White House knew Benghazi attack was a terrorist act from day one — RT

White House knew Benghazi attack was a terrorist act from day one — RT: "From day one, the Obama administration was aware that the September 11 assault on the US consulate in Benghazi was a pre-planned terrorist attack, despite offering up conflicting explanations in the weeks since.
Unnamed officials confirm to Fox News that the White House knew that al-Qaeda-linked terrorists were behind the murder of four Americans in Libya, but only today did US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta publicly acknowledge the truth.
Secretary Panetta now admits that the Pentagon knew within hours of the assault on America’s Benghazi consulate that left Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others dead that it was an act of terrorism."

Me now---This despite people like Juan Cole, claiming that the consulate attack was possibly an errant RPG hit! Juan Cole is such a disgrace, i guess having a democrat in the White House is like having a lobotomy.

Eliminating the competition.........BBC News - Julius Malema: South Africa issues 'arrest warrant'

BBC News - Julius Malema: South Africa issues 'arrest warrant': "A warrant has been issued for the arrest of South African politician Julius Malema, his lawyer says.

South Africa's elite Hawks unit has been investigating corruption claims against Mr Malema for months,but the details of the charges are not known.

The authorities have refused to comment on reports about the arrest warrant, but lawyer Nicqui Galaktiou says they have confirmed its existence to her."

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PressTV - Israel will no longer exist if Iran attacked: Iran cmdr.

PressTV - Israel will no longer exist if Iran attacked: Iran cmdr.: "A senior Iranian commander has warned that should Israel translate its threats of attacking Iran into action, there would no longer be a “thing called the Zionist regime.”

Responding to the Israeli threats of a military aggression against the Islamic Republic, Commander of the Aerospace Division of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh said, “The Zionist regime can only begin the confrontation.”

“But we (Iran) will decide on the duration, management, level of combat, and the endpoint of the war. If the Zionist regime [of Israel] makes such a move, there will no longer be a thing called the Zionist regime,” he said. "

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Revelations

There's going to be a war, a world war. I don't think it'll descend to the use of nuclear weapons, and after this war nuclear weapons will probably all be eliminated. From the ashes of this war will rise the first true global government. The participants are gearing up, and nothing will start until everyone is ready to ensure the the final goal is attainable, once again, global government, not the decimation of the human race, nor the elimination of the ethno-geographical state, but the final goal being the establishment of uncontested, supranational governance.

More divide and conquer. "With China’s rise, Japan shifts to the right - The Washington Post"

"With China’s rise, Japan shifts to the right - The Washington Post: "Japan is in the midst of a gradual but significant shift to the right, acting more confrontationally in the region than at any time since World War II.

The shift applies strictly to Japan’s foreign policy and military strategy, not social issues, and has been driven both by China’s rapid maritime expansion — particularly its emphatic claims on contested territory — and by a growing sense here that Japan should recover the clout squandered amid two lost decades of economic stagnation.""-Washington Post.


Me now- This is classic nonsense from the western press, and the western governing elite, where they don't try to expose a truth but instead attempt to establish a narrative that works to their geopolitical, and, or economic advantage. Classic divide and conquer in the case or Japan and China. Japan unfortunately is governed by an elite that derives it very legitimacy from being the representatives of a Western founded domestic order. These people are willing to run their country into the rocks, literally, and metaphorically, in order to serve Western interests of containing China, and maintaining Japan as a client state, albeit a rapidly ageing, economically bankrupt one

Thoughts on Gold, Silver.

Prices stalled but ultimately going much higher. US, UK, EU, Japan, Korea, China, are all engaged in some sort of stimulus spending, money printing, currency debasement. Price discovery has been destroyed and the entire system is being held up by faith and hope. As the Gold price shoots up look to the share price of gold miners going up as Silver prices rocket, especially as late comers are priced out of Gold. My time scale? After the US elections it will be chaos.

Back Again..Iran v Israel

back again to service all my non-readers! straight to business...Iran vs Israel: in my opinion there will be no war for a number of reasons, in no specific order of importance: 1. israel has lost the element of surprise through its repeated threats. 2. Iranian radar capability can spot incoming Israeli jets as soon as they depart Israeli airspace, if the Iranians could spot and bring down a stealthy rq-170 drone, a lumbering f16 will pose no problem. 3. Neither the Saudis, the Jordanians, the Iraqis,nor the Turks will provide overfly permission, and if the Israelis took the easiest route through Iraq they can then forget about retrieving any downed Israeli pilots because rest assured that whatever Israeli jet isn't destroyed during the attack will be chased through Iraqi airspace by the Iranians and brought down. 4. Israel can neither locate, destroy, nor set-back all of Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Want more reasons why there will not be a war...okay, inna mo..

BBC News - Syrian rebels try to use prisoner for suicide bombing

BBC News - Syrian rebels try to use prisoner for suicide bombing:

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BBC News - Libya unrest: UK ambassador's convoy attacked in Benghazi

BBC News - Libya unrest: UK ambassador's convoy attacked in Benghazi: "wo British bodyguards have been injured in an attack on a convoy carrying the British ambassador to Libya, embassy officials have said.

Ambassador Dominic Asquith and all other staff were unhurt in the attack in Benghazi.

A rocket-propelled grenade hit the car carrying the consular team's security escort, a Libyan official said."

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Russian Arms for Syria No Threat to Protesters - Lavrov | World | RIA Novosti

Russian Arms for Syria No Threat to Protesters - Lavrov | World | RIA Novosti: "The top Russian diplomat said that in contrast to Moscow “our U.S. colleagues are supplying countries of the Persian Gulf region with the very type of arms that could be used against peaceful demonstrators.""

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BBC News - African migrants hurt in Jerusalem 'arson attack'

BBC News - African migrants hurt in Jerusalem 'arson attack': "One politician from the governing Likud Party recently compared asylum seekers to "a cancer.""

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Israel Has Deployed Nuclear Weapons On Its New German Built Submarines - Business Insider

Israel Has Deployed Nuclear Weapons On Its New German Built Submarines - Business Insider: "Germany is helping Israel to develop its military nuclear capabilities, SPIEGEL has learned. According to extensive research carried out by the magazine, Israel is equipping submarines that were built in the northern German city of Kiel and largely paid for by the German government with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The missiles can be launched using a previously secret hydraulic ejection system. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak told SPIEGEL that Germans should be "proud" that they have secured the existence of the state of Israel "for many years."
In the past, the German government has always stuck to the position that it is unaware of nuclear weapons being deployed on the vessels. Now, however, former high-ranking officials from the German Defense Ministry, including former State Secretary Lothar Rühl and former chief of the planning staff Hans Rühle, have told SPIEGEL that they had always assumed that Israel would deploy nuclear weapons on the submarines. Rühl had even discussed the issue with the military in Tel Aviv."

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BBC News - Lagos air crash: All aboard feared dead, officials say

BBC News - Lagos air crash: All aboard feared dead, officials say:
every nigerian knows somebody who's died in an airplane crash. the most obscene disasters have become commonplace to us. the tragedies that should be be stuff of nightmares have become our waking dreams. and now, more innocent lives lost, due in no doubt to our wretched infrastructure. past the first dawn of the 21st century and we still struggle with the very basics of modernity, and we ignore the value of the lives that could've, would've transformed our nation, now dead, soon forgotten.
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Reasons why Iran will not be attacked

Indian anger over economic woes - YouTube:

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U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use 'Hiroshima' Tactics for 'Total War' on Islam | Danger Room | Wired.com

U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use 'Hiroshima' Tactics for 'Total War' on Islam | Danger Room | Wired.com:

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Israel 'facing major West Bank uprising over Palestinian hunger strike' - Telegraph

Israel 'facing major West Bank uprising over Palestinian hunger strike' - Telegraph: "The two men's act of defiance, initially a largely solitary affair called to protest their incarceration without trial, has spiralled into a major crisis for Israel. The vast majority of the 1,600 inmates demanding better prison conditions and and end to the practice of detention without trial have now been on hunger strike for 24 days and an ever growing number are having to receive medial attention."

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PressTV - Saudi Arabia lulls Pakistan into quitting IP gas pipeline project

PressTV - Saudi Arabia lulls Pakistan into quitting IP gas pipeline project: "The message from Saudi King Abdullah was conveyed by the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in his meetings with Pakistani leaders on Tuesday.

Unnamed diplomatic sources in Pakistan said Saudi Arabia has asked the Pakistani government to reconsider its decision to pursue energy cooperation with Iran, which includes the construction of the IP gas pipeline and purchasing electricity and oil from Tehran.

The deputy foreign minister also had a meeting with Pakistani premier Yousaf Raza Gilani during which, a prime minister’s aide said a “special message” from the Saudi monarch was delivered.

Saudi Arabia is said to have offered Pakistan a loan for the construction of a new oil facility to bail the country out of its financial and energy crises.
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Putin Calls NATO 'Cold War Relic' | Russia | RIA Novosti

Putin Calls NATO 'Cold War Relic' | Russia | RIA Novosti:
"But he also said that that NATO often played a stabilizing role in international affairs.
“NATO acts within the UN mandate in Afghanistan…and it is in our national interests too to have the Afghan situation brought under control," he said."

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BBC Sport - Teams expect Bahrain Grand Prix to be called off

BBC Sport - Teams expect Bahrain Grand Prix to be called off: "Bahrain's majority Shia population have been demanding democratic reforms from the country's Sunni rulers and the government tried to quell their protests."

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Iran says cut oil supply to Spain, may halt flow to Germany, Italy - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Iran says cut oil supply to Spain, may halt flow to Germany, Italy - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News: "Iran has cut oil exports to Spain and may halt sales to Germany and Italy, Iran's English-language state television reported on Tuesday, in an apparent move to strengthen its position ahead of crucial talks with world powers later this week.

But in an indication that Tehran's "counter-sanctions" were of little impact, Spain's biggest refiner said it had already replaced its Iranian crude with oil from Saudi Arabia several months ago."

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PressTV - Iran busts Israeli terrorists in central, border provinces

PressTV - Iran busts Israeli terrorists in central, border provinces: "This is not the first time Iran arrests CIA and Israeli spies. On May 30, 2011, members of a CIA espionage and sabotage network were arrested by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry.

On November 24, 2011, Iran announced the arrest of a dozen other CIA spies, who were found to have been on a mission to sabotage the country's nuclear facilities and other important compounds.

Another CIA espionage network with 12 members was busted in Iran and Lebanon in cooperation with the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah. "

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Gauging Arab public opinion - US, Israel the real threat!

Gauging Arab public opinion - Opinion - Al Jazeera English:


"Awaiting the publication of the report in English, here are the poll's main conclusions:

A majority describe themselves as religious, but they mostly don't support the interference of religious authorities in citizens' political choices.

71 per cent say they don't distinguish between religious and non-religious people in their economic and social relations.

77 per cent trust their military, half trust their police, 47 per cent trust their governments and

36 per cent trust their local councils before the revolutions.

A high 83 per cent believe corruption is widespread in their countries.

Only 19 per cent see their states implement the law equally among its citizens.

Three quarters of those polled believe that Arab states should take measures to bring their nations closer. An equal percentage believes that states should lift restrictions on free travel and 67 per cent are not satisfied with Arab-Arab co-operation.

Contrary to mainstream global media coverage, 73 per cent of those polled see Israel and the US as the two most threatening countries. Five per cent see Iran as the most threatening, a percentage that varies between countries and regions.

A high 84 per cent believe the Palestinian question is the cause of all Arabs and not the Palestinians only.

A high 84 per cent reject the notion of their state's recognition of Israel and only 21 per cent support, to a certain degree, the peace agreement signed between Egypt, Jordan and the PLO with Israel. Less than a third agree with their government's foreign policy.

When it comes to WMD, 55 per cent support a region free of nuclear weapons and 55 per cent see Israel's possession of nuclear weapons as justifying their possession by other countries in the region."

Sarkozy Had To Hide In A Cafe After Being Protesters Booed Him And Threw Eggs

Sarkozy Had To Hide In A Cafe After Being Protesters Booed Him And Threw Eggs:

CLICK THE LINK ABOVE, AND SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO!!

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Pure Evil. Israeli officials: Starve Iranians to stop nukes - Israel News, Ynetnews

Israeli officials: Starve Iranians to stop nukes - Israel News, Ynetnews:

The evil comes full circle, from the Nazis and the Warsaw ghetto, to Israeli officials advocating the mass starvation of an entire nation, people and civilisation. How long before this becomes the, overt, policy of the West towards Iran?

from Ynet News:

"Iran's citizens should be starved in order to curb Tehran's nuclear program, officials in Jerusalem said Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington.

"North Korea is halting its nuclear program in order to receive aid in food, and this is what should be done with Iran as well," one unnamed official said.

"Suffocating sanctions could lead to a grave economic situation in Iran and to a shortage of food," the source said. "This would force the regime to consider whether the nuclear adventure is worthwhile, while the Persian people have nothing to eat and may rise up as was the case in Syria, Tunisia and other Arab states.""

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Air Force grounds F-22 fleet yet again — RT

Air Force grounds F-22 fleet yet again — RT:

"The United States Air Force temporarily halted operations for its $77.4 billion fleet of F-22 Raptors this week after several of the plane’s pilots reported bizarre symptoms linked with oxygen deprivation.
Pilots at a military base in Alaska are reporting symptoms linked with hypoxia after being engaged in missions onboard the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor aircraft, a Lockheed Martin-made stealth jet that runs at around $143 million-per-plane. There have been at least three incidents reported out of the Elmendorf-Richardson Joint Base in the last two weeks which is now causing concern within the US Air Force.
Only last May, the Air Force temporarily suspended the Raptor program in order to investigate a series of mysterious claims at the time. The craft was cleared to go back in the sky this past September, but pilots have reported nine instances of hypoxia-like symptoms in the six months since."

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Syrians should beware of some of their foreign 'friends' | Brian Whitaker | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Syrians should beware of some of their foreign 'friends' | Brian Whitaker | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk:

"At one point during Friday's meeting, the Saudi foreign minister reportedly stormed out, self-righteously complaining about "inaction" (though some reports deny it). Later, asked if arming the Syrian opposition would be a good idea, he replied: "I think it's an excellent idea." Indeed, some suspect the Saudis are already doing just that.

Meanwhile Qatar, a less oppressive autocracy than Saudi Arabia but an autocracy nevertheless, called for the creation of "an Arab force" for Syria.

None of that bodes well for Syria's future. The Saudis, who have banned all forms of demonstrations on their own turf and are not averse to shooting protesters, have deliberately messed up two Arab revolutions over the past year – first by sending troops into Bahrain to preserve the monarchy there, and then by manipulating the Yemeni uprising to ensure that nothing much would change after they abandoned President Saleh."

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Mad Diplomacy

The NYT is on a campaign of (US govt sponsored)mad diplomacy to Iran trying to convince Iran that in the event of an Israeli "surgical" strike that if Iran limits its response to a few face-saving missile attacks on Israel, with minimal Israeli casualties, and maybe a few anonymous terrorist-style strikes on US forces in the region, then Iran will be able to avoid a more punishing US counter-attack.

They've even worked out an easily understood formula for the Mullahs to follow.

From the NYT: "A former Israeli official said the best way to think about retaliation against Israel was through a formula he called “1991 plus 2006 plus Buenos Aires times 3 or 5.” The reference was to three instances in the last two decades when Israel came under attack: the Scud missiles sent by Saddam Hussein into Israel in 1991 during the first gulf war; the 3,000 rockets fired at Israel by Hezbollah during their 2006 war; and the attacks on the Israeli Embassy and a Jewish center in Argentina in the early 1990s. Those attacks each killed 100 to 200 people, wounded scores more and caused several billion dollars of property damage."

Got that? No? Well, will neither do I, nor will the Iranians i suspect.

Video: Free Syrian Army 'received arms from West' - Telegraph

Video: Free Syrian Army 'received arms from West' - Telegraph: "The general, who did not wish to be named but was happy to appear on camera, told a Reuters journalist that the band of rebels had received 'French and American assistance'.
When asked to clarify, the general said that the Free Syrian Army had received weapons and anti-aircraft missiles.
"We now have weapons and anti-aircraft missiles and God willing with all of that, we will defeat Bashar [President Assad]," the general said."

Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Strikes Again!!!

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My letter to the NYT: Roger Cohen and the NYT

I have always respected Roger Cohen, but no more! What a cold-hearted, genocidal, article!(read) How many Syrians must die under his prescribed "solution"? Does he even care?

One thing I cannot foresee is a situation in which the Israeli state acts so murderously towards either the Palestinians or the Lebanese, that it would prompt Roger Cohen to call for the arming of the victims of that Israeli aggression.

But Arab and Muslim blood is cheap, Arab and Muslim lives are subject to the geo-political games of the White Western Elite, to be snuffed out for the greater good.

All the so called categorical statements Roger Cohen makes, offered without proof, in this article, ultimately serve as excuses to enable a sick bloodlust. Why can't the Syrian opposition and the Assad regime be reconciled? Because they cannot. No mention of the outside powers that have prevented such a reconciliation. Why is Syria so different from countries that have ha civil wars and stayed together, like Lebanon, Iraq, Nigeria, Congo, South Africa, China, and the United States?

"Arm the Syrian opposition!1", cries Roger Cohen, Al Qaeda, and Saudi Arabia, but the Iranians, arming Hezbollah, and Hamas, in their fight against the occupation of Lebanese and Palestinian land by Israel, are pure evil?

And the nations that have tried to promote reconciliation, and an end to the violence in Syria are castigated as ruthless, and predatory, while Roger Cohen gets to sing for blood in the pages of the New York Times.

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: NATO rebels in Libya: mistreating blacks in cages

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: NATO rebels in Libya: mistreating blacks in cages: (thanks Shawky)

The Crazy Rush to Attack Iran - Yahoo! News

The Crazy Rush to Attack Iran - Yahoo! News:

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Arming Al-Qaeda: US to pump weapons into Syria warzone? - YouTube

Arming Al-Qaeda: US to pump weapons into Syria warzone? - YouTube:

"The US has hinted it could eventually give arms to rebels in Syria - despite previous strident opposition to further militarizing the conflict in the country. "

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Virginia votes to refuse NDAA — RT

Virginia votes to refuse NDAA — RT: "When US President Barack Obama signed his name to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, he authorized the US military to detain and torture anyone on Earth — Americans included — without charge. Opposition was widespread even before the commander-in-chief put pen to paper, but critics are continuing to condemn the legislation only two months after Obama approved it. So weary of the NDAA are lawmakers in Virginia, in fact, that a recent vote within the state’s House of Delegates led to the passing of a counter-act that will keep those detainment provisions out of VA."

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Netanyahu calls top US general a servant of Iran — RT

Netanyahu calls top US general a servant of Iran — RT:

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Saying no to gunboat diplomacy|Op-Ed Contributors|chinadaily.com.cn

Saying no to gunboat diplomacy|Op-Ed Contributors|chinadaily.com.cn:

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Fars News Agency :: Thai Religious Leader: MKO Responsible for Bomb Blasts in Bangkok

Fars News Agency :: Thai Religious Leader: MKO Responsible for Bomb Blasts in Bangkok:

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Israel's ex-spy chief sees opportunity in Syria crisis - latimes.com

Israel's ex-spy chief sees opportunity in Syria crisis - latimes.com:
Israel, fishing in troubled waters.
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Syria's crisis is leading us to unlikely bedfellows - Telegraph

Syria's crisis is leading us to unlikely bedfellows - Telegraph:
"When two car bombings killed nearly 50 people in the heart of the Syrian capital of Damascus just before Christmas, we in the West were quick to challenge claims made on state TV that the atrocities had been carried out by al-Qaeda. We were inclined to award more credibility to the Syrian rebels, who denied that the terror group was involved at all, and insisted that the attacks had been cynically staged by the government, perhaps as a bid for international sympathy.

However, all doubt ended last week when James Clapper, director of US national intelligence, informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Damascus bombings “had all the earmarks of an al-Qaeda attack”. Mr Clapper added that “we believe al-Qaeda in Iraq is extending its reach into Syria”. So, it’s official. Al-Qaeda is acknowledged as an ally of Britain and America in our desire to overturn the Syrian government.

Think about it. Ten years ago, in the wake of the destruction of the Twin Towers, we invaded Afghanistan to eliminate al-Qaeda. Now the world’s most notorious terror organisation wants to join a new “coalition of the willing” in Syria (not just al-Qaeda: yesterday the Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir staged a march through west London in support of their Syrian brothers and the establishment of the Khilafah state).

This may be the most profound turnaround in global politics since the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact of 1939 converted Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany from bitter enemies into allies "-Peter Oborne
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PressTV - Saudi paper’s support for Israeli nukes stirs public fury

PressTV - Saudi paper’s support for Israeli nukes stirs public fury:

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Iranian naval ships enter Mediterranean via Suez Canal - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Iranian naval ships enter Mediterranean via Suez Canal - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News:

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British government's support of Bahrain regime-Comment-02-16-2012 - YouTube

British government's support of Bahrain regime-Comment-02-16-2012 - YouTube:

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Mervyn King: helping savers would push Britain back into recession - Telegraph

Mervyn King: helping savers would push Britain back into recession - Telegraph:

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Imminent Iran Nuclear Threat? A Timeline Of Warnings Since 1979

Imminent Iran Nuclear Threat? A Timeline Of Warnings Since 1979:

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Iran seems an unlikely culprit for the attacks on Israeli diplomats | Arshin Adib-Moghaddam | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Iran seems an unlikely culprit for the attacks on Israeli diplomats | Arshin Adib-Moghaddam | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk:
And why India, Georgia and Thailand, three countries that Iran has had cordial relations with during a period when Iran is facing increasing sanctions spearheaded by the United States? A few days ago, India agreed a rupee-based oil and gas deal with Iran and resisted US pressures to join the western boycott of the Iranian energy sector. As a net importer of 12% of Iranian oil, India's total trade with Iran amounted to $13.67bn in 2010-2011. What would be the motive for damaging relations with one of Iran's major trading partners and regional heavyweights?
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Report: Mossad chief visited New Delhi days before attack on Israeli officials - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Report: Mossad chief visited New Delhi days before attack on Israeli officials - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News:

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Lavon Affair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lavon Affair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Lavon Affair refers to a failed Israeli covert operation, code named Operation Susannah, conducted in Egypt in the Summer of 1954. As part of the false flag operation,[1] a group of Egyptian Jews were recruited by Israeli military intelligence for plans to plant bombs inside Egyptian, American and British-owned targets. The attacks were to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Communists, "unspecified malcontents" or "local nationalists" with the aim of creating a climate of sufficient violence and instability to induce the British government to retain its occupying troops in Egypt's Suez Canal zone."

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PressTV - Iran cuts oil export to 6 European states ‎

PressTV - Iran cuts oil export to 6 European states ‎:

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Iran to Install Domestic Fuel Rods in Nuclear Reactor Wednesday - Official | World | RIA Novosti

Iran to Install Domestic Fuel Rods in Nuclear Reactor Wednesday - Official | World | RIA Novosti:

“Because Western countries were unwilling to help us, we began enriching uranium to 20 percent to make nuclear fuel rods,” Ali Bagheri, deputy chief of Iran’s national security council, said in an interview here.

“These nuclear rods, the first created by Iranian specialists, will be inserted tomorrow into the Tehran Research Reactor in the presence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,” Bagheri said.

Insertion of the domestically-produced nuclear fuel rods would mark a significant step forward in Iran’s nuclear program, experts said.

Bagheri also confirmed that the Fordo nuclear facility in northern Iran was operational.

“It is operating under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency,” Bagheri said in the interview in a meeting room in the national security council building

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Iran War Would Cost Trillions: Will the GOP Pay More Taxes for That?

Iran War Would Cost Trillions: Will the GOP Pay More Taxes for That? - Steve Clemons - Politics - The Atlantic:

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'Israel a bully on verge of global isolation' - Israeli diplomat - YouTube

'Israel a bully on verge of global isolation' - Israeli diplomat - YouTube: " Elan Baruch"

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Racial profiling on the rise in the US - YouTube

Racial profiling on the rise in the US - YouTube: ""

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Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups - Salon.com

When will Israel be declared a state sponsor of terrorism?
Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups - Salon.com:

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Al-Qaida calls on Muslim world to support Assad opposition forces - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Al-Qaida calls on Muslim world to support Assad opposition forces - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News:

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And there you have it! David Cameron, Barak Obama, and Al Qaida all on the same page!

33rd anniversary of Iran Islamic Revolution-Iran Today-02-10-2012 - YouTube

33rd anniversary of Iran Islamic Revolution-Iran Today-02-10-2012 - YouTube:

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SSS PARADES RE ARRESTED BOKO HARAM MADALLA BOMB SUSPECT - YouTube

NIGERIAN SSS PARADES RE ARRESTED (Boko Haram) MADALLA BOMB SUSPECT - YouTube:

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Saudi Arabia Protester Zuhair Al Said Shot Dead By Security Forces In Shiite Town Of Al Awamiya | World News | Sky News

Saudi Arabia Protester Zuhair Al Said Shot Dead By Security Forces In Shiite Town Of Al Awamiya | World News | Sky News:

While the likes of Juan Cole wonder about the "something has to be done" on Syria, this despotic US ally slips under the radar as it murders genuine pro democracy protesters. The mainstream coporate news tries to sectarianise the pro democracy protests in order to de-legitimise them, hence the SKY News reference to "Shiite towns", terms you'll never hear in reference to Syria where the bombers are actual Salafi militants.
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Terrorist explosions rocked Syria city - YouTube

Terrorist explosions rocked Syria city - YouTube:

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BBC-Iran War Watch

It never fails to surprise me how normal people go along with the agenda of the State, especially when the policy of the State is the generation of endless war. There is a virus running a war fever abound in this world and it's sufferers are noticable first by their suspension of independent thinking, and secondly by their willingness to advocate the use of violence as a solution to every problem.

Then, you have the BBC. What annoys me the most about this government organ is that i am forced to subsidise it's endless propaganda. At least nobody forces me to read Juan Cole when he supports, the ignores the aftermath, of the Libyan war. But the BBC..I pay to hear them lie, and at best distort reality.

This is from the second paragraph of their latest spiel on Iran, The war that the West is trying to gin up at the moment, in ANOTHER Islamic nation...."He did not give any details, but insisted that Iran would never halt its programme to enrich uranium, which can be used to make a nuclear warhead."

And there you have it. Is it just shoddy, lazy journalism, or something more purposefully insidious? The "He" refered to in the sentence is the Iranian president Ahmadinejad.

Now "He" didn't say that the Iran enrichment programme can be used to make nuclear warheads, but the BBC sentence leaves that impression in your mind, or at best connects the dots very early in the article between a nuclear enrichment programme and nuclear warheads.

By the way nuclear enrichment can be used in a variety of ways including for power generation, and medical isotopes.

I've written countless complaints to the BBC about their writing on this important issue, that literally concerns life and death. A fat load of good that does. Mainstream media has jumped into the tank with the usual warmongering suspects concerning the Iranian issue, the best we have to hope for on that front is Russian RT, and the UK proscribed PressTV. In the meanwhile, God help us all.

War on Iran

I do not believe that there is going to be a war on Iran this year, or next, or ever. I could detail lots of geo-political, socio-economic reasons that such a war is unlikely, but the truth is that the reason i think such a war will not not happen is the faith i have that no nation embarks on a course of action that will lead to it's devastation.

Imagine the year after the first military strike against Iran. Will the Israeli people still populate that sliver of land between Jordan and the Med? Or will there be more Israelis living in Europe and America? Try and imagine the sight, the sound, and the smell of the world that will exist a year after the first strike against Iran. What will be the state of global civil liberty? What would the global economic picture be? What would the Chinese do when the Gulf oil pumps stop running? Do they, the Chinese, think that the US and Europe will refrain from taking advantage of the resulting social upheaval in China? Will the Chinese make a desperate bid for the South China Sea oil and gas fields? How will the US and its new Asian allies react to that?

I picture a world beyond the first year of a military strike against Iran as a world reeking of the stench of oily black smoke, burnt flesh, and hot words. A world of open wounds, torn flesh, broken promises, shattered illusions, and hunger. I see the Earth with deep scratch marks ripped across its surface seeping blood into black space. I see tanks running protesters under wheel, black hooded thugs clubbing heads, plastic smiling faces on the tv news telling us to be calm, and happy while we plot a midnight home invasion into our neighbours'.

There will not be a war on Iran. Because this is not when it all ends.