Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton sat down to discuss with Russia Today the facts about the Bushehr project over the scare inducing rhetoric of the War Party.
Category: Iran
Washington Times: Dirty Bombs Away!
Of course the Moonies concur with John Bolton that Israel must strike the soon-to-be-activated, harmless light water reactor at Bushehr in Western Iran – an act which would be certain to drag the United States into a high-casualty catastrophe within moments. But the authors of this unsigned editorial in the Washington Times tonight suggest that the Israelis needn’t strike by this weekend. Why the discrepancy?
Mr. Bolton set that deadline because he was concerned that destroying an operational plant would create a radiation hazard, but a strike that left the site radioactive would hinder Iranian attempts to get it back up and running.
Besides,
Civilian casualties would be minimal because the site is located nine miles downwind of the city of Bushehr, and potential [radioactive] fallout would drift over either the Gulf close to Iran or the immediate area, which is arid and sparsely populated.
Hat Tip, eXiled.
YouTube of Iran Debate
Below is the 2 1/2 hour entirety of that Iran debate at UCR on April 1, 2010. Featured speaker was Reese Erlich. Panelists were Erlich, Larry Greenfield, Christopher Records and myself. The host was Louis Vandenberg. Thanks to Joe Briggs for putting this on his YouTube account.
One correction: After this conference, I learned from Syed Saleem Shahzad that the Jundallah that the CIA and JSOC use against Iran is different from the Jundallah that KSM used to be the leader of. However, they are both radical Salafi civilian-bombing terrorists, so same difference.
1/4 of an Iran Debate
On April 1, 2010 I participated in a panel discussion at the University of California at Riverside titled “Obama’s challenge: Iran, Nuclear Weapons & the Mideast” with Reese Erlich, Larry Greenfield and Christopher Records – here is some of my part. Thanks to Mansoor Sabbagh for the video. Reese Erlich’s part here.
More on Shahram Amiri
Gareth Porter and Philip Giraldi both have new articles out on the case of mysterious Iranian defector(?) Shahram Amiri.
Porter’s new one is here, in RawStory.
Giraldi’s is here, in The American Conservative magazine.
Ron Paul Says Iran Sanctions Will Backfire
Wednesday, in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas explained to his colleagues the reasons for his opposition to the Iranian sanctions legislation and wondered why Congress would try to undermine the president when he’s in the middle of trying to reach a deal with them (Via DailyPaul.com):