Comments on: Ahmadinejad Calls 9/11 a ‘Big Lie’; Says Collapse of Zionist Regime will Herald Return of Christ, Mahdi http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-calls-911-big-lie-says.html Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sasha http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-calls-911-big-lie-says.html#comment-2451 sasha Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:36:09 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=5021#comment-2451 On 9/11 conspiracy theories: the term itself is quite strange (it was a conspiracy by any account - one can only ask who were the conspirators). And here our host seems to be too certain. There is a nice recent article:<br />http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/03/09/the-washington-post-on-lunatic-911-conspiracy-theorists/ On 9/11 conspiracy theories: the term itself is quite strange (it was a conspiracy by any account – one can only ask who were the conspirators). And here our host seems to be too certain. There is a nice recent article:
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/03/09/the-washington-post-on-lunatic-911-conspiracy-theorists/

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-calls-911-big-lie-says.html#comment-2449 Anonymous Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:12:08 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=5021#comment-2449 Vandalism of Cyrus Cylinder article in Wikipedia by Eurocentrists<br />kavehfarrokh.com / Kaveh Farrokh<br /><br />http://iranian.com/main/news/2010/03/10/vandalism-cyrus-cylinder-article-wikipedia-eurocentrists#comment-275316<br /><br />Mr. Cole: please help if you can. Vandalism of Cyrus Cylinder article in Wikipedia by Eurocentrists
kavehfarrokh.com / Kaveh Farrokh

http://iranian.com/main/news/2010/03/10/vandalism-cyrus-cylinder-article-wikipedia-eurocentrists#comment-275316

Mr. Cole: please help if you can.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-calls-911-big-lie-says.html#comment-2442 Anonymous Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:14:33 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=5021#comment-2442 Actually most Iranian in Iran think that both the US and the IRI knew about the planned attack on the twin towers but chose to turn a blind eye for political and strategic reasons. Actually most Iranian in Iran think that both the US and the IRI knew about the planned attack on the twin towers but chose to turn a blind eye for political and strategic reasons.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-calls-911-big-lie-says.html#comment-2441 Anonymous Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:12:53 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=5021#comment-2441 'Secret' Gates-Ahmadinejad meeting in Kabul?<br />American Thinker / James Lewis<br />09-Mar-2010<br />Secratery of Defence, Robert Gates, is going on a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also happens to be going to Kabul, overlapping with the Gates visit. It's possible they will just drive past each other in Kabul. But it seems more likely that they are going to finalize some sort of agreement that's been bubbling up behind the scenes. Possibly the Afghan government, which wants good relations with both Iran and the US, will try to broker an agreement.<br /><br />>>>http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/secret_gatesahmadinejad_meetin.html 'Secret' Gates-Ahmadinejad meeting in Kabul?
American Thinker / James Lewis
09-Mar-2010
Secratery of Defence, Robert Gates, is going on a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also happens to be going to Kabul, overlapping with the Gates visit. It's possible they will just drive past each other in Kabul. But it seems more likely that they are going to finalize some sort of agreement that's been bubbling up behind the scenes. Possibly the Afghan government, which wants good relations with both Iran and the US, will try to broker an agreement.

>>>link to americanthinker.com

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-calls-911-big-lie-says.html#comment-2440 Anonymous Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:31:09 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=5021#comment-2440 Conspiracy theories are ubiquitous in Iranian culture an political life. Two examples:<br /><br />(1) "They stole the election."<br /><br />(2) "They're organizing a velvet revolution." Conspiracy theories are ubiquitous in Iranian culture an political life. Two examples:

(1) "They stole the election."

(2) "They're organizing a velvet revolution."

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-calls-911-big-lie-says.html#comment-2439 Anonymous Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:09:44 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=5021#comment-2439 With 52 journalists in jail, Iran hits new, shameful record<br /><br />http://cpj.org/2010/03/with-52-journalists-in-jail-iran-hits-new-shamefu.php With 52 journalists in jail, Iran hits new, shameful record

http://cpj.org/2010/03/with-52-journalists-in-jail-iran-hits-new-shamefu.php

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-calls-911-big-lie-says.html#comment-2438 Anonymous Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:19:48 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=5021#comment-2438 "Why do these conspiracy theories take root?"<br /><br />Because the US administration has done everything to hinder a clear and transparent investigation. Why weren't Bush/Cheney questioned under oath? Why do we continue to insist that they attacked us "because they hate our freedom"? "Why do these conspiracy theories take root?"

Because the US administration has done everything to hinder a clear and transparent investigation. Why weren't Bush/Cheney questioned under oath? Why do we continue to insist that they attacked us "because they hate our freedom"?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-calls-911-big-lie-says.html#comment-2437 Anonymous Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:53:14 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=5021#comment-2437 http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/9/headlines#5<br /><br />March 9, 2010<br /><br />Claim: Pentagon Pedaled Misinformation About Attack on Marja<br />By Amy Goodman<br /><br />While Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised the recent offensive in Marja, the military historian and journalist Gareth Porter reports the Pentagon may have purposely overhyped the importance of Marja to make it out to be a historic turning point in the war. * While Marja was described in the press as a city of 80,000, Porter reports it is not even a real town, just a few clusters of farmers’ homes and a large agricultural area covering much of the southern Helmand River Valley. Porter describes the picture of Marja presented by military officials as one of the clearest and most dramatic pieces of misinformation of the entire war.<br /><br />* http://www.counterpunch.org/porter03082010.html link to democracynow.org
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March 9, 2010

Claim: Pentagon Pedaled Misinformation About Attack on Marja
By Amy Goodman

While Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised the recent offensive in Marja, the military historian and journalist Gareth Porter reports the Pentagon may have purposely overhyped the importance of Marja to make it out to be a historic turning point in the war. * While Marja was described in the press as a city of 80,000, Porter reports it is not even a real town, just a few clusters of farmers’ homes and a large agricultural area covering much of the southern Helmand River Valley. Porter describes the picture of Marja presented by military officials as one of the clearest and most dramatic pieces of misinformation of the entire war.

* link to counterpunch.org

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