ElBaradei hits the Seyyeds on nukes

"There are concrete elements of suspicion against Iran - so I am of the opinion that Iran has temporarily forfeited this right and must first win it back through confidence-building measures toward the international community," ElBaradei said.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAN_NUCLEAR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

This time he is trying to buy time and critisize the Seyyeds.

US and Seyyed alliance in Iraq is broken

The frustration with Iran also helps explain the administration's growing disillusionment with Maliki, whose Shiite-led government might have been a joint US-Iranian project.

More:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=84766

What is truly amazing is that the US administration tried to negotiate with the Seyyed Army. The Seyyed Army thinks it owns Iraq.

But at least the US has realised that it can only recognise the older divisions in the area, namely the national armies of the Arabs and Iranians.

Poll states Iranians cannot have velvet revolution by themselves

"It is perhaps due to the same lack of confidence in Western support that despite their clear wishes to the contrary 54% of Iranians felt that under current circumstances a 'Velvet Revolution' will not be possible."

More:

http://www.globalpolitician.com/articleshow.asp?ID=3312&cid=2

So Iranians want a velvet revolution, but it won't happen, because they think The West is not supportive.

Why are we Iranians so dependant on outside forces?

The media and terrorists

Below is a quote from a commentator. Whole article is written in a style which clearly differentiated between various elements in the middle east.

The killing of Iraqis by Iran's Revolutionary Guard should not be one a surprise to any who have followed the course of the Iraq war (and postwar). While Tehran is raising the outcry that the Kurdish freedom fighters (known as the PJAK) are "a terrorist outfit being sponsored and armed by the US to increase pressure on Iran" -- the IRGC is itself conducting a terrorist campaign within Iraq itself.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22032

Day after day, we hear the word "Terrorist" being mentioned. Nowadays, unlike the past, news with the word "Terrorist" in it, effects people's political opinion, and moves markets. After 9/11 a "Terrorist" became a seriously legitimate entity, freely able to do what he or she wanted, and had loads of camera men and journalists chasing him or her everywhere.

It was not like that. You needed a national army to do things, to get the attention of the markets, politicians and public opinion. In many respects, it is all part and parcel of the development of the world media, that has created this situation. A stockbroker now sits behind a screen, has various news wires updating all the time in one window, and with a click of his mouse, he can change his investments in another window. The media knows this, and feeds his curiosity. So is it the terrorist or the media's fault?

And then you get the situation where terrorists are ruing a plot of land, control drugs and guns, or in the case of Iran, have subjugated the country, after tearing its national flag and history. But once you get the media mixing the terrorist with the national army, that becomes seriously damaging. When you get the name of Iran associated with the terrorists, that becomes very nerve racking. After all the media are supposed to be intelligent.

I blame the media

How come the US sold corn to Iran's Seyyeds?

The corn market also got a jolt Wednesday after the USDA reported that Iran - not a usual purchaser of U.S. grain - bought 120,000 metric tons of U.S. corn.

Finally the French turn against the Seyyeds in Iran

"We are considering additional measures, in the framework of a new Security Council resolution, against members and backers of the Iranian regime refusing to comply with demands of the international community," Hugues Moret, a French Foreign Ministry spokesman, said in an online briefing Friday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/...a/iran_nuclear

That's where the change in government in France shows the difference. Chirac was never so blunt.

Allez La France!

Defacement of Seyyeds' guards

The Seyyeds are really doing their best to fight off any media war from US.

Iran dismisses 'worthless' US blacklist

A US plan to designate Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group has been described as worthless propaganda.

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Canadians and Chinese ignore sanctions and help Seyyeds

Chery Auto is to invest $370 million for their new plant in Babol, Iran. China's largest automaker Chery, is teaming up with Khodro, Iran's biggest automaker, as well as Solitac, a Canadian investment firm.

More at:

http://www.product-reviews.net/2007/08/14/chinese-automakers-chery-auto-to-set-up-in-iran/

So here we go again, more business with the Seyyeds.

The two Chinas

It is pretty amazing to see the differences between the Taiwanese, and the Chinese.  This article comments on the Russians:

Moscow is refusing to meet commitments it made to Tehran until the latter shows more willingness to cooperate with the UN on its nuclear activities

Taipei Times - archives

Whilst this article shows how wishy washy the Chinese have been:

"The Chinese have been less enthusiastic to push forward the sanctions in general than we and the Europeans and even the Russians have," Burns said.

China's Iran stance worries US, Israel | Jerusalem Post

technorati tags:china, taiwan, russia, sanctions

Who's side are the Iraqi leadership on?

Here we go, it is about time that GW Bush started to get annoyed with the Iraqi leadership.

Bush, holding a pre-vacation press conference, said he was not surprised at pictures showing cordial meetings between Maliki and top Iranian leaders in Tehran but that he hoped the prime minister was delivering a tough message.

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