News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations:
The Washington Post: Glenn Kessler reports that the chief sanctions enforcer at the U.S. Treasury is tightening up loopholes by specifically designating people and companies who are known to front internationally for Iranian state financial interests. Twenty-one businesses and at least four individuals from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp’s Qods Force were named. Two of the named military men were singled out for support of Hezbollah (considered a terrorist organization by the U.S.) and two for “financial and material support†to the Taliban.
House of Representatives: Liberal Mid East hawk Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) and über-hawk Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) announced that they are forming a Working Group on Iran Sanctions Implementation. “We will continue to pressure and isolate Iran until it terminates its illicit nuclear weapons activities. A nuclear-armed Iran is unacceptable,†the members of Congress said in a statement. The Working Group will “meet on a regular basis with Administration officials, foreign ambassadors, and outside experts to oversee and verify enforcement of Iran sanctions implementation,†as well as hold a hearing on the subject in the fall. Both Beramn and Ros-Lehtinen are favorites of the right-wing Israel lobby, for whom “crippling sanctions†have long been a top priority.
Reuters: U.S. State Department Special Adviser for Non-proliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn was in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday encouraging the Japanese government to ramp-up its sanctions effort. Japan, which buys Iranian oil, announced that it adopted a sanctions program similar to that of the UN, and said further measures might be on the way. Einhorn, noting that Japanese access to Iranian oil would not be in play, urged them to follow the model of the European Union, which recently enacted a tough unilateral sanctions package.
Ranking House Committee member Goober Stanislaw (kneejerk-Tel Aviv) announced today the formation of a "special" House subcommittee to 'force' a nuclear weapons sale on Iran. According to Goober, "we'll force nuclear weapons on Iran whether they want them or not. We'll not be made the laughing stock before a skeptical public."
A spokesperson for House Speaker Pelosi's office maintains, "well, we have to keep up appearances after all."
Poor Iran, that is what you get for being so arrogant.
Sean
Now, since all 16 of our security agencies (that we know of) have cleared Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons, whence are the congressional coprokaputs getting the info to claim otherwise?
Piss on Representatives Howard Berman and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, those rabid Israel-Firsters. They ought to get the hell over to Israel–it’s where their loyalties truly lie.
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Iran taking the toll as well.
Charles
America's Hebrews are getting their 'dibs' into Iranian business. Applying the power of America on behalf of the UN. You want sanctions, we'll show you how to do sanctions. Lookit, they worked on Saddam, right?
Not to worry, the Israel branch offices will pick up the slack. Where there's a shekel to be made, who's to choose sides, nu? And who's looking in Abu Dhabi anyways?
Our government masters are determined to get this country into another war, come hell or high water…and make no mistake hell will come…
More and more headlines for Iran on every papers.
Todd
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