Monday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 18-20th, 2010: NBC’s Meet the Press: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell told NBC’s David Gregory, “I don’t think the, the stars are lining up for an attack on Iran either by Israel...

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Intended consequences?

The U.S. militaryindustrialcongressional complex has stumbled upon yet another gonzo way to turn huge masses of people against the United States Government -- and "we the people," because "we" support it. Piggy-backed on the chronic collateral...

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Droning On. And On & On & On

Unfortunately, that's not just Mr. Obama's speeches - - - AMY GOODMAN: "...the Obama administration's drone war in northwest Pakistan is continuing. There have been at least nine drone attacks this month, the latest killing five people in North Waziristan Sunday....

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Friday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 17th, 2010: The Wall Street Journal: Joe Parkinson reports on Turkish Prime Minister Tayyup Erdogan’s comments on Thursday that Ankara is seeking to triple its trade with Iran over the next...

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Thursday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 16th, 2010: Reuters: Louis Charbonneau reports on calls from the U.S., British and French envoys to the UN to expedite the formation a UN panel to monitor Iran’s compliance with sanctions....

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Int’l Days of Action in Support of Bradley Manning

On September 16-19, groups and individuals will call on the United States government to drop the charges against Army Private First Class Bradley Manning. Manning’s imprisonment has resulted in an international outcry, with groups and activists throughout the US and...

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Wednesday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 15th, 2010: The Washington Post: Thomas Erdbrink reports on comments made Tuesday by former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in which the cleric criticized the government for not...

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Tuesday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 14th, 2010: Reuters: Louis Charbonneau reports Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to attend a UN-meeting next week on moving forward global disarmament talks, which have been stalled...

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