Chuck Spinney: Emile Nakhleh on Saudi Anger over Losing Influence — Iran Ascendant

Saudi Anger Masks Concern About Loss of Influence by Emile Nakhleh via IPS News, 13 November 2013 Saudi Arabia’s public anger against the United States masks the kingdom’s growing concern about its diminishing influence in the Persian Gulf and the wider Arab world. It has nothing to do with U.S. policy toward the Palestinians, Washington’s …

Neal Rauhauser: Greater Irans Greatest Problem — US Fumbling with Geo-Political Terrain It Does Not Understand…

Greater Iran’s Greatest Problem The current political boundaries of the Islamic Republic are a fraction of what the Persian empire was at it’s peak. This map of Scythia & Parthia shows what have been fairly stable boundaries for Iranian culture – from the Tigris river in the west to the Indus in the east. Geographically this …

Penguin: Post Iran-Contra – Clean Army, Dirty Marines + A Few Special Ops Books and DVDs

Further to David Sabow: White House/Pentagon/CIA Iran Contra Drug Running — and Destruction of Senator Gary Hart to Stop Investigation see the below book, bottom line is that Army became super clean and Marines did not; and of course Army had Yellow Fruit. Steve Emerson, Secret Warriors: Inside the Covert Military Operations of the Reagan …

David Sabow: White House/Pentagon/CIA Iran Contra Drug Running — and Destruction of Senator Gary Hart to Stop Investigation

This is NOT speculation. Everything told here is documented and supported by a Tosh Plumlee’s testimony and supported by letters from Senator Gary Hart to the “Kerry Commission”. I have copies of the letters.  David Phi Beta Iota: This series by Dr. David Sabow is posted in honor of his brother Col James Sabow, USMC …

Berto Jongman: Assassination in Iran of Cyber-Warfare Headquarters Commander

Iran’s cyber warfare head shot dead in suspected assassination, Telegraph reports Mojtba Ahmadi was found with two bullets in his heart, a website affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard Corps reported. Iran’s commander of the Cyber Warfare Headquarters was found dead in a forest outside Tehran in what is suspected to be an assassination, the Telegraph …

Chuck Spinney: Israel Still Angling for Attacks on Syria and Iran

The author is one of the best journalists in the Middle East. Israel Still Angling for Attacks on Syria and Iran Jonathan Cook Counterpunch:, 2013-09-18 Nazareth. President Barack Obama may have drawn his seemingly regretted “red line” around Syria’s chemical weapons, but it was neither he nor the international community that turned the spotlight on …