Previous inspections have failed to uncover any solid evidence that there is any military program at all, which has only fueled further accusations from Western nations that Iran is hiding them. The IAEA’s current chief Amano Yukiya, has mostly gone along with these allegations, issuing a report warning that they couldn’t prove Iran didn’t...
As controversy increases over the Harper government’s attacks on environmental groups, Greenpeace Canada today released internal government documents obtained under Access to Information legislation showing that the Harper government has explicitly identified environmental and aboriginal groups as “adversaries” in its strategy to increase tar sands exports. http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/Confidential-federal-tar-sands-strategy-targets-Aboriginal-and-green-groups/ http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=6476
It is hard to blame the Iraqis for not believing the US is actually gone, particularly with tens of thousands of armed contractors working for the State Department on the ground. Indeed, with bombings continuing and violence still on the rise, Iraq retains all the trappings of a nation at war. http://news.antiwar.com/2012/01/27/violence-on-the-rise-in-iraq-434-killed-since-us-troops-left/
With regard to the confrontation in the Persian Gulf, is the Obama administration prepared to sacrifice the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain with a view to triggering public support for a war on Iran on the grounds of self-defense. Those opposed to war must address the issue of the “pretext”and “justification” to wage war....
The armies of Saudi Arabia and fellow Gulf Cooperation Council states stood ready Thursday Jan. 5, for Washington to stand up to Iranian threats and send an aircraft carrier or several warships through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf. Riyadh has been leaning hard on the Obama administration not to let Tehran...
BRUSSELS Jan 4 (Reuters) – European Union governments have reached a preliminary agreement to ban imports of Iranian crude to the EU but have yet to decide when such an embargo would be put in place, EU diplomats said on Wednesday. http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFB5E7NR00820120104
TEHRAN (FNA)- All foreign warships will soon be unable to pass through the Strait of Hormoz unless they first receive a permission from the Iranian Navy ships deployed in the region, an Iranian parliamentarian said, adding that the country’s lawmakers are now working on a relevant plan as the strategic waterway is part of...
The European Union’s 27 member-states meet in January to approve an embargo on Iranian oil, with effect on 25 percent of Iran’s energy exports. Next month, too, President Barack Obama plans to sign into law an amendment authorizing severe penalties for foreign banks trading with Iran’s central bank, CBI, including the loss of links...
The Saudi Arabian monarchy will be overthrown by Qatar very soon, a leaked confidential conversation by Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani has revealed. According to an audio file which has gone viral on the Internet, the premier said Qatari troops would occupy Qatif in Eastern Province and the Al Saud...
With higher stakes for all of us: even with falling economic growth in Asia, recession in Europe and near recession in the US the global economy still needs about 89 million barrels of oil each day. Any sharp recovery of the global economy will drive up oil demand and radically drive up prices. Any...
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