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Long, hot summer
According to my Ipod it’s 90 degrees in Tehran. They are hitting triple digits nearly every day. I myself have been stuck in a trial these past two weeks, and hasn’t ended yet. What is fascinating is how little real news involving the Iranian nuclear issue has occurred since the beginning of August.
One of the lawyers [...]
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Just when it seemed safe to play outside, Israeli historian Benny Morris has let fly with a thoroughly scary op-ed in the New York Times, entitled, “Using bombs to stave off war.” This one will give you the willies. Most articles in this vein are of the “chicken little” variety but this piece is worth the [...]
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Kriegspiel
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have begun military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. According to Press TV, the war games, called Payambar-e Azam 3 are conducted by missile units of the IRGC’ naval and air forces, Mehr and Fars news agencies reported. The reports noted that the exercises early Tuesday morning are aimed at [...]
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Life in Alphaville
It’s hot, fires are burning here in California, these are the dog days. The meds are wearing off. Apparently no one can figure out what the official Iranian response to the EU package was so we’ll just have to wait.
The most salient impression about Washington’s policy toward Iran is apparently no one is in charge. [...]
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Monday update
The truth on Iraq and oil, in case you missed it
Last week I mentioned a New York Times report that the large American oil companies and British Petroleum were being invited into making lucrative no-bid offers for Iraqi oil rights. Over the weekend, former Homeland Security minister Tom Ridge pithily summarized the Bush posture on [...]
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War games
The blogo-sphere is aliiiiive, with the sound of muuuu-sic, and much alarum about Israel’s ostentatious air force exercise over the eastern Mediterranean. The Israeli government made no secret that the impressive long range flight of over 100 fighter-bombers, with midair refueling, was intended to demonstrate its capability to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities including the Natanz enrichment [...]
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There has been a lot of speculation since the begining of the year whether the US will attack “Al Quds training bases”, Revolutionary Guard bases, Iranian nuclear sites, or a combination of the above. A majority of these reports replay the same generic threats we have been seeing since 2006. Most of these ‘alerts’ are of negligible [...]
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Third wheel Mofaz roars
Yesterday’s bellicose comments of war on Iran by Israeli Transportation Minister and deputy prime minister Shaul Mofaz has set the world’s press and oil markets all a-twitter.
Shaul Mofaz, in an interview with an Israeli newspaper, said, “If Iran continues with its programme for developing nuclear weapons, we will attack it. The sanctions are ineffective.” Many [...]
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