By Pepe Escobar Iran And Europe, ’Till Death Do Us Part So the grand Barack Obama administration foreign policy strategy of trying to square the circle between an Iranian nuclear deal and getting the eurozone economy back on the road slouches towards … what exactly? (See War and cheeseburgers Asia Times Online, May 22) Not even Zeus [...]
Bibi’s Dilemma — and Barack’s By Patrick J. Buchanan April 17, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — “Bibi” Netanyahu was disgusted. “My initial reaction is that Iran has gotten a freebie. It has got five weeks to continue enrichment without any limitation.” The Israeli prime minister was referring to Saturday’s meeting in [...]
Scoundrels Attack Gunter Grass Truths by Stephen Lendman Touching the most sensitive nerves has risks. Nearly always hostile responses follow. Criticizing Israel is the third rail of US politics. It’s also largely off limits in scoundrel media managed news, op-eds, and editorials. Gunter Grass took the risks. He [...]
Bombing for Ethnic Cleansing and Hegemony Rights by Edward S. Herman / March 28th, 2012 In this post-Orwell and post-Kafka age, Israel can threaten to bomb Iran to preserve Israel’s ethnic cleansing rights in Palestine, and the United States can put “all options on the table” in dealing with that dire Iranian threat in order [...]
Protester Daniel Ellsberg, above, is led away by Air Force security forces early Saturday after being arrested inside the Vandenberg Air Force Base main gate for protesting the launch of a Minuteman 3 missile at the base. (Frank Cowan/Contributor) For Nuclear Security Beyond Seoul, Eradicate Land-Based ‘Doomsday’ Missiles America‘s 450 launch-ready land-based nuclear-armed [...]
International Association of Democratic Lawyers Opposes Military Force Against Syria and Iran By davidswanson - Posted on 25 March 2012 by Marjorie Cohn | Smirking Chimp The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), a non-governmental organization having consultative status with the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is dedicated to uphold international law, particularly [...]
An IAEA report presented little fresh evidence on whether or not Iran is trying to build an atomic bomb [GALLO/GETTY] Melbourne, Australia - Consider this: you are a willing outcast, with few longstanding and stable friends and a number of formidable enemies. How do you survive? By trying to convert your enemies to friends, or by [...]
US, Europe, Israel Agree On Solid Intel: Iran Nuke Threat Far Off Solid, in depth intelligence confirms with high confidence Iran has no weapons program, but peace is still rejected by John Glaser, March 23, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The United States, European allies, and Israel all agree that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, has [...]
Mark Kirk, R-Illinois 5 Politicians Pushing the US Closer to a Disastrous War With Iran President Obama may be pushing back against the “loose talk of war,” but Congress sure isn’t. March 16, 2012 | Republican candidates for president have made Iran a top issue in their attacks on President Barack Obama. While US and Israeli [...]
Try a Little Nucear Sanity by Lawrence Wittner On February 8, 2012, Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA) took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act (H.R. 3974). This SANE Act would cut $100 billion from the U.S. nuclear weapons budget over the next ten years [...]
“Expressing the sense of the PEOPLE regarding the importance of a peaceful resolution of differences and preventing the Governments of the United States and Israel from continuing/escalating the aggression/terrorism against the PEOPLE of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” I and other Veterans For Peace from Long Island will be lobbying members [...]
1. During the Cold War, NATO defended Western Europe from Soviet attack. Although military spending during this era was comparably extravagant on both sides, we should remember that, because the Soviet Union controlled a substantially smaller share of the global economy, its annual military budget eventually reached almost 25% of its [...]
The Nuclear Double Standard on Israel is the Main Obstacle to Peace John Glaser, March 06, 2012 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum While widely recognized in antiwar circles and on the left, the issue of a nuclear weapons double standard in the Middle East is one of the least appreciated when [...]
American scholar Noam Chomsky says the world does not accept the US portrayal of Iran as an “imminent threat” to global peace, and that Washington and Tel Aviv are instead seen as greater evils. “There is little credible discussion of just what constitutes the Iranian threat, though we do have [...]
Attacking Iran Because We Can, Doesn’t Mean We Should By Camillo mac Bica February 24, 2012 “Information Clearing House” - The debate regarding Iran’s nuclear program has focused upon pragmatic, tactical, strategic, and economic issues regarding the feasibility and consequences of continuing and/or escalating military action against Iran. There have been innumerable [...]
Gilad Atzmon’s New Book: The Wandering Who? A Study Of the Zionification of the West Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. PRINT ARTICLE EMAIL ARTICLE SHARE ARTICLE Related articles ISRAEL IS UNDER CYBER ATTACK By Gilad Atzmon (ikners.com) Gilad Atzmon: We Are All Palestinians Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8:04am Gilad Atzmon (ikners.com) ’Global March to Jerusalem’ [...]
In May 2010, all 189 signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – including Iran – tacitly agreed to a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East and called for a conference in 2012 in Finland. But Israel has refused to support a nuclear weapons-free zone for the region, reluctant to give up its own. Israel [...]
Stop the Madness Despite all the hype, Iran’s nuclear program has yet to violate international law. It’s time to calm down, think, and above all halt the rush to war. BY YOUSAF BUTT January 24, 2012 “FP” – – [...]
Resist U.S. Imperialist War Threats On Iran By Sara Flounders http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30321.htm January 21, 2012 “IAC” — January 18, 2012 –There is growing apprehension that through miscalculation, deliberate provocation or a staged false flag operation, a U.S. war with Iran is [...]
Australian Militarism in the Asia-Pacific Century Written by Nile Bowie For a nation who has historically subordinated itself to larger powers, Australia’s Labour-led foreign policy shows little divergence away from being wholly complicit to American full spectrum dominance in the region. For all of its pristine natural beauty, the continent-nation has become [...]
In the aftermath of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), has become increasingly powerful. It was created in 1949 as an alliance of Western military forces to protect against the perceived military threat posed by the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc [...]
Australia’s Uranium (updated 16 November 2011) Australia’s uranium has been mined since 1954, though only three mines are currently operating. One is commissioning and more are planned. Australia’s uranium reserves are the world’s largest, with 23% of the world total. In 2010-11 Australia produced over 7000 tonnes of uranium oxide concentrate. It is [...]
The Australian government wants to sell uranium to India, but significant hurdles to the deal remain [GALLO/GETTY] This is a post-script for the two-part essay that discussed the debate currently taking place in Australia concerning the sale of uranium to India, in particular the consideration given to the Labour Party’s longstanding ban on uranium sales to countries which have [...]
Australia approves uranium exports to India Labour Party conference approves PM’s plan, despite Delhi not being signatory of nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Australia possesses nearly 40 per cent of the world’s known uranium reserves [Reuters] Australia’s ruling Labour Party has approved plans to open up uranium sales to India, clearing the way for talks on a [...]
Uranium plants, such as this one near Roxby Downs in South Australia, are used in producing energy and weapons [EPA] Despite what often becomes an economic discussion about ensuring that Australia can reap fabulous rewards from selling uranium and whatever the elites and their lackeys in the Labor Party can get their hands on, the real [...]
What follows is a letter sent via email by a Greens member of Parliament. You may very well form the view that the only place for uranium is in the ground. Please note just how heavily indebted to the elite [...]
NOVEMBER 18, 2011 IRAN AND THE I.A.E.A. Posted by Seymour M. Hersh The first question in last Saturday night’s Republican debate on foreign policy dealt with Iran, and a newly published report by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The report, which raised renewed concern about the “possible existence of undeclared nuclear facilities and material in [...]
Note the timing of the so called policy shift. Obama’s plane is about to land and the Labor lapdogs completely Blair like look for ways to please their greatest friend; the US. From Scullin through Chifley to Hawke, Whitlam and Keating the song has the same old lines. [...]
Iran’s Nuclear Program and the Legal Mandate of the IAEA JURIST Guest Columnist Daniel Joyner of the University of Alabama School of Law says the IAEA went outside of its legal mandate with its latest report on Iran, a move that has been viewed by some states as indicating the IAEA’s shift from a technical [...]
India has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, but is one of few countries willing to discuss disarmament [GALLO/GETTY] When the Commonwealth heads of government meet in Australia later this month, one prominent leader is almost certain to be conspicuously absent: India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. India is a strong backer of the association of [...]
Vanunu appears in court in 2007 (MaanImages) JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel’s supreme court on Thursday barred nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu from emigrating on the grounds he still poses a threat to state security, Israeli media reported. Vanunu, under orders to stay in Tel Aviv and not to speak to journalists, “has proved several times [...]
Israel’s Great Fear: Iran Might Act Like Them Military Officials Concerned Iran Might Try ‘Nuclear Ambiguity’ by Jason Ditz, October 02, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Those who follow the Israeli media will see the nation’s government afraid of a myriad of things. Today, as it so often does, attention turns to Iran’s [...]
There Must Be 50 Ways to Leave the Military Industrial Complex By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/there-must-be-50-ways-leave-military-industrial-complex And we heard all of them from two dozen brilliant speakers during a three-day conference this past weekend. If you missed it, the video is all online. So is the text of many of the papers presented. Here are a few excerpts to [...]
US, Australia Plotted to Oust IAEA Chief, Cables Reveal US attempted to scheme against re-election of Mohamed ElBaradei as head of IAEA for not pushing Iran by John Glaser, August 30, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The US and Australia schemed unsuccessfully in 2005 to block Egyptian Mohamed ElBaradei’s election to [...]
German sues govt to remove U.S. nuclear warheads 14 Jul 2011 16:53 Source: Reuters // Reuters BERLIN, July 14 (Reuters) – A peace activist is suing the German government demanding U.S. nuclear weapons be removed from a military base near her home, although their presence has never been confirmed, a court spokesman said on [...]
Israel’s nuclear reactor at Dimona. (Photo by Getty Images) Despite being a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), since its 1979 revolution and especially over the past 10 years, Iran has come under unprecedented scrutiny by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Security Council over its nuclear [...]
