Friday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 20th, 2010: New York Times: Mark Manzetti and David Sanger report that the Obama administration has “persuaded” Israel that Iran is at least one year — if not more — away from having the...

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Wikipedia: Iraq War ‘Over’

Wikipedia as Democratic mouthpiece? The user-written and -edited site has been accused of left-leaning judgments on the part of its dominant editors, but not necessarily of hewing to any party line. But now, one must wonder: Wikipedia trumpets the White House talking...

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Thursday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 19th, 2010: Washington Post: Columnist David Ignatius takes a broad view of the Obama administration’s diplomatic trouble spots and prescribes “patience plus” because time is actually on the...

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Sunday Morning Needs a Real War Debate

This alert just came in from Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR): Tell NBC: Sunday Morning Needs a Real War Debate Meet the Press features a parade of Afghanistan hawks The war in Afghanistan has re-emerged as a major news story, thanks to the controversies...

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Wednesday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 18th, 2010: Washington Times: In an editorial, the über-hawkish DC daily echoes John Bolton (referenced in our last entry here) and calls for a strike against Iran’s Bushehr reactor before fuel...

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“Our Man in Turkey” – The Jake Hess Story

OK, so he's not really "our" man, he's Inter Press Service's (IPS's) man in Turkey, but the articles of Jake Hess, as was reported by a number of media outlets, his writings have appeared on Antiwar.com. But who is this 25 year old New Hampshirite and why does it...

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Tuesday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 17th, 2010: The National: Michael Theodoulou reports that new sanctions will exacerbate corruption and mismanagement in Iran’s economy but do little to change Tehran’s nuclear policy. However,...

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Monday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 16th, 2010:The Financial Times: Daniel Dombey reports that the White House has warned Turkey that it could lose access to U.S. weapons, including drone aircraft that Ankara wants to acquire for...

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