Iran is fooling the
West in its apparent readiness to reach a deal
on its nuclear program, Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned on Tuesday.
on its nuclear program, Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned on Tuesday.
"The Iranians
appear to be trying to reach a technical deal that
will create an appearance as if there is progress
in the talks to remove some of the pressure ahead
of the talks in Baghdad and to postpone an
escalation in sanctions," Barak said during a
meeting at the Defense Ministry.
Iran
'committed to Israel's
annihilation,' says top general
Iran's top general
Hassan Firouzabadi (left)
poses with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
[Archive] | Photo credit: FARS
poses with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
[Archive] | Photo credit: FARS
According
to the Iranian Fars news agency,
while addressing a defense
gathering in Tehran on Sunday,
Chief of Staff of the Iranian
Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Hassan
Firouzabadi stressed that the
Iranian nation remains committed
to the "full annihilation of the
Zionist regime of Israel to the
end."
According
to Fars, Firouzabadi
"reiterated the Iranian nation
and supreme leader's emphasis
on the necessity of support
for the oppressed Palestinian
nation and its causes," and
noted, "The Iranian nation is
standing for its cause that is
the full annihilation of
Israel."
The top military
official reminded those
present that Iranian
Supreme Leader Ali
Khamenei considers
"defending Palestine a
full religious duty and
believes that any kind of
governance and rule by
anyone other than the
Palestinians as an
instance of usurpation,"
Fars reported.
Europe's banks on the brink
Former
European Central
Bank Chairman
Jean-Claude
Trichet
The
eurozone
crisis was in
full swing
when
Jean-Claude
Trichet took
the podium in
Berlin last
October 6 for
his final
press
conference as
president of
the European
Central Bank.
Having helped
create one of
the longest
periods of
price
stability in
the history of
central
banking,
Trichet was
closing out
his eight-year
reign under
siege.
Soaring
oil prices had
made a mockery
of the bank's
superlative
record on
inflation,
while the
worst
recession on
the continent
since World
War II had
morphed into a
full-scale
sovereign debt
crisis. Now
the central
bank faced the
collapse of
dozens of
banks that had
found
themselves
locked out of
funding
markets - a
development
that would
draw the ECB
into uncharted
territory.
'Koenig's Eye View from the White
House' - May
18, 2012
Specific
examples of
major U.S.
presence
building in
and around the
Persian Gulf
... Review of
the
ever-increasing
war potential
in the Middle
East ... Mofaz
has had close
military
relations with
Netanyahu and
Barak over 36
years ... Iran
attack
decision
appears near,
Israel quiet
... World
leader: Iran
leader has
long planned
war with
Israel and the
U.S. ... Saudi
nightmares and
great fear
over the
United States
and Iran ...
Black
Christians in
an
'adulterous'
relationship
with Obama,
says prominent
Black
Evangelical
Pastor and
Leader