Iran Escalation: All the Elements for War Are Coming Together

With all the bluster of late in Western media that President Obama is assiduously working to “restrain” Israel from launching a preemptive attack on Iran, recent developments should put paid the lies of this dog-and-pony show. Last Sunday during an interview with NBC News, the president made it clear that “all options” regarding plans for a joint U.S.-Israeli attack “are on the table.” Far from distancing his government from the strident rhetoric emanating from Tel Aviv, Obama added that the administration is working “in lockstep” with Israel to “prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.” Never mind that unlike Israel, which is estimated to possess upwards of 200 nuclear weapons, as a signatory of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Iran is perfectly within its rights under international law to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.

Iran offers to help resolve crisis in Syria

Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaei has declared Tehran’s willingness to assume a constructive role in resolving the ongoing Syrian crisis in collaboration with the people of the key Arab country. At a UN…

Iran War: What Is AIPAC Planning?

These are strange times for those of us who follow the debate about a possible war with Iran. It is clear that the Israeli government and its neoconservative camp followers here in the United States…

Israel, MEK and State Sponsor of Terror Groups

One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization under…

Syria: Pentagon Prepares Military “Options” for Obama

The Pentagon and the U.S. Central Command are preparing “options” for Obama as the United States transitions from diplomatic pressure to military action against Syria. “Before we start talking about military options, we very much…

SYRIA: CIA-MI6 Intel Ops and Sabotage

“In order to facilitate the action of liberative (sic) forces… a special effort should be made to eliminate certain key individuals. …[to] be accomplished early in the course of the uprising and intervention… Once a…