Iran Reviews > Exploitation Week: The August 22 Iranian Kickoff

http://inbrief.threatswatch.org [ThreatsWatch.Org: InBrief] Little of that windfall, however, finds its way to the Iranian public, as it is largely used to fund the enormous expense of the Iranian nuclear weapons program and external forays, such as the ”˜Hearts and Minds’ public relations effort currently being underwritten by the Iranian government in Lebanon in order to solidify public support for Hizballah going forward. As much as $12,000 per person is being handed out to Lebanese civilians for no more than producing identification and signing a receipt.

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Trey Jackson: More at Bostom.com (hat tip MP) Photo: A conference in Tehran yesterday included (from left) Hussein Safiadeen of Hezbollah, Palestinian Ambassador Salah Zavavi, Lebanese Ambassador Adnan Mansour, Syrian Ambassador Hamid Hassan, and Abu Osamah, a representative of (via Cosmos)

Payvand News Of Iranhttp://www.payvand.com/news  Payvand News Of Iran: Security Council were close to agreement on a draft resolution demanding Iran suspend all nuclear enrichment and reprocessing work and threatening to consider sanctions if it refuses, diplomats said on Tuesday. -Reuters 7/26/06 Some in Iran skeptical of Hezbollah (via Cosmos)

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com  Atlas Shrugs: Photo: A conference in Tehran yesterday included (from left) Hussein Safiadeen of Hezbollah, Palestinian Ambassador Salah Zavavi, Lebanese Ambassador Adnan Mansour, Syrian Ambassador Hamid Hassan, and Abu Osamah, a representative of Hamas. (Hasan Sarbakhshian/ Associated Press) (via Cosmos)

Hot Airhttp://hotair.com  Hot Air: For them, this is “the Day that all things secret will be tested.” They will reach this day. The hypocrisy must be exposed. (via Cosmos)

http://counterterrorismblog.org [Counterterrorismblog.org] Counterterrorism Blog: HIZBOLLAH’S IRANIAN WAR IN LEBANON: But as Israel’s Air Force began to pound Nasrallah’s organization and Lebanon’s transportation and communications infrastructure, and the media reported the war in progress with its horrific images, world opinion and decision-centers commenced to swing in all directions, seeking a name to the War and a projection of its ending, with great difficulties. Attempts are still ongoing to frame it from the most simplistic to the most conspiratorial: Lebanon is a beautiful country, it doesn’t deserve violence and victimization, says the less informed.

[Globalguerrillas.typepad.com] John Robb's Weblog: Sy Hersh on Lebanon/Iran: Israel believed that, by targeting Lebanon’s infrastructure, including highways, fuel depots, and even the civilian runways at the main Beirut airport, it could persuade Lebanon’s large Christian and Sunni populations to turn against Hezbollah, according to the former senior intelligence official. The airport, highways, and bridges, among other things, have been hit in the bombing campaign.

[Juancole.com] Informed Comment: And, , the FT reprints an LA Times piece by Megan Stack saying, they are forming ever more neighborhood militias to counter the Shiite ones. I saw this sort of thing happen in Lebanon in the mid-1970s. The subsequent fighting went on for a decade and a half.

Americansforfreedom.blogspot.comhttp://americansforfreedom.blogspot.com [Americansforfreedom.blogspot.com] Americans for Freedom...Afghanistan Iraq Lebanon Egypt Syria Saudi ...: Recently, it has become obvious (http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22070_LA_Times-_Take_a_Closer_Look&only) that many of the pictures and video depicting some of the civilian casualties in Lebanon have been either digitally manipulated, deliberately staged, or have been accompanied by misleading text. As the US public depends upon the media to deliver unbiased accounts of foreign politics and news, its is unacceptable that such manipulation should occur.

http://plancksconstant.org [Plancksconstant.org] Planck's Constant: Israel Won in Lebanon - Iran Lost: I won't even bother linking the few hundred posts pointing out that Iran supplied, trained and funded Hezbollah and encouraged them to poke a stick in Israel's eye to start this war and take attention away from their nuclear intentions. If you want to be in denial about that then there is nothing I can say to open your constipated mind.

http://democracyfrontline.org/news [Democracy Frontline - News Headlines - Veritas Non Olet] Iranian, Syrian cargo planes forced to land in... : American satellite system spotted those planes loaded with milk and other  baby  food stuffs  and encouraged Turkey to fulfil its NATO obligation to bring those humanitarian flights to an abrupt landing.

http://www.judeoscope.ca [Judeoscope.ca] Kuwaiti editor: Hamas to eliminate Palestinian... : THE Iranian storm, which destroyed Lebanon and killed hundreds of innocent Lebanese, is on its way to Palestine preparing the stage to complete its mission by eliminating the Palestinian Authority. Acting under the instructions of Tehran, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya has started paving the way for the storm to impact the Palestinian Authority by refusing to form a national unity government until Israeli forces release abducted deputies, ministers and the Palestinian Legislative Council’s President, all of whom are members of Hamas.

http://thetenoclockscholar.blogspot.com [The Ten O'Clock Scholar] This Month in Jihad: UPDATE 2: Sources tell DebbieSchlussel.com that the men are from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the group that works in concert with HAMAS in performing homicide bombings in Israel. The group once even considered merging with HAMAS, at the time that it was headed by University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian, a founder of the group.

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