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Comment on Veteran US Diplomat Questions Syria Storyline by Veteran US diplomat questions Syria storyline « Silver Lining

Veteran US diplomat questions Syria storyline « Silver Lining — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:07:18 +0000

[...] By Sharmine Narwani, source [...]

Comment on Foolishly Ignoring the Arab League Report on Syria by Kings and Ex-Colonial Powers “Championing” Democracy « counter Information

Kings and Ex-Colonial Powers “Championing” Democracy « counter Information — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:05:37 +0000

[...] extension of its mandate, when the Qatar-lead League foreign ministers decided to pull the plug on the mission. Instead, the Arab League, now almost entirely in the hands of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, came out [...]

Comment on Stratfor Challenges Narratives on Syria by M

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:11:47 +0000

Thanks for the brilliant article. Very informative!

Ever since the beginning of the Syrian chapter of the Arab revolts, there has been no shortage of manufactured deceptions – lies which the MSM has gleefully run with. From the famous Damascus Gay Girl (Tom McMaster) to horror stories of state-sanctioned torture and murder that turned out to be outright falsehoods (eg Zaynab Al-Husni). If it fits the narrative script, it’s gotta be right.

Those sort of stories were always to be expected. Given the track record of western reporting in recent years, it would be childish to anticipate for any different.

What’s been interesting though has been the flow of arms and now the sight of globe-trotting rebels on a mission. Since mid-November there have been numerous and credible reports of Libyan rebels shuttling to Syria via Turkey. One of the heroes of the NATO-sponsored Gaddafi ouster, Abdelhakim Belhadj, was himself confirmed to be near the Syria-Turkey border closely coordinating with the FSA.

I suppose we are meant to believe these guys are out there giving out Libyan-made basbousa and heralding glad tidings.

The terrorists of yesterday are today serving as NATO’s loyal functionaries, and those who were lambasting Gaddafi for importing African mercenaries into Libya are today killer mercenaries in Syria. What an irony! No wonder the MSM is tight-lipped.

Comment on In Lebanon, The Plot Thickens by Real Phone Hacking

Real Phone Hacking — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:37:45 +0000

[...] Interesting glimpse into the real world of phone hacking–not the amateurish stuff we've been absored by in the UK–by Sharmine Narwani: In Lebanon, The Plot Thickens « Mideast Shuffle. [...]

Comment on In Lebanon, The Plot Thickens by Walid

Walid — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:58:45 +0000

Tarek Rabaa didn’t confess for spying & he was subject to fabrications & torture. They exploited Tarek case to blow up the telecom evidence which was the base to bring to STL the 4 indictees. CHARBEL Nahhas who allies with the the resistance told that telecom sector was infiltrated but without proof. The ITU cannot tell if the cellular was tampered & they didn’t say that. Dr Imad from the telecom regulatory body TRA is known by his strong connection with the resistance. THIS IS A SCANDAL FOR AOUN & conspiracy against Tarek Rabaa who is suffering from oppression and targeted media.

Comment on Feeding The Beast: When Journalists Fuel Harmful Narratives by The ‘Coalition of Evils’ against Islamic Republic | Rehmat's World

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:40:18 +0000

[...] civilian nuclear program. The result of a 2010 poll taken among several Arab countries by Zogby International showed that 77% of participants agreed that “Iran has a right to its nuclear [...]

Comment on Rupert Murdoch and Hezbollah’s “Scuds” by Sandboxer

Sandboxer — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:46:23 +0000

I did read the article in full. I simply state that I could not provide a link to it (for the benefit of my readers) since it is behind a Times pay wall.

Comment on The Iran-Saudi Assassination “Hoax?” by Sandboxer

Sandboxer — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:33:50 +0000

Thank you for the suggestions, but I am a dedicated follower of the If-it-walks-like-a-duck-and-quacks-like-a-duck…it-is-a-duck School of Logic.

I believe you may find a more receptive audience at the US Departments of State, Justice, Defense and the CIA. It takes a unique brand of logic to extrapolate from a middle-aged, medicated, Iranian, ex-car dealer talking “Gangsta” to a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington via a Mexican drug Cartel with hard cash wired directly from the Iranian government to a US bank account.

I tried to reach them myself, but all I ever hear on the other side of the phone is “quack, quack.”

PS – On October 18 the US finalized the sale of $53 million in arms to Bahrain.

Comment on The Iran-Saudi Assassination “Hoax?” by blutopie

blutopie — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:27:01 +0000

Breaking news – it looks like Israel, her Neocons, and her Israeli Lobby have just been exposed for trying to run a ‘False Flag Operation’ against Iran (as well as the US) for the benefit of the Israelis

The Israeli Lobby appears to have tried to use an Iranian MEK agent (closely tied to the Neocons and Israel) as the ‘Iranian’ end of the plot against the Saudi Ambassador –

This is similar to what Israel and her Neocons did when they pulled off the false flag operation against the US that got us into the Iraq War using the Neocon’s ‘Curveball’ and the Neocon’s ‘Yellowcake Uranium Fraud’ which they used to lie us into Iraq, using Feith’s Office of Special (Mossad) Plans

Check this out from the NYT and other sources -

Apparently the Iranian Quds force guy Gholam Shakuri has been visiting ‘Neocon and Israel Central’ at the MEK Camp in Kurdistan-Iraq (Camp Ashraf ) as well as in WASHINGTON

Currently being reported in the NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/world/middleeast/iran-says-saudi-plot-defendant-belongs-to-exile-group.html

Comment on Rupert Murdoch and Hezbollah’s “Scuds” by DB

DB — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:19:52 +0000

By your own admission, you didn’t read the article, yet you criticise it for poor quality journalism. Pot, kettle?