CIA nominee: Iran-bashing good for politicians, bad for US interests
While much attention has been paid to John Brennan’s policy on drones during his tenure as chief counterterrorism advisor to President Obama, surprisingly less has been given to his positions on Iran. Slotted to be the new head of the CIA by President Obama, Brennan faced a confirmation hearing in the Senate last week that […]
Iran News Roundup 01/13
CIA memos uncover Mossad “false flag” operations A series of CIA memos, written during the George W. Bush’s administration, describes how Mossad agents, pretending to be American agents and carrying US passports, reportedly recruited the terrorist group Jundallah to carry out a covert war against Iran (Foreign Policy 01/13). U.S. sends warning to Iran’s Supreme […]
An Unsolved Mystery: Shahram Amiri
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD4SzcAeExg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Shahram Amiri, an Iranian physicist who has been missing since June of last year, has uploaded two separate videos online sharing completely contradictory accounts of his situation. Which video is real? Or are both just a fraud? In his first video, Amiri says he is residing in Tuscon, Arizona after having been abducted from […]
US expanding cross-border attacks; next up Iran?
After cross-border air and ground incursions into Pakistan earlier this year, which were reportedly authorised by an executive order signed in July, U.S. Special Forces/CIA raided a village compound 5 miles into Syrian territory late last week. Ostensibly, they were in the search of high-value terrorists, but the daring cross-border operation killed several civilians including […]