The Traitors Among Us

 It seems that some treacherous Iranians are wishing for death and destruction - a la Iraq.  This is not the first time.  The article below was published in 2006 - though regrettably, Payvand Iran News has removed my articles.  

Without a doubt, the United States has the finest military in the world; its technology supersedes all others.  However, in spite of the strides it has made, it only has “bunker-busters” and not “turban-busters”.  It should bear in mind that if it or Israel attack Iran, many innocent lives will be lost.  All the Iranian-Chalabis who wish to see the regime gone, should understand that the blood of innocent Iranians should not be the petals that pave the way for their return – each petal begat in this manner, will have a poisoned thorn. 

 

Mass Amnesia!

 By: Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

 In 2004, the IAEA chief, Mohammad ElBaradei said the Israeli nuclear arsenal was an obstacle to peace in the Middle East.  According to him, it was unsustainable that some countries had nuclear weapons and others did not.  ElBradaei said:

  “As long as you continue to have countries dangling a cigarette from their mouth, you cannot tell everybody not to smoke with a high degree of credibility”[1].

 Yet, threatened by the US, he has been stricken by amnesia. The threat of peace that was once the result of having a nuclear arsenal has now shifted to abiding by the letter of the law - the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).  Indeed, it would seem as if the IAEA has become the political arm of the major Western powers. On March 14, 2005, Akira Omoto, Director, Division of Nuclear Power of IAEA stated that IAEA would continue to “help Pakistan in the field of nuclear safety by providing advice, guidance, sending expert missions and holding training workshops.”(Pakistan Press International Information Services[2])  Pakistan, it must be recalled, is not a signatory to the NPT, and it has been revealed that A.Q. Khan was responsible for nuclear proliferation.  Yet, in a role reversal, and in following America’s suit, the IAEA has become political and is extending a helping hand to this “pariah” state.

 Another nuclear-armed state, India, which is not a member of the NPT, is getting full cooperation from the United States in developing its civilian nuclear program.  The Director General of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei welcomed this move although the deal could damage global nuclear security stating:

“Making advanced civil nuclear technology available to all countries will contribute to the enhancement of nuclear safety and security.”(Murphy[3]).

 The European Troika, Germany, France, and Britain, contributors to Israel’s deadly arsenal (Germany, feeling out of contribution,  recently provided Israel with submarines which could be capable of carrying Popeye Turbo cruise missiles[4] ), must surely suffer from amnesia, for they  condemn Iran for abiding by the NPT while they themselves contributed to creating havoc in the Middle East and disrupting peace.

What has given rise to this mass amnesia that has stricken the Western powers, including the United Nations body, the IAEA and its chief, ElBaradei?  In the nuclear age, it is not just Ahamdinejad’s tirades that get recorded!  It may well be that memory has to be sacrificed in order to acquire power, in which case, the IAEA chief, the European Troika, and the US must be reminded that unlike US allies, Iran has not violated the NPT, and its suspension of uranium conversion (NOT enrichment – as some would falsely accuse Iran) was a voluntary, good faith decision.  Hence, the resumption of research, something that the IAEA chief has forgotten he strongly supports, is a right afforded it under the NPT and should be decoupled from foreign policy.  It is a VIOLATION by the major powers if the decline assistance in the field of research – Mr. ElBaradei, do you remember?   

Ahamadinejad’s persona has been fused with Iran’s inalienable right, playing into the hands of warmongers.  The stage is being set for sanctions, a prelude to military intervention.  Without a doubt, the United States has the finest military in the world; its technology supersedes all others.  However, in spite of the strides it has made, it only has “bunker-busters” and not “turban-busters”.  It should bear in mind that if it or Israel attack Iran, many innocent lives will be lost.  All the Iranian-Chalabis who wish to see the regime gone, should understand that the blood of innocent Iranians should not be the petals that pave the way for their return – each petal begat in this manner, will have a poisoned thorn. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[1] (Source: Reuters, 27 June 2004).

 

[2] IAEA to continue support to Pakistan in the field of nuclear safety”.  Pakistan Press International Information Services. 14 March 2005.

 

 

[3] Murphy, Francois.  “Un Atomic Chief Says Supports U.S.-India Nuke Deal”. Reuters News. 20 July 2005

 

[4] http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/naval/dolphin/Dolphin.html

 

A Brilliant Propaganda Coup

 This past week has been a brilliant propaganda/public diplomacy/hasbara coup.  Future practitioners will be taught of its success.

As the world turned against israel and its ongoing (decades long - incremental) genocide, and with Palestinians on the brink of famine, israel once again plays the victim card and the goyim (USUK France, Germany) once again not only defend it, but arming it is justified.  How and why?

It deliberately attacked the Iranian consulate in Syria (which such precision makes you ask why 32000 plus Palestinians were killed, and the World Kitchen staff) fully expecting a retaliation - even if just blustering by Iran and its allies.   So all the media is concentrating on 'imminent attack against israel' - those poor genocidal criminals, while the propaganda has the hatred and anger turned towards those damn Moslem Iranians.  All are calling Iran for restraint while none are calling for israel to stop its genocide.

This fucking world is a joke. It really is.   As we sleepwalk our way into WWIII, we forget that it was the Americans who funded Nazis (businesses with Prescott Bush being an important one) - and course $$ drives our foreign policy.  Then they funded the Nazis in Ukraine.  and now they are funding neo-nazis calling themselves israeli.  Their lust for blood has no limit. 

We can not afford to forget that OBomber admin built these savage blood-thirsty criminals Armageddon proof cities.  They have no qualms about destroying the world.  They - though limited number, are safe.

In case any of you wants to repeat that israel does not kill its own, go and check out the freaking Hannibal Directive for one.

What a freaking, brilliant, devilish plan by the israeli and their chief goy the United States.  What brilliant propaganda.

Those poor israeli are being told to take shelter.  Victims once again - so they tell us!  

Arm israel.  Protect israel.

Genocide continues.  

 A 2014 interview - If only it had been heeded at the time.  

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/103532/UN-US-complicit-in-Zionists-crimes-in-Gaza

UN, US complicit in Zionists’ crimes in Gaza

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – A political analysts believes the UN and the US have been complicit in Zionists’ crimes in Gaza through inaction and indecision.

In an exclusive interview with Ms Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, MNA asked questions on the recent Israel atrocities and also recent develpments in the Middle East. The following is the text of the interview.

Gaza has been under siege since 2007 and it is a densely populated strip with 1.8 million people. In rare cases Rafah Crossing Border is open to transfer some vital daily needs including food and medicine to the Gazans.

Israel, for some reasons, has launched air and land strikes upon people in the Gaza Strip with no serious reactions from the human rights activists or international community, western countries and politicians.

What do you think Israel seeks in bombing and shelling Gaza?

The Gazans are being bombed and shelled simply for being Palestinian, for living on their ancestral land. The creation of an Israeli state in Palestinian land was never intended to accommodate Arabs. This thinking became more apparent when in 1967; Moshe Dayan compared and justified the continued expansion into Palestinian Land by saying: "Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of the State." (Jerusalem Post, 08/10/1967). In this line of thinking, Yitzhak Rabin said in the 1980s that “Israel will create in the course of the next 10 or 20 years, conditions which would attract natural and voluntary migration of the refugees from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to Jordan.” True to their actions and ideology, in 1997, Yitzak Shamir claimed: ‘The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism.  It's that simple.’(Maariv, 02/21/1997.)

The ideology of driving Palestinians from their land and giving it all to Israelis has been passed down throughout the years. As recently as 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that: “I believed, and to this day still believe, in our people’s eternal and historic right to this entire land.” And of course, Netanyahu, like all others, believes in Greater Israel and increasing the number of Jews in occupied territories.  

The actions taken to fulfill this ideology have been going on for decades under the watchful and indifferent international community with only a few nations raising their voices. In recent years, greed has added to the impetus for the speedy execution of these plans to the point where we witness blockade, and incremental genocide.

The reason behind the greed is the billions of cubic meters of gas were discovered off the coast of Gaza in 1999. In 2001, Ariel Sharon said “Israel would never buy gas from Palestine”, prohibiting its development by the British. In May, a month prior to the alleged kidnapping of the Israelis, a deal was concluded whereby the gas would be liquefied in Egypt and sent out to the world market – making Egypt a partner in crime as well as complicit in the current genocide.

Why do Israelis usually start wars in Gaza in this time of the year?  

It is not restricted to spring and summer. In 2008-2009, the onslaught started in December. But it would be a fair assessment to say that the Israelis act with impunity close to mid-term elections and or around Presidential elections in the United States.

How would you interpret the international human rights institutions silence and why they would not condemn Israel atrocities in Gaza Strip?

International organizations such United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, and all other UN agencies fall under the jurisdiction of the United Nations.  The top financier of the United Nations is America with a whopping 22.00% in direct funds (followed by Japan 10.83%, Germany 7.14%, France 5.59%, and GB 5.18%). If any of these UN organizations called out the atrocities in Gaza, the genocide, its top financier would have to be punished for its complicity. So although they condemn Israel, they do little else that would prevent the ongoing atrocities and punish the crimes of genocide.

Recent reports say that US and UK have advocated supplying Israel with ammunition as “a part of a routine foreign military sales delivery,” according to Reuters and the Independent as “two UK companies supplying components for the Hermes drone, described by the Israeli air force as the ‘backbone’ of its targeting and reconnaissance missions.”

On the other hand, the Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stated on Edi al-Fitr [July 28] that “US president issued an edict to disarm Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in order to prevent the minimum strike by some rockets – possessed by Palestine’s popular resistance – against so many crimes of Israel but entire world especially Muslim world, all are responsible to arm Palestine as much as they can." 

What do you think about arming Hamas so that it could resist Israeli offensives, do you think it would bring some balance to the war between the two sides and push the Israelis back for probable future attacks?

I either have to give voice to my core belief of non-violence, or I have to address the realities and practicalities on the ground. As a pacifist, I am not prepared to do either.

On recent developments in the Middle East, do you think there is any link between Takfirists and Zionists’ actions?

Without a doubt. I don’t believe in coincidences in politics. In the same month that Hamas and PLO talked about unity, the vicious, gruesome images of terrorists, specifically ISIL, was introduced to the world via twitter. I firmly believe that these tweets and videos were intended to paint a barbaric and savage picture of Moslems and Arabs and underscore the Israeli propaganda that they are threatened by Arabs/Moslems, and justify (wrongly) their genocide of the Palestinians. Much of the public discourse here in America reflects this mindset.

How would you predict the future of Syria, Iraq and Palestine with actions taken by Takfirists and Zionists?

I believe that justice will prevail.  I have no doubt that not only those in the region, but the whole global community will wake up to the plight of the innocent people in the region, and the horrors they face, and there will be far more cooperation coming soon to defeat these enemies of humanity. Unfortunately, a great deal more lives will be lost before this happens.  

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich has a Master's in Public Diplomacy from USC Annenberg for Communication. She is an independent researcher and writer with a focus on U.S. foreign policy and the role of the lobby. Her articles have been published by several online publications and she is a public speaker.

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