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Toe the Line

Irancove @ September 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Via JTA:

Sarah Palin met with pro-Israel lobbyists to express her support for U.S.-Israel ties.
[…]
McCain campaign spokesman Michael Goldfarb said Palin spoke about “the relationship between Israel and American national security, and the threats to Israel from Iran and others.”
“She was extremely well received,” Goldfarb said, noting that Palin was interrupted by applause twice.
AIPAC also praised […]

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My bases are bigger than your country

Irancove @ September 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

See the slider-interactive map of US military bases here.
What a Spread!
Land occupied by US bases: 46,566 square miles*
Land area of North Korea: 46,541 square miles
Lessons From Rome
Roman bases at empire’s peak (AD 117): 37
British bases at empire’s peak (1898): 36
US military sites overseas (2007): 761*
In Germany: 268
In Japan: 124
In South Korea: 87
Number that the Pentagon […]

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The Dutch Connection

Irancove @ September 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
The recent De Telegraaf article[i] ‘revealing’ the Dutch intelligence cooperation with the CIA is a propaganda piece aimed at undermining the credibility of the United Nations specialized agency, the IAEA, and its chief Mohammad ElBaradei’s findings on Iran’s peaceful civilian nuclear program. As importantly, it presents war as the solution to a non-existent […]

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Dutch predict US airstrikes, pull spies out of Iran

Irancove @ September 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Press TV:
The Dutch AIVD secret service has had an ultra-secret operation underway in Iran in recent years that was halted in connection with plans for a US attack on Iran.
The respected newspaper De Telegraaf reported Friday the “ultra-secret operation” had as its aim infiltration and sabotage of the weapons industry in the Islamic Republic.
“The […]

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