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Is the price of oil keeping Hezbullah peaceful?

Oil is sticking around $40 a barrel (it closed at $39 and change today). Iran is in trouble. Iran’s president presented parliament with a sweeping economic package Tuesday that calls for scrapping costly state subsidies for fuel, water and electricity … Continue reading

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All I want for Christmas is a mosque

I’m sure the OIC will rush to embrace this idea, and by next Christmas, we’ll see foreign workers in Saudi Arabia holding Mass. EU Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering called on Arab governments on Tuesday to allow Christian churches to be … Continue reading

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OPEC cuts can’t stop the slide

Crude oil is currently at $34.54/bbl, the lowest price in years. The OPEC cuts don’t seem to be affecting the law of supply and demand. Who knew? Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil headed for the second- biggest weekly decline … Continue reading

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The hidden agenda behind Iran’s relief ship to Gaza

Iran isn’t just trying to send “humanitarian” supplies to Gaza. Iran is trying to create in Gaza the same infrastructure it has in Iraq—the one that led to the highest American casualties due to Iranian agents supplying EFPs and bomb … Continue reading

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The Iranian existential threat

Israel’s detractors are fond of saying that Iran is not a threat to Israel. But Iran is insistent on proving that Israel’s existence is being threatened on a regular basis, backed by what could soon become the capability to explode … Continue reading

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Iran sending ship to be turned back at Gaza

Iran is going to send a ship of humanitarian aid to be turned back from Gaza. No word whether or not that aid includes the ingredients to make rockets, EFPs, and tons of ammunition. Iran’s Red Crescent announced on Wednesday … Continue reading

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Iran’s Hezbollah ties, Reuters lies

It’s not just the subject of this article. The blatant Reuters whitewashing of Iranian Jew-hatred is getting so obvious, I may not be able to read Reuters for much longer. Iran, a main backer of Lebanon’s Shi’ite group Hezbollah, urged … Continue reading

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Ahmadinejad whistling past the graveyard

This one’s a laugh-out-loud example of sheer propaganda: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran’s economy will survive falling oil prices. Iranian state television has quoted Ahmadinejad as saying the plummeting price of oil “will not cause any remarkable problems” to … Continue reading

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Iran ERA Watch

Iranian feminism, Islamic-style: Women can be as free as they want—as long as there are no men around. A woman clad in a red T-shirt plays an Iranian drum in a Tehran park as her teenage daughter dances nearby, her … Continue reading

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My take on the Ahmadinejad greeting

Much is being made, in some quarters, of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s congratulating Barack Obama. It’s a big deal, we’re told, because it’s the first time since the Mad Mullahs took over Iran that they’ve congratulated any American president. Please. It is … Continue reading

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“Moderate” Iranian says: Don’t gloat, guys

The pretend-moderate Iranian cleric (Snoopy’s been on the case here, here, and here) told his fellow America-haters to stop gloating about our financial crisis. Yeah, it really doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that as the West goes, so … Continue reading

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In your face, ayatollahs

We’ve been hearing the enemies of America cheering our financial crisis and calling it a punishment from above (or at least, from their version of above, not mine). Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gloated recently that the United States is paying … Continue reading

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Iranians break up fowl spy ring

The Iranians have captured members of a spy ring that can go anywhere, and see anything, from the air: Pigeons. Iranian media reported on Monday that security forces had seized two ‘spy pigeons’ near the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz … Continue reading

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The famous Muslim “tolerance”: Death to apostates

Say, that famous Muslim tolerance of other faiths we’ve heard so much about? I’m thinking someone’s not being quite truthful. A month ago, the Iranian parliament voted in favour of a draft bill, entitled “Islamic Penal Code”, which would codify … Continue reading

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Iran’s “reformist” candidate: More of the same

The former speaker of the Iranian parliament has announced his candidacy for president of Iran. You’ll be told he’s a “reformist” who will bring a new viewpoint and attitude to the office. Don’t believe it. The “reformist” candidate—who owes his … Continue reading

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