l'ufficio degli affari iraniani: giornalisti embedded e campagna di disinformazione

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Embedded Journalism and the Disinformation Campaign for War on Iran

Now Introducing, the Office of Iranian Affairs
(Formerly Doing Business as the Office of Special Plans)
By GARY LEUPP
May 30, 2006
CounterPunch

By Laura Rozen
LA Times un analisi, passo passo

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[inwin=300]www.ilfoglio.it/articolo.php?idoggetto=28259[/inwin]

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[inwin=300]www.antiwar.com/reese/?articleid=9066[/inwin]

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See, the earth is round.

U.S. Is Proposing European Shield for Iran Missiles
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Published: May 22, 2006
NY Times

[inwin=300]www.armscontrolwonk.com/category/missile-defense/[/inwin]

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The Bush administration's decision to consider sitting down with the Iranian government underscores a central truth of diplomacy today: Nuclear weapons buy leverage.

For six years, President Bush and his aides have dismissed the idea of talking with Iran about its nuclear programs, and until last year gave little support to European efforts to restrain Iranian nuclear activity... Now, in perhaps the biggest foreign policy shift of his presidency, Bush has approved the idea of sitting down at the table with the Iranian government -- one headed by a former student radical who denies the Holocaust...the offer overturned a long-standing taboo, and it came from an administration stocked with officials who have made little secret of their desire to overthrow the government in Tehran.

The administration made this move at a moment of weakness. The president's public opinion ratings are among the lowest ever recorded for a modern president, and oil prices have reached record levels, in part because of the confrontation with Iran. The high price of oil, in turn, has enriched the Iranian treasury.

Russia and China have agreed to go along with a tough sanctions regimen.

A senior administration official said there is substantial agreement from Russia and China -- two nations that have resisted sanctions against Iran -- on an escalating series of U.N. penalties that would be imposed if Iran does not comply...

...Senior Chinese and Russian officials welcomed the U.S. offer of direct talks, saying it showed an increased willingness to pursue diplomatic means to resolve the budding nuclear crisis. Still, Wang Guangya, China's ambassador to the United Nations, said the United States should provide Iran with security assurances and drop its demand that Iran cease uranium enrichment before such talks could begin.

"I think it in a way proves that the U.S. is more serious about the negotiations than about other options, but I do hope that this offer could be less conditional," Wang told reporters...

"If this is what it takes to get Russia and China to join in sanctions, so be it," one administration skeptic said. "But I am most concerned that we will end up renegotiating with ourselves again."

Iran Welcomes Talks, Rebuffs U.S. Terms
Nation Refuses to Negotiate 'Natural Nuclear Rights'
By William Branigin and Karl Vick
June 1, 2006
Washington Post


VIDEO | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Sets Conditions for Direct Talks with Iran

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Wait until you read this one. It is simply incredible.

I've been all over the Iranian badge story, as you undoubtedly know by now. But this latest development defies all rational thinking.

The man who fabricated the whole story was invited to the White House as an "expert" yesterday. You just can't make this stuff up.

I'd heard about the meeting yesterday, which included Wayne Downing, Barry McCaffrey, Michael Vickers and Fouad Ajami, but I wasn't told about Taheri until today.

Two weeks ago, Amir Taheri published an op-ed in Canada's National Post about an Iranian law that forced Jews to wear a yellow stripe. The story, reminiscent of Nazi Germany, quickly provoked outrage, but was just as quickly revealed to be a total fabrication. It also ran in the New York Post.

Apparently this is just the sort of reliable advice that President Bush needs. Yesterday, Taheri had a face-to-face with the President as one of a small group of "experts" on Iraq that visited the White House.

According to Press Secretary Tony Snow, the experts were invited to the White House for their "honest opinions" on Iraq.
TPM Muckraker

Honest to God, I'm speechless.

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Taheri non era alla Casa Bianca per parlare dell'Iran.
Era là come "esperto"... sull'Irak

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L’interesse è forte per entrambi: disinnescando la mina iraniana Washington apre uno spiraglio su altre aree di crisi, dall’Afghanistan all’Iraq alla Palestina, senza contare i vantaggi politici e pratici della definitiva archiviazione dell’opzione militare.

Quanto a Teheran, la ripresa di relazioni dirette con gli Usa potrebbe garantire la «sicurezza» che la Repubblica islamica reclama con insistenza, da quando la presenza americana nell’area si è rafforzata (in Afghanistan e in Iraq).

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Ma questo Taheri non è quel "giornalista" che assicurò che in Iran stavano per mettere un stella di David addosso agli ebrei?

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Ma questo Taheri non è quel "giornalista" che assicurò che in Iran stavano per mettere un stella di David addosso agli ebrei?

certamente, è proprio lui