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Posts Tagged ‘Nuclear’

Nima Shirazi – 'Néjàd Vu, All Over Again: The Media, 'Pretext,' Context, & 9/11

By Nima Shirazi • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Internet and Communication, Israel, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Zionism

Despite a nearly endless barrage of reporting on Iran's nuclear energy program, the US government's push for a new round of sanctions, and on-going efforts to foment regime change in the Islamic Republic, all had been relatively quiet on the Ahmadinejad front in the Western press for some time.
Until now.
The mainstream media's favorite scapegoat, Iranian [...]

Jeff Gates – Nuke Gaza

By Jeff Gates • Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Features, Haitham's Choice, Newswire, Palestine, War, Zionism

By Jeff Gates *
Israeli officials are right to worry. Gazans too. Yet Americans should worry even more.
Israel's "legitimacy" will not last. Of course, that assumes its legitimacy was deserved. That issue also is now called into question in light of the consistency of Israeli behavior over the past six decades. The emerging issues are these:
When [...]

Nima Shirazi – On the Table & Off the Map: Threats, Lies, and Iranian Elections

By Nima Shirazi • Jun 12th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Religion, War

Eight days after Barack Obama delivered his much-touted speech in Cairo, Iranians are going to the polls to vote for their own president. Although reelection for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seemed to be guaranteed just a few weeks ago, there now appears to be growing potential for an upset victory by challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, who [...]

Israel’s nuclear bombs are the problem in the Middle East

By Khalid Amayreh • Jun 7th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Maps, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Our Authors, Palestine, War, Zionism

Once again, Israel is pushing the Middle East to the brink of war, with predictably disastrous consequences. In recent days, Israeli leaders markedly escalated their war of words against Iran. A leading Israeli cabinet minister was quoted on Friday, 6 June as saying, “attacking Iran will be unavoidable.”
Similarly, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, just back [...]