Manucher Ghorbanifar, “legendary arms dealer, infamous intelligence fabricator, and central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal that almost brought down the Reagan administration”, is back in the arms of the Bush administration: The Department of Defense and Vice President Dick Cheney have retained the services of Iran-Contra arms dealer and discredited intelligence asset Manucher Ghorbanifar as…
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Ready to explode
Iranian blogger Farid Pouya explains: This Cake was distributed in university in Tehran (AmirKabir) to celebrate Iranian nuclear enrichment. I think baker is a fraud follower or a sex & city fan!!…
Growing voices
As Haitians vote in the second round of balloting in the country’s parliamentary elections, only one Haitian blogs about politics, according to Global Voices. Yon Ayisien discusses life in Haiti, internet access in the impoverished country and the political situation: Q: The D.R. of Congo under circumstances very similar to those in Haiti (UN mission,…
Hating Jews is so last year
Worldwide anti-Semitism is on the way down: The number of violent Anti-Semitic incidents around the world dropped by 20 percent in 2005 compared to the previous year, according to a report published Monday. The annual report, compiled by the Stephen Rot Institute for the Study of Contemporary anti-Semitism and Racism at the Tel Aviv University,…
Friendship forever
Some dictators fall out with the West and must be punished for their crimes. Others simply age gracefully, a friend of the West until the end: Former Indonesian president Suharto, who escaped trial for corruption on health grounds, appeared healthy on Monday as he attended the wedding of one of his granddaughters, a report said…
Let me touch Tony
Journalistic sycophancy is a common feature of the establishment press. The UK Telegraph’s Con Coughlin provides a masterclass in the genre during his intimate chat with Britain’s criminal-in-chief, Tony Blair: We met in his private room at the back of Downing Street, a spacious, elegant drawing room with large sofas and an imposing marble fireplace.…
Mood shift
Has John Howard misjudged the Australian population in his latest policy towards refugees? John Howard’s plan to appease Indonesia by relocating West Papuan asylum seekers overseas was in tatters last night after Nauru refused to co-operate and a poll showed the plan lacked public support. In an exclusive interview with The West Australian, Nauru’s president…
Time-out
This site will be taking a short break and will return in a couple of days. People to see, places to be etc.
This will help
Amir Oren subscribes to the “let’s murder all Israel’s enemies” theory: Is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is threatening Israel, a “ticking atomic bomb?” Is the decision of the ministerial committee on security – on the day after the terror attack on the Rosh Ha’ir Restaurant in Tel Aviv, to deny Israeli residency to East…