World-News

Sen. Lieberman used some very harsh language at the Wednesday press conference to describe the Iranian nuclear program, saying the US must do everything it can to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power.

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=180725



UAE Diplomat Endorses U.S. Strike on Iran

The United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that the benefits of bombing Iran's nuclear program outweigh the short-term costs such an attack would impose.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/07/uae-diplomat-endorses-strike-iran/



Secret document affirms U.S.-Israel nuclear partnership

According to Army Radio, the U.S. has reportedly pledged to sell Israel materials used to produce electricity, as well as nuclear technology and other supplies.

http://bit.ly/9XSPfO


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iran/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

Sanctions on Iran Means War
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul680.html

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Heinonen Pushed Dubious Iran Nuclear Weapons Intel

By Gareth Porter

Olli Heinonen, the Finnish nuclear engineer who resigned Thursday after five years as deputy director for safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was the driving force in turning that agency into a mechanism to support U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25860.htm



Obama's New Iran Sanctions: An Act of War

By Shamus Cooke

Iran must import the majority of its oil from foreign corporations and nations, since it does not have the technology needed to refine the fuel that it pumps from its soil. By cutting this refined oil off, the U.S. will be causing massive, irreparable damage to the Iranian economy - equaling an act of war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25867.htm



In the Religion of 100% Americanism, Ignorance is Strength

By Kevin Carson

America, alone among the peoples of the world, rationally considering the consequences of the U.S. government's foreign policy and adjusting that policy accordingly constitutes "defeatism."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25868.htm



Bill Clinton opposed to assault on Iran

In an interview with CNN on Monday, Clinton said he thinks Iranians will all become alienated and oppose the West if military action is taken against the country.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=133565&sectionid=351020101



China balks at new US sanctions

China warned other nations Tuesday against taking unilateral actions against Iran's nuclear programme outside newly passed UN sanctions and denounced the United States for making such moves.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100706/wl_asia_afp/irannuclearpoliticsuschinasanctions



'US attack on Iran a matter of time'

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says the US compelled the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Iran in order to weaken the country and lay the ground for a military attack.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134296&sectionid=351020104



Russia: EU sanctions on Iran 'unacceptable'

Russia on Tuesday criticized the decision by the EU to impose a fresh round of sanctions on Iran. Using sanctions outside the UN Securtiy Council framework was "unacceptable," a Foreign Ministry statement released in Moscow said.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5841109,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-eu-2092-rdf


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By Daniel Tencer

As unconfirmed reports of an imminent Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities pick up steam in the Middle Eastern media, a US-based strategic intelligence company has released a chart showing US naval carriers massing near Iranian waters.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25829.htm



Massive Iranian military reinforcement near the Gulf region

Informed Iranian sources were quoted as saying on Monday that Tehran reinforced the presence of the army and the Revolutionary Guards near the coast of the Persian Gulf, following the U.N. decision to impose tougher sanctions, including the threat of international inspections of Iranian vessels.

http://tinyurl.com/2d37ear



The Iranian Threat

By Noam Chomsky

"They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran," according to Dan Plesch, director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London. "US bombers and long range missiles are ready today to destroy 10,000 targets in Iran in a few hours," he said. "The firepower of US forces has quadrupled since 2003," accelerating under Obama.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25841.htm



The Moral Burden of War

Holding America's Soldiers Accountable

By John Grant

Is it a good time to ask whether the antiwar movement should stop using the slogan: "Support the troops, not the war"? More to the point, if our current wars amount to misguided policy helping to bankrupt the country in economic hard times, at what point does a share of the moral burden of this fall on the volunteer soldiers doing the fighting?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25842.htm



Israel and US allegedly preparing military strike on Iran

According to Egyptian sources, an American fleet made its way through the Suez Canal. Eyewitnesses say the fleet had eleven frigates and an air carrier. They add there was also an Israeli frigate among the ships.

http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-06-28/iran-us-military-preparations.html



Military strike on Iran will destabilize region: Mullen

The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said it would be "incredibly dangerous" for Iran to achieve nuclear weapons, and that there's "no reason to trust" Iran's assurances that it is only pursuing a peaceful nuclear program, especially after the discovery of the secret nuclear facility in Qum.

http://tinyurl.com/37x98nq



US Military Chief: Doesn't Trust Iran but Israel, US "in Synch"

He shot down the idea that Israel would stage a military strike to delay or destroy Iran's nuclear development, saying that Israel is "in synch" with the American thinking. He acknowledged that the biggest problem for the United States is how much it does not know about Iran's nuclear program.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138318



7 Potential Economic Effects Of A War With Iran

Are you ready to pay 8 or 10 dollars for a gallon of gasoline? What do you think that would do to the U.S. economy?

http://english.pravda.ru/business/finance/29-06-2010/114054-war_iran-0


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Der italienische Regierungschef nährt die Gerüchte über einen Angriff auf den Iran, ein US-Soziologe schlägt in einer Pentagonzeitschrift Angriffe auf Irans Infrastruktur vor.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147908



Tag des journalistischen Schweigens in Italien

Journalisten und ihren Verbände protestieren gegen ein von der Berlusconi-Regierung geplantes Abhör- und Mediengesetz, das als Knebelgesetz bezeichnet wird.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/147990



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Israel "Plots Tehran Raid"

Preparations are underway to launch the military attack from Azerbaijan and Georgia, reports our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej, quoting military sources.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=281041



G-8 'fully believes' Israel will attack Iran, says Italy PM

World leaders "believe absolutely" that Israel may decide to take military action against Iran to prevent the latter from acquiring nuclear weapons, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday.

http://tinyurl.com/29yykwb


From Information Clearing House



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AntiWar.Com
by Ivan Eland

06/16/10

Invading on the ground would be the only way to make sure that Iran never obtained a nuclear device. After the fiasco of invading Iraq (and the continuing bog in Afghanistan), invading the larger, more mountainous, more populous, and more zealous Iran likely would be an even bigger nightmare. Even though U.S. policymakers seem to be oblivious, or at least ambivalent, to these stark realities, Iran’s neighbor Turkey is not. The Turks are of the opinion that a more cooperative approach from Iran’s neighbors might make Tehran stop short of making a bomb. In other words, Iran might feel secure enough to halt at developing technology that would enable it to construct a weapon on short notice — much as Japan has already done...

http://tinyurl.com/2fc2xab



The next power triangle

The American Prospect
by Stephen Kinzer

06/14/10

Two Muslim nations in the Middle East have a long history of struggle for democracy. One, of course, is Turkey. Now the world’s most democratic Muslim country, it offers vivid proof that Islam and freedom can thrive side by side. It has for decades been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and closely tied to the United States. Today, even while loosening its traditional enforcement of militant secularism, it is embarking on the most ambitious diplomatic project in its history, seeking to project power by resolving regional conflicts through dialogue and compromise. President Barack Obama chose Turkey to be the first Muslim country he visited while in office, telling the Grand National Assembly, “Turkey’s greatness lies in your ability to be at the center of things. This is not where East and West divide. This is where they come together...

http://tinyurl.com/38hhvss



Turkish Gaullism and Turkey’s “balancing role”

The American Conservative
by Daniel Larison

06/16/10

Thomas Friedman manages to write an entire column on the deterioration of U.S.-Turkish relations and never once mentions the Iraq war, the PKK (which has revived since the start of the Iraq war), the weak U.S. response to the flotilla raid, or the Tehran nuclear deal that he and the administration both dismissed with contempt. If we’re apportioning blame for what has encouraged Turkey on its more independent course, we can assign quite a bit to both the Bush and Obama administrations, but that is not the only thing that interests me here. Friedman passes over U.S. mistakes in silence, because this makes it easier to portray Erdogan as the sole culprit responsible for wrecking U.S.-Turkish relations and it helps the misleading ‘the Islamists are coming!’ narrative take hold...

http://tinyurl.com/2fjubu9


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Turkey set to freeze ties with Israel: report

A Turkish newspaper reported on Wednesday that Turkey would halt military cooperation with Israel and not send back the ambassador it withdrew after a deadly Israeli commando operation to stop a Gaza aid convoy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65F4ZP20100616



Israel refuses to withdraw Ambassador to Turkey

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said that Israel will not respond to Turkey's demand that it recall its ambassador to Ankara. Interviewed by Kol Yisrael government radio, the former ambassador to the United States said "the intentions of someone making such demands are not good."

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/50183/



Knesset to hold session on Armenian genocide

On Wednesday, several U.S. congressmen from both parties announced that they were reconsidering their own positions on whether Turkey's treatment of the Armenians during World War I should be labeled genocide. At a press conference, the congressmen expressed concern over Ankara's deepening ties with Iran at the expense of those with its traditional ally Israel.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/knesset-to-hold-session-on-armenian-genocide-1.296894



US: Turkey must show commitment

The United States is warning Turkey that it is alienating US supporters and needs to demonstrate its commitment to partnership with the West.

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=179570



We will not apologize to Turkey over Gaza flotilla killings

Top official in Foreign Ministry says Turkish demand for an official apology was mainly an excuse to allow Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's to cut diplomatic ties with Israel.

http://tinyurl.com/34a9lba



Turkey closes skies to Israeli military

Amid tense relations prompted by Israel's deadly attack on a Turkish-flagged aid convoy, the government in Ankara takes a step to impose certain restrictive measures against the Israeli military.

http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=132364&sectionid=351020204



Gaza aid victims shot more than once - report

The examinations carried out in Turkey found five of the nine died from bullet wounds to the head and that the nine volunteers were shot a total of 31 times. One of the lawyers for the families of the victims, Yasin Divrak, says the findings make it clear the Israeli forces shot to kill the activists.

http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201006/2940536.htm?=


From Information Clearing House

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P5+1 consensus on Iran breaks down as EU approves harsher sanctions
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9741/

Congress votes new Iran sanctions and new reporting req'ts for US president
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9759/

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We Have Lost Our Way

Julia Chaitin Ph.D., Truthout: "I have been trying to get my head around what happened on the Gaza flotilla, with no success. When I turned on the Israeli news at 6:40 AM on Monday morning, knowing that the flotilla must be nearing our shores, the broadcaster's first words were a knife to the heart: 'Something very bad has happened. The commanders knew ahead of time that this was a lose-lose situation ...' I could not help but wonder why the naval commanders (and obviously the higher-ups in the government) would knowingly go into a situation that was 'lose-lose.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/we-have-lost-our-way60363

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Turkey, America, and Empire's Twilight
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/25-8

Turkey Bans Israeli Military Fight from Its Airspace as Freeze Deepens
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/29-3

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Former Marine talks about attack on Gaza relief ships
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/881.html



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Israel is stationing three of its five Dolphin class submarines in the Red Sea, and will keep one of them operating off the Iranian coast at all times. These subs will be armed with cruise missiles (equipped with nuclear warheads).

http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/Israeli-Nuclear-Missile-Boats-Off-Iranian-Coast-6-14-2010.asp



Russia 'disappointed' by US, EU move on Iran

Russian deputy FM warns US, EU sanctions moves could affect cooperation in nuclear crisis. - "Such actions can be called none other than attempts to put yourself above the United Nations Security Council," he said.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39617



U.S., Israeli warships cross Suez Canal toward Red Sea

Egypt opposition angered at government for allowing the fleet of more than 12 ships to cross Egyptian manned waterway, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reports.

http://tinyurl.com/3y7yeqw



U.S. Military Surrounds Iran

Chances of Israeli Bombing Increase.
http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/us-millitary-surrounds-iran/1192


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Was folgt aus den gestern beschlossenen UN-Sanktionen gegen Iran?
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147791



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/

By Robert Parry

President Barack Obama is pursuing a neocon-charted path on Iran that parallels the one that George W. Bush took to war with Iraq - ratcheting up sanctions against the "enemy," refusing to tolerate more peaceful options, and swaggering along with the propagandistic tough-guy-ism of the major U.S. news media.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25680.htm



Israel vs Iran: The Risk of War

By Paul Rogers

At present, it seems that the planning for such a war does not envisage that it would be launched "out of the blue" but rather that it might arise from a provocation, a crisis with Iran - or sheer military miscalculation. This "known unknown" notwithstanding, the details of the proposed operation are worth quoting at length.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25688.htm



Iran to Inspect Gulf Ships If Sanctions Used on Cargo

By Ali Sheikholeslami

Iran will inspect ships in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for any action against its own shipping stemming from the latest United Nations nuclear sanctions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25686.htm



Turkey Vote Against Iran Sanctions - A Slap in the Face

By Natasha Mozgovaya

State Department spokesman: It will be up to Turkey and Brazil to explain rationale for voting against 4th round of UN sanctions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25685.htm



Why China agreed to sanctions?

Apparently, the Israelis drew a scenario that forecast a perilous impact on the Gulf oil production and strategic shipping lanes in case of a military strike on Iran. Sanctions were thus the safe way out.

http://tinyurl.com/22t77to



US 'inciting conflict to trigger war'

Former US Senator, Mike Gravel spoke to Press TV in an interview on Thursday calling the new round of sanctions "a terrible mistake" and that the US is "inciting conflict" to "push Iran to make some silly mistake that could trigger a response".

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=129968&sectionid=3510302



Anti-Iran Bill in House Makes Claims With No Basis in Fact

The former Director General of the IAEA, Mohammed ElBaradei, had repeatedly pointed out that there was no evidence Iran had a weapons program.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25804.htm


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Anti-Iran UNSC resolution 'theater' a step toward US regime change policy and/or war
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9727/

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The Repellent Neoconservatives
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard231.html

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McCain on the evil, barbaric Iranians

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

06/12/10

As the American war in Afghanistan enters its ninth full year and our occupation of Iraq its seventh, and as we continue to find all new ways to kill innocent civilians in various countries around the world, and as we continue to transfer billions of dollars every year to Israel and the Egyptian dictatorship — all while thinking about how to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and thus erode the weak safety net even further, while confronting collapsing domestic infrastructure, rampant unemployment, and massive teacher lay-offs and even grade elimination for American children — is there any other country you can think of, besides Iran, which ’spends its people’s precious resources not on roads, or schools, or hospitals, or jobs that benefit all [citizens]’ but rather on wars and support for foreign groups which kill ‘the innocent?’ And over the last decade, what was the position of John McCain and his party on whether the ‘people’s precious resources’ should be spent (a) on ‘roads, or schools, or hospitals, or jobs that benefit all’ … or (b) wars that kill the innocent?

http://tinyurl.com/2urfu8k


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Iran sanctions: Not just useless but counterproductive

The Nation
by Robert Dreyfuss

06/09/10

The vote by the UN Security Council today to impose a fourth round of UN-backed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program… are a sign that President Obama has no idea what to do about Iran. Hint: sanctions ain’t it. You’ll hear a lot from the Iran-bashing, neoconservative crowd and from the Obama administration itself, especially the State Department, about what a great victory this is. In particular, you’ll hear Obama and the State Department tout the fact that it was Obama’s brilliant effort to win over Russia and China for the sanctions vote that made all the difference. They’ll tell you that Obama contrived to isolate Iran and to persuade Moscow and Beijing to go along with the new sanctions on Iran, when in fact Russia and China succeeded in ensuring that the sanctions imposed by the UNSC are meaningless...

http://tinyurl.com/24vhtkt



Turkey set to freeze ties with Israel

Daily Times [Pakistan]

06/17/10

A Turkish newspaper reported on Wednesday that Turkey would halt military cooperation with Israel and would not send back an envoy, withdrawn after an Israeli commando operation to stop an aid convoy reaching Gaza. The Turkish government has said it is working on a road map for future ties with once close ally Israel, following the May 31 operation in which nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists were killed. The Star newspaper’s report of decisions taken at a cabinet meeting this week was based on unnamed sources. An aide to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan declined to comment on the report...

http://tinyurl.com/2cj37va


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The View From Istanbul
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis192.html

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Kinzer Heralds the Rise of the Middle Powers

Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: "As the US continues on the increasingly destructive foreign policy route of isolating Iran and Turkey, it is not only cutting ties with the two most democratic nations in the Middle East, but also ignoring the next big geopolitical trend - the rise of the middle powers - at its own peril, according to former New York Times foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer, who calls for an adjustment of American foreign policy away from rash 'emotional responses' and toward an acceptance of the new reality."

http://www.truth-out.org/kinzer-heralds-rise-middle-powers60473

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Turkey forms committee to probe Israeli raid on Gaza flotilla

Turkey Foreign Ministry announces probe of the IDF's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month; IHH tells European Parliament members it has assembled six ships for flotilla to sail next month.

http://tinyurl.com/2dqp3c3



Israeli Flotilla Attack May Violate International, Maritime Laws

John Quigley, professor of international law at Ohio State University, told IPS boarding a flagged vessel on the high seas is impermissible without the consent of the flag state.

http://www.ipsnews.org/text/news.asp?idnews=51833



Democrats demand flotilla "terrorists" be denied entry into U.S.

A half-dozen elected Democrats called on the State Department to ban every flotilla participant from entering the United States.

http://www.salon.com/news/israel_flotilla_attack/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/06/14/times_square_flotilla


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