LeeB32

COVER UP WITH LIES... I LIKE THE TREM REDIRECTED...

Adam Montana " WE WAIT"

Wonder what the outcome of this will be... If it happens....

I have no real intel but gut feeling says, Israel will strike before the elections... It will have a major impact on the Arab culture and with that an impact on our beloved Dinar. Just saying... Price of gas... Elections... This Administration treating different cultures... THE MOVIE... Less then a year away from the bomb... Israel up aginst the wall...

Glad to see so many of you all listen to AC....

IF TRUE !!! Then trying their hardest to get it done before November.... Their economic recovery plan... lol

Bet me these guys really know how to party...

Can U Believe , go figure

Damn there goes the price of GAS again...

Stairing down the barrel of the USA and EUR. Rattling my saber I'd be hiden too...

Gas @ $4 bucks a gal soon...

In his December speech welcoming the troops home from Iraq, US President Barack Obama said, “We are leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people.” In reality, none of this is true on the ground. Iraq today is a very fragile country. Its sovereignty is questionable, it cannot depend on itself and, according to Iraq’s military Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Abu Bakr Zebari, it will not be able to protect its borders or airspace before 2020. Because of this, Iran is seen as a big winner as it is well positioned to fill the vacuum. Historically, Iraq and Iran are rival empires and states. After its independence, Iraq was considered the keeper of the western gate of the Arab world. Although smaller in size and having less capabilities than Iran, Iraq managed to counterbalance Tehran and block Iranian influence and expansion in the Arab world for decades. However, the invasion of Iraq by coalition forces and the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003 broke the balance, not only paving the way for Iran to expand its influence in Iraq but boosting its ambition to form a Shiite Crescent (spanning Iran-Iraq-Syria-Lebanon and the coasts of the Arab Gulf). Modes of influence Since 2003, Iran has tried to enhance its influence in Iraq, and as expected, it managed to achieve that on many levels. Politically, most of the ruling Shiite elite in Baghdad are pro-Iran. Tehran is able to exert great influence on the Iraqi political process through pro-Iran Shiite political parties such as Hezb Al -Daawa (or Islamic Dawa Party), the Islamic Supreme Council and the Sadrists. Before toppling Saddam, the volume of trade between Iraq and Iran was nonexistent. After the US invasion, Iran became Iraq’s top trade partner, and the volume of trade between them reached about $8 billion in 2010, most of it to Iran’s benefit. One can even see the Iranian rial in Al-Basrah province. In terms of security forces, the Al-Quds Force, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unit responsible for Iran’s covert and foreign dirty operations, is working effectively on Iraqi soil. Moreover, Tehran managed to train, fund and arm many Shiite militias, most of which were integrated into the Iraqi “National” Army and sensitive positions in Iraq’s national security apparatus. Iran’s new goals in Iraq During the pre-withdrawal period, Iran had four goals in Iraq: to make sure that a new friendly allied regime is in power in Baghdad, advance Iranian interests, unite Shiites under its umbrella and to deepen the US crisis. Driven by its natural tendency to expand and fearing the implications of the Arab revolutions right now, Iran is trying to quickly fill the vacuum, fortify its position and advance its influence after the US withdrawal. Taking into consideration the very possible regime change in Syria and thus the loss of its most important, valuable and effective ally over decades in the Middle East, not to mention the catastrophic implication of this on the Iranian agenda and influence in the whole region, Tehran is focusing on new goals in Iraq. One of the most important goals right now for Tehran in light of regional developments is to strengthen the preventive security zone built outside its soil to defend itself. It is obvious in light of the Syrian case that Iran is trying to push for a Shiite bloc (Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon). Preventing the return of a strong, stable, independent and Arabic Iraq will also be a priority for Iran, because history tells us that an Iraq with these characteristics will be the strategic obstacle to the mullahs’ regime and Iranian influence in the region. Fueling sectarian strife The most dangerous thing is that Iran’s policies may open a new internal and regional battle in Iraq, especially if Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki continues to advance the Iranian agenda and its regional policies. Al-Maliki, who came to power through a US-Iranian deal instead of Ayad Allawi -- the nationalist Shiite who was widely supported by the Iraqi Sunnis and endorsed by regional Arab countries like Saudi Arabia -- is fearing that the withdrawal will make him weak. Backed by Iran and supported by the US, al-Maliki is now trying to secure his position by monopolizing power and isolating the Sunnis. On the first day of the US withdrawal, al-Maliki accused Sunni Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi of being involved in terrorist acts and ordered him to be put on trial. Moreover, al-Maliki fired Saleh al-Mutlaq, Sunni deputy prime minister, although he did not have the right nor the constitutional powers to do so, threatening openly to form a de facto sectarian Shiite government if the Sunnis opposed his policies. Such acts are expected to trigger a sectarian conflict if continued. The Sunnis who were rejecting federalism have started to ask for it in order to avoid al-Maliki’s discriminatory and isolating policies practiced against them. Coming battle in Iraq On a regional front, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, especially Saudi Arabia, will not accept an “Iranian” Iraq used against them. Al-Maliki, who financially supported Bashar al-Assad’s regime, lately expressed fear of Turkey’s role in the region. So unless a change in the Iraqi government happens very soon, and a national, independent and really representative government comes to power in Baghdad, Iran will continue pursuing its agenda, and regional powers will try to step in to balance Iranian influence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.todayszaman.com/news-268962-irans-dangerous-game-in-iraq-by-ali-hussein-bakeer*.html

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — It seemed a clockwork killing: Motorcycle riders flashed by and attached a magnetic bomb onto a car carrying a nuclear scientist working at Iran's main uranium enrichment facility. By the time the blast tore apart the silver Peugeot, the bike was blocks away, weaving through Tehran traffic after what Iran calls the latest strike in an escalating covert war. The attack — which instantly killed the scientist and fatally wounded his driver on Wednesday — was at least the fourth targeted hit against a member of Iran's nuclear brain trust in two years. Tehran quickly blamed Israeli-linked agents backed by the U.S. and Britain. Secretary of State Hillarious Rodham Clinton denied any U.S. role in the slaying, and the Obama administration condemned the attack. However, provocative hints from Jerusalem reinforced the perception of an organized and clandestine campaign to set back Iran's nuclear ambitions. The day before the attack, Israeli military chief Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz was quoted as telling a parliamentary panel that 2012 would be a "critical year" for Iran — in part because of "things that happen to it unnaturally." The blast killed Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a chemistry expert and a director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, the centerpiece of Iran's expanding program to make nuclear fuel. Roshan, 32, had planned to attend a memorial later Wednesday for another nuclear researcher who was killed in a similar pinpoint blast two years ago, Iranian media said. "A heinous act," said Iran's Atomic Energy Organization of Wednesday's bombing. It added a tone of defiance. "We will continue our (nuclear) path without any doubt ... Our path is irreversible," said the statement carried on state television. The state news agency IRNA said Roshan had "organizational links" to Iran's nuclear agency, which suggests a direct role in key aspects of the program. Another news agency, the semiofficial Mehr, said Roshan had been interviewed by inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency — which Iran has accused of placing its scientists in peril by including their names in public reports. http://charter.net/news/read.php?rip_id=%3CD9S6TTLO0%40news.ap.org%3E&ps=915

O-BoY Things R really going to heat UP....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The U.S. strongly warned Iran on Wednesday against closing a vital Persian Gulf waterway that carries one-sixth of the world's oil supply, after Iran threatened to choke off traffic through the Strait of Hormuz if Washington imposes sanctions targeting the country's crude exports. The increasingly heated exchange raises new tensions in a standoff that has the potential to spark military reprisals and spike oil prices to levels that could batter an already fragile global economy. Iran's navy chief said Wednesday that it would be "very easy" for his country's forces to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passage at the mouth of the Persian Gulf through which about 15 million barrels of oil pass daily. It was the second such warning by Iran in two days, reflecting Tehran's concern that the West is about to impose new sanctions that could hit the country's biggest source of revenue, oil. http://www.charter.net/news/read.php?rip_id=%3CD9RTO7KO0%40news.ap.org%3E&ps=1018