By THANASSIS CAMBANIS / NY Times Bahrain's rulers worry that tensions between the West and Iran could provoke instability here, partly because of the close ties between the Shiites and Iran, and partly because of the American naval base, though Bahrain has said it will not allow any attack on neighboring countries from its soil.

Categories: Sectarian Violence  Iran  Human Rights  Bahrain  

Added: August 30, 2010

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By ROBERT WRIGHT / NY Times The debate becomes about who should bomb Iran, not about whether Iran should be bombed.

Categories: Iran  Israel  The US  Nuclear Weapons  War  Propaganda  

Added: August 18, 2010

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By Gwynne Dyer / Arab News When Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the highest-ranking American officer, was asked recently on NBC's Meet The Press show whether the United States has a military plan for an attack on Iran, he replied simply: "We do."

Categories: Iran  The US  Nuclear Weapons  Attack  

Added: August 07, 2010

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By Robert Booth and Ian Ferguson / The Gaurdian The alliance with Israel is the latest twist in the already extraordinary saga of Khalid's bid to return to power

Categories: Arabian Peninsula  Israel  Iran  United Arab Emirates  Gulf Emirate  

Added: July 29, 2010

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By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach / Global Research Is there anyone comparable to Frederik de Klerk, capable of recognizing that a system founded on injustice could not morally survive? Yitzhak Rabin apparently reached that conclusion. Who is prepared to take up his legacy today?

Categories: Israel  Iran  Middle East  War  

Added: July 27, 2010

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By Tehran Bureau On Iran, President Obama should take road less traveled

Categories: Iran  Barack Obama  Politics  Oil  UN Sanctions  

Added: July 13, 2010

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By Kourosh Ziabari /Countercurrents.org The Saudi King who has seemingly started attempts to merge his country with the imperialist world told the French Defense Minister Hervé Morin in a meeting held after the Gaza Freedom Flotilla massacre that "two states in region do not deserve to exist: Israel and Iran."

Categories: King Abdullah  Saudis  The Muslim World  Iran  Corruption  

Added: July 12, 2010

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By Sarath Kumara / WSWS.org Despite opposition from the US, Pakistan signed an agreement with Iran on June 13 to go ahead with a $US7.6 billion gas pipeline between the two countries that will provide a desperately-needed supply of energy to Pakistan from 2014.

Categories: Iran  Pakistan  Gas Pipeline  The US  India  

Added: July 10, 2010

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By Muddassar Ahmed / altmuslim.com The never-ending ability of Iran to outsmart and be underestimated by its foes means that a more daring and honest approach is needed to foster peace and stability in the Middle East.

Categories: Iran  Middle East  Turkey  The US  

Added: July 08, 2010

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By tehran bureau For Iranians, the lesson from the attack helps inform their thinking on current issues. Mohammad, a 60-year-old shopkeeper, said it made him side with the government in the nuclear standoff. "Look," he said to me, "if Iran had power -- and nuclear power -- they would not have done that to us. I know we are paying a high price for it now, but we have to have it. Otherwise, those Americans do as it pleases them, and there is no one -- absolutely no one -- to ask them why."

Categories: Aggression  The US  Terrorism  Piracy  Iran  

Added: July 05, 2010

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