Iran and Washington’s Hidden Hand (Tangan Tak Terlihat Amerika di Iran)

Iran and Washington’s Hidden Hand (Tangan Tak Terlihat Amerika di Iran)

Source: http://www.counterpunch.org/alamin06302009.html

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Has the CIA Been Caught in Iran’s Cookie Jar, Again?

Iran and Washington’s Hidden Hand

By ESAM AL-AMIN

Only weeks after the September 11, 2001, attacks, Charles Krauthammer, the Washington Post columnist and mouthpiece of the neoconservatives, revealed the target list of the Bush administration as it set out on its post-9/11 war footing. The list included six nations: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, and the Palestinian Authority. While the priority allotted to Afghanistan and subsequently Iraq was not in dispute, the remaining order was in flux.

Israel was given a free hand in dealing with the Palestinian Authority (PA). President George W. Bush completely shunned and isolated PA President Yasser Arafat, until he died under siege in November 2004. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was allowed to use brutal military tactics to crush the Al-Aqsa intifada, reoccupying much of the West Bank, and setting up hundreds of military checkpoints devastating Palestinian life and what remained of the PA.

AS Bungkam Atas Penangkapan Aktivis Ham Amerika Cynthia McKinney Oleh Israel

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US remains silent over McKinney arrest by Israel

Source: PressTv [click here]

Nearly a day after the detention of former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney by Israeli forces, Washington has yet to make a reaction.

Israeli Navy detained former US congresswoman and Nobel Prize laureate Cynthia McKinney and twenty other human rights activists on board a relief boat outside Israel’s territorial waters on Tuesday as they were heading to Gaza on a humanitarian mission.

Tel Aviv claims the boat was trying to break Israel’s two-year siege on Gaza.

Ms McKinney — the 2008 Green Party nominee for President of the United States– has accused Tel Aviv of violating the international law by seizing an aid vessel in international waters.

Obama Claims CIA Involvement In Iran “Patently False” (Obama, CIA, Ahmadinejad [Paul Joseph Watson])

Obama Claims CIA Involvement In Iran “Patently False”

Despite the fact that the U.S. government publicly approved a CIA destabilization campaign in Iran two years ago

Source: PrisonPlanet.Com [click here]

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Paul Joseph Watson
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

President Barack Obama was forced to address accusations that the CIA was involved in fomenting the post-election riots in Iran during his White House press conference yesterday, claiming the allegations were “patently false,” despite the fact that the U.S. government publicly gave the CIA approval to undertake a destabilization campaign in Iran more than two years ago.

“There are reports suggesting that the CIA is behind all this – all of which is patently false but it gives you a sense of the narrative that the Iranian government would love to play into,” said Obama.

CIA involvement in Iran is not a “narrative” manufactured by the Iranian government, as Obama well knows.

As we highlighted in our report earlier this week, evidence of U.S. intelligence meddling in Iran is widespread, which is no surprise considering the fact that the U.S. all but announced they would pursue a destabilization campaign in Iran years ago.

Obama gets an F on handling Ahmadinejad’s re-election

Obama gets an F on handling Ahmadinejad’s re-election

 

Source: Media Monitors Network [click here]

by Mohamed Elmasry

(Monday, June 29, 2009)

Dr. Mohamed Elmasry is Professor Emeritus of Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; founder and past president, The Canadian Islamic Congress and Editorial Board member, The Canadian Charger. He contributed this article to Media Monitors Network (MMN) from Ontario, Canada.

“Why the fuss, given that the U.S. did not comment on the results of the recent Lebanese parliamentary elections, in which over a billion dollars was spent to pay for charter flights and free trips for Lebanese in Canada and other countries to go home and vote? Besides, irregularities and election security in every election are common.”

No recent election has received as much attention in the Western media as has Iran’s. The leaders of the U.S., France, U.K, Germany. and Italy have made no secret of their dislike of the declared results: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was given another four-year term.

Why the fuss, given that the U.S. did not comment on the results of the recent Lebanese parliamentary elections, in which over a billion dollars was spent to pay for charter flights and free trips for Lebanese in Canada and other countries to go home and vote? Besides, irregularities and election security in every election are common.

We all remember, as should President Barak Obama, the electoral fraud of the 2000 U.S. presidential election. George W. Bush stole the highest position in the nation, and that led millions of Americans to call for taking back control of the democratic process, exposing the corruption in election security, and real election reform. I don’t remember Mr. Obama saying a word at that time.

Let us first state some facts about Iran:

Apakah Jacko (Michael Jackson) Dimakamkan Secara Islam?

Apakah Jacko Dimakamkan Secara Islam?

Sumber: VivaNews.Com

By Elin Yunita Kristanti VIVAnews – Selasa, Juni 30

Foto-foto Michael Jackson lainnya klik disini

VIVAnews – ‘King of Pop’ telah mangkat. Michael Jackson dinyatakan meninggal pada Kamis 25 Juni 2009 siang waktu Amerika (Jumat pagi waktu Indonesia Bagian Barat) di Rumah Sakit Los Angeles. Seperti hidupnya yang sarat kontroversi, kematiannya pun penuh tanda tanya besar.

Salah satu jadi pertanyaan publik adalah dengan upacara agama apa Michael Jackson dilepas? Pertanyaan menguat ketika tayangan televisi menunjukan jenazah Jackson hanya ditutup kain kafan ketika pelan-pelan diturunkan dari helikopter menuju sebuah ambulan, laiknya jenazah seorang muslim diperlakukan.

Ahmadinejad won, indeed, and the real source of interference in Iran’s election is likely the United States

Ahmadinejad won, indeed, and the real source of interference in Iran’s election is likely the United States

Source: Media Monitors Network [click here]

by John Chuckman

(Saturday, June 27, 2009)

John Chuckman, a free-lance writer, is a retired chief economist for Texaco, Canada. He contributed this article to Media Monitors Network (MMN) from Portland, Maine, USA.

“We know that Bush committed several hundred million dollars towards a program creating instability in Iran and that Obama has never renounced the operation.”

A recent article called “Ahmadinejad Won, Get Over It” by Flynt and Hillary Leverett is not the only source with serious credentials offering reasonable, non-sensational explanations for events around Iran’s presidential election.

Kaveh Afrasiabi, a scholar who once taught at Tehran University and is the author of several books, says many of the same things.

Close analysis of the election results gives absolutely no objective basis for making charges of a rigged election. Mousavi’s expected win – expected, that is, by the Western press and by Mousavi himself – never had any basis in fact.

Police, Basij ‘imposters’ arrested in Iran

Police, Basij ‘imposters’ arrested in Iran

Souce: PressTV

Iranian police officials have reportedly arrested the armed imposters who posed as security forces during post-election violence in the country.

Iran’s Basij commander, Hossein Taeb, said Monday that the imposters had worn police and Basij uniforms to infiltrate the rallies and create havoc.

Taeb added that the recent anti-government riots have killed eight members of the Basij and wounded 300 others.

Michael Jackson: The Emperor of Pop Music

Michael Jackson: The Emperor of Pop Music

Source: Media Monitor [click here]

 

by Habib Siddiqui

(Friday, June 26, 2009)

“With all the troubles in love, life and failed marriages, he would still seek out talented young musicians and help them launch their career. Many of today’s young American musicians owe their success to him.”

This past week has been a sad week for America with the death of two stars – actress Farrah Fawcett and music icon Michael Jackson. Farrah’s death was not so sudden; she was suffering from cancer and it was a question of days when she would lose her battle. And she died on Wednesday.

But Michael’s was unbelievable! Simply earth-shattering, shocking! No one predicted that he was going to die this soon. He was only fifty years old with parents and siblings living. Well, he had his health problems and has been under physician’s care. But still he was healthy enough to rehearse for his upcoming July European concert “This Is It” tour just the night before. So, when I heard about his death in the evening news, June 25, I could not believe it. I listened for hours to understand how he had died and what people’s feelings were for him. If the reaction of the mourners is one way to measure how one has touched others emotionally, Michael definitely was immensely popular, in spite of the controversies that haunted him for the past two decades. He was not just a star that entertained and made money of his stardom. He was a megastar that touched so many through his superb entertainment since the tender age of five.

How the U.S. is using and abusing Iran’s protests

How the U.S. is using and abusing Iran’s protests

Source: Aljazeera [click here]

By Dallas Darling

Iran’s presidential election and protests, at least for the U.S., has turned into a political hot potato. While Russia, China, and most of Europe have predominantly remained neutral or silent, U.S. and Israeli political rhetoric and actions are just beginning to heat up. Initially, President Barack Obama stated that “It’s not productive, given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling, the U.S. president meddling in Iranian elections.” By the end of the week as protesters took to the streets, Republicans were accusing him of doing nothing and being timid and feckless. FOX News criticized him for not intervening and interviewed CIA paid Iranian-Americans. In response, President Obama said he was “deeply troubled” by the violence and called on Iran’s government to stop every “violent and unjust actions against its own people.”

CNN: Fake reporting or duped by caller? (CNN Bikin Laporan Palsu Tentang Iran)

CNN: Fake reporting or duped by caller?

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Source: PressTV [click here]

 

In line with foreign media attempts to disrupt post-election stability in Iran, CNN has broadcast a false report which contradicts footage obtained by Press TV.

CNN broadcast an interview with a so-called anonymous witness of Wednesday’s protest in Tehran’s Baharestan Square, with the aim of depicting Iranian security forces as villains.

Footage obtained by Press TV reporters display some 200 protesters ‘illegally’ gathering in front of Iran’s parliament and at a nearby subway station on Wednesday, to protest the result of the June 12th election.

 

Mousavi states his case

Mousavi states his case

Source: Asia Times [click here]

By Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Mir Hossein Mousavi, the reformist candidate challenging Iran’s authorities on the result of last week’s presidential elections, is a masterful tactician who wants to overturn the re-election of his rival, President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, with allegations of a massive conspiracy that he claims cheated him and millions of his supporters.

These supporters, identifiable by the color green they have adopted, have taken to the streets in the tens of thousands and on Thursday were to stage a “day of mourning” for what they say is a lost election. This follows a “silent” march through the streets of the capital on Wednesday. To date, at least 10 people – some Iranian sources say 32 – have been killed in clashes.

Mousavi has lodged an official complaint with the powerful 12-member Guardians Council, which has ordered a partial recount of the vote. The complaint’s main flaw is that it passes improper or questionable pre-election conduct as something else, that is, as evidence of voting fraud.

CIA has Distributed 400 Million Dollars Inside Iran to Evoke a Revolution

CIA has Distributed 400 Million Dollars Inside Iran to Evoke a Revolution

Source: Pakistan Daily [click here]

Written by www.daily.pk

Friday, 19 June 2009 00:00

Former Pakistani Army General Mirza Aslam Beig claims the US

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has distributed 400 million

dollars inside Iran to evoke a revolution.

In a phone interview with the Pashto Radio on Monday, General

Beig said that there is undisputed intelligence proving the US

interference in Iran.

“The documents prove that the CIA spent 400 million dollars

inside Iran to prop up a colorful-hollow revolution following

the election,” he added.

Pakistan’s former army chief of joint staff went on to say

that the US wanted to disturb the situation in Iran and bring

to power a pro-US government.

Myths and Lies (Barat dan Demokrasi: Mitos dan Kebohongan)

Myths and Lies

 

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Soure: Media Monitor – Click here

by Jaffer Ali

(Wednesday, June 24, 2009)

“…the media continue to suggest that we must support democracy. Who can be against democracy? It is like being against apple pie. The media is well paid for their aggressive promotion of hypocrisy.”

Knowing things with metaphysical certainty when most of the world is operating under carefully constructed myths is painful. Why? Knowing things that others do not fosters a sense of existential loneliness and makes polite conversation about many important things all but impossible.

Let’s take the story that is being shoved down our throats by almost all media sources now; the Iranian election “fraud” and subsequent unrest. The news is augmented by proclamations from Obama, France’s Sarkozy, Germany’s Merkel, and just about every politician in the UK. Oh, I forgot to mention the US Congress voting 404 to 1 supporting the protesters.

We are being told that the elections were rigged, even though western pollsters all had Ahmadinejad ahead by a 2 to 1 margin on election’s eve. This matters not to our government which continues to place politicians in press conferences dutifully covered by a pliant press corps.

Kebohongan “Kecurangan Pemilu” Oleh Prof James Petras

SUMBER: Kajian Timur Tengah Blog

Tulisan di bawah ini saya sarikan dari tulisan Prof. James Petras yg menganalisis tuduhan kecurangan pemilu Iran. Artikel lengkap bisa baca di sini.

Iranian Elections: The ‘Stolen Elections’ Hoax
by: Prof James Petras

Dalam pemilu di berbagai negara, jika Gedung Putih punya kepentingan besar di dalamnya, kemudian ternyata kandidat pro-AS kalah, maka elit politik AS dan media massa akan segera mengumumkan bahwa pemilu itu ‘tidak sah’. Contohnya, pemilu di Venezuela dan Palestina, yang diawasi oleh pengawas internasional, ternyata dimenangkan Chavez dan Hamas (yang anti AS); AS segera meneriakkan adanya kecurangan di sana. Di Lebanon, AS memakai cara lain: Hizbullah dalam pemilu itu sebenarnya meraih 53% suara; namun media AS segera meneriakkan “pemilu Lebanon sukses” [penyebabnya karena Barat memasukkan 3 nama dari kubu independen, ke dalam kubu 14 Maret yg pro Barat--Dina].

Pemilu yang baru terjadi di Iran, mengulangi cerita klasik itu: Ahmadinejad meraih 63%, sementara kandidat pro Barat Mousavi meraih 34%. Musavi menolak kekalahannya. Lalu, segera, hampir semua spektrum pembuat opini Barat, termasuk media cetak dan elektronik terkemuka, dari kalangan liberal, radikal, maupun konservatif, menggemakan klaim kelompok oposisi: terjadi kecurangan. Baik Partai Demokrat maupun Republik AS mengecam rezim Ahmadinejad, menolak mengakui hasil pemilu, dan mendukung upaya para demonstran untuk membatalkan hasil pemilu.

Iranian Elections: The ‘Stolen Elections’ Hoax

SOURCE: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14018

by Prof. James Petras

“Change for the poor means food and jobs, not a relaxed dress code or mixed recreation… Politics in Iran is a lot more about class war than religion.”
Financial Times Editorial, June 15 2009

Introduction

There is hardly any election, in which the White House has a significant stake, where the electoral defeat of the pro-US candidate is not denounced as illegitimate by the entire political and mass media elite. In the most recent period, the White House and its camp followers cried foul following the free (and monitored) elections in Venezuela and Gaza, while joyously fabricating an ‘electoral success’ in Lebanon despite the fact that the Hezbollah-led coalition received over 53% of the vote.

The recently concluded, June 12, 2009 elections in Iran are a classic case: The incumbent nationalist-populist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (MA) received 63.3% of the vote (or 24.5 million votes), while the leading Western-backed liberal opposition candidate Hossein Mousavi (HM) received 34.2% or (13.2 million votes).