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Who Pays for the Loss of Life in Iran?

The U.S. has failed to dictate its political will to Iran and resorts to this failure as a pretext for punishing its people.

(TEHRAN) - Since the victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 which toppled the U.S.-backed regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iran has been facing with devastating and agonizing financial sanctions of the United States and its European allies who didn't favor the post-revolutionary Iran's doctrine of confrontation with the superpowers and its denial of Western liberal democratic values.

The 1979 revolution which put an end to 2,500 years of imperial monarchy in Iran was pivoted on theocratic and ideological values which the sumptuous, thrilling West usually tends to dislike and rebuff.

Tony Blair`s Bloody Memoir

One would expect the International Quartet’s ‘peace envoy’ to pretend to be impartial and to demand Israel's transparency over its nuclear affairs.

(LONDON) - Tony Blair, a man who launched a criminal war with no end, declared once again today that “Radical Islam is the world's greatest threat” He made the remark in a BBC interview marking the publication of his memoirs.

Mr Blair said radical Islamists believed that whatever was done in the name of their cause was justified - including the use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.

Is Jesus God, or What?

God is not a political Being, as the Republican Party would have us believe, and Democrats often tend to support.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Republican candidates seem obsessed with the notion that God is on their side, but do they really know what they are saying, or is what they say what the Republican Holy See wants them to say? The presumption, of course, is that Jesus is God and that Christianity is the source of all good.

Politically speaking, it may prove helpful to the Republican cause which relies on the assumption that Jesus is a personal God which supposedly is politically inclined in favor of the Republican agenda.

Burundi Arbitrarily Imprisons Editor on Treason Charge

“We call for his release and the withdrawal of the charges against him” - Reporters Without Borders

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, editor of the online newspaper Net Press, Kavumbagu has been detained since July 17on the charge of treason.

RSF told Salem-news.com “Kavumbagu has been unjustly held for the past six weeks pending trial on a treason charge that is baseless. Pre-trial detention is supposed to be an exception. He should not be in detention when his trial starts. We urge the judges to reach an equitable decision”.

God Announces Palestinian State in Uganda

It would undoubtedly be touted by Regev as proof to the world that Israel does not restrict Palestinian movement.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In an interview this week with Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi, omnipresent Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev addressed the difficulty of defining the border between Israel and Palestine without knowing “what’s going to be on the other side” and whether whatever it is will recognize the Jewish state.

Deftly skirting Rattansi’s interjection that the Palestinians had already recognized Israel in 1993 by saying he would “answer that in a second” despite the fact that it was not a question, Regev continued: “How can we agree to a border unless we know what’s the nature and the character of the society on the other side of the border?”

Obama has Signalled his Coming Complete Surrender to Zionism and its Lobby

Israel’s leaders knew that settlements on Arab land occupied in 1967 are illegal. They simply didn’t give (and still today don’t give) a damn about international law.

(LONDON) - He did it with seven words. “Ultimately the U.S. cannot impose a solution.”

He was speaking at the White House the day before the start of the new round of direct talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, after he had met with them and Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. (In my last post I anticipated Obama saying at the point of his complete surrender that “America can’t want peace more than the parties.” He also said that - ahead of schedule!)

Vague Laws Keep Political Opposition Imprisoned

The Kagame government is facing heavy criticism from international human rights advocates.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Amnesty International (AI) is calling on Rwanda’s new government to urgently review vague ‘genocide ideology’ and ‘sectarianism’ laws that are being used to suppress political dissent and stifle freedom of speech.

“The ambiguity of the ‘genocide ideology’ and ‘sectarianism’ law means Rwandans live in fear of being punished for saying the wrong thing,” said Erwin van der Borght, Africa Program director at AI. “Most take the safe option of staying silent.”

Fidel Castro on Peace in the Middle East

Fidel Castro: A Nuclear War Could Be the End of the World

(HAVANA Cuban News Agency) - Addressing thousands of university students and people in general at the steps of the University of Havana, Fidel accused the United States and Israel of putting the world on the brink of a catastrophe with their threats against Iran for allegedly developing nuclear weapons.

“Today, more than seven billion people should focus on preventing this tragedy from happening,” said the Cuban leader in reference to a nuclear conflict that he believes can still be avoided if humanity becomes aware of the danger and fights against it.

Intense Violence Against Journalists in Somalia

“This killing demonstrates again that journalists in Somalia are being targeted by gangs and militias in the country” - Gabriel Baglo

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has sounded the alarm over the complete absence of safety for journalists in Somalia.

Authorities must give top priority to the safety and the security of Somali journalists in order to guarantee press freedom in this country.

Oregon State Fair Security Threatens Lawful Petitioners with Arrest

Something about registering voters makes the State Fair uncomfortable.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Lawsuits are possible against the State Fair for violating Oregonians right to free speech and for taking actions that have a chilling effect on citizen’s ability to lawfully campaign.