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Alex Kane
Alex Kane is a staff reporter for Mondoweiss. Follow him on Twitter @alexbkane.
Total number of comments: 14 (since 2010-01-01 04:49:20)
Alex Kane is a staff reporter for Mondoweiss. Follow him on Twitter @alexbkane.
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That was hilarious.
A wonderful story.
Some of Hersh's sources suggest that the intelligence sharing with the MEK is actively ongoing. Others do say that they believe it stopped. Excerpts from his article:
Some American-supported covert operations continue in Iran today, according to past and present intelligence officials and military consultants...
Five Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated since 2007. M.E.K. spokesmen have denied any involvement in the killings, but early last month NBC News quoted two senior Obama Administration officials as confirming that the attacks were carried out by M.E.K. units that were financed and trained by Mossad, the Israeli secret service. NBC further quoted the Administration officials as denying any American involvement in the M.E.K. activities. The former senior intelligence official I spoke with seconded the NBC report that the Israelis were working with the M.E.K., adding that the operations benefitted from American intelligence. He said that the targets were not “Einsteins”; “The goal is to affect Iranian psychology and morale,” he said, and to “demoralize the whole system—nuclear delivery vehicles, nuclear enrichment facilities, power plants.” Attacks have also been carried out on pipelines. He added that the operations are “primarily being done by M.E.K. through liaison with the Israelis, but the United States is now providing the intelligence.” An adviser to the special-operations community told me that the links between the United States and M.E.K. activities inside Iran had been long-standing. “Everything being done inside Iran now is being done with surrogates,” he said.
I agree, Pabelmont! It's terrorism!
Thanks, it's fixed! Good catch.
Same!!!
Good stuff, Annie.
FYI--the "Israeli Offer on 2 State Solution" framing is also in print. I'm a subscriber to the NYT, and I flipped to A2, their table of contents-esque page and it had that headline at the top.
It's true that Zuckerman plays to both parties, but he voted for Barack Obama, and the Wall Street Journal describes him as a "longtime supporter of the Democratic Party." link to online.wsj.com
But of course he's not of the left.
And to Hophmi's point: You're right about Hikind, and that's why I wrote that he is "conservative for a Democrat," but the point still stands, especially because of Zuckerman.
I don't think it will be an issue in terms of having a serious political debate. But it's clear the GOP strategy will be to push the line that Obama "pushes" Israel too much. But that makes it into a political issue--and people will begin to wonder, perhaps?
I'm confused as to how pointing out that there were many Jews who were communists is anti-Semitic. Identity influences biography. Pointing to the identity of communists are neocons is automatically anti-Semitic?
Seafoid,
That article is by Naomi Wolf (not the great Naomi Klein), and is riddled with falsehoods.
AlterNet's Joshua Holland debunks the entire article here: link to alternet.org
Annie, that video, I believe, is from me. Here's the link from a post I did for Mondoweiss: link to mondoweiss.net
Thanks, Phil, Adam and everyone else. I am thrilled to have this opportunity!
FYI, a correction on the "red lines." According to Haaretz, the "red lines" are not for the settlers, as you say, Paul. The IDF is establishing the virtual "lines" for themselves. Excerpts:
The IDF has conducted detailed work to determine a “red line” for each settlement in the West Bank, which will determine when soldiers will be ordered to shoot at the feet of Palestinian protesters if the line is crossed...
The army is establishing two virtual lines for each of the settlements that are near a Palestinian village. The first line, if crossed by Palestinian demonstrators, will be met with tear gas and other means for dispersing crowds.
The second line is a “red line,” and if this one is crossed, the soldiers will be allowed to open fire at the legs of the demonstrators, as is also standard practice if the northern border is crossed.