Archives for the 'Iran' Category
Uh Oh
Published on 26 Sep 2007 at 9:41 am.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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… 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.
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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.
Good One!
Published on 24 Sep 2007 at 9:09 am.
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Filed under Iran, pols.
Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor, now yapping for Carter-without-portfolio Barack Obama, warns of dire threat of 20-year war with Iran. About 28 years too late! Must be appeasement humor.
Riddle: How many dim-bulb, mullah-coddling presidencies does it take to screw up American foreign policy and throw U.S. soldiers into an endless round of deadly Middle East engagements [...]
Charm Offensive?
Published on 24 Sep 2007 at 8:39 am.
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Well yes, in this case, it is. Times of London:
The President of Iran has arrived in New York on a controversial charm offensive to convince the American people that they have nothing to fear from his country.
I’m In Nejad For Love
Published on 24 Sep 2007 at 7:52 am.
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… simply because you’re near me …
I’m trying to figure out if this is a spoof. Pretty good one, if it is:
Why I Have a Little Crush on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
I know I’m a Jewish lesbian and he’d probably have me killed. But still, the guy speaks some blunt truths about the Bush Administration that make me [...]
Hitler OK!
Published on 23 Sep 2007 at 8:38 am.
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Filed under Iran, academia.
Says Columbia dean. Insane mass murderer would be welcome to speak in august halls of learning.
In Case You Had Any Question
Published on 21 Sep 2007 at 11:02 am.
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Filed under Iran, Israel, Syria.
U.S. and Israel are working together against Iran, Syria. Great news, confirmed by the Washington Post:
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Monkey on a Leash
Published on 20 Sep 2007 at 8:35 am.
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Filed under Holodenial, Iran, media.
NYT: “Mr. Ahmadinejad”* invited to speak at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. President Lee C. Bollinger univited him before, but says the monkey will be on a leash this time:
Worm Bites Apple
Published on 20 Sep 2007 at 12:44 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Iran.
Apple spits out worm. No Ahmadinejad circus at Ground Zero:
Accordion Brigade Advance!
Published on 16 Sep 2007 at 11:15 pm.
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Filed under France, Iran.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner re Iran, nukes:
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Squeeze Play
Published on 13 Sep 2007 at 9:42 am.
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My latest at Pajamas re Iran, Syria, Israel and the United States. There was the U.S. flanking of Iran in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then you had the Iranian/Syrian flanking of U.S. in Iraq. Are we now seeing the Israeli/U.S. flanking of Iran and Syria? Hope so. Related links:
Yellow Protestism
Published on 4 Sep 2007 at 11:48 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, pols.
Surber on the new Jingoism: We’ll supply the protestors, you supply the war.
Just go read it, and while you’re there, check the latest poll numbers. 54 percent now say the war can be won. Poll governance rules call for Dem Cong to respond to the will of the people, who can’t stand them, consider them losers.
Saber Rattled
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 11:24 am.
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Filed under Iran, military.
UPDATE: ConfYank and NeptLex smell BS in alleged flight deck report of preparations for same. I’d suggest the blabber may well be telling the truth, its an ignorant messenger who’s garbled it, attributing inaccuracies. Happens all the time. Interesting however, if there’s enough information in Kos yapper’s report to ID and get the blabber in trouble. Certainly hope it’s true, because [...]
Smart Is As Smart Does
Published on 22 Aug 2007 at 10:48 pm.
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Iran develops 2,000 lb smart bomb:
Iranian Graffiti
Published on 20 Aug 2007 at 8:42 am.
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Filed under Iran, sex.
Iranian youth on the edge:
The following are excerpts from an Iranian program showing how young Iranian men pick up girls on the streets of Tehran. The program aired on Channel 1, Iranian TV, on July 18, 2007.
To view this clip, visit:http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1529.htm
Young man 1: “We know most of the girls, and so we drive around [...]
50
Published on 19 Aug 2007 at 9:29 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, military.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard elite Quds Force in Iraq. Fourth Rail has a quick Iraq roundup that includes this news:
It Wasn’t Already?
Published on 15 Aug 2007 at 8:35 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Iran, pols.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to classed as a “specially designated global terrorist” organization. Specially designated for missile strikes, air raids and spec ops assaults, I hope. WaPo:
What Friends Are Made Of
Published on 14 Aug 2007 at 8:51 am.
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Filed under Iran, Syria.
What you might ask, would righteous Shiite mullahcracy Iran want with Baathis Sunni Syria? Well, they asked the same about that alcohol-swilling apostate Saddam and Osama. It’s an enemy of my enemy thing:
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Dick and George
Published on 10 Aug 2007 at 9:51 am.
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Filed under Bush, Cheney, Iran, Iraq.
See Mahmoud arm terrorists. See George charge Mahmoud with meddling. See Dick urge strikes:
Talk Is Cheap
Published on 8 Aug 2007 at 9:51 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, media, military.
NYT: Attacks by Iranian-supplied EFPs spiked in July, military says.
Relationsheeps
Published on 31 Jul 2007 at 7:53 am.
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Filed under Iran, sex.
No jokes, please. We’re all adults. Via exemplary Persian blogger Kamangir, a discussion of Islamic sexuality and the new Sharia-safe sex manual, “The Couple’s Sexual Relationsheeps, Basis of Islamic View.” Kamangir:
Tribe of Al-Ameriki
Published on 24 Jul 2007 at 10:33 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, al qaeda, media.
Al-Ameriki tribe as we speak is sitting down with the Persians. More on that later. Meanwhile, some light Iraq reading.
McCallister, IIMEF’s tribal advisor in Anbar with four years behind him, at SWJ on counterinsurgency in a tribal society:
Iran Talk
Published on 18 Jul 2007 at 9:45 am.
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Filed under Iran, Pakistan.
Stratfor weighs in with a little realpolitik re Iran and Pakistan:
Enemy of Their Enemy
Published on 17 Jul 2007 at 9:42 am.
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Filed under Iran, al qaeda.
Eli Lake at NY Sun on a new NIE claim that Iran is hosting al-Qaeda:
The Trouble About Tehran
Published on 16 Jul 2007 at 8:02 am.
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Filed under Iran, pols.
UK Guardian: Cheney wants to whack Iran. Apparently there is concern that Iran, as a partner for peace, is full of it, and Bush doesn’t want to leave the mullahs and their efforts to dominate the region with nuclear weapons and terrorism unaddressed.
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Welcome to “Later”
Published on 14 Jul 2007 at 10:28 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Stratfor sees it all coming to a head. Third Quarter Forecast 2007:
War With Iran
Published on 9 Jul 2007 at 7:54 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, al qaeda, military.
I thought us Crusaders were the hated occupier, the common enemy. Al Qaeda, on the outs with Sunnis in Iraq and eager to change the subject, declares war on Iran. Moqtada al-Sadr, on the outs with Shiites in Iraq, runs there. Fascinating topic, but first, something about Iran’s great concern over the “psychological abuse” of detainees. No, silly, not [...]
A Greater Iranosphere
Published on 6 Jul 2007 at 9:02 am.
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Joe Lieberman lays out the case on Iran, but stops short of painting the full picture. Here’s his take on Iran at WSJ:
In Other (Iranian) Business
Published on 27 Jun 2007 at 8:30 am.
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Filed under Iran, lebanon.
Blacksmiths of Lebanon with the latest on Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy on the Mediterranean.
Meanwhile, are Iranian forces being choppered over the Iraqi border and if so, when’s the war start?
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Bad Case of Gas
Published on 27 Jun 2007 at 8:24 am.
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First it was the tomatoes. Now the gas. Ahmadinejad is having internal problems. An uncomfortable burning sensation.
Brits Spot Iranians
Published on 26 Jun 2007 at 12:23 am.
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… crossing into southern Iraq. Iranians must be lonely, want to play. Someone tell Brits, they don’t have to if they don’t want to.
There’s Something About Gaza
Published on 25 Jun 2007 at 9:46 am.
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Filed under Iran, Palestinians.
Big meeting today in Sharm al-Sheik.
Our Gazapalooza kicks off with Stratfor, on the difficulties of playing nice with terrorists:
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RAN vs. Iran
Published on 22 Jun 2007 at 9:46 am.
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Filed under Iran, Oz, military.
Royal Australian Navy wins:
A Strong Sense of Irany
Published on 16 Jun 2007 at 8:08 am.
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The Washington Post rounds up what anyone who’s been paying any attention to Iran already knows. Iran is in the middle of a crackdown of dissent, as hardliners and moderates struggle amid widespread economic, political and social discontent. You’d almost think conditions are perfect for a non-Islamic revolution.
Kamangir captures an Islamic regime that is Soviet in its [...]
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Sex, Islam and Videotape
Published on 14 Jun 2007 at 1:41 am.
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Iran votes in the death penalty for porn. I’m not sure how the mullahs managed to leave this loophole open for so long. Given that just about everything else involving sex is punishable by death there.
The crime that prompted this turns out to have nothing to do with porn. It was extortion.
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What To Do About Iran
Published on 11 Jun 2007 at 11:37 am.
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Here are some other people who are thinking about it. Specifically, bombing it.
More here at FreedomsZone.
I Lieb This Guy
Published on 10 Jun 2007 at 5:26 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq, pols.
Lieberman re Iran, desireability of bombing same:
Good Morning, Tehran
Published on 7 Jun 2007 at 6:26 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Iran.
Iran “caught red-handed” shipping weapons to the Taliban. Part of a concerted campaign. Before you get to the actual information in this report, it is necessary first to avoid tripping over rent-a-quote Richard Clarke. But here’s the interesting part:
Partner for Peace
Published on 3 Jun 2007 at 8:53 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Israel.
A’jad announces countdown to Israel’s destruction:
“With God’s help, the countdown button for the destruction of the Zionist regime has been pushed by the hands of the children of Lebanon and Palestine,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech. “By God’s will, we will witness the destruction of this regime in the near future.”
Actual schedule not yet revealed. [...]
That’s Right
Published on 2 Jun 2007 at 12:09 am.
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Keep ‘em guessing.
14,635
Published on 31 May 2007 at 10:24 pm.
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Arrested in Iran’s moralization campaign. That’s a hell of a lot of moralizing.
All Roads Lead From Tehran
Published on 31 May 2007 at 8:51 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Stratfor on Iraq = Korea:
… This is not so much an announcement of a plan to create a specific force structure or basing arrangement as it is a statement about the length and character of Washington’s commitment to Baghdad. The real underlying significance of the announcement is simple: the United States is not leaving Iraq [...]
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Ahmadinejad on a Leash?
Published on 26 May 2007 at 8:33 am.
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Filed under Iran, Iraq.
Stratfor suggests pragmatic conservatives in the regime want A’jad bound and gagged in advance of U.S.-Iran talks:
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Iran Plans
Published on 23 May 2007 at 12:14 am.
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ABC’s Blotter: Bush authorizes new covert action against Iran:
House Votes for War with Iran
Published on 17 May 2007 at 10:22 am.
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Filed under Iran, pols.
Well, not exactly, but by current Democratic leadership standards, this is a mandate:
