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Another War (for Israel) in the Works
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Oct 02, 2009 08:32 PDT
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_http://america-hijacked.com/2009/09/29/another-war-in-the-works/_
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_Another War (for Israel) in the Works_
(http://america-hijacked.com/2009/09/29/another-war-in-the-works/)
September 29th, 2009 | Author: _Patriot_
(http://america-hijacked.com/2009/09/29/another-war-in-the-works/#)
Another War in the Works
_http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/09/28/another-war-in-the-works/_
(http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/09/28/another-war-in-the-works/)
Does anyone remember all the lies that they were told by then-president
Bush and the “mainstream media” about the grave threat to America from
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? These lies were repeated endlessly in the
print and TV media despite the reports from the weapons inspectors, who had
been sent to Iraq, that no such weapons existed.
The weapons inspectors did an honest job in Iraq and told the truth, but
the mainstream media did not emphasize their findings. Instead, the media
served as a Ministry of Propaganda, beating the war drums for the U.S.
government.
Now the whole process is repeating itself. This time the target is Iran.
As there is no real case against Iran, Obama took a script from Bush’s
playbook and fabricated one.
First the facts: As a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran’s
nuclear facilities are open to inspection by the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), which carefully monitors Iran’s nuclear energy program to
make certain that no material is diverted to nuclear weapons.
The IAEA has monitored Iran’s nuclear energy program and has announced
repeatedly that it has found no diversion of nuclear material to a weapons
program. All 16 U.S. intelligence agencies have affirmed and reaffirmed that
Iran abandoned interest in nuclear weapons years ago.
In keeping with the safeguards agreement that the IAEA be informed before
an enrichment facility comes online, Iran informed the IAEA on Sept. 21 that
it had a new nuclear facility under construction. By informing the IAEA,
Iran fulfilled its obligations under the safeguards agreement. The IAEA will
inspect the facility and monitor the nuclear material produced to make
sure it is not diverted to a weapons program.
Despite these unequivocal facts, Obama announced on Sept. 25 that Iran has
been caught with a “secret nuclear facility” with which to produce a bomb
that would threaten the world.
The Obama regime’s claim that Iran is not in compliance with the safeguards
agreement is disinformation. Between the end of 2004 and early 2007, Iran
voluntarily complied with an additional protocol (Code 3.1) that was never
ratified and never became a legal part of the safeguards agreement. The
additional protocol would have required Iran to notify the IAEA prior to
beginning construction of a new facility, whereas the safeguards agreement in
force requires notification prior to completion of a new facility. Iran
ceased its voluntary compliance with the unratified additional protocol in March
2007, most likely because of the American and Israeli _misrepresentations
of Iran’s existing facilities and military threats against them_
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/sep/25/iran-secret-nuclear-pla
nt-inspections%20) .
By accusing Iran of having a secret “nuclear weapons program” and
demanding that Iran “come clean” about the nonexistent program, adding that he
does not rule out a military attack on Iran, Obama mimics the discredited Bush
regime’s use of nonexistent Iraqi “weapons of mass destruction” to set up
Iraq for invasion.
The U.S. media, even the “liberal” National Public Radio, quickly fell in
with the Obama lie machine. Steven Thomma of the McClatchy Newspapers
declared the non-operational facility under construction, which Iran reported to
the IAEA, to be “a secret nuclear facility.”
Thomma, reported incorrectly that the world didn’t learn of Iran’s “secret”
facility, the one that Iran reported to the IAEA the previous Monday,
until Obama announced it in a joint appearance in Pittsburgh the following
Friday with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas
Sarkozy.
Obviously, Thomma has no command over the facts, a routine inadequacy of “
mainstream media” reporters. The new facility was revealed when Iran
voluntarily reported the facility to the IAEA on Sept. 21.
Ali Akbar Dareini, an Associated Press writer, reported, incorrectly, over
AP: “The presence of a second uranium-enrichment site that could
potentially produce material for a nuclear weapon has provided one of the strongest
indications yet that Iran has something to hide.”
Dareini went on to write that “the existence of the secret site was first
revealed by Western intelligence officials and diplomats on Friday.” Dareini
is mistaken. We learned of the facility when the IAEA announced that Iran
had reported the facility the previous Monday in keeping with the
safeguards agreement.
Dareini’s untruthful report of “a secret underground uranium enrichment
facility whose existence has been hidden from international inspectors for
years” helped to heighten the orchestrated alarm.
There you have it. The president of the United States and his European
puppets are doing what they do best – lying through their teeth. The U.S. “
mainstream media” repeats the lies as if they were facts. The U.S. “media” is
again making itself an accomplice to wars based on fabrications.
Apparently, the media’s main interest is to please the U.S. government and hopefully
obtain a taxpayer bailout of its failing print operations.
Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, a rare man of principle who has not sold his integrity to the U.S.
and Israeli governments, refuted in his report (Sept. 7, 2009) the baseless
“accusations that information has been withheld from the Board of
Governors about Iran’s nuclear program. I am dismayed by the allegations of some
Member states, which have been fed to the media, that information has been
withheld from the Board. These allegations are politically motivated and
totally baseless. Such attempts to influence the work of the Secretariat and
undermine its independence and objectivity are in violation of Article VII.F.
of the IAEA Statute and should cease forthwith.”
As there is no legal basis for action against Iran, the Obama regime is
creating another hoax, like the nonexistent “Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
” The hoax is that a facility, reported to the IAEA by Iran, is a secret
facility for making nuclear weapons.
Just as the factual reports from the weapons inspectors in Iraq were
ignored by the Bush regime, the factual reports from the IAEA are ignored by the
Obama regime. Like the Bush regime, the Middle East policy of the Obama
regime is based in lies and deception.
Who is the worse enemy of the American people, Iran or the government in
Washington and the media whores who serve it?
Read more by Paul Craig Roberts
* _US Hypocrisy Astonishes the World_
(http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/09/06/us-hypocrisy-astonishes/) – September 6th, 2009
* _Americans: Serfs Ruled by Oligarchs_
(http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/08/19/americans-serfs-ruled-by-oligarchs/) – August 19th,
2009
* _Obama to Muslims: Put Up and Shut Up_
(http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/06/04/obama-to-muslims-put-up-and-shut-up/) – June 4th, 2009
* _Succumbing to the Dark Side_
(http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/05/28/succumbing-to-the-dark-side/) – May 28th, 2009
* _Who Will Stand Up to America and Israel?_
(http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/05/27/who-will-stand-up-to-america-and-israel/) – May
27th, 2009
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