The West and the Iranian Green Revolution - 1
The uprising in Iran has reminitions of non violent and violent actions by the west to overthrow governments. Is the Green Revolution entirely sponteneaous? In this article I quote from my book The Next War - The Attack on Iran - A Preview.
Daan de Wit in debat over Obama op de Gentse Feesten - 22 juli 2009
Op 22 juli gaan Daan de Wit, Maarten van Rossem en anderen in debat. Het thema is Obamania: Kan Obama de wereld redden? En het klimaat, Irak, Afghanistan, Iran, de Palestijnen, de banken, de Amerikaanse gezondheidszorg, enz… De 20e editie van de Gentse feestdebatten is onderdeel van de 40ste Gentse Feesten.
China's Green Dam internet filtering system will go ahead, official says
The official said it was only "a matter of time" until the software was installed. [...] "They have already spent around millions of yuan. If they don't install it, people will ask why they spent so much for nothing, so they have to brazen it out," Liu Xiaoyuan, a lawyer who has opposed the software, said.
Eager to Tap Iraq's Vast Oil Reserves, Industry Execs Suggested Invasion
Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain "a prisoner of its energy dilemma" as long as Saddam Hussein was in power.
Iraq's "National Sovereignty Day" is U.S.-Style Hallmark Hype
While a lot of the media hype today focuses on the U.S. “withdrawal,” that is hardly the reality. As previously reported, U.S. military commanders have said they are preparing for an Iraq presence for another 15-20 years, the U.S. embassy is the size of Vatican City, there is no official plan for the withdrawal of contractors and new corporate mercenary contracts are being awarded. [...] In a grotesquely symbolic move, the Iraqi government marked “National Sovereignty Day” by “open[ing] up some of its massive oil and gas fields to foreign firms,”
'Bevolking bijna alle landen tegen Verdrag van Lissabon
Volgens McCreevy weten de politieke leiders van de EU-lidstaten maar al te goed dat ook hun kiezers het Verdrag zouden afwijzen. ‘Ze zijn blij dat ze dezelfde vraag niet aan hun bevolking hoeven voor te leggen.’
White House senior adviser: Iran has nuclear weapons
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We are also mindful of the fact that the nuclear weapons in Iran and the nuclearization of that whole region is a threat to that country, all countries in the region, and the world. And we have to address that.
Color Revolutions, Old and New
After Iran's June 12 election, days of street protests and clashes with Iranian security forces followed. Given Washington's history of stoking tensions and instability in the region, its role in more recent color revolutions, and its years of wanting regime change in Iran, analysts have strong reasons to suspect America is behind post-election turbulence and one-sided Western media reports claiming electoral fraud and calling for a new vote, much like what happened in Georgia and Ukraine.
