Thursday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 8.25.2005:

Heads Up!! The worst is about to happen

Alan Peters: The name “Alan Peters” is a nom de plume for a writer who was for many years involved in intelligence and security matters in Iran. He had significant access inside Iran at high levels during the rule of the Shah, until early 1979.

The news item below - posted on Lucianne.com, hidden among so many other stories, fails to call enough attention to perhaps the very worst that could happen seemingly to be about to happen.

Oil might soon no longer be linked to the US Dollar and move to the Euro.

As many of you know, a primary "oil" consideration for going to war in Iraq was to try to prevent this happening. Not - as the Cindy Sheehans or liberal Democrats with kitchen table knowledge of world politics and economy trumpeted - to put money into the pockets of Bush's cronies or Halliburton. To protect tens of millions of Americans from internal disaster within our own shores.

If the trend from the Dollar to the Euro happens too abruptly, we in the USA can look to having some 200 MILLION Americans starving in the streets within a short time frame. No exaggeration! Do the math! READ MORE

Would any of our readers who are economists or commodity experts want to respond to this? I would love to hear from you.

Here are a few other news items you may have missed.

• General Paul Vallely, Executive Intelligence Review reported that he knew that Osama bin Laden was in Iran, and that Iran already has nuclear weapons. A Must Read!
• Toni Straka, Speaking Freely, Asia Times asked: Could the proposed Iranian oil bourse (IOB) become the catalyst for a significant blow to the influential position the US dollar enjoys?
• Francois Murphy, Reuters reported that Iran's top nuclear negotiator is to meet the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog on Friday.
• Tom Valasek, The Wall Street Journal thinks the one bright spot in the EU3 negotiations with Iran is: Europe and the U.S. rediscovered some of their old unity.
• Radio Free Europe reported that Iran said it sees no justification in continuing nuclear negotiations exclusively with Britain, France, and Germany.
• Nasser Karimi, The Miami Herald published Europe's response to Iran's proposal of expanding the number of nations involved with their negotiations.
• Middle East Newsline reported Britain donated armored vests to Iran's security forces.
• Reuters reported that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad convened his depleted team of ministers for their first meeting on Thursday after suffering the ignominy of seeing parliament rejects four of his cabinet picks.
• Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to prevent the execution of two teenagers in Iran.
• Amnesty International called for urgent action in the case of Iranian dissident Hojjatoleslam Ezimi Qedim, out of fear for safety/fear of torture or ill-treatment.
• Kamal Nazer Yasin, Eurasianet reported that Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad’s cabinet selections indicate that Iran’s leadership is preparing for domestic challenges and a possible confrontation with the West.
• SMCCDI reported that several militiamen and armed individuals have died in a clash which happened near the northwestern City of Mian-do-Ab.
• Rooz Online reported that Ali Larijani, the new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said: The US strategy today is to hold a stick high and force weaker states to commit suicide.
• Dow Jones Newswires reported that Iran appointed a new chief for the air force component of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards Thursday. Gen. Alireza Zahedi.
• Sean Penn, The San Francisco Chronicle, Day Four of his Five part series. Sean attends a demonstration in Tehran.
• The Christian Science Monitor reported that we are at a pivotal moment for 'axis of evil.'
• Islamic Republic News Agency reported that the Iran's Majlis deputies Wednesday gave votes of confidence to 17 ministers proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. See list.
• And finally, another Rooz Online Cartoon of Ahmadinejad.

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