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Glenn Greenwald: The ‘both-sides-are-awful’ dismissal of Gaza ignores the key role of the US government

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“For years now, US financial, military and diplomatic support of Israel has been the central enabling force driving this endless conflict.  Just consider the actions of the US over the last week as violence in Gaza escalated. On Tuesday, the US vetoed a UN Security Council cease-fire resolution on the ground, in essence, that it was too balanced. The US State Department publicly attacked its Nato ally, Turkey, for condemning Israeli aggression. As always, the US Congress and the US Executive Branch are virtually unanimous in their full-throated, completely one-sided support for Israeli actions.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/21/israel-gaza-us-support

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U.S. gives ‘full backing’ to Israel while urging de-escalation of Gaza violence

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“The Israeli ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, says the US has given his government a free hand in its assault on Gaza as the Israeli cabinet ordered a large call up of military reserves, prompting fears of a ground invasion.  The Palestinian delegation to Washington condemned the US response to the crisis as ‘biased and weak’, and called on the White House to stop Israel using American-made weapons against civilians. It also described as ‘shameful’ what it called the justification of the murder of Palestinians by countries supporting Israeli actions, including Britain.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/16/u-s-gives-full-backing-to-israel-while-urging-de-escalation-of-gaza-violence/

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Stuxnet goes out of control: Chevron infected by anti-Iranian virus, others could be next

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“America’s cyberwar is already seeing collateral damage, and it’s hitting the country’s own billion-dollar companies. Oil giants Chevron say the Stuxnet computer virus made by the US to target Iran infected their systems as well.   California-based Chevron, a Fortune 500 company that’s among the biggest corporations in the world, admits this week that they discovered the Stuxnet worm on their systems back in 2010. Up until now, Chevron managed to make their finding a well-kept secret, and their disclosure marks the first time a US company has come clean about being infected by the virus intended for Iran’s nuclear enrichment program.”

http://rt.com/usa/news/stuxnet-chevron-cyber-virus-348/

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Neo-Con Revenge: Post-Election ‘Attack Iran’ Machine on Overdrive

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“US sends drone to spy on Iran, as it has done continuously for years, no doubt collecting targeting data to assist in US/Israeli attack on Iran. Iran reportedly fires at drone gathering targeting data to assist US in bombing Iran. US astonished at Iran’s ‘aggression’ toward US drone gathering intelligence to assist a US attack on Iran.  US shocked that the Iranians would have the gall to respond to US hostile gestures in the region. Oh but it was in international waters!  Imagine the US response to an Iranian drone operating in international Gulf of Mexico waters off of Florida.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/125771.html

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House Intelligence Chair: Strike On Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Would Not Be An Act Of War

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“Well, in very targeted strikes, we use very targeted strikes against al Qaeda. And so if it is a very targeted strike, many would argue that that’s short of war. And if it only seeks to go after their nuclear program, that is — we’re not talking about invasions or naval engagements or troops on the ground, none of that. And this has been used by other — President Clinton used this tactic.  [..] And we do know, those — that the Iranians believe that there is a whole panoply of options — war and then these targeted strikes they don’t see as — wouldn’t see as an act of war.”

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/24/1081181/rogers-iran-attack-act-of-war/

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Lessons of History – Coup of 1953

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“This video is about how America intervened in toppling a democratically elected government of Dr. Mossadegh.”

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Turkish gold trade booms to Iran, via Dubai

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“The sums involved are enormous. Official Turkish trade data suggests nearly $2 billion worth of gold was sent to Dubai on behalf of Iranian buyers in August. The shipments help Tehran manage its finances in the face of Western financial sanctions. The sanctions, imposed over Iran’s disputed nuclear program, have largely frozen it out of the global banking system, making it hard for it to conduct international money transfers. By using physical gold, Iran can continue to move its wealth across borders. Turkish trade data confirms the gold is being transported to Dubai by air.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/23/us-emirates-iran-gold-idUSBRE89M0SW20121023

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How Many Muslims in the World? How Many Muslim Terrorists?

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“Muslim attacks worldwide and against all targets, failed and successful, add up to 18,000 since 2001. This number is bound to be controversial and subject to error. If this involved 18,000 Muslims, that’s a little over one-thousandth of one percent of Muslims who engaged in a terrorist or violent attempted attack or attack anywhere in the world. How many Muslims have American forces killed since 2001? I’ve found a low-end estimate for 1990 to 2009, and it’s 288,000. How many of these were Muslim terrorists? I can’t find a tally so far. The number is very, very small relative to 288,000. The tally for drone strikes is 2-3,000 with a high proportion being innocent people.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/123220.html

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If Iran Mines the Strait of Hormuz

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“In a sea drill the US Navy only found half of the mines planted in a Strait of Hormuz simulation drill.   I don’t know if you buy the ‘we only found the important ones’ argument or not but I think this exercise shows how difficult/how long it would take to reopen the strait if the Iranians mined the passage.   If Iran ever does mine the strait it could take weeks to clear it. In the mean time the price of oil would explode to the upside. Perhaps this simulation will make our leaders and policy makers beat the war drum a bit softer?”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/10/if-iran-mines-strait-of-hormuz.html

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US, Israel to hold major missile defense exercise

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“More than 3,500 US personnel will take part in the drill, about 1,000 of them in Israel, putting a total price tag on the exercise at $60 million.  The weapons will include US Patriot missile batteries and an AEGIS ballistic missile defense ship, along with the multi-tiered missile defense system that Israel has been developing. All but one of the launches will be simulated.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the United States to set Iran an ultimatum or risk seeing Israel launch unilateral strikes.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/us_israel_to_hold_major_missile_5IldcPKQZxKLTeiwocthrM

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