Archives for the 'Iran' Category
World Turned Upside Down
Published on 11 Dec 2008 at 12:16 pm.
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Filed under France, Iran, Obama.
A French president does something our own president-elect isn’t likely to. Ticks off the Iranians. via Jawa:
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Know Nukes
Published on 9 Dec 2008 at 9:22 pm.
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Filed under Iran, nukes.
NYT article on a couple of new learned tomes about the history and current problems of nuclear proliferation. Apparently much more difficult that Oppenheimer envisioned it would be. Heavily reliant on the spilling of secrets. France and China are singled out. A.Q. Khan is said to have been overrated. Iran … barely gets a mention and then with [...]
Kumbayah My Lord, And Prepare The Airstrikes
Published on 4 Dec 2008 at 9:33 am.
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Filed under Iran, Israel, Obama, nukes.
As Obama prepares to chat with mullahs, Israel gets into the new spirit of Obamist foreign policy and prepares to speak to mullahs in its own way. Jerusalem Post:
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Talk Talk W/ Mullahs
Published on 2 Dec 2008 at 8:46 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Obama.
Counseled by policy wonks, who are encouraging Obama to follow through with his big plan. Wank tanks identify Iran as Obama’s biggest challenge and advise him to start direct talks with the terrorism-supporting, hostage-taking, nuke-lusting regime that is responsible for the murder of American soldiers. Because blowing up Iranian nuke facilities is distasteful, and oil woes mean they [...]
Kumbayah, My Lord
Published on 29 Nov 2008 at 9:21 am.
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Filed under Clintons, Iran, Iraq, Obama, genocide.
Samantha Power is back in. You’ll remember her as the Harvard prof/Obama advisor who was forced to resign after she called Hillary a “monster,” one of the earlier examples of Obamian gutlessness, when an apology would have sufficed. Back from Coventry, out of the oubliette or whatever closet she was shoved in, Power’s now working on the Obama transition [...]
Cheap Nukes
Published on 20 Nov 2008 at 10:03 am.
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Filed under Iran, Obama, nukes.
Then there’s that other thing repressive governments do when faced with financial woes and internal threats … change the subject. NYT, Iran said to have enough for one nuke:
Greater Islamosphere
Published on 6 Nov 2008 at 10:08 pm.
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Filed under Arabs, Iran, Islam, Obama, hated Crusaders.
Reacts to Obama’s election. Some of it is actually quite favorable. Take this Egyptian imam’s fatwa, via MEMRI:
“The Democrats kill you slowly without you noticing it – and therein lies the danger. They are like a snake whose touch is not felt until its poison enters your body.”
Domestically, I heartily agree. In terms of foreign [...]
Congratulations!
Published on 6 Nov 2008 at 9:21 pm.
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Filed under Cuba, Iran, Kim, Korea, Obama, chavez.
Pouring in for the president-elect of the United States of Omerica. Change, we hope, say the world’s despots. Worst first. BBC, Hope for Iran:
Political Prisoner
Published on 26 Oct 2008 at 11:12 am.
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Filed under Iran.
BBC, concerns mount:
Hostage Crisis
Published on 24 Oct 2008 at 9:54 am.
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Filed under Iran, pols.
Looks like Iran wants one. Iranian-American student nabbed on traffic violation. When was the last time the cops pulled you over for speeding, then ransacked your house, took your computer and held you in prison for a week? LA Times:
Target: London
Published on 21 Oct 2008 at 9:29 am.
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Filed under Iran, nukes, rockets.
Comply with United Nations demands re nukes? Nah … target London. Iranian strategy for hanging in there and averting an attack in the waning days of the Bush administration. MEMRI:
AP Goes Neo-Con
Published on 4 Oct 2008 at 1:15 am.
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Filed under America, Bush, Iran, Iraq, media, middle east, saudi arabia.
OK, al-P and reasonable people might dispute that.
But try as it might to discuss where we are five years on without giving Bush any props, the Associated Press has to admit that we have some leverage, and a substantial national interest, at stake in that nascent democracy won with the blood of many thousands of Iraqis and [...]
The Israeli Vote
Published on 29 Sep 2008 at 10:25 am.
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Filed under Iran, Israel, pols.
Robert Baer at NY Daily News on the potential for an October surprise, Bet on Israel Bombing Iran:
Heavy Mullah
Published on 24 Sep 2008 at 9:33 am.
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Filed under Iran.
Iranian TV re Tehran’s Heavy Metal scene. Stars of David, rooster-dos and t-shirts that say “No” are cool among Iran’s rebellious youth. But there’s always the danger impressionable youth will fall into devil worship, drug use, fly-eating. Sounds pretty bad. This guy they interview is already pretty heavily into smartassism. Doesn’t say whether the Persian headbangers have [...]
A’Jad In The Great Satan
Published on 22 Sep 2008 at 10:32 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Israel, pols.
U.S. aggression behind Wall Street woes, says Ahmadinejad, in NYC for the big General Assembly opener. Oh yeah, and Israel’s doomed. LA Times.
Teheran Times reports on Rabbis for Ahmadinejad, poo-poos the 3000-odd mullah-bashers down the street. Meanwhile, Ha’aretz has the speech Palin was going to deliver at the big anti-Iran protest before she was disinvited. There’s a [...]
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Dutch Step Aside …
Published on 2 Sep 2008 at 7:57 am.
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Filed under Intel, Iran, military.
… to make way for US UAV wack vs mullahs. JPost:
Ivan Wants To Play
Published on 20 Aug 2008 at 9:00 pm.
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Filed under America, China, Europe, Iran, military, money.
Brinksmanship from a Russky general who rather idiotically threatens Poland with nukes if the Poles go ahead with the U.S. missile defense program. Here’s Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn:
“Poland, by deploying (the system) is exposing itself to a strike — 100 percent.”
Soon To Disappear from Geographical Charts
Published on 2 Jun 2008 at 8:51 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Israel, pols.
Ahmadinejad re Israel. via JPost:
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Mullahed Whine
Published on 29 May 2008 at 9:42 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, pols.
Thank Allah for the goodwill of Iran! Commentary re Pelosi on the surge, giving credit where credit isn’t due.
Ace: Hey Nancy, you forgot to credit al Qaeda for scaling back the beheadings and bombings!
Inshallah witha little more Iranian goodwill we can soon abandon Iraq! But maybe La Pelosi has a point. Maybe a little mullah whack buys some goodwill. Maybe a lot [...]
Dawn Over Vienna
Published on 27 May 2008 at 9:52 am.
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Filed under Iran, UN, nukes.
IAEA: Iran may be withholding nuke info.
Put Your Martyrdom Where Your Mouth Is
Published on 27 May 2008 at 8:17 am.
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Filed under Iran, Jihad.
Iranian women’s magazine shut down for investigative article on Iran’s martyrdom movement. MEMRI:
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Whack Please
Published on 21 May 2008 at 11:18 pm.
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Filed under Iran.
High-level pro-U.S. Iranian regime dissidents would welcome air strikes. Newsmax:
Iranian Questions
Published on 20 May 2008 at 11:00 am.
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Filed under Iran.
Probably say more than any answers would.
“If Coca Cola Is Bad, Why Is It Being Bottled in the [Iranian] City of Mashhad?”
“What Other Things – Other Than the Right to Nuclear Energy – Are Our ‘Absolute Right’?”
“Should we get rid of Valiasr Street’s trees because they were planted on an order from Reza Shah?”
“Does [Iranian [...]
Unfinished Business
Published on 20 May 2008 at 10:30 am.
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Filed under Iran.
Israeli Army Radio via JPost: Bush intends to attack Iran before his term ends. Bush admin; no, we don’t.
Bring It On
Published on 19 May 2008 at 7:33 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Iran, pols.
That’s Bolton re Obama and the foreign policy debate. WSJ:
Irany Alert
Published on 16 May 2008 at 8:09 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Iran is concerned about foreign support for terrorism in Iraq. Tehran Times:
From the Mouths of Mullahs
Published on 12 May 2008 at 9:13 pm.
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Filed under Iran, lebanon.
Iranian newspapers, via MEMRI: “In the Power Struggle in the Middle East, There are Only Two Sides, Iran and the U.S.”
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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
Published on 10 May 2008 at 8:58 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Sadr says uncle, Mahdi Army will play nice. Really, you can have all the heavy weapons. Any heavy weapon you find, you can have it and whichever idiot is carrying it. McClatchy:
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Crack of Dawn?
Published on 9 May 2008 at 11:17 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Iran, lebanon.
Hezbollah’s renewed war on Lebanon flicks on a light for a lefty scribbler, who has the passing thought the world may be an evil place. No kidding. There’s a whole axis of the stuff. Hop, skip and a jump from there to … you know. Maybe this Leb thing could be a(nother) big learning moment.
Nukes in ‘09
Published on 7 May 2008 at 11:26 am.
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Filed under Iran.
Hey, maybe Iran will become a big campaign issue, whether Bush bombs the mullahs or not. Freedoms Zone.
Iran = Hitler + Nukes, Hamas = Wall
Published on 5 May 2008 at 8:58 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Israel, Palestinians.
Elder statesman Shimon Peres’ quick nuisance assessment. J Post:
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Great News!
Published on 5 May 2008 at 7:49 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
NYT reports that Hezbollah is training Iraqis militias at a secret site near Tehran. You know what this means, right?
Peace Partnership
Published on 2 May 2008 at 11:10 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Iran says talks in Tehran will help end Iraq clashes. Sure, why not? Reuters:
Concern to be Expressed
Published on 1 May 2008 at 8:20 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
By Iraqi government team in Tehran. NYT:
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Boat Show
Published on 30 Apr 2008 at 2:23 pm.
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Filed under Iran.
More boats in the Gulf, intended to send a message. CBS:
Anger Management
Published on 29 Apr 2008 at 8:13 am.
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Filed under Iran, McCain, pols.
Hitchens at Slate is dismissive of the campaign thread focusing on McCain’s rage issues, though that necktie-yanking thing is a little weird and sounds like it would get old real quick. Good thing senators don’t carry canes anymore.
Jihad vs. Barbie
Published on 28 Apr 2008 at 8:54 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Jihad, toys.
Anti-Barbie mullahs will have to get in line behind our own progressive anti-Barbists, but apparently they share common cause on this, as well as the US-out-of-Iraq thing. Important toy news out of Tehran, where they’re cracking down on decadent, culturally dangerous western playthings. NYT:
Axis of Evil
Published on 25 Apr 2008 at 9:54 am.
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Filed under Iran, North Korea, Syria, nukes.
Turns out there is one. Here’s how it works. North Korea sells nuclear and missile technology to Middle Eastern pariah states, which are busy developing their own. They cooperate.
Mullahing Options
Published on 25 Apr 2008 at 9:19 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Always a tad skittish, Moqtada Al-Sadr would like to divide and conquer but his appetite for battle has always been limited. Sadr, via AFP, he didn’t really mean it about open war. And if he did, that only applies to the occupier.
Hamas Hearts Obama
Published on 16 Apr 2008 at 10:47 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Palestinians, pols.
Anyone surprised? Cameron’s Corner at Fox:
Reality Checks
Published on 10 Apr 2008 at 9:31 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, media, military.
Lots of talk out there about what’s real, what’s not. Big reality roundup below, but first, this week’s Irony Cross with oakleaf clusters to repeat honoree Harry Reid.
“We are stuck in a twilight zone in Iraq,” Reid said.
He hasn’t been in the news much lately. You’ll remember him as part of the war-ending Democratic mandate. No cruel Twilight [...]
Memo to McCain
Published on 9 Apr 2008 at 7:54 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, al qaeda.
And the snarking classes. Hamas Iraq accuses al-Qaeda in Iraq of ties to Iran, and gets specific. “The U.S. is our main enemy but a more dangerous enemy is Iran.” MEMRI:
Now You Sadr, Now You Don’t
Published on 9 Apr 2008 at 7:12 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Last week, al-Sadr promised a million Shiite march for today’s anniversary of the statue being pulled down. Today, that’s been cancelled, because Sadr is concerned about the shedding of Iraqi blood. He always is, when there’s any chance it might be his own. Two days ago, al-Sadr was offering to stand down, if al-Sistani and other [...]
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It’s The Mullahs, Stupid
Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 11:49 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, pols.
Petraeus is expected to tell Congress our partner-for-peace, Iran, took part in the fight in Basra. Times of London:
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Pro-Liberation
Published on 2 Apr 2008 at 8:54 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Pro-acts of resistance vs. the occupiers, aka the Great Satan. That’s us. It’s Moqtada al-Sadr a couple of days ago, via MEMRI. Saddam was bad but America is worse. Baathists are still abroad in the land. The goal of the Mahdi Army is to liberate Iraq, whatever it takes. Also, a more Islamic society, the Mahdi will be [...]
“Part of the Problem”
Published on 31 Mar 2008 at 6:59 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Persians, magnanimous, agree to call off their Shiite militias. I guess this means we don’t have to use “alleged” or “U.S. accuses Iran of involvement” or any other qualifiers anymore. Apparently the mullahs are calling the shots. Iraqi lawmakers went to Qom over the weekend to ask an Iranian general to kindly stand down his murderous [...]
Mullahtoons
Published on 19 Mar 2008 at 8:37 am.
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Filed under Iran, Zionists, hated Crusaders, kids.
Iranian childrens’ TV. It’s kind of like low-grade Roadrunner, only with filthy Zionists. Also, no Roadrunner. The big-eyed kid is kind of a passive victim of distinctly cowboy-influenced, U.S.-equipped International Zionism. I only watched the first one, though. If you’re home sick watching toons, lemme know if it gets better.
Memo to Mullahs: Google “ACME Co.” for [...]
Islamically Incorrect
Published on 16 Mar 2008 at 8:35 pm.
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Filed under Iran, hacks, hair, hated Crusaders, sex.
Iran shuts down nine fanzines for showing forbidden images of corrupt western starlets and reporting details of their decadent lifestyles. AFP. Someone tell Hollywood. Maybe this will clue them in to the nature of the Islamic Republic, aka partner for peace.
Bush, Still President
Published on 11 Mar 2008 at 8:35 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Iraq, still his war. And Iran, apparently, still on the target list. We’ll start with VOA:
Tears of a Clown
Published on 6 Mar 2008 at 11:26 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Why Ahmadinejad’s visit to Iraq was a failure. Alireza Jafarzadeh at Fox:
