Tag Archives: Iran

Oct 18, 2013, Global Research The Pentagon plans to sell $10.8 Billion worth of military weapons to its closest allies in the Middle East besides Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the Pentagon will sell Saudi Arabia and the UAE, two of …

Oct 17, 2013, Press TV The latest talks between Iran and the six world major powers have stopped Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign for war against Iran, a political analyst says. “The developments in the Geneva conference are extremely promising and appear to pull the rug out from under …

Oct 18, 2013, Asia Times Life is good if you’re a member of the Gulf Counter-revolution Club, officially known as Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). You can crush the Arab Spring at will. You can hire goons all across dar-al-Islam to advance a sectarian Sunni-Shi’ite divide. You can be deeply implicated …

Sep 3, 2013, LRB One evening in January at a hotel bar in Manhattan, I tried to ingratiate myself with an officer from Bahrain’s mission to the United Nations. Munira (not her real name) was a former student of a friend of mine. She was also a regime insider, close …

Oct 11, 2013, Asia Times Every sentient being with a functional brain perceives the possibility of ending the 34-year Wall of Mistrust between Washington and Tehran as a win-win situation. Here are some of the benefits: The price of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf would go down; Washington …

Oct 15, 2013, RT.com As Syria’s rebels refuse to take part in Geneva-2, Saudi Arabia has emerged as the primary state-backer of rebel groups now trying to escalate the Syrian conflict and topple Assad by force. When Vladimir Putin met with Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia in August, the newly …

Oct 15, 2013, James M. Wall This week’s Geneva nuclear table talks pit Iran against the Big Five Security Council members, plus Germany. Iran sits alone at the table, seeking release from its “sanctions jail” incarceration from its jailers, the Big Five plus one nations. Israel will not be in the …

Oct 2013, Zafar Bangash, Crescent Online With the Syrian government’s pledge to give up its chemical weapons, it is time to shine the light on the only nuclear state in the Muslim East: Zionist Israel. It is known to have between 200 to 400 nuclear weapons. The Zionist entity also …

Oct 11, 2013, RT.com Nearly two dozen of the commentators who appeared on major media outlets to discuss a possible US military strike on Syria had relationships with contractors and other organizations with a vested interest in the conflict, according to a new report. The Public Accountability Initiative, a non-profit …

            Sep 30, 2013, Global Research There are several ways to interpret the Obama Administration’s August 31, 2013 decision to ask the US Congress to vote on a so-called «limited strike» against Syria. These interpretations need to be analyzed to see what the intentions of the US …