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Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 07:46AM 10/04/08 :
HURRAH !Suspected US missile strike kills 20 in Pakistan
Note: DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN (AP) - Militants on Saturday buried the bodies of Arab comrades who were among at least 20 people killed when suspected U.S. missiles hit a house near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said. The United States has launched a flurry of strikes in recent weeks against suspected al-Qaida and Taliban targets in northwestern Pakistan, straining ties between the two anti-terror allies. Pakistan has been unable or unwilling to eliminate militant sanctuaries blamed for rising violence on both sides of the border. The frontier region is believed to be a possible hiding place for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 07:43AM 10/04/08 :
HURRAH ! : Mastermind of Baghdad bombings killed
Note: BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said Saturday it killed a senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of masterminding one of the deadliest bombings in Baghdad as well as recent attacks and the 2006 videotaped execution of a kidnapped Russian official. American troops also killed the man's wife after a firefight as they tried to capture him Friday in the northern neighborhood of Azamiyah in Baghdad, the military said. Mahir Ahmad Mahmud al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, allegedly directed the insurgent cell believed to be responsible for nearly simultaneous car bomb and suicide attacks Thursday, according to the statement
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 05:28AM 10/04/08 :
Governor of Afghan Opium Capital Pushes for Crop Replacement
Note: KABUL, Afghanistan — As the new planting season for opium poppy draws near, the governor of Helmand, Afghanistan’s largest poppy-producing province, says that this year he is determined to beat the illicit crop that is a major source of money for drug lords and insurgents alike.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 02:10AM 10/03/08 :
Oil price falling on weak global demand | Business | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
Note: NEW YORK - Oil prices closed at their lowest level in two weeks Thursday, tumbling below $94 a barrel on doubts that a revamped financial bailout plan will be enough to avoid a protracted economic slump and revive dwindling U.S. energy demand. The declines came a day after the Senate overwhelmingly approved the rescue package. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for an expected vote Friday; House lawmakers stunned investors Monday by rejecting the bailout plan, although Senators added $100 billion in tax breaks and other sweeteners in a bid to win over enough dissenting House votes.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:51AM 10/03/08 and by 1 others:
British Ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald called Barack Obama 'liberal'
Note: Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Britain's Ambassador in Washington, was last night thrust into political controversy after the leak to a newspaper of a seven-page candid assessment he delivered on Barack Obama. His letter to Downing Street, written earlier this summer ahead of the Democratic nominee's trip to Europe, contains a level of criticism that will be deeply embarrassing to the Government. He describes Mr Obama's "decidedly liberal" voting record in the Senate where "the main impression is of someone who was finding his feet, and then got diverted by his presidential ambitions". Some of his comments, suggesting there is "little track record to refer back to" and that charges of elitism or being aloof "are not entirely unfair" may be seized upon by John McCain's campaign which has consistently sought to portray Mr Obama as inexperienced and out-of-touch with working class voters.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:30AM 10/03/08 :
Iran's new elite - The Revolutionary Guards
Note: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a speech of great ferocity to the UN General Assembly this week. That forum is no stranger to rhetoric directed against Israel, Zionism and the West, but the Iranian leader seemed determined to surpass himself on this occasion. Pictures of the week Israel was described as a "cesspool," Zionists were derided for their supposed control of the financial centers and politics of the Western world. The "American Empire" was told that its days were numbered.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:12AM 10/03/08 :
Shocking Video, Revealing Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused Economic Crisis!!!
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:12AM 10/03/08 and by 2 others:
Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:12AM 10/03/08 :
Shocking Video, Revealing Democrats Scam that caused Economic Crisis!!!
Note: This video is an informative look at the factors that are causing our current financial and economic crisis. It discusses policy changes 13 years ago that unleashed the sub-prime mortgage-backed securities market, which accelerated prices erratically, inviting speculation and loose lending practices which were both condoned and encouraged by existing regulation and carried out by risk-blind executives and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Aside from ripping the corporate goons in the media, please be respectful in your comments. Thanks.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 12:55AM 10/03/08 and by 1 others:
Secret, Foreign Money Floods Into Obama Campaign - ( Mullah's Money )
Note: More than half of the whopping $426.9 million Barack Obama has raised has come from small donors whose names the Obama campaign won't disclose. And questions have arisen about millions more in foreign donations the Obama campaign has received that apparently have not been vetted as legitimate. Obama has raised nearly twice that of John McCain's campaign, according to new campaign finance report.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 12:26AM 10/03/08 :
The Political Nature of the Economic Crisis
Note: Classical economists like Adam Smith and David Ricardo referred to their discipline as “political economy.” Smith’s great work, “The Wealth of Nations,” was written by the man who held the chair in moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow. This did not seem odd at the time and is not odd now. Economics is not a freestanding discipline, regardless of how it is regarded today. It is a discipline that can only be understood when linked to politics, since the wealth of a nation rests on both these foundations, and it can best be understood by someone who approaches it from a moral standpoint, since economics makes significant assumptions about both human nature and proper behavior.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:28PM 10/02/08 :
Stoned in Tehran : by Thomas M. Moore
Note: No matter who achieves victory in November’s U.S. presidential elections, it is certain the next administration will have to confront the growing problems posed by Iran. The Iranian nuclear program continues despite widespread international objection, and its sponsorship of terrorist organizations, such as Hezbollah, poses a constant threat. Furthermore, Iran’s regional and global influence is potent and growing, in part due to its vast energy resources, making Iran’s ambitions even more pressing. In order to provide answers to these questions, as well as offer a unique perspective on the domestic sociopolitical landscape of Iran, the Nixon Center hosted a panel discussion entitled “Iran: Questions for the Next Administration” on September 24.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:05PM 10/02/08 :
Border Chief: No Evidence of Iranian Sleeper Cells in U.S.
Note: "If Iran has sleeper cells here, "we'd be doing something about it," says the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, contradicting frequent assertions that the Islamic regime has secret agents in the U.S. poised to attack domestic targets in retaliation for American or Israeli air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. U.S. intelligence officials have said that Iran-backed Hezbollah "retains the capability to strike in the U.S." as FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told Congress in 2005, or that it might launch attacks on U.S. targets "if it feels its Iranian patron is threatened," as John D. Negroponte put it when he was Director of National Intelligence in 2006. But evidence that Iran has anything more than fundraising efforts remains scant.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 10:33AM 10/02/08 :
J F Kennedy Assassination: Secret Service Stand Down to let the shots in
Note: Extraordinary footage of the most critical secret service agents being dismissed, mid-motorcade, moments prior to JFK's assassination. Watch as the agent assigned to ride the car bumper, inches behind the President, shrugs his shoulders in disbeief, three times, before he walks off. Astounding...
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 09:12AM 10/02/08 :
BITE SIZE BUZZ - DIRECT FROM THE BUZZIN FLY -
Note: 2 HOUR NEW MIX FROM SPENCER PARKER. : http://www.buzzinfly.com/buzzed.html#mixes
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 05:24AM 10/02/08 :
FIRST IRANIAN FEMALE ADMIRAL: ARTEMIS
Note: INTRODUCTION: According to various texts, Iran possessed warships and the ships equipped with the weapons and materials used in war since the Achaemenid era (550-330 BC), and the evidences indicating the existence of those ships have been found in archeological investigations. It has been also documented that the Iranian Navy was very active during Achaemenid king Darius the Great (reigned 522-485 BC) and his son King Xerxes (in Persian: Khasha Yar Shah). During King Xerxes (reigned from 485-465 BC), for a short time the Iranian Navy was commanded by Artemis, a female admiral, around 480 BC. In this article, the name of Artemis, the life story of Artemis, her battles, her end, and a poetry referring to Artemis as the First Iranian Female Admiral will be studied and discussed.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 04:28AM 10/02/08 :
The Iran Factor : Hooman Majd
Note: This week at the United Nations, with President Ahmadinejad once again in New York to deliver an address to the General Assembly, the U.S. was hoping to gather the P5+1 ministers to discuss imposing further sanctions on Iran for its refusal to abide by previous Security Council resolutions demanding that it suspend uranium enrichment. Russia, apparently just a little miffed at the American reaction to its invasion of Georgia last month, blocked the meeting, handing a major victory to Iran and making Ahmadinejad's visit to the UN a little less uncomfortable than it might have been with the major powers discussing new sanctions against his country.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 03:59AM 10/02/08 :
"We have a lot in common"- Author talks about Iranian politics on Jon Stewart's Daily Show
Note: "We have a lot in common" - Author talks about Iranian politics on Jon Stewart's Daily Show - Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil. Majd is the author of "The Ayatollah begs to Differ: The Iranian Paradox of Modern Iran". He is based in New York and has written for GQ, the New York Times, The New Yorker, the New York Observer, Salon and Huffington Post.
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Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 07:46AM 10/04/08 :HURRAH !Suspected US missile strike kills 20 in Pakistan
Note: DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN (AP) - Militants on Saturday buried the bodies of Arab comrades who were among at least 20 people killed when suspected U.S. missiles hit a house near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said. The United States has launched a flurry of strikes in recent weeks against suspected al-Qaida and Taliban targets in northwestern Pakistan, straining ties between the two anti-terror allies. Pakistan has been unable or unwilling to eliminate militant sanctuaries blamed for rising violence on both sides of the border. The frontier region is believed to be a possible hiding place for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 07:43AM 10/04/08 :HURRAH ! : Mastermind of Baghdad bombings killed
Note: BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said Saturday it killed a senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of masterminding one of the deadliest bombings in Baghdad as well as recent attacks and the 2006 videotaped execution of a kidnapped Russian official. American troops also killed the man's wife after a firefight as they tried to capture him Friday in the northern neighborhood of Azamiyah in Baghdad, the military said. Mahir Ahmad Mahmud al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, allegedly directed the insurgent cell believed to be responsible for nearly simultaneous car bomb and suicide attacks Thursday, according to the statement
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 05:28AM 10/04/08 :Governor of Afghan Opium Capital Pushes for Crop Replacement
Note: KABUL, Afghanistan — As the new planting season for opium poppy draws near, the governor of Helmand, Afghanistan’s largest poppy-producing province, says that this year he is determined to beat the illicit crop that is a major source of money for drug lords and insurgents alike.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 02:10AM 10/03/08 :Oil price falling on weak global demand | Business | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
Note: NEW YORK - Oil prices closed at their lowest level in two weeks Thursday, tumbling below $94 a barrel on doubts that a revamped financial bailout plan will be enough to avoid a protracted economic slump and revive dwindling U.S. energy demand. The declines came a day after the Senate overwhelmingly approved the rescue package. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for an expected vote Friday; House lawmakers stunned investors Monday by rejecting the bailout plan, although Senators added $100 billion in tax breaks and other sweeteners in a bid to win over enough dissenting House votes.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:51AM 10/03/08 and by 1 others:British Ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald called Barack Obama 'liberal'
Note: Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Britain's Ambassador in Washington, was last night thrust into political controversy after the leak to a newspaper of a seven-page candid assessment he delivered on Barack Obama. His letter to Downing Street, written earlier this summer ahead of the Democratic nominee's trip to Europe, contains a level of criticism that will be deeply embarrassing to the Government. He describes Mr Obama's "decidedly liberal" voting record in the Senate where "the main impression is of someone who was finding his feet, and then got diverted by his presidential ambitions". Some of his comments, suggesting there is "little track record to refer back to" and that charges of elitism or being aloof "are not entirely unfair" may be seized upon by John McCain's campaign which has consistently sought to portray Mr Obama as inexperienced and out-of-touch with working class voters.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:30AM 10/03/08 :Iran's new elite - The Revolutionary Guards
Note: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a speech of great ferocity to the UN General Assembly this week. That forum is no stranger to rhetoric directed against Israel, Zionism and the West, but the Iranian leader seemed determined to surpass himself on this occasion. Pictures of the week Israel was described as a "cesspool," Zionists were derided for their supposed control of the financial centers and politics of the Western world. The "American Empire" was told that its days were numbered.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:12AM 10/03/08 :Shocking Video, Revealing Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused Economic Crisis!!!
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:12AM 10/03/08 and by 2 others:Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:12AM 10/03/08 :Shocking Video, Revealing Democrats Scam that caused Economic Crisis!!!
Note: This video is an informative look at the factors that are causing our current financial and economic crisis. It discusses policy changes 13 years ago that unleashed the sub-prime mortgage-backed securities market, which accelerated prices erratically, inviting speculation and loose lending practices which were both condoned and encouraged by existing regulation and carried out by risk-blind executives and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Aside from ripping the corporate goons in the media, please be respectful in your comments. Thanks.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 12:55AM 10/03/08 and by 1 others:Secret, Foreign Money Floods Into Obama Campaign - ( Mullah's Money )
Note: More than half of the whopping $426.9 million Barack Obama has raised has come from small donors whose names the Obama campaign won't disclose. And questions have arisen about millions more in foreign donations the Obama campaign has received that apparently have not been vetted as legitimate. Obama has raised nearly twice that of John McCain's campaign, according to new campaign finance report.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 12:26AM 10/03/08 :The Political Nature of the Economic Crisis
Note: Classical economists like Adam Smith and David Ricardo referred to their discipline as “political economy.” Smith’s great work, “The Wealth of Nations,” was written by the man who held the chair in moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow. This did not seem odd at the time and is not odd now. Economics is not a freestanding discipline, regardless of how it is regarded today. It is a discipline that can only be understood when linked to politics, since the wealth of a nation rests on both these foundations, and it can best be understood by someone who approaches it from a moral standpoint, since economics makes significant assumptions about both human nature and proper behavior.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:28PM 10/02/08 :Stoned in Tehran : by Thomas M. Moore
Note: No matter who achieves victory in November’s U.S. presidential elections, it is certain the next administration will have to confront the growing problems posed by Iran. The Iranian nuclear program continues despite widespread international objection, and its sponsorship of terrorist organizations, such as Hezbollah, poses a constant threat. Furthermore, Iran’s regional and global influence is potent and growing, in part due to its vast energy resources, making Iran’s ambitions even more pressing. In order to provide answers to these questions, as well as offer a unique perspective on the domestic sociopolitical landscape of Iran, the Nixon Center hosted a panel discussion entitled “Iran: Questions for the Next Administration” on September 24.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 01:05PM 10/02/08 :Border Chief: No Evidence of Iranian Sleeper Cells in U.S.
Note: "If Iran has sleeper cells here, "we'd be doing something about it," says the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, contradicting frequent assertions that the Islamic regime has secret agents in the U.S. poised to attack domestic targets in retaliation for American or Israeli air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. U.S. intelligence officials have said that Iran-backed Hezbollah "retains the capability to strike in the U.S." as FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told Congress in 2005, or that it might launch attacks on U.S. targets "if it feels its Iranian patron is threatened," as John D. Negroponte put it when he was Director of National Intelligence in 2006. But evidence that Iran has anything more than fundraising efforts remains scant.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 10:33AM 10/02/08 :J F Kennedy Assassination: Secret Service Stand Down to let the shots in
Note: Extraordinary footage of the most critical secret service agents being dismissed, mid-motorcade, moments prior to JFK's assassination. Watch as the agent assigned to ride the car bumper, inches behind the President, shrugs his shoulders in disbeief, three times, before he walks off. Astounding...
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 09:12AM 10/02/08 :BITE SIZE BUZZ - DIRECT FROM THE BUZZIN FLY -
Note: 2 HOUR NEW MIX FROM SPENCER PARKER. : http://www.buzzinfly.com/buzzed.html#mixes
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 05:24AM 10/02/08 :FIRST IRANIAN FEMALE ADMIRAL: ARTEMIS
Note: INTRODUCTION: According to various texts, Iran possessed warships and the ships equipped with the weapons and materials used in war since the Achaemenid era (550-330 BC), and the evidences indicating the existence of those ships have been found in archeological investigations. It has been also documented that the Iranian Navy was very active during Achaemenid king Darius the Great (reigned 522-485 BC) and his son King Xerxes (in Persian: Khasha Yar Shah). During King Xerxes (reigned from 485-465 BC), for a short time the Iranian Navy was commanded by Artemis, a female admiral, around 480 BC. In this article, the name of Artemis, the life story of Artemis, her battles, her end, and a poetry referring to Artemis as the First Iranian Female Admiral will be studied and discussed.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 04:28AM 10/02/08 :The Iran Factor : Hooman Majd
Note: This week at the United Nations, with President Ahmadinejad once again in New York to deliver an address to the General Assembly, the U.S. was hoping to gather the P5+1 ministers to discuss imposing further sanctions on Iran for its refusal to abide by previous Security Council resolutions demanding that it suspend uranium enrichment. Russia, apparently just a little miffed at the American reaction to its invasion of Georgia last month, blocked the meeting, handing a major victory to Iran and making Ahmadinejad's visit to the UN a little less uncomfortable than it might have been with the major powers discussing new sanctions against his country.
Posted by BAHRAMERAD, at 03:59AM 10/02/08 :"We have a lot in common"- Author talks about Iranian politics on Jon Stewart's Daily Show
Note: "We have a lot in common" - Author talks about Iranian politics on Jon Stewart's Daily Show - Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil. Majd is the author of "The Ayatollah begs to Differ: The Iranian Paradox of Modern Iran". He is based in New York and has written for GQ, the New York Times, The New Yorker, the New York Observer, Salon and Huffington Post.
