OMNI IRAN
NEWSLETTER # 21, December 14, 2012, COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE (#11 Oct. 8,
2011; #12 Jan. 31, 2012; #13 Feb. 22, 2012; #14 Feb. 26, 2012; #15 March 17,
2012; #16 April 12, 2012; #17 May 21, 2012; #18, July 9, 2012; #19 August 13,
2012; #20 Sept. 10, 2012).
Here is the link to all the newsletters archived in
the OMNI web site.
http://www.omnicenter.org/newsletter-archive/ These newsletters offer information that
enables us to examine morality and judgment of our leaders and their policies,
of power. Here is the link to the Index: http://www.omnicenter.org/omni-newsletter-general-index/
STOP THE ATTACK ON IRAN . Iran
presents no threat to the US
or Israel . Threatening Iran with bombs or embargo violates
the UN Charter. No peacemaking is as
important as opposing and trying to prevent unjust war. Speak up, write, call, donate, don’t give up
on reason and diplomacy; don’t let the fear/warmongers control us.
Contents Nos. 13-17 at end.
Contents of #18
Petition Not to
Attack
Pledge of
Resistance
Abrahamian, The
1953 CIA Coup
Cumings, et al., Inventing the Axis of Evil
Special Section: Frank Brodhead , Iran
Contents #19
Froomkin,
Iraq-Iran Alliance
Greenwald, Blaming
Contents #20
NYT Fails to Report Call
Non-nuclear
Option
Credo: Tell Obama
Frank Brodhead’s
Weekly Continued, August 19
Brodhead’s
Weekly, September 10, 2012
Veterans for
Peace
Chomsky on
US/Israeli Threat
Contents #21
Wall Street Journal Retracts Its Falsehood
Peace Video: Iran and Israel
Leverett,
Misunderstanding Iran
Pro-Israel Meet
the Press
Lendman, An
Alternative History
The Wall Street Journal issued a rare, formal correction to its op-ed setting a deadline for the "crippling" of
http://www.iranfact.org/niac-tell-the-wall-street-journal-to-stop-distorting-facts-to-sell-war/
"We Love You - Iran and Israel
If you've been to
PEACE PLEASE in the last while you'll have seen the video
running on our home page by Ronnie Edry, an Israeli and founder of the movement "We
Love You - Iran and Israel Iran Iran responded, sending messages of peace and
friendship back to the people of Israel
Jim Morrison of
The Doors once sang in the song 'Five to One', "They got the guns, but we
got the numbers" - this "We Love You" campaign proves the point.
Tens of thousands of people from around the world have added their name to this
campaign, in hopes that we the people can stop yet another war in the Middle East .
Join up with the
movement on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/israellovesiran
and be part of the majority for peace.
Forthcoming Book by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Leverett, Going to Tehran : Why the United
States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran
Their latest publication on Iran
“The Mad Mullah Myth: The Dangers of Misunderstanding Iran’s Strategy,” Harper’s Magazine (Nov. 2012).
A few earlier publications by the Leveretts:
Sep 9, 2012 – Video of the
Leveretts on Charlie Rose Flynt Leverett and
Hillary Mann Leverett appeared on The
Charlie Rose Show. Subscribe by RSS ...
Jul 4, 2012 – –Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett. Share.
Email ...... http://rehmat1.com/ 2012/07/11/egypt-and-the-myth-of-arab-spring/ · Castellio says: ...
Apr 6, 2012 – –Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett. Share.
Email ...... Clearly these are not the words of a “mad mullah” (as the warmongers like to say).
Aug 15, 2012 – Video of
the Leveretts on Charlie Rose Flynt Leverett and
Hillary Mann Leverett appeared on The
Charlie Rose Show. Subscribe by RSS ...
Jan 12, 2012 – Read what Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett had to
say about ... of the U.S.
Feb 23, 2011 – Hillary Mann
Leverett teaches international affairs at
Yale and American
University U.S.
Jun 14, 2010 – Hillary Mann
Leverett is CEO of Stratega, a political-risk
consultancy. ... Once you deal with religious extremists of the Taliban caliber, MAD does not apply. .... But the Leveretts' drivel isn't just
the usual garbage about "the mullahs. .... about the
truth as opposed to the concocted myth about the "evil" Iran
And look. it's the old 'Mad Mullah' dodge, too…! Despite ..... As Flynt
Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett asked
today at their The Race For Iran blog… Can The ...
www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node&page=75...
WHY THE MYTH OF IRAN Israel
WHY THE MYTH OF IRAN Israel
*Action: JFP/NIAC: Tell Meet the Press: Real Journalism Requires Challenging
False Information on Iran
On Sunday, Meet the Press allowed Netanyahu to give his stump speech for war on the Iran Iran
http://www.iranfact.org/tell-mtp-challenge-false-information-on-iran/
Neocons Slither Back
Maureen Dowd, New York Times, September 15, 2012
Neocon puppet master" Dan Senor is now
driving the foreign policy agenda of Romney and Ryan, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. A
moral, muscular foreign policy; a disdain for weakness and diplomacy; a duty to
invade and bomb Israel Iraq
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9545597/Armada-of-international-naval-power-massing-in-the-Gulf-as-Israel-prepares-an-Iran-strike.html
http://www.beaconequity.com/former-state-dept-veteran-drops-bombshell-wwiii-starts-sept-25-2012-09-18/#ixzz26pTR4pEV
ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF MODERN IRAN
http://www.beaconequity.com/former-state-dept-veteran-drops-bombshell-wwiii-starts-sept-25-2012-09-18/#ixzz26pTR4pEV
ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF MODERN IRAN
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February 11, 2012 marked the 33rd anniversary of
In 1953, CIA operative Kermit Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's grandson and As late as 1977, Jimmy Carter declared In 1975, Journalist/historian Dilip Hiro noted: "According to the Iranian president, Bani-Sadr, in early August 1980 his government had purchased secret documents containing a detailed account of the conversations in France between several deposed Iranian generals and politicians, Iraqi representatives, and American and Israeli military experts." "If so, the administration of President James Carter had an inkling of Iraqi plans. By supplying secret information, which exaggerated Saddam was supported by CIA-sponsored Iranian military officers given refuge in Saddam saw his chance to wage war and win. He hoped to defeat a regional rival, annex parts of According to columnist Jack Anderson, he considered invading Carter abandoned his plans. At the same time, his administration remained hostile to Ayatollah Khomeini's government. Reagan escalated Carter policies short of committing US forces in combat. Saddam got US backing. Support for the Shah was a key element of On September 22, 1980, Saddam hoped it would be a "whirlwind war." He renamed it Qadisiyyad Saddam. It was an emotive reference to Arabs defeating Persians in 636. On September 21, Press TV headlined " Ceremonies opened "Sacred Defense Week." They began symbolically at Ayatollah Khomeini's Commemorating the occasion, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a nationally televised address, saying: "Our sacred defense was not defending a territory, a nation or a school of thought alone. It was well beyond that. It was defending human dignity, the rights of all nations and those of the oppressed people of the world." He and Ayatollah Khamenei days earlier noted Western hypocrisy. Condemn Washington, other NATO allies, or Israeli crimes and be denounced. At the same time, insulting Islam is called free expression. He criticized nations backing Saddam's invasion. They revealed their imperial regional aims. They're also fake human rights advocates. They say one thing and do another. Scoundrels operate that way. Iranian officials turned out in force. High-ranking military ones were present. Called Raad, or Thunder, it's more advanced than its Russian predecessor. It's designed to confront jet aircraft, cruise missiles, smart bombs, helicopters, and drones. Its capability ranges up to 30 miles. It can strike targets high as 75,000 feet. It's a formidable defense against attack. "Sacred Defense Week" commemorates Western and Israeli long knives remain threatening. Tensions are especially high. Netanyahu's bluster aside, longstanding Fear is generated. Other false charges follow. Potentially catastrophic consequences are ignored. Apparently, so is opposition expressed by current and past high-ranking military and government officials in both countries. Updated war plans are ready to be implemented unless cooler heads go all out to prevent it. On September 20, Haaretz reported the latest outburst. It headlined "US warns This time UN envoy Susan Rice issued the warning. She gives diplomacy a bad name. She's one of Addressing the Security Council, she said: "We believe there is still time and space for diplomacy," but not much. "(T)he onus is on Her comments were a clear warning. At the same time, she and other Nonetheless, warnings persist. This one comes as This one is codenamed IMCMEX-12. It involves minesweeping and other measures to keep the Strait of Hormuz open if In September, So do Israelis wanting no part of war. A mid-August Haaretz article headlined "We'll all pay on doomsday," saying: Attacking Iran is madness. It means sharply higher oil prices, deeper global recession, and The Bank of Israel and Finance Ministry predict attacking World condemnation will follow. Countries, companies, labor organizations, and consumer groups already boycott When "rockets fall on Tel Aviv," expect investors to flee. Financial assets will suffer. Tax revenues will drop. Deficits will rise. Israelis will be fearful. They'll hunker down. Normal activities will be curtailed. Business will suffer. Tourists won't come. International airlines will cancel flights. Ports will be "paralyzed." The shekel will drop sharply. Inflation will rise. Goods will become scarce. The only good news is that unaffordable housing prices will fall. Who'll buy property vulnerable to destruction? Haaretz omitted what's most important. How many millions of Iranian and Israeli lives will be lost? Bombing nuclear facilities in both countries assures widespread irradiation. Immediate casualties will be huge in both countries. Longer-term ones will be catastrophically high. War on Haaretz is right saying "We'll all pay on doomsday." Assuring it doesn't happen is the only sensible policy. It's not rocket science. It's common sense. Stephen Lendman lives in His new book is titled "How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War" http://www.claritypress.com/Lendman.html Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening. http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/the-progressive-news-hour |
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:52 PM
Historians Against the
War is posting Frank Brodhead's "Iran Princeton
University and has co-authored several
books on US Afghanistan
December 12, 2012
Hello All – With
the US election behind us, the next round of negotiations
about Iran Germany US election approached, pit demands from the
P5+1 that Iran
Over the past 10
days there have been some
important developments that impact both sets of negotiations. A US spokesperson stated that Iran Iran ’s presidential
election taking place in June, it is apparent that there is only a narrow
negotiating window before the presidential election in Iran – as was the case with the US presidential election – precludes serious
negotiations on Iran Readings
I’ve also linked
below more accounts of the impact
of the economic sanctions against Iran Iran
Other topics
covered in the good/useful readings linked below include an interesting essay
by a former Iranian nuclear negotiator on why
Iran doesn’t want nuclear weapons; more
analysis on the US cancellation of scheduled talks on a nuclear free zone in the Middle
East (at the behest of
Israel); Israel’s rejection of a resolution by the UN General Assembly calling
on it to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and several articles on significant changes in the world’s oil
supply.
From the
beginning, it has appeared that the US intervention
in the Syrian uprising/civil war was
motivated largely by the possibility that regime change in Syria would weaken Iran Syria as a very useful ally to Iran
A new book by David Patrikarakos, Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an
Atomic State, provides
readers interested in this subject with a useful and insightful overview, from
the birth of Iran Iran
Once again, I
appreciate the help that many of you have given in distributing the Iran
Best wishes,
Frank Brodhead
Concerned
Families of Westchester (NY)
OVERVIEWS/THE
BIG PICTURE
Ten Reasons Iran
By Seyed Hossein
Mousavian, National Interest [December 4, 2012]
[FB – Mousavian was formerly an
Iranian diplomat, and is now at Princeton . His recent book, The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A
Memoir, is an important
resource in understanding the dynamics of the Iranian nuclear issues.]
---- Since the
beginning of Iran ’s nuclear
crisis, the West has been convinced that one approach offers the best hope of
altering Tehran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran
The Iranian
Nuclear Threat
By Karim
Sadjadpour and George Perkovich, Carnegie
Endowment [November 29, 2012]
---- The United
States and the rest of the P5+1 must decide whether they are prepared to offer
Iran incentives that would be sufficient to induce it to compromise, and what a
potential U.S.-Iran nuclear breakthrough might look like. The practical
question, then, is what specific commitments could be negotiated, verified, and
enforced to keep Iran far enough away from having a nuclear weapon that the
world would have confidence it could detect an Iranian breakout and mobilize an
appropriately robust response, and at the same time allow Iran to exercise its
“right” to enrich for purely civilian purposes.
Why Obama’s
Version of ‘Engagement’ Has Failed
By Pepe Escobar, Tom Dispatch [December 6, 2012]
By Pepe Escobar, Tom Dispatch [December 6, 2012]
[FB – The second half of this
interesting essay puts US-Iranian issues into an Asian context, which is
important as both countries see themselves as increasingly turning East.]
---- Will Obama
2.0 finally admit that Washington doesn’t need
regime change in Tehran China ”
moment, a dramatic journey or gesture by the U.S.
NEGOTIATIONS
ABOUT IRAN
P5+1 to
propose new meeting dates to Iran
By Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor [December 10, 2012]
---- Diplomats
from six world powers, following further unpublicized consultations in recent
days, have decided to propose to Iran Russia ,
had not yet formally signed on to that decision, one expert briefed by the US United States ,
United Kingdom , France , Germany ,
China and Russia
Three Worries
About Next Iran
By Trita Parsi, Al-Monitor [December 10, 2012]
---- Sometime in
the next few weeks, the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) will meet with Iran Iran
The November
2012 IAEA Report on Iran
[FB – This week’s talks between the
IAEA and Iran
The Middle East NFZ Meeting Postponed
Zoning Out in
the Middle East
By Paul R.
Pillar, The National Interest [December 6, 2012]
---- This was
supposed to be the month for an international conference to discuss a possible
weapons of mass destruction-free zone in the Middle East .
The concept of such a zone has been addressed in past review conferences of the
nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT), sessions of the United Nations General
Assembly, and meetings at the International Atomic Energy Agency Postponing the conference was a missed
opportunity. As one of the convening powers, the United States Israel
WMD-Free Middle East Proposal at a Glance
Also useful – Kelsey Davenport and Daniel Horner, “Meeting on Middle
East WMD Postponed,” Arms
Control Today [December 2012] http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2012_12/Meeting-on-Middle-East-WMD-Postponed;
Linda Pearson, “Wikileaks Reveals US, Israel Lies On Iran,” ZNet [December 7, 2012]http://www.zcommunications.org/wikileaks-reveals-us-israel-lies-on-iran-by-linda-pearson;
and Paul Ingram, “A view on what is coming up in the nuclear world,” BASIC (British American Security Information
Council) [November 26, 2012] http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=21bea84f309ed51fc9fbf7e94&id=a53d189c5f&e=ab26b1b6ce
The AP Hoax/Leak
By Julian
Borger, The Guardian [UK
---- Israel is suspected of carrying out a series of
leaks implicating Iran in
nuclear weapons experiments in an attempt to raise international pressure on Tehran Iran
Also useful – Jason Ditz, “Israel Seen Behind AP’s Iran ‘Nuclear Graph’
Hoax,” Antiwar.com [December 10, 2012] http://news.antiwar.com/2012/12/10/israel-seen-behind-aps-iran-nuclear-graph-hoax/;
and Julian Borger, “Iran's nuclear programme: the holy grail of the
intelligence world,” The
Guardian [UK] [December 10,
2012] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/10/iran-nuclear-programme-holy-grail
Obama Pledges
Push to Resume Iran
By Kelsey
Davenport, Arms Control Today [December 2012]
[FB – This is a good overview of the
recent US
---- President
Barack Obama said last month that he would “try to make a push in the coming
months” to resume talks with Iran Iran United States renewed the waivers for Japan
Has the US Set a March Deadline for War on Iran
By John Glaser, Antiwar.com [December 5, 2012]
---- Last month
the US issued an ultimatum
to Iran Iran Iran
is not when it has nuclear weapons or presents an imminent threat to Israel , but rather when Iran US Washington has implied it will resort to war only if Iran
See also – Micah Zenko, “Did the United
States just set a March deadline for war with Iran
IRANIAN
POLICIES AND PERSPECTIVES
By Richard Javad
Heydarian, Lobe Log [December 5, 2012]
---- A key
foreign policy consequence of President Barak Obama’s reelection is the growing
possibility of face-to-face talks between the United States Iran Iran ’s
relative resilience — and ability to avoid a total collapse — that may
explain its willingness to explore direct talks with Washington Tehran
Also useful – Abdul Rasheed Azad, “Pakistan
and Iran
“The Fatwa”
[FB – An academic list serve that
focuses on the Gulf had an active discussion this week about whether or not
there was a Fatwa from Ayatollah Khamenei that forbade nuclear weapons, whether
it was written or oral, and whether it meant anything. Mousavian (article above) includes the
Fatwa as one of the reasons why he thinks that Iran Iran
---- “The Leader
of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued the fatwa
that the production, stockpiling, and use of nuclear weapons are forbidden
under Islam and that the Islamic Republic of Iran shall never acquire these
weapons. President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who took office just recently, in his
inaugural address reiterated that his government is against weapons of mass
destruction and will only pursue nuclear activities in the peaceful domain.” http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/nuke/mehr080905.html
ISRAELI
POLICIES AND PERSPECTIVES
By John Glaser, Antiwar.com [December 5, 2012]
---- Israel Israel rejects the overwhelming global consensus
that Israel Israel
March as a
key month for Iran
By Jasmin
Ramsey, Lobe Log [December 5, 2012]
MILITARY
MANEUVERING
By Jim Wolf, Reuters [December 7, 2012]
---- An internal
report for the U.S. Congress has concluded that Iran
SANCTIONS
[FB –
There are now UN sanctions, US sanctions, and EU sanctions. Some US sanctions date back to the
1979 hostage crisis, but many have been passed in the last few years and have
been drafted primarily by AIPAC. A
new round of sanctions is now nearing passage in Congress. They are in part a de facto effort by
Congress to prevent the Obama administration from successfully negotiating with
Iran, which would interfere with the much-desired military attack (or a
pre-emptive Iranian abject surrender, I suppose). For that reason, the Obama
people are attempting to limit the scope and increase the President’s
flexibility re: the current legislation.]
Weighing
Benefits and Costs of International Sanctions Against Iran
From The Iran Project [December 3, 2012] – 46 pages
[FB - In September the Iran Project
issued a similar report on “The Costs and Benefits of a War Against
Iran.” Both reports are
signed on to by a long list of Establishment foreign policy figures.
Administration
Pushes For Lighter Iran
By Rosie Gray, BuzzFeed [December 10, 2012]
---- The Obama
administration is requesting a number of changes to congressional sanctions on Iran Iran
Also useful – Barbara Slavin, “Nuclear Deal with Iran May Hinge On
European Sanctions Relief,” Al-Monitor [December 6, 2012] http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2012/al-monitor/nuclear-deal-with-iran-may-hinge.html#ixzz2EmnZL5jQ;
Mehrnaz Shahabi, “The Impact of Sanctions on Iranian Society and Artists,” Fair Observer [UK] [December 12, 2012] http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/13077;
and Jeff Nygaard, “’Mis-Steps’ and ‘Backlash’: Looking at Anti-Iran
Propaganda,”Counterpunch [December
11, 2012] http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/12/11/looking-at-anti-iran-propaganda/
OIL AND ENERGY
By Stephen M.
Walt, Foreign Policy [December 5, 2012]
---- The Gulf
states' interest in keeping oil prices high enough to balance their own
budgets, in a period where heightened social spending and other measures are
being used to insulate these regimes from the impact of the Arab Spring.
According to the IMF, these states need crude prices to remain upwards of $80 a
barrel in order to keep their fiscal house in order. Which in turn means
that Saudi Arabia et al also have an interest in keeping Iran in the doghouse,
so that Iran can't attract foreign companies to refurbish and expand its oil
and gas fields and so that it has even more trouble marketing its petroleum on
global markets.http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/12/05/oil_iran_and_stability_in_the_gulf
Also useful – Barbara Slavin, “NIC Predicts Water Shortage, Oil Glut for
Iran in 2030,” Al-Monitor[December
10, 2012] http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2012/al-monitor/nic-iran-water-oil.html#ixzz2EhtxCize;
and (Audio) “Can the World Live Without Iranian Oil?”
A discussion with Sara Vakhshouri and Denise Natali, Atlantic Council [December 5, 2012]
What About
Solar and Wind?
[FB – While nuclear power might have
seemed like a good idea when the Shah got it going 40 years ago, the program’s
inertia has carried it into an era when nuclear power is increasingly looked at
as a dinosaur technology that makes no sense. It was interesting, therefore, to see
this article by Robert Kennedy on the Aljazeera site this week. It turns out Iran
Contents of #13
Armageddon
US Weapons Ring Iran
Books by Trita Parsi
Weasel Words for War
Contents of #14
Beinart, Crazy Rush to War
Rabbi Lerner’s Ad
Provoking War, the “Northwoods” Ploy
Tomgram, From WWI to Iran , Hochschild on WWI
Contents of #15
Diplomacy not Bombs: Make your Voice Heard
Contribute to Ad in New
York Times
Swanson, Contact
Obama
Council for a Livable World
Misleading Corporate Media Coverage of Iran
Reporting Iran
vs. Honduras
Dick, Connection with Climate Change
Chomsky
Contents of #16
All Threat from
US, Israel
Schell, All
Nuclear Powers Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Speak to Congress
Art’s Column
Obama May
Surprise Us?
WRL Pledge of
Resistance
Nuclear
Scientists Murdered (2)
Our Taxes to
Militarism and Wars
Contents of #17
Breaking News: Conyers Amendment Passes
Just Foreign
Policy News: Two Articles Against Inflammatory Media and for Negotiation
2006: Iran
2012: Amitabh Pal
vs. Bombing Iran
Limbert, Negotiating with Iran
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