Middle East

US Iran Policy in ‘Lockstep’ with Israel? President Obama Risks Becoming a Major-League War Criminal By Dave Lindorff

It’s a relief to know that President Obama’s “preferred” solution to dealing with disagreements with Iran is diplomacy, as he said yesterday in an interview on NBC TV, but at the same time, it’s profoundly disturbing that he is simultaneously saying that, as an AP report on the interview put it: he would “not take options off the table to stop Iran …

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Exclusive: Israel Warns US Jews: Iran Could Strike Here By RICHARD ESPOSITO

Engineering Consent For An Attack On Iran – Presstitute Alert Israeli facilities in North America — and around the world — are on high alert, according to an internal security document obtained by ABC News that predicted the threat from Iran against Jewish targets will increase. "We predict that the threat on our sites around the world will increase … …

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How did our friend Iran become our enemy? Jim Powell

Before the United States goes to war with Iran, as many Americans seem anxious to do, we should first understand how Iran became our implacable enemy. U.S. presidents from Eisenhower to Carter viewed Iran as our friend. The CIA didn't see this coming, and neither did our State Department. The story goes back to the early days of World War …

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A year after the Arab Uprising Middle East remains turbulent. By Latheef Farook

Road ahead for the inspiring Arab uprising which toppled some tyrants and threatening the others, is going to be long, turbulent and violent.  Only little more than a year ago such uprisings were unimaginable in view of the extreme oppressive nature of the regimes throughout the region. The mere fact that people are sacrificing their lives to assert their rights …

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U.S. Warns Israel on Iran Strike By ADAM ENTOUS,JULIAN E. BARNES and JAY SOLOMON

  Officials Lobby Against Attack on Iran as Military Leaders Bolster Defenses False Flag And Battle Field Preparation?     U.S. defense leaders are increasingly concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran, over U.S. objections, and have stepped up contingency planning to safeguard U.S. facilities in the region in case of a conflict. President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary …

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The Middle East Agenda: Oil, Dollar Hegemony & Islam By Prof. Francis A Boyle

Transcript – Public Lecture – Perdana Global Peace Forum 2006 Kuala Lumpur – Little has changed in the imperialist tendencies of American foreign policy since the founding of the United States of America in seventeen eighty-nine. The fledgling United States opened the nineteenth century by stealing the continent of North America from the Indians, while in the process ethnically cleansing them …

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