[GPSCC-chat] Iran Allegations

[Spencer Graves]

       I don't know about good evidence, but Wednesday, Oct. 12, Charlie 
Rose interviewed John Miller and Roya Hakakian about Iran.  "Hakakian is 
an Iranian-American poet, journalist and writer living in the United 
States. A lauded Persian poet turned television producer with programs 
like 60 Minutes, Roya became well known for her memoir, Journey from the 
Land of No in 2004. Her essays on Iranian issues appear in the New York 
Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and on NPR. Awarded 
a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008, Roya published Assassins of the 
Turquoise Palace in 2011, a non-fiction account of the Mykonos 
restaurant assassinations of Iranian opposition leaders in Berlin" in 1992.


       Conclusion:  I think it is naive to say that people in the 
Iranian government would not do such a thing.  There is clearly evidence 
that they have.  (I think it is also naive to suggest that the US 
government would not be capable of fabricating evidence for Kakaian to 
cite in her book.)  I think the US reaction should be to strengthen the 
rule of international law.  Unfortunately, the most likely result of 
this is to strengthen the hands of hawks who insist that the US 
government should be exempt from international law.


       Spencer


On 10/14/2011 5:01 PM, Gerry Gras wrote:
>
> I am on the "Hands Off Iran" email list.  It's a
> list for those who are concerned about the possibility
> of an attack on Iran.  Not what you could call an
> unbiased group.
>
> Nevertheless, there have been a series of articles
> that question the official U.S. story about Iran.
> They make sense to me, and it seems the U.S. gov't's
> story is quite suspect.  Even more than Colin Powell's
> presentation to the U.N. about Iraq's WMD.
>
> If anyone has any good evidence to corroborate the
> U.S. government's story, please let me know.
>
> =========
>
> The original announcement:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15266992
>
> =========
>
> Questioning the story:
>
> http://m.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/would-iran-really-want-to-blow-up-the-saudi-ambassador-to-the-us/246505/ 
>
>
> http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/10/11/iranian-terror-plot-fake-fake-fake/ 
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/12/unanswered-questions-iranian-assassination-plot 
>
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15280746
>
> http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/10/201110121715573693.html 
>
>
> http://www.juancole.com/2011/10/wagging-the-dog-with-irans-maxwell-smart.html 
>
>
> http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/10/14-1
>
> http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/14-9
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/former-iran-assassin-says-alleged-plot--makes-no-sense-.html 
>
>
> ============
>
> Gerry
>
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