iran

Killing a chance for peace

Antony Loewenstein - May 6, 2008 - 11:01am

Joschka Fischer, Guardian Comment is Free, May 5:

President Bush’s Middle East policy undeniably managed to achieve one thing: it has thoroughly destabilised the region. Otherwise, the results are not at all what the US had hoped to accomplish. A democratic, pro-western Middle East is not in the cards. Read more »

The Iraq war gift

Antony Loewenstein - April 25, 2008 - 1:34pm

Stephen Kinzer, Guardian Comment is Free, April 23:

Trying to figure out who won the Iraq war is a challenging parlour game. Nearly every faction, group and nation has lost. The only evident victors are Iran, the Kurds and a handful of giant American corporations. Read more »

Is Iran next?

Antony Loewenstein - May 8, 2008 - 6:11pm

My following article appears in today’s ABC Unleashed:

The fifth anniversary in March of the Iraq war should have given the political and media elite time to reflect on their actions since 2003. Virtually ignored by the mainstream media were stories such as life in Fallujah, where citizens remain mired in poverty and resentment. Read more »

Next stop of the war train: Iran

Antony Loewenstein - May 6, 2008 - 11:24am

After years of propagating lies about Iraq and its alleged threat to the world, the New York Times continues to publish Bush administration talking points, this time outlining the supposed menace of Iran.

Critical thinking? Don’t expect that from the “paper of record.” Read more »

This is what US “freedom” looks like

Antony Loewenstein - May 2, 2008 - 12:59pm

Iranian blogger Omid Memarian, currently living in California, explains to his readers the apparent appeal of the current presidential race: Read more »

Letting Iranian women be heard

Antony Loewenstein - April 27, 2008 - 10:07pm

Only in the Iranian blogosphere:

Iranian women talks about their body and sexual desire.

Hillary to obliterate Iran, if not Obama

Larvatus Prodeo - April 24, 2008 - 12:49pm

Hillary Clinton won Pennsylvania by 10 points, enough to keep her increasingly destructive campaign alive.

What’s making me really angry is this sort of thing:

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