The Reality of NSPD-51 Is Almost As Bad As The Paranoia

This is a most important read. And even more important to think about."10/19/07 "Slate" -- -- Oh, god. I'm reluctant to write this particular column. I've been scarred by this kind of story before. I've learned that it's difficult to write about the sources of paranoia...

So What About Iran? by Uri Avnery

"A respected American paper posted a scoop this week: Vice-President Dick Cheney, the King of Hawks, has thought up a Machiavellian scheme for an attack on Iran. Its main point: Israel will start by bombing an Iranian nuclear installation, Iran will respond by launching...

High on Hate?

"This White House and its foreign policy architects, Dick Cheney and National Security Council (NSC) boss Stephen Hadley accuse Iran of planning to extend its strike ability to one of the major countries that has billions of dollars of commerce with it, Italy. Not only are...

General who helped redraw the borders of Israel says road map to peace is a lie

"Immediately after the Six Day War, 40 years ago, Shlomo Gazit was put in charge of Gaza and the West Bank. Today, the retired general is in favour of talks with Hamas, describes the road map as a "pretext" for Israel not to negotiate with the Palestinians, and thinks the...

Could al Qaeda Attack Trigger War With Iran?

"Analysis by Gareth Porter 06/05/07 - -- - WASHINGTON, Jun 5 (IPS) - Following revelations of a George W. Bush administration policy to hold Iran responsible for any al Qaeda attack on the U.S. that could be portrayed as planned on Iranian soil, former national security...

George Tenet on the staircase with the neocons

"In his book and on TV, former CIA Director George Tenet remembers all the things he should've said before we invaded Iraq but didn't. By Juan Cole Apr. 30, 2007 | The French call it "the spirit of the staircase" (l'esprit d'escalier), the clever reply to someone that comes...

Benedict vs. the War Party

"Pope Benedict XVI, in his annual "Urbi et Orbi" declamation, has drawn a picture of the global landscape that bodes ill for the cause of peace, exclaiming: "How many wounds, how much suffering there is in the world!" From the Solomon Islands to Somalia, from Latin America to...

Russian General Says U.S. Continues Preparations for Iran Strike

"The release of the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran has robbed the U.S. of a pretext to attack Iran, but the U.S. has not given up plans to attack Iran militarily, president of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems Colonel General Leonid Ivashov was quoted as...

The Semiwarriors by Andrew Bacevich

"In books, essays and op-eds, complaints about presidential power run amok have once again become legion--with the still-unfolding saga of the Gonzales Eight the most recent, if hardly the most egregious, example. These complaints derive from a common source: the perceived...

Any Casus Belli Will Do

"According to Russian intelligence, U.S.-allied armed forces in and around the Persian Gulf are being readied for an attack on Iran in the very near future. However, the pretext for the attack may not be related to the increasingly frantic, but totally unsubstantiated,...

Is UK-Iran marine incident part of larger war provocation plan?

"The Bush administration and its allies (notably the UK and Israel governments) have been planning to attack Iran as early as spring 2007. It is not surprising that yet another fabricated pretext is being used to set it up. Were the 15 British sailors who were captured and...

Spanish Judge calls for architects of Iraq invasion to be tried for war crimes

"Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who sought to prosecute Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet, has called for US President George W. Bush and his allies to be tried for war crimes over Iraq. Writing in El Pais on the fourth anniversary of the invasion, Garzón...

New Whistleblowers Back Sibel: An Interview with Sibel Edmonds and James Bamford

" March 10, 2007 New Whistleblowers Back Sibel An Interview With Sibel Edmonds and James Bamford by Scott Horton Interview recorded March 7, 2007. Click here to listen. What is the State Secrets Privilege? And what is its legitimate purpose if it has one at all? I have on...

AIPAC Demands "Action" on Iran

""An American Strike on Iran is Essential for Our Existence" AIPAC Demands "Action" on Iran By GARY LEUPP Former CIA counterterrorism specialist Philip Giraldi, comparing the propaganda campaign against Iran to that which preceded the war on Iraq, has recently declared, "It...