do its leaders appear to be accountable to either the central command of the Revolutionary Guard or the civilian government. The Force seems to be the interlocutor between the Iranian military apparatus and al Qaeda, a relationship that has waxed and waned over time, and despite... ... more

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August 14, 2007

Ahmadinejad: 'Rule of Islam only way for salvation of mankind'

Ahmadinejad is once again calling for Islam to rule the world, this time it's during his visit to Afghanistan. Sooner or later, even our friends on the far Left need to realize that Ahmadinejad is dangerous as it is, but given his apparent disposition, as the president of the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism, should Iran become a nuclear armed nation, the situation could be untenable. Cross posted from Hyscience... ... more

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July 25, 2007

Talks In Baghdad: US GetsNothing While Iran Gains

Apparently, we have invited the Iranians to join us and the Iraqis on a 'security committee' for the future of Iraq. This, after US ambassador Ryan Crocker met with the Iranians, and genuflected: We got nothing--except for those who are addicted to talks, any talks, at whatever cost--while Iran got a success because we have now brought them into some sort of security body for Iraq. Just what we needed. Just when we are winning the war, arresting Iranians daily, and destroying their Sunni and Shi'ite proxies, the appeasement lobby snatches a new defeat from victory's jaws. Probably the deep... ... more

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July 22, 2007

If Iran Says No, Count On Yes

"Speech has a different function [in Iran] than it does in the West. In the West, 80 percent of language is denotative. In Iran 80 percent is connotative.... In the West, 'yes' generally means yes. In Iran, 'yes' can mean yes, but it often means maybe or no.... It makes for bad political discourse. In political discourse people don't know what to trust." - Kian Tajbakhsh, a Tehran-based social scientist.Going by the history of Iran's denials and promises for over 20 years, if Iran claims that it has no secret arms deal with Syria made in return for an agreement... ... more

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July 20, 2007

Souresrafil Catches Ahmadinejad in Slip of the Tongue

From an 18 July broadcast of the Sourestrafil program on PARS Television Several days ago this very executioner [Amhadinezhad], apparently right after returning from Belarus, made a comment that I recorded. He said "don't worry we will soon advance our nuclear program to the point that we will join the world's club of eight nuclear nations." Well, which are the eight nations in the world? The ones that have peaceful nuclear energy are a lot more than eight. The ones that enrich uranium are also a lot more than eight; the only thing he meant by the eight nations is... ... more

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July 12, 2007

More Iranian-made Weapons Uncovered In Iraq By U.S. Troops

Apparently the munitions were confiscated and turned over to the Iraqi police for destruction. And as Robert Spencer notes, " Somehow that doesn't inspire a great deal of confidence that they're gone. Not meaning to sound cynical, or lacking confidence in the Iraqis, but based upon the performance of the Iraqi police so far, it is indeed far more likely that the weapons will simply be recycled back into circulation only to either be found again or used against our troops. Soooooo...., my question is, just when .... I say again, just when ...., when in the hell are we... ... more

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July 9, 2007

The New York Times Misleads America On Iran

If your the enemy of America, with intentions of destroying it, and you need a propagandist to disarm America and lull it's populace into being oblivious to both your intentions and your capability, you just couldn't do any better than get the New York Times to be your apologist and propagandist. Such is the case with Iran. As Ed Lasky points out in his "must-read" piece of the day: The New York Times has unparalled abilty to create the news agenda that the rest of American media follows, and by the Times portraying Iran and its nuclear program in the... ... more

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June 27, 2007

Iran's Gas Rationing 'Ignites' Violence In Tehran

As in "literally" ignites violence. The BBC and other media are reporting that at least a dozen gas stations have been torched in Tehran, following the government announcement of fuel rationing for private vehicles:[...] Windows were smashed and stones thrown at the stations, and there was traffic chaos as motorists queued to buy fuel. Iranians were given only two hours' notice of the move that limits private drivers to 100 litres of fuel a month. Despite its huge energy reserves, Iran lacks refining capacity and it imports about 40% of its petrol. The country has a large budget deficit largely... ... more

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June 11, 2007

Joe Says Bomb Iran

And I'm with Joe Lieberman all the way - the time has come to bomb Iran [(at least its military facilities and nuclear facilities) - all the way back into the Middle Ages where it belongs]. Iran believes and acts as though a state of war exists between it and the West, regardless of how naive the Bush administration is on the matter (and regardless of what the other followers of the James Baker/ISG paradigm think), and its causing the deaths of hundreds of our troops in Iraq:... ... more

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June 4, 2007

Amir Taheri: Talks with Iran Will Go Nowhere

Yesterday, John at Freedom's Zone, pointed to Amir Taheri's piece at Arab News in which he offers his views on the prospects for seeing results from the US talks with Iran. Readers will find it informative, with a bottom line that I for one have been waiting to here from a credible source such as Taheri: Since 1979, the real question with regard to Iran has been simple: Should the world kowtow to the Khomeinist regime or should the Khomeinist regime accept the global rules of the game? Maybe it is time to provide a clear answer.More at Arab News... ... more

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May 31, 2007

The Case for Bombing Iran

In his must-read article at Opinion Journal today, Norman Podhoretz presents his case for military force against Iran, and suggests that the plain and brutal truth is that if Iran is to be prevented from developing a nuclear arsenal, there is no alternative to the actual use of military force--any more than there was an alternative to force if Hitler was to be stopped in 1938. In reminding us of recent Iranian disregard for international law and its tendency to use hostages and blackmail, he notes: If, ... under present circumstances Ahmadinejad could bring about the extraordinary degree of kowtowing... ... more

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May 29, 2007

Netanyahu on the Iranian Threat

Posted by The Gentle Cricket Shortly after 9/11 I read a book by Benjamin Netanyahu titled "Fighting Terrorism". Despite being copyrighted 6 years prior to the attacks of 9/11, Netanyahu made several stunningly accurate predictions about terrorism coming to the shores of America. Ever sine reading this book I have come to value his opinion very highly. Netanyahu was recently interviewed in the Wall Street Journal regarding the growing threat of Iran. Personally, I do not envision Iran ever attacking the US. However, it is clear that they have worked against US interests and against our allies by supplying groups... ... more

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May 23, 2007

Iran Surely Grateful For The Loose Lips At Langley

Thanks to someone in the CIA or in the larger "intelligence community" who can't keep their mouths shut, we may wind up with no other option against Iranian nuclear ambitions except the military strike. While we're at it, we should also thank ABC News for publicizing the top secret order. In other coverage, Curt at Flopping Aces offers that Iran now has an even more airtight "excuse" to put down any protests as being "CIA funded". More Iranians will end up dead, and this operation hasn't even gotten off the ground. Confederate Yankee says he'll be very interested to... ... more

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Pigs Fly: 'France to join US in complaint filed against el-Bardadei'

Iran apologist and Secretary General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei publicly stated over the weekend that it was too late to force Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment plans as demanded by the United Nations Security Council, and argued instead that the world should adapt to Iran's nuclear advances and use inspection measures to prevent a further expansion of the Iranian nuclear program. Following his remarks the United States, which has consistently pressed for harsh sanctions against the Islamic Republic over fears it will build a nuclear bomb, said it would lodge a complaint against ElBaradei,... ... more

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May 21, 2007

Iran Has Secret Plan For Summer Offensive Against U.S. Forces In Iraq

Has the United States government completely lost all sense of reality or is there some secret U.S. plan in the works to strike Iran and turn it into a sandlot? Why else would the president have U.S. forces sit back and allow Iran to committing daily acts of war against US and British forces, and do absolutely nothing about it? And if what the Guardian reports is true, that Iran is secretly forging ties with al-Qaida elements and Sunni Arab militias in Iraq in preparation for a summer showdown with coalition forces intended to tip a wavering US Congress into... ... more

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May 16, 2007

Iran's 'Peaceful Intentions' On Full Display

Via Religion of Peace (hat tip - Jihad Watch and PreciseNews), here's a photograph of Iran's "peaceful intentions":Iran, the 4th largest energy exporter in the world, says it needs nuclear energy for "peaceful" purposes. This recent picture from Tehran suggests a different motive. So, should we allow Iran, the world's leading sponsor of regional and global terrorism, to become a nuclear power? Some would suggest that we do so only if we're prepared to die! ... the world will enter a new phase of international terrorism--potentially nuclear terrorism--waged by a theocratic Shi'ite Islamic state. This is a regime, moreover, which... ... more

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April 26, 2007

Iran's Islamic Regime Intensifies War On Women

Bassiji militias (including black cows) stop the women and young girls and force them to adjust their mandatory veils in order not to show their hair.Stefania at Free Thoughts and Publius Pundit has numerous images that speak volumes about the tyranny and oppression against women that has been unleashed by the Ahmadinejad and the mullahs in Iran. Female Bassijis and "Black Cows" rebuke brave Iranian women who dress "un-Islamic"!The Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified the 27 year tough war on women and Gender Apartheid policy. Here are some more photos showing the Bassiji-Hezbollah paramilitary militias (including black cows, the... ... more

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April 18, 2007

Iran's Dirty Hands Extend To Taliban

Apparently Iran is not content with just working on the development of nuclear bombs, supporting, supplying and encouraging terrorism in Iraq and even Latin America, now we learn that the mullah's regime is spreading its brand of violence by meddling in the Afghanistan's political affairs and providing weapons to a resurgent Taliban. Mind you that this news comes on the very same day that Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that diplomatic efforts to resolve the standoff with Iran over its disputed nuclear program are "working." Dear Mr. Gates: Have you ever heard of al-Taqiyya? Have the last 27 years of... ... more

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April 11, 2007

So Just Who Is AhMadinejad Trying To Impress?

James Lewis at The American Thinker points to Mahmoud's "hopping around like a male chimp performing a threat display --- pant-hooting, baring his big canine teeth, and tearing off branches to impress the hell out of all the other apes." So who's this little man trying to impress and what's driving his insane behavior? Lewis has a few ideas ....... ... more

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Iran And State Sponsored Armageddon

Martin at An American Political Journal has a post up addressing the likelihood of Iran having enough fissile material to build its first nuclear weapon within 12 to 15 months, and suggests that only through preemptive action can the rest of the world be assured of any degree of security for our future, and that of the entire human race. Martin believes that Iran, Syria and Venezuela are united and working actively together to bring about Armageddon, and although I agree with him about Iran, I think Syria and Venezuela to be a bit of a stretch, at least in... ... more

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April 9, 2007

And So It Has Begun - Iran Announces 'Industrial Scale' Uranium Production

Iran has hit the 3,000 centrifuge mark, and the radical Islamist regime's race to develop nuclear weapons before the West awakens from its slumber has begun. Iran is now embarked on the final stage of being able to provide Islamic terrorists nuclear arms. According to DEBKAfile, the initial announcement came Monday, April 9, from Vice President Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, in Natanz. It was then confirmed by President Ahhmadinejad at a ceremony marking Iran's Natanz National Nuclear Technology Day. The expected announcement that 3,000 centrifuges had been installed and that they were being fed uranium hexafluoride... ... more

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April 7, 2007

Iran TV English Report on UK Soldiers Press Conference

Broadcast 7 April on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) This is IRINN Newscaster Nima Chitsaz's version of the Iranian reaction to the UK soldiers press conference... ... more

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Iran TV Reacts with News and Editorials to UK Soldiers Press Conference

Broadcast 7 April on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN)Part 1 Part 2 In its efforts at damage control today to counter the wave of post-debriefing reports that it had manipulated and mistreated 15 UK soldiers after capturing them in undefined international maritime space and then claiming that they were in fact in Iranian territorial waters, Iranian TV broadcast a news report and then an editorial on its IRINN network to state its own positions. The broadcasts do not bother to deny that Iran kept the UK soldiers separated, isolated and subject to psychological pressure most of the time they were... ... more

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April 5, 2007

WaPo Slams Pelosi's Attempted Foreign Policy Coup

Kim at Wizbang has it that Nancy Pelosi has jumped the shark with her trip to Syria, and that even the Washington Post is slamming her: I'm 'lovin' the take home message: The Democrats need to leave dealing with our enemies to the adults. Cross posted from Hyscience... ... more

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April 2, 2007

Military Strike Against Iran 'Easier Than You Think'

Iran is much more vulnerable than people realise."

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April 1, 2007

Iran TV Interviews 3 Experts on UK Sailor Abduction

Broadcast 31 March on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) When the Islamic Republic wants to make a media statement, it often recruits antiestablishment Western intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky, Ramsay Clark or Zbigniew Brzezinski for appearances (usually in telephone interviews) on its television programs. Today in a program about its position on its abduction of 15 British sailors, IRINN interviewed former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray along with two other legal scholars in Brussels.... ... more

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March 30, 2007

Iran TV: London Expert on Gulf UK Sailors Incident

Broadcast 30 March on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN)Part 1Part 2... ... more

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Europe Unwilling And Unable To Fight

Admiral Sir Alan West, former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, says that it's completely outrageous for any nation to go out and arrest the servicemen of another nation in waters that don't belong to them. However, as Victor Davis Hanson notes at NRO, if the attack was "outrageous," it was apparently not quite outrageous enough for anything to have been done about it yet. The problem lies in the fact that Europe, and the West as a whole, have evolved beyond a need for war in dealing with logical nations. However, Iran is a country so wretched as... ... more

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Iran TV English Report on Abducted UK Sailors

Broadcast 30 March on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) This is IRINN English newscaster Reza Mohajer's English version of Iran's side of the story of its abduction of 15 UK Sailors in the Shatt al-Arab waterway. Crossposted to Satellite News... ... more

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March 29, 2007

Iran TV: Fuel Smuggling Ship Seized in Persian Gulf

Broadcast 29 March on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) All governments have methods in place for managing all or parts of the economy. When enterprising people try to exploit the artificial price differences between the managed environment and the rest of the world, they are called smugglers. Here's a report on the disruption in Iran of an elaborate operation designed to make some money on Iran's subsidized gasoil.... ... more

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Iran Must Not Depend on Russia

Iran Must Not Depend on Russia The is the translated text of an interview by Dana Shahsavari with Dr. Alaheh Kulai, former Majles deputy and spokeswoman for Mostafa Moin's spring 2005 presidential campaign. The interview was published on 29 March in the Iranian exile Persian newspaper Rooz.... ... more

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Iran TV: Western Opposition to Gas OPEC Questioned

Broadcast 28 March on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Announcer: The favorable reception accorded by nations sucn as Russia, Algeria and Qatar to the Islamic Republic of Iran's proposal for the creation of an organization like OPEC for the sale of natural gas was followed by opposition from Westerners, who expressed doubt about the success of such a project.... ... more

Posted at 5:06 AM

March 27, 2007

Souresrafil Links UK Sailor Abduction to Khamenei Speech

Broadcast 27 March on PARS Satellite TV (Los Angeles) I do not think there will be a war between Western forces and the Islamic republic. The Islamic republic likes to mark time, as it did in that episode with the war, the cup of poison and those things.... ... more

Posted at 7:31 PM

Tehran's Hostage Gambit

In a New York Post article today Amir Taheri tells us that border incidents such as the one where Iranian guardsmen recently captured 15 British sailors are common in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, but rarely lead to any action being taken by either Iraq or Iran when a vessel crosses what is a disputed territorial marker. Taheri and many others believe this event was deliberately orchestrated by Tehran to give it leverage to solve other problems. As Taheri puts it, "when in doubt, take hostages." He notes that Iran has been involved in the taking of at least 1,000 hostages... ... more

Posted at 8:22 AM

March 25, 2007

Iran TV Praises Hollywood Bush Opposition

Broadcast 25 March on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) Female announcer: The implementation of warlike Bush policies has been protested by most American citizens, even by this nation's famous film artists.... ... more

Posted at 5:56 PM

Iran Third Largest Consumer of American Cigarettes

According to an ISNA report published in the 25 March edition of the online Persian newspaper baztab, Iran is the world's third largest consumer of American cigarettes, after Japan and Saudi Arabia.... ... more

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March 24, 2007

PBS "Now" Group "Talks to Iran"

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greets a member of an American Christian peace delegation in February Last night I watched David Brancaccio's PBS "Now" program titled "Talking to Iran," about a visit to Iran in the third week of February by a 13-member American religious delegation (a link to a clip of the program is on this page: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/312/index.html).... ... more

Posted at 12:40 PM

March 23, 2007

Mahmoud's Promise Fulfilled: Iran Seizes 15 British Troops

"The incident happened during a "routine boarding operation."The Sunday Times reported on March 18 that Iranian forces were planning to seize American, U.S., and Israeli personnel to strike back at western forces for possible clandestine operations to seize top tier commanders of the Iranian military structure for information on its activities in Iraq. Today we learn that Iranian naval vessels seized 15 British sailors and marines from the frigate HMS Cornwall in Iraqi waters. According to a American military official, "the Marines stopped an Iranian ship suspected of smuggling automobiles, and boarded it for an inspection.,While the Marines were on... ... more

Posted at 9:43 AM

March 21, 2007

LA TV: Opposition Newsmen Compare Notes for New Year

Broadcast 21 March on PARS satellite TV (Los Angeles) This is the first day of the Iranian New Year; for Iranians everywhere this is a day to exchange greetings and good wishes. One such exchange took place today on television between PARS TV news analysts Mehrdad Parsa and Alireza Meybodi. This was their first TV appearance together, although both men have appeared daily in separate PARS programs for years. In these excerpts they exchanged thoughts about recent developments in Iran and prospects for the new year.... ... more

Posted at 9:14 PM

March 17, 2007

Iran TV Antiwar "News" (Iraq)

Broadcast 17 March on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN) This reminds me of the Pelosi plan. Neither Iran nor the Pelosi Democrats is saying what will happen in Iraq after the US leaves. I don't think the Democrats even have a clear idea, but I can't help thinking the Iranians do. (crossposted from Satellite News)... ... more

Posted at 11:05 PM

March 16, 2007

Souresrafil on Campaign against "300"

On 15 March in his regular program on PARS satellite TV Behrouz Souresrafil reacted strongly to the Iranian government's current campaign against the film 300. He called the film a "computerized cartoon with absolutely no importance" and objected to Iranians reacting to it as if were an important political statement, especially in response to government propaganda, propaganda he labeled as a "calculated plot."... ... more

Posted at 9:11 AM

March 15, 2007

Ahmadinejad Drawing Smaller Crowds

Ahmadinejad speaking to a half-empty Martyr Nasiri Stadium in Yazd Mohsen Rezai's online newspaper baztab reported yesterday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad drew smaller crowds than expected when he appeared in the city of Yazd on a speaking tour. The results were apparently so disappointing that the president's trip was canceled. The paper said he will not be visiting the cities of Baft and Khatam, as originally planned. The report added that voter turnout in the Province of Yazd was one of the highest in the country in the presidential election. (crossposted from Satellite News)... ... more

Posted at 7:09 PM

March 11, 2007

Iranian General That Defected Was Spy For West

It sounds almost like a spy novel, and maybe too much so. On the other hand, if the Times of London version of the story is true, it makes the mullahs look like bungling fools and the West has indeed got a wealth of much needed information on Iran's terror ties. Brigadier General Ali Reza Asgari, 63, Iran's former deputy defence minister who defected to the West last month, apparently (and I do mean "apparently") had been spying on Iran since 2003 when he supposedly had been recruited on an overseas business trip. This weekend he is understood to be... ... more

Posted at 2:59 PM

March 9, 2007

Secret Network Helped Iranian Defector

Apparently, Gen. Ali Reza Asghari's Feb. 7 disappearance at a hotel in Istanbul days after his wife and other family members left Iran for a purported vacation was neither a kidnapping nor a mystery; it occurred with the help of a well-organized Iranian dissident group and experts say more defectors are on the way as opposition to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad increases within Iran. And it seems that more are planned:The group is currently negotiating with Western intelligence agencies from a hideout somewhere in Europe for a permanent place of exile, sources said. The United States and Israel, fingered by Iran's... ... more

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March 6, 2007

Missing Iranian General With Knowledge Of Iranian Nuke Secrets May Be In U.S.

If the story about missing Iranian general, Ali Reza Asgari, having defected to the United States and requested asylum here is true, then consider it a major problem for Iran. Asgari supposedly knows sensitive information about Iran's nuclear and military projects which could strongly counter Iran's claims of peaceful intentions for its nuclear program. Asgari, 63, served in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and held a senior position in the Guards' branch in Lebanon from the 1990s. One of the Asgari's assignments was to strengthen ties with Hizballah and supervise the transfer of Iranian instructors to Hizballah training camps in Lebanon.... ... more

Posted at 2:28 PM

March 1, 2007

Behrouz Souresrafil on PARS TV: 'America has surrendered and '

After our post yesterday titled, "There Are 'Good' Reasons For Talks With Iran And Syria?," in which I discussed the views of Dan Riehl, Jules Crittenden, and others views on talking with Iran, these comments by Behrouz Souresrafil appear to offer an interesting follow up: Talks will soon begin between America and the Islamic Republic, first between the ambassadors of these nations, Iraq, Syria, Iran and America in Iraq and later the foreign ministers of these nations. In my view, and forgive me if I am speaking to you hopelessly, the Islamic Republic will build the atomic bomb, Israel will... ... more

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February 28, 2007

There Are 'Good' Reasons For Talks With Iran And Syria?

Dan Riehl notes that Jules Crittenden and some others seem skeptical of potential talks with Iran and Syria, and although he's a hawk, he believes it makes sense to talk to Iran for some very specific reasons. While I agree with most of Dan's reasons for 'giving talk a chance', there is the very real danger that our side might actually believe what Iran says or promises. Given Iran's more than 20 year history of deceit and lies, there is absolutely nothing that Iran could say or promise that can be believed or trusted. Toss in the fact that Iran's... ... more

Posted at 3:23 PM

February 13, 2007

Skeptics Doubting U.S. Evidence on Iran Action in Iraq Need ''Big Bugs Bunny-style 'Here's the Wabbit' sign pointed at A'jad''

Jules says he's trying to be fair to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, especially now that he's all peacelovedove, and everyone's getting nervous about the prospect of blowing his Israel-off-the-map-wiping, Holocaust-denying, terrorism-financing, chaos-spreading, U.S. soldier-murdering ass up. However, he's got little patience for those people who need a big Bugs Bunny-style "Here's the Wabbit" sign point at Ahmadinejad before they'll be ready to pull any triggers.... ... more

Posted at 11:34 PM

February 12, 2007

Iran Dances While Americans Die

And they've been doing it for 28 years. BTW, what's with this hijab'd Diane Sawyer crap? A little too much PC appeasement of the Islamists, don't you think? As Jules points out: "if Diane Sawyer has to follow Iranian Islamic Revolution dictates and wear a hijab to cover her shameful womanness when she meets with Ahmadinejad, does that mean Ahmadinejad, if he came to America, would have to follow our custom, blame everything on addiction and enter rehab, to cover his shameful murderous hatefulness?"... ... more

Posted at 12:13 PM

On Denying The Holocaust, While Desiring Another One: Iran's Obsession with the Jews

What the West seems incapable of realizing is that Khomeini's view is shared by most if not all Islamists, be they Sunni or Shi'ite.

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Posted at 8:46 AM

February 10, 2007

Most Religions Pray For Peace ...

What are these people going to say when America finally decides it's had enough of the mullah's BS and turns Iran's military and industrial facilities into waste dumps?

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Posted at 8:17 AM

February 9, 2007

Peaceful Iran? Clips From Iranian TV Tell A Story Of Intended War On America And The West

If this short compilation of clips on the Iranian Nuclear program, Iranian Military program, Ahmadinejad, and Ayatollahs doesn't convince you that Iran intends nothing less than the attainment of nuclear weapons and the destruction of America, then you deserve your fate should we fail to stop them - now. Interestingly, we learn today that Iran may want to talk. In the video we learn how Iran uses "talk and negotiation" and the diplomatic process to buy time to develop their weapons. The game of diplomacy is being lost by the West and won by the Iranians, as they offer hope... ... more

Posted at 12:37 PM | Comments (4)

February 2, 2007

Two More On Iran

Jules has two good posts on Iran that you'll find interesting: Road to Teheran, A Two-Way Street and All Roads Lead To Teheran. The Israelis aren't sitting on their hands waiting for Iran to nuke them into oblivion, and the Iranians have been busy helping the crazy hajis kill our troops and shoot down our helicopters.... ... more

Posted at 3:39 PM | Comments (1)

More Ahmadinejad: News Chirac Must Have Missed

Official Iranian radio has completed broadcasting a lengthy series on the imminent appearance of a messianic figure who will defeat Islam's enemies and impose Islamic Shiite rule over the entire world.

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Posted at 6:30 AM

January 30, 2007

Iran Watch: North Korea And Iran Working Together To Develop 'Killer Missile'

As for North Korea and Iran, we can sit around and twiddle our thumbs while two of the nuttiest regimes on the planet develop atomic bombs and the means to deliver them to American cities, or we can ...

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Posted at 12:07 PM | Comments (1)

January 26, 2007

Iran Caught In Another Lie - Revolutionary Guards Quds Force Director Of Operations Arrested In Iraq By U.S. Forces

Only 12 days ago, Iran denied that the men arrested in Iraq by U.S. forces were involved in backing insurgents:Iran's government denied the five detainees were involved in financing and arming insurgents and called for their release along with compensation for damages. ``Their job was basically consular, official and in the framework of regulations,'' Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday. ``What the Americans express was incorrect and hyperbole against Iran in order to justify their acts.''At the time, the U.S. military said otherwise: The U.S. military said the five Iranians detained last week in the Kurdish-controlled northern... ... more

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January 25, 2007

Would Iran Actually Use The Bomb?

The Mullahs are proven vicious mass killers. They summarily executed tens of thousands of Iranian dissidents. They had no qualms at sending thousands of children to clear the minefields ahead of their tanks during the 80-89 war with Iraq; and, they have thousands of "martyrs" brainwashed and prepared to serve as bomb mules to be dispatched to any place in the world.

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Posted at 10:13 PM

January 24, 2007

N. Korea to help Iran with nuclear test

And Iran would have us believe that their interest in developing nuclear technology is peaceful? Alarming cooperation: North Korea is helping Iran prepare a nuclear test similar to the one the Communist nation carried out some three and-a-half months ago, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday. According to the report, the two countries have reached an agreement by which North Korea will share all the data obtained during underground nuclear testing performed last October. A senior European defense official told the Telegraph that North Korea had invited a mission of Iranian nuclear scientists to study the test's results, in... ... more

Posted at 8:38 AM

January 23, 2007

What To Do About Iraq? Target Iran - The 'Central Bank Of Terrorism In The Mideast'

... the most effective place to fight that war is at its center, by targeting the Islamist regime in Tehran.

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Posted at 7:30 PM

January 17, 2007

Iran War Watch: Iran Shoots Down U.S. Spy Drone

As we continue ever closer to all-out war with Iran, a war not of our choosing but one that appears to be inevitable, Xinhua is reporting an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday that Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently. The aircraft was brought down when it was trying to cross the borders "during the last few days," Seyed Nezam Mola Hoveizeh, a member of the parliament, was quoted by the local Fars News Agency as saying. The lawmaker gave no exact date of the shooting-down or any other details about the incident, but he said... ... more

Posted at 7:43 AM

January 10, 2007

Dear Iran

Jules Crittenden has a few words for Iran:The Mahdi Army is engaged and destroyed. Without mercy, without ceasefire, without deals this time. Moqtada al-Sadr may be smart enough not to create a convenient provocation. That's OK. He is the criminal head of an armed criminal force. We create the provocation. He may be killed, or if it is deemed inadvisable to martyr him like his old man, he can be thrown into Saddam's old cell. "Iran. We are speaking to you... Do you hear us?" The aircraft carrier group Eisenhower has been diverted to Somalia, but that is temporary. Soon... ... more

Posted at 9:08 AM

January 5, 2007

The Iranian Who Seeks An Apocalypse

Michael Burleigh's commentary at Telegraph.co.uk offers some chilling facts about Iran's president: {...} One person we will be hearing much about in 2007 will be Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He's the hollow-eyed engineer and town planner (and former Revolutionary Guard) who in 2005 went from being Teheran's answer to Ken Livingstone to President of Iran. He's the fellow stringing along the international community while his scientists try to manufacture a nuclear bomb before America or Israel decides to degrade or destroy key experimental sites. He says appalling things with demented glee in his eyes. According to today's Spectator, Ahmadinejad may actually welcome... ... more

Posted at 11:01 PM

January 4, 2007

At War With Iran

When is the American public going to stand up and say enough is enough - we're not going to play this game anymore, especially while Iran stalls, cheats, lies, and deceives the West as it races to the development of nuclear weapons?

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January 2, 2007

An Epiphany For Nato On Iran

How does that old saying go about Nero fiddling while Rome burned?

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Posted at 5:47 AM

December 31, 2006

Our 'Next Order of Business'

With Saddam having now met his just reward, what should be done with a guy that is vowing, pledging - to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth and bring the apocalypse to the planet?

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Posted at 9:42 AM

December 27, 2006

Iran In The Crosshairs

Given Ahmadinejad's position, the West is left with few options other than prepare to bring the Iranian regime and its mad president to their knees.

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Posted at 9:57 AM

December 24, 2006

Early Signs Washington And London May Be Waking Up To Iran's War Against Us

Michael Ledeen writes at Faster Please that both Washington and London are grudgingly coming to accept the fact that Iran is waging war against us in Afghanistan and Iraq - something conservative bloggers have been screaming about for well over a year. According to Ladeen:Until recently, Coughlin [reporter for the Telegraph] notes, "NATO commanders have appeared reluctant to even discuss the possibility that the Iranians might have their own agenda in upsetting coalition attempts to establish an effective government." And this reluctance was obviously peculiar to anyone who knew anything about Iran's real activities in the region. Commanders in Iraq... ... more

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December 20, 2006

Ahmadinejad Says Britain, Israel, US To 'Vanish Like The Pharaohs'

we are not only facing a second major conflict with Iran, but the West is confronted by the same theological regime, the same ideology of martyrdom -- and indeed by some of the same persons, that it did in 1979.

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Posted at 3:09 PM

December 15, 2006

Hit Iran Where It Hurts - Strike Their Oil Production

Have our political leaders somehow forgotten that Iran has threatened the United States with "harm and pain"?

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Posted at 4:18 PM

December 7, 2006

Daily Star: US Rout Is Iran's Condition To Talk To Washington

... the United States of America, the world's most powerful military force, must bow down to the Islamic Republic, fold its tent, and go home with its tail between its legs.

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Posted at 8:27 AM

December 6, 2006

Ahmadinejad Responds To ISG Report For Diplomatic Kumbaya With Iran

... sounds like Kumbaya is out of the question.

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Posted at 10:09 PM

Why We 'Should' Perservere In Iraq

U.S. policy has gone wrong in Iraq, not because it did not engage in negotiations with Iran but because it did not stop Iran's meddling In Iraq ...

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Posted at 12:13 PM

December 5, 2006

On 'Realists' Getting Real On Iran

Realism is an academic theory that holds that nations should, and typically do, conduct foreign policy with greater regard for their interests than their values. But realism is also an ordinary word that tells us that good sense and experience are better practical guides to action than theory. In spite of the fact that "the U.S. is what chiefly stands in the way of Iran's desire to dominate Iraq through the likes of Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Mahdi Army is responsible for some of the worst sectarian violence," so-called realists say that engaging Tehran is a matter of necessity and ought... ... more

Posted at 8:58 AM

November 30, 2006

Said The Spyder To The Fly

As we learn that U.S. officials have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq - brand-new weapons fresh from Iranian factories, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to the American people, fresh from the lie and deceit factory of Iran. Ole Mahmoud brings new meaning to the Shi'ite concept of al-taqiyya - lie, cheat, and decieve to gain advantage over one's enemies to further Allah's cause and the rule of the world by Islam, and trying to lure the American public into a nuclear trap, like a radioactive spider to a fly. And speaking of spiders, Jules... ... more

Posted at 4:10 PM

November 20, 2006

Does Seymour Hersh Have A "Protect Iran' Anti-U.S. Agenda?

New Yorker writer Seymour Hersh talks about bombing iran, why he thinks it's not necessarily a good idea and how people at the pentagon agree with him because they don't have evidence that iran is doing anything else than what it says it's doing - making electricity.

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Posted at 9:38 AM

I Believe Iran's Spin About Their 'Peaceful' Intentions For Nuclear Technology

... as in "Their" peace and "Our" destruction ... No problem though, the ISG says we can all sit down and talk about it over tea and cookies. (stop by Jules Crittenden's post for a perspective on the ISG's talking plan being "Mutually Assured Destruction - ours not theirs"). Meanwhile, I can't help but wonder what Baker and his team think Iran is planning to do with all that highly enriched uranium from all those centrifuges. Cross posted from Hyscience... ... more

Posted at 8:39 AM

November 17, 2006

Ahmadinejad 'Grinning Like a Persian Cat'

In Jay D. Homnick's piece at The American Spectator today, he notes there were many losers in last week's Congressional elections, but it seems pretty clear who was the main winner: President Ahmadinejad of Iran. Unfortunately, he's right:... When President Bush named three nations in his Axis of Evil speech, he never intended to attack all three. The idea was to effect regime change in Iraq and to intimidate Iran and North Korea into compliance. The leaders of Iran were placed in a quandary, and initially they kept a low profile. They continued supplying Hezbollah with arms but otherwise avoided... ... more

Posted at 7:49 AM

November 16, 2006

Mathematical Proof That Negotiating With Iran Is Stupid. Not Wrong. Stupid.

Omri Ceren at Israpundit provides a quick calculus for the liberals that are so fond of reminding conservatives that the world is complicated (or rather, they seem fond of telling each other that conservatives don't understand that the world is complicated). You know, the ones that insist that what's required is sophistication and nuance, usually as those are defined in a graduate seminar room or at Foggy Bottom - the ones that believe we can talk Iran out of developing atomic bombs to annihilate Israel and the West with: ... it's kind of confusing to see them talk about negotiating... ... more

Posted at 6:59 AM

November 13, 2006

Ahmadinejad: Israel's Destruction Is Near

Emboldened by the Democrats' win in the U.S. elections, Iranian media reported today that Iranian President Mahoud Ahmadinejad declared that Israel was destined to 'disappearance and destruction' at a council meeting with Iranian ministers. "The western powers created the Zionist regime in order to expand their control of the area. This regime massacres Palestinians everyday, but since this regime is against nature, we will soon witness its disappearance and destruction," Ahmadinejad said. As Robert Spencer points out, this is the genocidal maniac that came to America and was "schmoozed by Brian Williams and Mike Wallace" in interviews with him that... ... more

Posted at 12:53 PM

November 6, 2006

Sunni Islamists Websites in Iraq Claim Iranian Top-Secret Document Reveals Iran/Al-Qaeda Contacts Months Before 9/11

So much for Iran's and the U.S. Anti-war movement's claims of no involvement with al-Qaeda in Iraq.

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Posted at 9:59 PM

October 25, 2006

Ayatollah warns Arabs of US 'plots'

"What is considered success for the US is harming all Islamic nations," Khamenei said.These people are very sick, indeed. If I were thier psychiatrist I'd probably recommend that they be hospitialized for delusional disorders and inability to process thoughts rationally.... ... more

Posted at 6:16 PM

October 11, 2006

Iran's Watching Feckless UN Response

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Iran's nuclear program in the wake of the North Korean test said "the Iranian nation will continue its path of dignity based on resistance, wisdom and without fear." Why should Iran have any fear? Certainly nothing in response to North Korea could impose even the slightest bit of restraint from any other nation. And that's really the core of the problem. The North Korean nuclear program is worrisome only in the sense that North Korea is known to sell just about anything, but there's still this belief North Korea is restrained from using nuclear weapons... ... more

Posted at 3:45 PM

October 3, 2006

Iran, Star Trek, And The Future

... a bit of Iran-related humor

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Posted at 10:23 AM

September 21, 2006

Buckle Up Bronco, Williams Takes Ahmadinejad to Task

Continuing on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's media tour, NBC's Brian Williams asked very tough questions to Ahmadinejad that everyone wants to know. Williams: Mr. President, this is not a matter of great concern, this next question, but we have gotten used to seeing you in the tan jacket with the zipper. Today, you are dressed differently. Is that jacket a symbol of your standing or upbringing in Iran? Ahmadinejad: No. It depends on which one I'm more comfortable wearing. And it of course depends on my colleagues and friends, too. I knew that you were going to wear a suit,... ... more

Posted at 4:15 PM

So What Did Ahmadinejad Really Say At The End Of His Speech That The Media Failed To Tell Us?

I call all this sufficiently "chilling" that had you started reading this post completely stoned or blind drunk, you'd now be sober as a nun in church.

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September 19, 2006

Iran's Campaign Of Disinformation Continues In New York Today

... serve to shield the regime from an aggressive American or Western policy, and thereby buy more time for the regime to attain its goals, especially in regards to its nuclear weaponry and missile programs

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Posted at 7:14 AM

September 8, 2006

Our Weakness is Iran's Strength

... Iran's nukes, Lebanon's buffer zone and Iraq's future - all roads in these conflicts lead to Teheran, and it is there that these issues ultimately must be addressed.

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Posted at 10:14 AM

September 4, 2006

Influential Iranian Ayotollah: 'Islamic Republic of Iran Is The Only Legitimate Nation On Earth'

... while former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is provided a two week open forum throughout the U.S. to spread propaganda, pretend to be moderate and reconciling, the big powers behind the Iranian government are telling an entirely different story!!!

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Posted at 8:04 PM | Comments (1)

Annan Accomplished Absolutely Nothing In Iran - And Other Iran Items Worth A Rant

... as we all knew would be the case. So why is it that Iran being given so much leeway? Is it simply that war isn't an option to the Europeans who believe they can appease their way to peace as Iran blows them all to hell in a nuclear cloud, ignited by terrorists? The innept and hapless UN chief was snubbed by Ahmadinejad over international demands to stop enriching uranium, who also completely ignored Annan's warnings not to incite hatred by questioning the Nazi Holocaust. Not only did Iran not heed Annan's warnings over the Holocaust issue, it went... ... more

Posted at 10:47 AM

August 31, 2006

Ahmadinejad calls Bush a coward

The 9/11 Bush, is he back? Listening to President George W. Bush's speech today in Salt Lake City, I was reminded of the President Bush I saw on September 11, 2001. Let's hope so for several reasons, like Iran, 'Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls President Bush coward for refusing TV debate'. The Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan told the APA President Ahmadinejad commenting on his American counterpart's refusing his call for a live television debate. "We offered the persons claiming to support free and transparent release of news to discuss global issues with us and let the world listen to us and then... ... more

Posted at 4:36 PM

The Contents of the IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program

AKI and Reuters provide a bit more of what was the in the IAEA report to the United Nations Security Council this morning, including that Iran has no intention of ever stopping its nuclear program. It's not the nuclear program I object to, but rather Iran's pursuit for nuclear weapons, and that concern has hardly been appeased. Among the findings as leaked to the press include: Iran restarted uranium enrichment days prior to the UNSC deadline IAEA inspectors found "highly enriched uranium" in a container at the Karaj Waste Storage Facility in mid-August. Highly enriched uranium is used in making... ... more

Posted at 3:22 PM

List of Proposed Sanctions Upon Iran

According to the New York Times, the United States has unveiled a list of sanctions they will call for the UNSC to impose upon Iran following Iran's refusal to stop enriching uranium on the August 31 deadline. The sanctions are, I believe, a good start if they can be agreed upon and if they can be enacted better than sanctions upon other nations. The proposed sanctions are as follows: Embargo on the sale of nuclear-related equipment and materials to Iran Restriction of travel for Iranian leaders direcly involved in Iran's nuclear program Freeze the nation's foreign assets In addition, the... ... more

Posted at 2:53 PM

August 25, 2006

Iran's Ties with ElBaradei

The following comes in from an emailer wishing to remain anonymous. The emailer is a research analyst whose work crosses the path with the IAEA. It is said that the hostilities between Israel and Hizballah were initiated by Iran in order to divert international attention from the Iranian nuclear file. This diversion of public attention paid off when the Security Council's decision of 31 July, 2006 - that demands Iran suspend its enrichment activities - did not receive media coverage corresponding to its importance. However, Iran is not the only one profiting from the absence of public focus on its... ... more

Posted at 12:38 PM

Former Israeli Security Advisor: ''Ahmadinejad would 'sacrifice half of Iran' to wipe out Israel'

... six months or twelve months from now is going to be too late - and Ahmadinejad will have his Armageddon that he so desparately seeks.

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Posted at 10:54 AM

August 24, 2006

On The Ayatollah's Answer

Pat Santy shines a little psychological light on the subject

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Posted at 3:07 PM

Is Iran Planning A Nuclear Surprise? - And Other Boring News Our Spy Agencies Are Ignoring

A senior official in Teheran said yesterday that in the next few days, a "surprise" was expected regarding Iran's nuclear program.

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Posted at 7:40 AM

August 22, 2006

How To Deal With Terrorism (And Iran)

Few are willing to face what it'll take to end the war-and those who scream for "peace" are the least willing to do what it takes to bring it all to an end.

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Posted at 3:58 PM

What Is Iran Planning For Today, August 22nd? (Updated)

UPDATE-Iran to issue nuclear reply at 1230 GMT -diplomats: TEHRAN, Aug 22 (Reuters) - (Update with diplomats confirmation) Iran will hand over its response to a nuclear package backed by six nations on Tuesday at 4 p.m. ... (1230 GMT) in the Iranian capital. ... Western diplomats say refusing to suspend the work that has both military and civilian uses would be tantamount to rejecting the package of incentives offered in return.So, just what has Iran got up its sleeve for today? Update 2: After all of its bluster and apocalyptic babble, the answer to that question is that Iran... ... more

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August 21, 2006

Ahmadinejad: "The Iranian People Will Force You to Bow and Surrender"

Perhaps the international community should get rid of the Neville Chamberlans, and figure out the next step.

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Posted at 4:55 PM

August 18, 2006

Iran begins war games, ahead of August 22

Is Iran's President Ahmadinejad making plans for August 22, or just  'getting "ready to thwart" all "plots" against the Islamic Republic' because they believe 'no army in the world could match Iran's regular armed forces, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and its affiliated organs'.  The war games begin this weekend, but Iran has made sure everyone understands that they have no date set to end these maneuvers.AKI reports that Teheran is to begin, on Saturday, a series of missile launch tests ... The missiles being launched from border provinces is designed to maxmize the range. If they were launched... ... more

Posted at 10:59 AM

August 17, 2006

Weapons from Iran Discovered in Iraq's Port City

It's as though the only way the administration will act against Iran is if they nuke Manhattan - and I'm begining to wonder if even then Iran will get a pass.

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Posted at 1:09 PM

August 14, 2006

Ahmadinejad on '60 Minutes'

I didn't watch all of the '60 Minutes' interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for various reasons, namely because Mike Wallace refused to actually ask tough questions and seemingly threw fastballs to a fastball hitter. But the point in the interview that I turned it off was when Wallace stated to Ahmadinejad that Bush was the commander in chief of the "so-called" free world. Wallace put the ball on the tee with that one. Kash, an Iranian expatriot, did watch it though and has some great commentary. One particular response from Kash is as follows:... ... more

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August 13, 2006

Ahmadinejad has a personal blog

Iran's President Ahmadinejad now has a personal blog. Yes, the man who imprisons and executes bloggers in his country is now blogging. Go visit him here and leave a comment or two. The hardline Iranian leader's debut on the international blogosphere came in the form of a 2,300-word tract that asked readers to decide if the US and Israel were trying to start a new world war. Source: Right Truth Update: Iranian censors clamp down on bloggers - Sayeed Habibi considers himself a marked man. The reason: his Internet blog that challenges some of the policies of Iran's theocracy.... ... more

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August 10, 2006

Wallace's Bizarre Fascination with Ahmadinejad

Retired CBS veteran correspondent Mike (60 minutes) Wallace scored an exclusive interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and has apparently given the dictator another stage to pontificate on the evils of America and demand the world's submission to Islamic intimidation. Speaking about President Bush's failure to answer his 18-page letter that criticized U.S. foreign policy, Ahmadinejad suggests we embrace Dhimmitude: Well, (with the letter) I wanted to open a window towards the light for the president so that he can see that one can look on the world through a different perspective. ... We are all free to choose. But... ... more

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July 30, 2006

Ahmadinejad makes language law - pizzas are now elastic loaves

(Linked below to original post) I couldn't make this stuff up: "KLAP (Keep Language Above Politics) is the hope for the world." via BlogCritics.org. I was being far more prophetic than I thought when I wrote "Immigrant Foods Threaten America" on Blogcritics. This is the power of words. We can only save the world from a fall into some kind of Mahmoud in Wonderland by opening borders freely to words of all origins. [snip] Answers Please has pages of words of foreign origin organized by the languages of their origin. It is a fine resource for those who will be... ... more

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July 28, 2006

Iranian Street Unhappy Over Iran's Support Of Hezbollah

The Iranian street is upset over their government's support of Hezbollah, you know, the support that Ahaminejad's regime denies giving - but everyone in Iran knows about.

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July 26, 2006

What About That 1953 CIA Iranian Coup?

In a comment on one of my blogs, Mahathir Fan says: I stated that the last time the United States government overthrew an Iranian government, back in 1953, it destroyed a democracy and instituted a dictatorship. Instead of removing the chains of tyranny from the Iranian people, it helped to put them on, and helped keep them on for the 26 years that the Shah remained in power. Therefore, it would be impossible for the Iranian people to believe that any American intervention could lead to their freedom. There is no doubt that in 1953 the CIA engineered a coup... ... more

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July 24, 2006

Iran caught red handed in smuggling nuclear material

Bulgaria stopped at its border with Romania - a truck filled with radiocative material destined to Iran.

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July 9, 2006

Iran Tells IAEA Chief El-Baradei To Fire Inspector 'That Knew Too Much' - And He Does! (The IAEA Tried To Prevent Publication Of This Article)

When the IAEA Chief fires the most experienced and outspoken "bomb inspector" the UN has - because Iran asked him to, that's a very big problem for the world community. Especially when he says that Iran is making a nuclear bomb.

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June 26, 2006

North Korean Diplomatic Strategy A Carbon Copy Of Iran's

Let this be a lesson in delaying a strike early on before a roque terrorist-supporting country with a delusional leader develops nuclear weapons.

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June 19, 2006

Iran's 'Mass Delusions'

Negotiating with a delusional Islamic leader that talks to what he believes is the 12th imam living in a well, is difficult enough, but when the entire country embraces the delusions - that's a real problem!

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Posted at 7:37 PM

Bush To Iran: World Won't Back Down On Demand For Halt To Uranium Enrichment

Meanwhile, you don't need a magnifying glass or be a psychic to read through the lines and know that Iran has no intention whatsoever of complying with Bush's demands

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Posted at 7:32 PM

June 17, 2006

Ahmadinejad 'Weighing Proposal' Or 'Iran Buying Time While Secretly Developing A Nuclear Bomb'

Why am I not surprised that the first story on Iran I see this morning is the WaPo article on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad statement Friday that an international proposal designed to restart negotiations on Iran's nuclear program constitutes "a step forward" and his government will respond "in due time" ? As is tpical for the WaPo and the majority of the MSM, their Islamo-appeasing title is "Iran leader weighing proposal," as if we are to await with bated breath Ahmadinejad's serious consideration of a proposal that he is, with one hundred percent certainty, going to reject. Translated from 'Iranianese'... ... more

Posted at 9:27 AM

June 14, 2006

On The West's Dangerous Track Toward Appeasement In Iran

As unpleasant as dealing with Iran today is, it will be incomparably nastier in a few years when they have an operational bomb.

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June 12, 2006

'Iran accused of hiding secret nuclear weapons site'

Could Zirzamen-27 be the "smoking gun" the West has been looking for?

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May 24, 2006

Moving Toward War With Iran While Yawning

Looking at Iran-related news just for today, we have Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert saying in his address to both chambers of Congress.today that Iran's nuclear ambitions posed "the test of our time" and urged swift international action to meet what he termed a threat to the existence of Israel, and reiterated that he believes Iran to be on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons; President Bush expressing doubts today that Iran wants a negotiated solution to the dispute over its nuclear program; a spokesman for the "Headquarters to Commemorate the Martyrs of the Global Islamic Movement" announcing that Iran... ... more

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May 13, 2006

Enriched Uranium Found in Iran

Hat Tip Bretibart.com and Newsmax The UN Atomic agency seems to have found weapons-grade Uranium in Iran. Furthermore, the site where the Uranium was found is linked to the Defense ministry. While Uranium only needs to be slightly enriched for energy production, weapons-grade Uranium must be enriched to contain very high (90%) of the heavier isotope of Uranium. This large disparity between weapons-grade and energy-grade Uranium should make it clear that this is not meant for civilian use. These findings are in sharp contradiction to the rhetoric that tyrant President Ahmedinejad has been spouting. "The Islamic republic denies accusations it... ... more

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May 11, 2006

Mubarak 'Stomping On Democracy' As Egyptian Police Beat Pro-Democracy Marchers -

The violence appears to signal a tough new zero tolerance stance by the government toward protests demanding reform and expressing discontent that President Hosni Mubarak has backed off promises of democratic change.

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More On That 'Hello To The Great Satan"

... a very good perspective on the second week of May 2006 which began with the removal of the British foreign secretary Jack Straw and ended with a letter from Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to US president George Bush.

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May 10, 2006

Analyzing Ahmadinejad's Admonitions

I have had time to read and analyze the letter from Iran's President Ahmadinejad and my conclusion? He has basically said, 'abandon democracy and join the [Islamic] religious revival', ... or else. President George W. Bush was right to dismiss this letter as a move by Tehran to divert attention from the nuclear issue. To give any public value to this letter would be a mistake. However, behind the scenes our govenment should be taking this 18 page rambling letter very seriously. Ahmadinejad recounts all the supposed "sins" of the American government and calls on President Bush to abandon democracy... ... more

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April 21, 2006

Moving Towards Sanctions

Diplomacy. Sanctions. Military action. These are the three steps that the international community will be required to take against Iran, if Ahmadinejad does not stop the race towards political suicide. As diplomacy has already failed, sanctions will be soon imposed on the Iranian regime before the last and final step. We are going to discuss here the social, political and economical implications of such a measure. If the United Nations Security Council imposes sanctions on Iran, domestic support for Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad will wane, according to ALEX VATANKA, Eurasia editor for Jane's Information Group. Vatanka told a February 24... ... more

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April 20, 2006

Iran: Women To Be Cracked Down

TEHERAN: Iran's police force outlined plans for a renewed onslaught against women who show off too much of their bodies in the streets of Teheran. Teheran's police chief, Morteza Talai, said here on 18th April. In their campaign, the police will confront women showing their bare legs in short pants. The police is also going to combat women wearing skimpy headscarves, short and form-fitting coats. continues here... ... more

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April 18, 2006

America is the greatest nation on Earth (but what is she going to do about Iran?)

We have to recognize that there are those out there who want to destroy us, from without, from within, any way they can. This is a pivotal time in our short history as a nation.

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April 17, 2006

Iran, who to blame and what action to take?

While we all try to figure out what to do about Iran, the blame game begins.  Who is at fault for allowing Iran to get this far with their nuclear program?  Tsotne Bakuria in The Washington Times puts the blame on Russia.  Others blame Bill Clinton.  Blame really doesn't do us any good now, it is ACTION that is needed:After all, it was the former Soviet Union who is responsible. Today, Russia's reluctance to seriously condemn Iran or threaten the country with economic sanctions is a critical mistake, and one that will surely end in catastrophe. Russia has been the... ... more

Posted at 9:31 AM

Iran becomes UN disarmament leader

It's comforting to know that the UN is protecting the world from whacko Islamist fascists and that the new Vice-Chair overlooking the disarmament efforts is none other than an appointee of the supreme nutcase - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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More On Iran: It Happens 'In every generation'

It is primarily "an internal struggle within Islam", and in order to triumph against global Muslim fundamentalist terror, the world will need to muster all its imagination and all of its intelligence.

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April 14, 2006

Iran is ready. Are we?

Days after announcing that Iran had successfully enriched uranium, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday called Israel a "rotten, dried tree" that will be annihilated by "one storm." The president provoked a world outcry last October when he said Israel shoul