By Press for Truth The global elite wants a complete takeover of the Middle East. The situation with Iran is being manipulated in an effort to get the West behind their war of aggression in the name of peace and…
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Iran: Iraq all over again?
Iran: the Neocons Are At It Again by Ralph Nader, Counterpunch, Jan. 12, 2012 The same neocons who persuaded George W. Bush and crew to, in Ron Paul’s inimitable words, “lie their way into invading Iraq” in 2003, are beating…
Energy Wars 2012
Michael T. Clare, Counterpunch, Jan. 10, 2012 Welcome to an edgy world where a single incident at an energy “chokepoint” could set a region aflame, provoking bloody encounters, boosting oil prices, and putting the global economy at risk. With energy…
First Syria, then Iran?
A mistaken case for Syrian regime change By Aisling Byrne, Asia Times, Jan. 5, 2012 “War with Iran is already here,” wrote a leading Israeli commentator recently, describing “the combination of covert warfare and international pressure” being applied to Iran.…
Leaving Afghanistan
Notes on Afghanistan: The Surge to Withdrawal by Vijay Prashad, Counterpunch, January 6, 2012 Kabul sprawls like an injured lion. Its population has increased four-fold to 4.5 million over the past ten years. War refugees, fleeing the countryside for the…
US troops deploying to Israel
The Pentagon to Send US Troops to Israel. Iran is the Unspoken Target . . . Blacked-out news story in America By Global Research and whiteoutpress.com, January 4, 2012 January 2, 2012. Jerusalem. In one of the most blacked-out stories…
US threatens China & Russia
Obama Raises the Military Stakes: Confrontation on the Borders with China and Russia By Professor James Petras, Global Research, December 10, 2011 After suffering major military and political defeats in bloody ground wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, failing to buttress…
Marching to war with Iran
THE CLOCK IS TICKING: “Shadow War” Heating Up. War With Iran: A Provocation Away? by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, Dec. 5, 2011 Amid conflicting reports that a huge explosion at Iran’s uranium conversion facility in Isfahan occurred last week, speculation…
US arms Persian Gulf allies for conflict with Iran
By Rick Rozoff, Global Research, Nov. 18, 2011 Rumors and reports of, speculation over and scenarios for attacks against Iran’s civilian nuclear power facilities and military sites by the United States, Israel or both have flared up periodically over the…
They are fanning the flames of the Iran war option
By Richard Falk, rabble.ca, November 12, 2011 How many times have we heard in recent weeks either outright threats to attack Iran mainly emanating from Israel or the more muted posture adopted by the United States that leaves ‘all options’…