The Great, International, Demonic, Truly Frightening Iranian Threat
By William Blum
The fact that Obama says he's willing to "talk" to some of the "enemies" like Iran more than the Bush administration did sounds good: But one doesn't have to be too cynical to believe that it will not amount to more than a public relations gimmick. Ref. Source 7
Did an Ausse sell Nukes to Iran?
By Laurie Nowell
Up to 20 nuclear-capable Kh-55 missiles -- with a 3000km range -- and four 200-kiloton nuclear warheads were stolen by a shadowy group of former Russian and Ukrainian intelligence and military officers.What happened to these weapons is the subject of international debate and much speculation. Ref. Source 8
Iran in Turmoil After Disputed Presidential Election; Anti-Ahmadinejad Street Protests Continue
Iran remains in a state of turmoil after Friday's much-anticipated elections ended in a result strongly disputed by opposition candidates and many thousands of their supporters. Today, Iranian officials refused to allow the leading opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and his supporters to hold a major rally protesting the re-election of President Ahmadinejad. Demonstrators began calling for the election to be canceled after the Interior Ministry announced that President Ahmadinejad had won over 62 percent of the vote. The official results gave Mousavi less than 34 percent of the vote. Heavily armed riot police have been cracking down on street protests that continued through the weekend. Early Monday morning, security forces raided a dormitory at Tehran University, injuring fifteen. Opposition websites report that over a hundred prominent opposition members were detained and then released over the weekend. We speak to Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council and David Makovsky, co-author with Dennis Ross of a new book called Myths, Illusions, and Peace. Ref. Source 9
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Iran's powerful Guardian Council says it is ready to recount disputed presidential election votes in some areas, after huge protest marches. |
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I believe that the original vote was stuffed to make sure that the current president would win big. In all the pre election polls it was too close to call. Then all of a sudden he wins in a landslide. Something does not seem right there. I doubt that anything will change at all.
We need to remember that Iran is not a democracy or a republic, and is not anywhere near being one. The elections have all the validity of elections in Vietnam and China. They are there simply to provide an illusion to gullible leftists who seem to want to believe that Iran actually has the good of its people in mind.
Did anyone in the world actually think that there would be a change Iran?
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