Iran News Briefs
Some selected recent stories relating to Iran.
Geopolitics & Military
Holy War: Evangelical Marines Prepare to Battle Barbarians
With US forces massing outside Fallujah, 35 marines swayed to Christian rock music and asked Jesus Christ to protect them in what could be the biggest battle since American troops invaded Iraq last year.
Electronic Voting: The Stolen Election of 2004
Using a variety of criminal methods that they have perfected over the past four years, the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney-Karl Rove syndicate stole another election, and extended their illegal occupation of the White House. (Mentions peak oil.)
Hello: You Are Now Living In A Fascist Empire.
What few people in America understand, despite the astute observations of millions of individuals around the world, is that we are living in an empire, and we are no longer living in a democracy. As citizens living in the belly of the beast, we must not only think about how to defeat the empire, but also how to merely survive living within it. In order to do so, one must understand the concept of Peak Oil.
The Rapture Index and the US election
These true believers subscribe to a fantastical theology concocted in the l9th century by a couple of immigrant preachers who took disparate passages from the Bible and wove them into a narrative millions of people believe to be literally true.
Iran warns of $US100 oil price
A TOP aide to Iran’s supreme leader today declared Tehran did not fear being taken to the UN security council over its nuclear program and warned any resulting oil embargo would see world prices top $US100 a barrel.
Iraq Oil Pipelines Hit by Biggest Attacks Yet
Saboteurs have mounted the biggest attacks yet on Iraq’s oil infrastructure, blowing up three pipelines in the north and hitting exports via Turkey, oil officials said Tuesday.
Nigeria strike call targets Shell
Nigeria’s main trade union body is planning a second general strike over fuel price rises, and has warned it will target oil exports.
Russian claims on Caspian: The Oil We`re Losing
The Caspian is a promising region for petroleum and natural gas, comparable to the North Sea. Thanks to the ambitions of the states and companies on the Caspian and Russian passivity, Russia has almost missed its chance at gaining a leading position in the region’s oil industry
Why Didn’t We Attack Sweden?
What do Osama bin-Laden and the owners and top editors of the gigantic corporate media outlet the Chicago Tribune have in common? They both want George W. Bush to return for a second term.
No end in sight for the lag in Iraqi oil production
Defying optimistic Bush administration projections, Iraq’s hobbled oil industry might be unable to beat the production capacity of Saddam Hussein’s era until sometime next year — if then, according to industry analysts.
Oil-rich Nigerian delta demanding self-determination
To forestall “Operation Locust Feast,” as Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo so ominously dubbed his campaign, he demanded that the country’s leaders agree to self-determination for the aggrieved people of the Niger Delta.
