Posted on 10/15/2006 12:59:14 AM PDT by DoctorZIn
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Ahmadinejad makes an offer to take control of the entire Near East.
- Komersant reported that the Iranian leadership has worked out its own plan to come to a peaceful accord with the West. Teheran has made offers to Russia and the United States that would not only allow the Islamic Republic to keep its nuclear program but also to take control of the entire Near East.
The roots of Ahmadinejad's ideology.
- The Weekly Standard argued that Ahmadinejad has a coherent ideological vision in which the call to wipe out Israel is no ordinary manifestation of anti-Semitism. Instead, it is the beckoning of an apocalyptic event that will usher in a millennium of bliss for all believers, indeed all mankind. How dangerous is Ahmadinejad? A must read.
Major Western naval exercise in Persian Gulf soon.
- The Washington Post reported that the United States, Bahrain and other states will hold their first naval exercise in the Gulf this month to practice interdicting ships carrying weapons of mass destruction and missiles.
UN Security Council will deal with Iran next week.
- Fox News reported that the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council agreed Wednesday to start working on U.N. sanctions against Iran next week, but failed to bridge differences on how harsh the penalties should be.
Israel considers its options with Iran.
- Ha'aretz reported that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has called a meeting today to discuss Israel's policy on the Iranian nuclear threat.
- The Jerusalem Post reported that an IDF spokesman said on Thursday that "Only a military strike by the US and its allies will stop Iran attaining nuclear weapons."
200,000 Iranians have not been paid for months.
- South Africa Sunday Times reported that the head of the official labor union said the about 200,000 Iranian workers have not received their salaries for months.
Here are a few other news items you may have missed.
- Amnesty International reported that Mostafa Evezpoor and his 14-year-old brother Mohammad Reza Evezpoor, both members of the Iranian Azerbaijani minority, were reportedly arrested on 21 September, two days before the start of the new academic year. Iranian Azerbaijani activists had called for a boycott of the first day of the school year and for demonstrations.
- Newt Gingrich, The American Enterprise Institute reviewed the past five years and the lessons of the war on terror, starting with defining the threat.
- Michael Rubin, National Review Online argued that in 1975, Henry Kissinger sought to break the ice with Baathist Iraq, the bastion of radicalism in the Middle East at the time, and met with the Iraqi Foreign Minister on the sidelines of a Paris conference. The declassified cable is here.
- The International Herald Tribune reported that a handful of U.S. diplomats here on Iran's doorstep have quietly re-opened an Iran-focused diplomatic mission, the first such office since the U.S. embassy in Tehran was taken over by radical students 27 years ago.
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As Iranian Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani told his Russian counterpart, Teheran is prepared to offer Moscow a new form of partnership that will turn Russia into a key player in the Near East. Specifically, using its ties in the Muslim world, Teheran has promised to install Moscow in the role of intermediary in all important negotiations in the region, such as those in Lebanon and Palestine. What is more, Mr. Larijani promised Mr. Ivanov economic benefits as well. For example, according to Teheran's plans, Russian and Iranian companies could start actively establishing themselves in Iraq's oil fields, thanks to the fact that America's control in the country is weakening as Iran's influence increases. Russian firms could also begin to revitalize oil terminals in southern Iraq, while Iran, through its contacts with local Shiite groups, would guarantee the safety of the Russian specialists working at these installations.
I met a Persian two weeks ago and mentioned FR and your threads. I hope he checks them out. The msm surely won't cover what happens inside Iran.
Did I spell this correctly? My Farsi is not so good...
AZADI!
5.56mm
Yes, AZADI=Freedom.
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