Middle East

Israel Teams With Terror Group to Kill Iran’s Nuclear Scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News By Richard Engel and Robert Windrem -NBC News

Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders. The group, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, has long been designated as a terrorist group by the United States, accused of killing American servicemen and …

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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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