Iran

NOVANEWS  Generation after Generation 120 years of War There is no manner in which a military action against Iran can serve long term US interests. by Jack JC True strategic thinking takes into account all facets of a problem, the technological, social, military, diplomatic, historic and so on.  Each of these factors must be weighed for their long term and short term effects and probabilities assigned.  When a disconnect is seen between the desired effects on a sovereign nation and the recommended course of action, then unseen forces must be guiding from behind.  In this article there is no manner in which a military action against Iran can serve long term US interests. China’s Iranian Gambit FP — Singh : “Whereas Washington tends to see Beijing as torn between conflicting prioritie...

NOVANEWS  by Ismail Salami   There is a strong speculation that Israel is bound to mount an attack on Iranian nuclear sites, a threat which the Zionist regime has frequently repeated and an idea which, if translated into action, will bring about apocalyptic consequences for the Zionist entity. Reportedly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently sought to drum up cabinet support for a military strike against the nuclear sites of the Islamic republic of Iran. In joint efforts with the defense minister Ehud Barak, Netanyahu has succeeded in wringing support for such a reckless act from the skeptics who were already opposed to launching an attack on Iran. Among those he managed to convince was Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. There are still those in the Israel...

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross in Uncategorized  Reuters Iran is the biggest threat to the United States and its allies in the Middle East, surpassing al Qaeda, which is down but not out, a senior military official said on Friday.  ”The biggest threat to the United States and to our interests and to our friends, I might add, has come into focus and it’s Iran,” said the official, addressing a forum in Washington.  Next week, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, is expected to release a report that includes evidence of Iranian nuclear research which makes little sense if not weapons related, Western diplomats said.  However, the official said he did not believe Iran wanted to provoke a conflict and added he did not know if the Islamic state had decided ...

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross in Uncategorized Reuters A report due next week from the IAEA nuclear watchdog will be an important opportunity for the world to assess whether Iran is meeting international obligations in its nuclear program, the White House said on Thursday. Earlier, U.S. President Barack Obama said he had discussed his concerns about Iran and its nuclear program with French President Nicolas Sarkozy ahead of the G20 summit, and both had agreed that international pressure must be maintained on Iran. “The IAEA is scheduled to release a report on Iran’s nuclear program next week and President Sarkozy and I agree on the need to maintain the unprecedented pressure on Iran to meet its obligations,” he told reporters. The United States and its partners are concerned that Iran’s...

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross in Uncategorized   ed note–this was so ridiculous and juvenile in its tact that I actually debated whether or not to post it. Remember as you read this that a few years ago, Israel was bribing Iran’s Jewish community to move to Israel, all expenses paid, and they refused, saying they considered themselves Iranians first and Jews second (an unprecedented oddity in and of itself, as generally it is the other way around). Doubtless however that this story will be headline news on sites such as scumbag traitor Joseph Farah’s World Net Daily, John Hagee’s CUFI, as well as the websites of Hannity, Geller, Robert Spencer, et al. The Knesset has received a request by an Iranian soldier asking Israel’s legislative body to allow himself and his Jewish family to ...

NOVANEWS  by crescentandcross in Uncategorized Former adviser to US administration says Israeli strike on Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities could mean a disaster for both Jerusalem, Washington; spark regional war ‘from Gaza to Afghanistan’ An Israeli strike in Iran will have disastrous ramifications and place Israel and the United States at risk, Bruce Riedel, the former special assistant to the US president and senior director for near east affairs on the National Security Council, told Ynet on Wednesday. “An Israeli attack on Iran could ignite a regional conflict from Afghanistan to the Gaza strip,” warned Riedel, adding that “for the Americans and the Obama administration it will be a disaster.” Riedel, a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy of the Brookings In...

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross in Uncategorized   Haaretz Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Thursday responded to reports claiming Israel is planning a military attack against his country, stating Tehran  is “ready for war” with Israel.   “We have been hearing threats from Israel for eight years. Our nation is a united nation…such threats are not new to us,” Salehi told Turkey’s Hürriyet Daily. Salehi further warned that if any country would attempt an attack, Iran would not hesitate to retaliate. “We are very sure of ourselves. We can defend our country,” Salehi claimed. Salehi’s statements come a day after Iran’s chief of staff said Israel would be severely punished for any attack on Iranian soil. “We would make them regret such a mistake and would severely punish them,...

Posted: November 2, 2011 by crescentandcross in Uncategorized  Zio-Nazi FM Avigdor Liebrman responds to recent reports that Naziyahu is trying to gain cabinet support to attack Iran, says international community must prove its resolve against the regime in Tehran. ed note–allow me the honor of translating this here for you, fellow earthlings– “Yes, Israel is the cause of all instability in the world right now, given our control of the economies, governments and militaries of the West, BUT WE CAN’T SAY THAT, NOW CAN WE??? No, instead of laying the blame at OUR doorstep where it rightfully belongs, we have to find a scapegoat, just as we do in our backwards, tribal religion, where an innocent animal is slaughtered in order to atone for our sins…Furthermore, just in case you were not able ...

NOVANEWS Iran’s military chief war attack on Iran’s nuclear development sites will come at a heavy price, according to the Iranian ISNA news agency. Haaretz Responding to reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to gain a majority in the cabinet for an attack on Iran, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Hassan Firouzabadi, warned both Israel and the U.S. against such a move. “The U.S. officials know that the Zionist regime’s military attack against Iran will inflict heavy damages to the U.S. seriously as well as the Zionist regime,” ISNA quoted Firouzabadi. Haaretz reported Wednesday that Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have been trying to push for an Israeli attack on Iran in the cabinet. They recently persuaded Foreign Mini...

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross in Uncategorized    The Iranian government wrote a letter to Washington seeking an apology for allegations that Iran backed a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S. on American soil, a spokesman said Tuesday. “A letter has been sent … It is our right to seek the official apology of the Americans in protest of this made-up scenario, as these allegations are not true at all,” foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said at a news conference, quoted by the IRNA news agency. Mehmanparast said the letter was in response to a US one, although he did not divulge the American letter’s contents. It is not known how the letters were delivered, as Iran and the US broke off diplomatic ties three decades ago after students in Tehran took U...