Archives for the 'Iran' Category
Attacks on Sensitive Centers
Published on 28 Jan 2008 at 9:13 am.
6 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Zionists, filthy Crusader pigs.
Advocated by connected Iranian op-ed writer/editor in response to Zionist, infidel offenses. MEMRI:
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A First
Published on 25 Jan 2008 at 10:00 am.
6 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Iraq, al qaeda, media, pols.
The long-term strategic agreement with Iraq would be an alarming one, according to this article that offers a critical look at i’s that must be dotted, t’s that must be crossed, but fails to note how alarming the lack of an agreement might be. Boston Globe:
Democracy Slam
Published on 24 Jan 2008 at 11:04 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Islam, pols.
In the Islamic Republic of Iran. Guardians Council bans one in three candidates for parliamentary elections. Don’t worry, it’s just the embezzlers, the corrupt, those with bad reputations in their neighborhoods, drug users, ties to the former US-backed shah regime, those who have acted against the Islamic Republic, those who do not adhere to the [...]
Popping the Question with Iran
Published on 18 Jan 2008 at 9:50 am.
9 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
JFK School Kumbayah chorus leader weighs in on Iran. Samantha Power sees American arrogance, saber-rattling as a problem, especially since Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been revealed as another Bush lie. No mention of Iran arrogance, saber-rattling, etc., and this essay suffers from other flaws in facts, perspective. But Power may be onto something when she [...]
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One Step Forward
Published on 14 Jan 2008 at 8:16 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Another step back as former Baathists cock an eye at reconciliation bill.
New Player
Published on 11 Jan 2008 at 10:39 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
In the Iranian yachting regatta. BBC:
Iran = Threat to World Peace
Published on 10 Jan 2008 at 8:04 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
I knew that. You knew that, right? CNN:
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Water Sports
Published on 9 Jan 2008 at 8:47 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
Iranians say USN fabricated the vid. Questions abound re the purpose and effect but vid first, via Beeb:
Iranian Games
Published on 7 Jan 2008 at 11:00 am.
19 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
Mullahboats play tag with the US Navy. NBC:
Happy New Year?
Published on 23 Dec 2007 at 10:11 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Check this out. Guess who else thinks Iran is an unresolved problem. U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, L.A. Times:
Iranian Atomkraft? Nein Danke!
Published on 17 Dec 2007 at 9:44 am.
6 Comments.
Filed under Intel, Iran, Israel.
Such a cute bumpersticker. Remember that? Can we get a Hebrew one? Because Israelis who just won’t take “maybe not” for an answer are here trying to talk sense into the U.S. intel community:
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American Misconception
Published on 15 Dec 2007 at 9:30 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Intel, Iran.
Raises threat of war, Israeli public security minister says. Arab News:
Aspirational Cognition
Published on 13 Dec 2007 at 8:07 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Intel, Iran.
Theory misunderstood by someone who actually thinks U.S. intelligence is supposed to be a tool of foreign policy, not domestic politics. Get real(politik)! Kissinger at Washington Post goes to the chalkboard, does long division on the NIE. Talk about old school:
Uh Oh
Published on 11 Dec 2007 at 8:27 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
Trouble in paradise. Alleged ‘03 shutdown followed by alleged ‘04 startup. WSJ:
Iranapalooza
Published on 8 Dec 2007 at 8:30 am.
6 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
Only 18 percent of Americans are as gullible as our nation’s intelligence community. Rasmussen:
What “Is” Is
Published on 6 Dec 2007 at 7:51 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Intel, Iran.
John Bolton on why the United States intelligence community, and its gleeful fans, have no clothes. Washington Post:
Who Wants To Be An Iranian Nuclear Power?
Published on 4 Dec 2007 at 10:28 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
Who loves the NIE even more than the loyal opposition? Is that your final answer?
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Say It Ain’t So
Published on 4 Dec 2007 at 7:25 am.
9 Comments.
Filed under Intel, Iran.
Political manipulation of the intelligence on WMD … by intelligence chiefs? In the wake of NIE’s about-face, Podhoretz is suspicious:
Wife-Beating Stopped When?
Published on 3 Dec 2007 at 9:54 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Iraq, media.
Big news today that the NIE is hedging on Iran. That’s being reported a couple of different ways. Big political flap, though I notice they didn’t actually changed the schedule on how long it could take Iran to make a bomb. Just like the Dems are saying, Iran’s like Iraq … but it’s not that Bush-lied thing. Iran responded to military pressure [...]
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Terrorism Summit
Published on 27 Nov 2007 at 8:34 pm.
10 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Palestinians, Syria.
Didn’t Dr. Evil do this?
Ahmadinejad is gathering terrorist leaders who were snubbed by the United States at Annapolis … not that they’d want to be caught dead shaking hands with filthy Zionists … for a big counter-peace summit in Tehran. AFP:
Iraq = Korea
Published on 26 Nov 2007 at 9:40 pm.
6 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Iraq, military.
Big news out of Iraq where, ignoring Congress and its withdrawal proposals in the interests of common sense, the Shiite-led Iraqi government and the Bush administration have inked a deal for an ongoing U.S. military presence and strategic partnership. To ward off foreign threats and internal coups, and keep a lid on sectraian rivalries. That’s [...]
Damned If You Do
Published on 26 Nov 2007 at 8:04 am.
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Filed under Iran, blogs.
Kamangir with tales of the Iranian blogosphere:
Boca Grande
Published on 19 Nov 2007 at 11:06 pm.
9 Comments.
Filed under Iran, chavez.
At it again.
Good Cop Bad Cop
Published on 18 Nov 2007 at 8:41 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Sesame Street, pols.
Friedman actually writes something interesting and provocative. Obama-Cheney ticket/strategy vs. Iran. Good cop/bad cop. Says the problem with the Bush admin is it’s all bad cop, and can’t take “yes” for an answer. It almost makes sense:
Al Jazeera Rocks!
Published on 17 Nov 2007 at 6:51 pm.
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Filed under Iran.
I’m starting to like al-Jazeera a lot. Check this out. I’m not sure which part I like best. Nostalgia for Nuristan? Honorable Iranian democracy and fraudulent Bush rule? Annoying intellectuals who want a mandate rule of democracy? Airborne democracy? Whitey gonna get it? Like the grunts say, it’s all good:
Partner for Peace
Published on 13 Nov 2007 at 8:45 am.
10 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
Never mind the nuke-lust, the terrorism, the murder of American soldiers, the Zionist-entity erasure, domestic oppression and efforts to dominate the entire Middle East, all of that with whacked-out endtime Iranovision. That embassy thing, it’s history!
Maybe this will get some people rethinking their notions of this regime as a partner for peace. Iranian minister: Gays should be hanged. Tortured, too.
AQ in Iran
Published on 10 Nov 2007 at 7:43 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under Iran, al qaeda, saudi arabia.
Not exactly news. Some interesting detail, if real. I’m trying to think of a reason why it wouldn’t be. MEMRI:
Nuclear Akhbar!
Published on 7 Nov 2007 at 10:22 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
Great leap forward in peaceful Iranian uranium enrichment program!
Nothing to see here, move along. Hey, did you have as good a Struggle Against Global Arrogance Day as I did?
Captain’s Quarters: Nuke clock ticking.
Happy Struggle Against Global Arrogance Day!
Published on 5 Nov 2007 at 9:00 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
In case you missed it. Millions rejoice at the Death to America Day commemoration of humiliation of the Great Satan, taking of the Den of Spies. Tehran Times:
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Know Nukes
Published on 5 Nov 2007 at 8:35 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Iran, media.
Ha! Libertyblog wants to know if Iran is stupid enough to reprise Saddam’s Victor/Victoria role: A tyrant without WMD pretending to be a tyrant with WMD pretending to be a tyrant without WMD. Who will one day be a tyrant with WMD if everyone keeps falling for that tired storyline.
No nukes, or no conclusive evidence of any Iranian [...]
Good vs. Bad
Published on 30 Oct 2007 at 12:26 am.
9 Comments.
Filed under GWOT, Iran.
Back in the Good War, they called them kamikazes. In today’s war, which is Bad, they are called martyrs. Fars:
On The Money
Published on 25 Oct 2007 at 11:57 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
Apparently it’s an issue. Iranians gripe about sanctions.
Shivers
Published on 21 Oct 2007 at 8:55 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
Advised upon Larjani resignation. Meir Javedanfar at Pajamas:
World War III
Published on 21 Oct 2007 at 12:29 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Bush, Iran, Israel, Russia.
As viewed from New York, Tel Aviv, Tehran, Moscow and Washington. It’s a reality check:
Vlad Hearts A’Jad
Published on 17 Oct 2007 at 9:41 am.
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Filed under Iran, Russia.
In case anyone on any side had any illusions about either of these parties: Erstwhile godless commie seeking to restore lost Soviet greatness gets chummy with messianic Iranian zealot seeking to precipitate return of the Mahdi and/or restore lost Persian greatness, threatens Great Satan/Yankee Imperialists.
God, Bombs, Dirty Tricks
Published on 15 Oct 2007 at 8:51 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Russia.
Putin rethinking Iran trip amid assassination chatter.
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Clintonian Kerrbamism
Published on 13 Oct 2007 at 9:34 am.
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Filed under Iran, pols.
Obama: Kerryite Clinton adopts Obamism! She was against talking to dictators before she was for it. Clintonian Clintonist: It depends what the meaning of “I” is.
Commeinists
Published on 12 Oct 2007 at 10:40 pm.
6 Comments.
Filed under Cuba, Iran.
Amir Taheri’s must-read laughriot on a Commie-Khomeini lovefest gone badly wrong at Tehran U. NY Post:
Surrender Surrender
Published on 9 Oct 2007 at 12:22 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Iraq, pols.
What is this, some kind of Dembar Awakening*?
Dems Seem Ready to Extend Wire Tap Powers.
Waving the white flag on surrender?
Concerns About Stability
Published on 6 Oct 2007 at 7:27 pm.
16 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Israel, Korea, Syria.
This is interesting. Concerns about stability in the region stalled attack on Syrian nuke facility.
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Tax and Fend Mullacrats
Published on 3 Oct 2007 at 10:50 pm.
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Filed under Iran, pols.
This may be my favorite news item in a while. This mullah’s reading from the Democratic playbook. Very enthusiastic about the Obey-Murtha-McGovern plan. Frighten the Americans with taxes.
It’s been put around that Operation Righteous Splat is Januarish. Allowing them to keep lying until November could be on that kind of schedule.
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Glove Does Not Fit, Must Acquit
Published on 2 Oct 2007 at 7:55 am.
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Filed under Iran.
Sy Hersh launches pre-emptive “Bush lies people will die” strike vs. campaign on Iran. New Yorker’s “Shifting Targets“ suggests the developing case for striking Iran is a cynical Bush ploy … excuse me, make that a cynical Cheney ploy … to bomb the daylights out of Iran just because, maybe as a last hurrah, rather than something that perhaps represents … [...]
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Unknown Unknowns
Published on 28 Sep 2007 at 4:40 pm.
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Filed under Iran.
A conservative Iranian newspaper close to Khamenei hints that the United States cannot harm Iran’s nuke program because it only knows what Iran wants it to know. MEMRI:
Uh Oh
Published on 26 Sep 2007 at 9:41 am.
13 Comments.
Filed under Iran, academia.
Looks like Bollinger is in for the Larry Summers treatment. NY Sun:
Mission of A’jad
Published on 25 Sep 2007 at 10:17 pm.
8 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Islam.
Ahmadinejad before the U.N. General Assembly (through translator):
In the name of God, the compassionate and the merciful, oh, God, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi and grant him good health and victory and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.
Mr. President, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased and grateful to [...]
Persian Sockpuppets?
Published on 25 Sep 2007 at 10:21 am.
14 Comments.
Filed under Iran, academia.
OK, here we go. Fars: Iranian university presidents ask Bollinger 10 questions, some of which are actually germane to the situation:
Silent Treatment
Published on 25 Sep 2007 at 9:15 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iran, media.
Cat’s still got Fars’ tongue. It’s a mystery. The president of Iran just got bitchslapped in the Great Satan, and there isn’t even any official outrage. More interesting to Fars out of A’jad’s junket is his sitdown with Zimbabwean despot Mugabe; his call for the UN to observe justice, whatever that’s supposed to mean; his phone [...]
Learning Moment
Published on 25 Sep 2007 at 8:41 am.
12 Comments.
Filed under Iran, academia.
Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger just set a new academic standard. The university as a moral force, a leader in struggles for peace, freedom and justice. Here’s Bollinger’s speech, an exercise in stark clarity. Bollinger’s bio suggests this might be a bold new course for him.* So maybe he is shining a light, as academics are supposed to do, [...]
No News
Published on 24 Sep 2007 at 11:12 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Iran.
… is no news. Fars at last check was still trying to figure out what to do with Bollinger’s speech. Their latest on A’jad’s big trip to the Great Satan is a Sunday event at which he addressed “a large group of Iranian expatriates residing in the US.” Looking at the picture, I wouldn’t think [...]
More Like This
Published on 24 Sep 2007 at 10:56 pm.
1 Comment.
Filed under Iran, academia.
I thought they wanted to have an academic debate with Ahmadinejad. You know, like they wanted to have with Hitler. If I knew they were going to mock A’jad and insult A’jad, and wipe the smirk of A’jad’s mug, I might have taken an entirely different view of this Columbia thing.
