NIGHTWATCH: Iran-Syria

Iran-Syria: Iran rejected any Yemeni-like scenario in Syria, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Abdollahian who spoke to the press on 8 February at the Iranian Embassy in Damascus. Abdollahian added that Iranians recently kidnapped in Syria were released after Turkish mediation. Comment: The visit by the Iranian Deputy Foreign Ministry corresponds to reports that …

Paul Craig Roberts: Attacking Iran, Spending Money, Losing All

Will Iran Be Attacked? Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. There is speculation that Washington has called off its two longest running wars–Iraq and Afghanistan–in order to deploy forces against Iran. Two of Washington’s fleets have been assigned to the Persian Gulf along with NATO warships. Missiles have been spread …

Michael Peterson: Jew on Jew – The Importance of Dissent

Phi Beta Iota:  The following is a comment posted  to the reviewby Robert Steele of Robert Maxwell, Israel’s Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul (Carroll & Graf, 2002).  It is a combination of Constitutional and religious counterintelligence commentary that we found to be encouraging–most American Jews are not Zionist sayanim [traitors to …

Berto Jongman: Ha’aretz on Who Will Decide on War with Iran?

The Iran War: Who will decide? By Amir Oren Ha’aretz, 5 February 2012 The War of Independence, the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the Iran War. That’s the sequence Defense Minister Ehud Barak laid out at the Herzliya Conference on Thursday in a speech on Israel’s fateful decision. All for the better, it has …

Berto Jongman: Seth Jones in Foreign Affairs on Al Qaeda in Iran

Al Qaeda in Iran Why Tehran is Accommodating the Terrorist Group Seth G. Jones Foreign Affairs, January 29, 2012 Article Summary and Author Biography Phi Beta Iota:  There are two competing narratives, neither of which is properly researched and documented.  Narrative A (our tentative preference) has all of these Al Qaeda stories as part of …

Kevin Barrett: Larry Silverstein Chutzpah or Super Criminal?

Chutzpah, thy name is Silverstein! Larry wants more billions for blowing up the WTC If you thought Andrew “assassinate Obama for Israel” Adler was the last word in chutzpah…think again. Kevin Barrett truthjihad.blog, Saturday, February 4, 2012 Larry “blow up the World Trade Center for Israel” Silverstein is light-years beyond Adler. Larry Silverstein, you may …