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US military buildup to confront Iran (December 30th)

Avram Noam Chomsky the 83 year old US philosopher renowned for his critiques of US foreign policy has an article re-published on Aljazeera in which he discusses the US military buildup to confront the Iranian foreign policy crisis confronting the US. “The Obama administration has been rapidly expanding US offensive capacity in the African island of Diego Garcia … nuclear-powered guided-missile submarines with Tomahawk missiles, which can carry nuclear warheads. Each submarine is reported to have the striking power of a typical carrier battle group … the substantial military equipment Obama has dispatched includes 387 “bunker busters” used for blasting hardened underground structures … On taking office, Obama immediately accelerated the plans, and they are to be deployed several years ahead of schedule, aiming specifically at Iran… The increasing threats of military action against Iran are of course in violation of the UN Charter … call to all states to resolve disputes related to nuclear issues peacefully … which bans the use or threat of force.”

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Mehdi Karroubi the 73 year old Iranian reformist politician, democracy activist, chairman of the National Trust Party and critic of President Ahmadinejad’s foreign policy, has along with fellow reformist politician Mir Hossein Mousavi been denounced by the Iranian parliament as corrupts on earth and should be tried. The denouncements of the two opposition leaders came about following protests in Tehran for which they have been accused of inciting the demonstrations. Corrupt on earth is a capital crime levied against political dissidents in the Islamic Republic of Iran punishable by execution. Fifty conservative MPs marched through the main hall of the parliament chanting “Death to Mousavi, death to Karroubi”. Reports confirm sixty-six people had already been executed during January alone.

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