Monday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 27th, 2010: The Wall Street Journal: L. Gordon Crovitz opines that Ahmadinejad’s statements and interviews over the past week, which twist or deny accepted truths—such as no one is in prison for participating in protests—makes him “an information pariah” needing to be taken seriously. [...]

Guns Drawn, FBI Raids Peace Activist’s Apartment

As part of a sting against antiwar activists suspected of connections to terrorism, on September 24 the FBI raided six homes in Minneapolis-St. Paul and elsewhere in the country. At the Hard Times Cafe in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, The UpTake interviewed peace activist Mick Kelly while the FBI searched his apartment above the cafe.

Friday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 24th, 2010: Washington Post: In an article focused on President Barack Obama’s address to the UN, Scott Wilson leads with Obama’s reaction to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s insinuation that the U.S. government played a role in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Obama [...]

Did Israel Boycott Obama’s UN Speech?

While most of the attention in yesterday’s UN speeches was centered around the US delegation’s faux-impromptu walkout on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s talk, President Barack Obama’s own talk had a notably absent delegation, the Israeli one. Officially the Israeli government denies that this was an organized boycott and insists the absence of their delegation was [...]

Eric Garris on WBAI Radio

Antiwar.com’s Eric Garris appeared on WBAI (New York — Pacifica Network) yesterday to talk about the state of the antiwar movement. The interview starts at the 12 minute (12:00) mark. Listen.

Scott Horton on Iran (Russia Today TV)

Antiwar Radio’s Scott Horton did an excellent job debating the “Iran threat” issue on Russia Today TV yesterday. Here is the clip: