http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/axisofevil/ en-us Mon, 6 Oct 2008 20:41:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098945/posts (SATIRE) The Axis of Evil announced this morning that the group will be forming a political action committee (PAC) to help in the election efforts of Sen. Barack Obama. While technically illegal, they have received assurances from the Obama campaign that it will not be an issue. The PAC will include Great Leader Kim Jong-il of North Korea and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. Saddam Hussein of Iraq was unavailable, so the group held an event called Despot Idol to find a replacement. The first winner was Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe but he was mysteriously poisoned. The eventual victor was... The Edwards Report, right wing Onion rip-off http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098945/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 20:41:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098478/posts (IsraelNN.com) Syria is banking on an Obama victory and is trying to reach out to his advisors, according to a Forbes article by the editor-in-chief of the Damascus-based All4Syria website. Ayman Abdel Nour also revealed in the widely respected financial publication that Syria covered up a terrorist attack on its intelligence agency last week. He said that Syria wants Senator Obama to win the presidential election to help Syrian President Bashar Assad bring back prosperity to Syria, which is under American sanctions. "The government wants desperately for things to look under control" in the wake of growing dissent, according to... israelnationalnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098478/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089887/posts <p>A founding member of the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois met in New York City tonight with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.</p> <p>Jodie Evans, who co-hosted Obama's first major fundraiser in Hollywood in February 2007 just after Obama announced his candidacy and is a top fundraiser and donor to Obama's campaign, led a delegation of leftist anti-American groups that held a private meeting near the United Nations. The stated purpose of the meeting was to "serve as an opening for diplomatic resolution" to prevent war between Iran and the United States.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089887/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088159/posts Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep has interviewed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad explains his comments that he would like to see Israel wiped off the map. The full interview will run on Morning Edition Tuesday, Sept. 23rd. NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088159/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:15:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086479/posts VIENNA, Sept 19, 2008 (AFP) - Iran and Syria, both under fire for allegedly engaging in clandestine nuclear activity, are two possible candidates for a seat on the board of the UN atomic watchdog, much to the consternation of Western states, diplomatic sources said Friday. Members of the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member board of governors are designated and elected each year by the body's highest policy-making body, the General Conference, which comprises all 144 member states. As of this year, there will be 145 members and this year's General Conference will be held from September 29 until October 4.... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086479/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:44:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085653/posts Russia defied the United States yesterday by announcing plans to sell military hardware to Iran and Venezuela. The head of the state arms exporter said that he was negotiating to sell antiaircraft systems to Iran despite American objections. Russia has already delivered 29 Tor-M1 missile systems under a $700 million (£386 million) deal with Iran in 2005. Russia's strategic aircraft, the Tu-160 or White Swan, world's largest supersonic bomber. A pair of them touched down in Venezuela this week as Moscow announced big new arms sales “Contacts between our countries are continuing and we do not see any reason to... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085653/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:23:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085483/posts CAPE TOWN, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is negotiating the delivery of more air defense systems to Iran despite Western demands for a halt in sales to Tehran over its refusal to stop uranium enrichment, the head of Russia's arms exporter said Thursday. "Contacts between our countries [on delivery of air defense systems] are continuing and we do not see any reason to suspend them," Rosoboronexport General Director Anatoly Isaikin told reporters at the Africa Aerospace & Defence-2008 (AAD-2008) exhibition near Cape Town in South Africa. The official reiterated that deliveries of Russian anti-aircraft weaponry to Iran were aimed... novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085483/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085457/posts Foreign Affairs: Russia has disclosed that it will sell military hardware to Tehran that will protect Iran's nuclear facilities. The time left to halt the Iranian nuclear threat has thus grown that much shorter.Russia's state arms dealer also said Thursday that it will sell anti-aircraft systems, armored personnel carriers and fighter jets to Venezuela. That in itself is worrisome. But the sale of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Iran is downright alarming. It's conceivable that, once in place, the system will be able to protect the regime's nuclear facilities from an airstrike. Should Iran then be able to continue... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085457/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082175/posts Eight years of Bush administration foreign policy have finally nailed shut the coffin of mass international support and admiration for American foreign policy, completing the 180 degree shift from the dubious post-WWII image of compassionate liberators to that of the most dangerous nation on earth. Estimation of the US in the Arab world has plummeted to even greater depths than during Bill Clinton's presidency following the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and the unashamed disregard for Palestinian dignity, with the terrifying spectacle of mass shoe swatting and flag burning ready to ignite in any given place across the region at... Press TV -(Iran) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082175/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:20:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080540/posts The public discussions of US/Israel attack scenarios and evidence from U.S. invasion of Iraq suggest that the initial stage of an attack on Iran will include hundreds and perhaps thousands of rockets and bombs which will not only target Iran's nuclear assets but also its missiles and military command. As a result Iran will only be able to launch only a portion of its rockets. For sake of argument lets assume that 50% of rockets will be successfully launched. One must also keep in mind that both Israel and the U.S. will shot down at least 50% of Iran's rockets... Payvand http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080540/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:24:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080410/posts North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is more impaired from the stroke he apparently suffered last month than reports from the region suggest, and the United States and China are holding talks about what to do if the government in Pyongyang collapses, FOX News has learned. A senior Bush administration official says that although Kim may not be close to death, the U.S. does not accept reports from South Korea that he’s on his way to a rapid recovery. The official told FOX News the United States is naturally engaging the Chinese about what to do if there is ensuing... Foxnews.cm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080410/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:48:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080274/posts WASHINGTON -North Korea has quietly built a long-range missile base that is larger and more capable than an older and well-known launch pad for intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to independent analysts relying on new satellite images of the site and other data. Analysts provided images of the previously secret site to The Associated Press. Construction on the site on North Korea's west coast began at least eight years ago, according to Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., senior analyst with Jane's Information Group, and Tim Brown with Talent-keyhole.com, a private satellite imagery analysis company. Bermudez first located the site in early spring... AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080274/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:05:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076915/posts Russia is considering increasing its assistance to Iran’s nuclear programme in response to America’s calls for Nato expansion eastwards and the presence of US Navy vessels in the Black Sea delivering aid to Georgia. The Kremlin is discussing sending teams of Russian nuclear experts to Tehran and inviting Iranian nuclear scientists to Moscow for training, according to sources close to the Russian military. ----snip----- Increasing nuclear assistance to Iran would sharply escalate tensions between Moscow and Washington. Over the past 10 years Russia has helped Iran build its first nuclear power station in Bushehr. Iran claims the plant is for... TimesOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076915/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:31:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076657/posts MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia has approved the sale of the S-300PMU2 air defense system to Iran. Russian government sources said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved the sale of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Iran in 2008. The sources said the two countries have concluded delivery and other arrangements for the export of the air defense platform. middle east newsline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076657/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:46:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076448/posts U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney met with President Shimon Peres on the sidelines of the Ambrosetti forum on the edge of Italy's Lake Como on Saturday, telling the Israeli leader that Russia is selling arms to Damascus and Iran with the clear knowledge that they are being channeled to Hezbollah and terror groups in Iraq. The American vice president later reiterated these remarks in his address at the economic conference, saying that "Russian arms dealing in the Middle East has endangered the prospects for peace and freedom in the region." He added that the Russian leaders view democracy as a... haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076448/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 02:37:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076138/posts AHMADINEJAD'S NEW ENEMY: WOMEN By AMIR TAHERI September 6, 2008 -- IN one of his last sermons before his death, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini warned of "three threats" to his vision of Islam: the US, the Jews and women. Two decades later, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thinks he has the United States and the Jews in hand - and is moving on the third "enemy." Women were the first to demonstrate against Khomeini's regime with a mass rally in Tehran on March 8, 1979 - less than a month after the mullahs had seized power. Over the next decade, the authorities... www.nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076138/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 17:11:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076089/posts Russia's role in the Iran crisis By Ray Takeyh and Nikolas Gvosdev September 6, 2008 IT IS ONE of the rites of passage of the fall - every September, the Bush administration returns to the United Nation for another sanctions resolution against Iran. However, this time there is much consternation in Washington that Russia's invasion of Georgia - and the subsequent chill that has descended on relations between Russia and the West - has ended any possibility of cooperation between the United States and Russia in dealing with Iran's nuclear imbroglio. Such fears are overblown. Russia's assault on Georgia may... www.boston.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076089/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:12:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073234/posts Iran and Bolivia will "stick by each other" said hardline Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday, in comments sure to provoke concern in Washington. Ahmadinejad's statements came at a joint press conference with leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales in Tehran. He said the two government weren't interested in U.S. concerns about their close ties. "We will stick by each other's side and will be supportive of each other. (I) had extensive talks with Mr. Morales on this," he said. "The geographical distance between the two countries is long but our hearts, thoughts and wills are very close." Ahmadinejad also praised Morales... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073234/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:48:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073213/posts Washington-Amid rising tensions over Georgia, U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that Russia is moving to rebuild one of the most dangerous features of the old Soviet Union's security structure-its alliance with Cuba. Moscow has been signaling that it wants to restore a long relationship with Havana that included not only economic ties, but also military and intelligence cooperation. The relationship brought the world to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 when Russia secretly installed nuclear missiles on the island. The Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073213/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:28:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072222/posts Iran has blamed Georgia for its confrontation with Russia and in a reference to Israel and the U.S., urged regional countries to unite against foreign interference. Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday Georgia caused the crisis because it miscalculated the reaction to its use of military power in South Ossetia. Speaking earlier on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the conflict would not have taken place had Georgia “not allowed countries from outside the region to interfere in their internal affairs.” Analysts say that wary of U.S. troop presence in... Hindu http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072222/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 05:38:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071588/posts Iraq and Georgia, both of which have democratic governments, are sandwiched between Iran and Russia, two of the most authoritarian governments in the world. Russia has been collaborating with Iran to strengthen the latter's nuclear program and its military. It is also steadily arming Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez. Russia's invasion of Georgia came exactly one month after Iran test-fired its Shahab III intermediate ballistic missile in order to intimidate neighbors like Israel and Iraq, and two weeks after Mr. Chávez traveled to Moscow to formalize a "Strategic Alliance" with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev. Meanwhile, Iran's proxies... wsj.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071588/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071123/posts TEHRAN (AFP) - A senior military commander warned on Saturday that any attack on Iran would start a new world war, as Tehran pressed on with its controversial nuclear drive despite the risk of further UN sanctions afp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071123/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:11:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068621/posts It's what you think... ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068621/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:14:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065942/posts Fears that Russia might sell advanced weaponry to Syria kicked up a mini-storm of concern in Israel on Thursday. Syrian President Bashar Assad, in Russia for talks with President Dmitry Medvedev, has been campaigning to acquire weapons systems that include long-range surface-to-surface missiles, according to Russian media reports. The news of Assad's reported ambitions prompted immediate hand-wringing among Israeli officials and analysts. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel was "analyzing the ramifications" of Assad's visit. Latimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065942/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:22:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064777/posts Syrian President Bashar Assad was scheduled to leave for Russia on Wednesday for a two-day visit that has been described by analysts as important at a time when Moscow may be considering closer ties with the Arab world. Assad told Russia's Kommersant newspaper on Wednesday that he would use his visit to expand military ties with Moscow, whose arms sales to the Middle Eastern state have angered Israel and the United States. He said that Russia's conflict with Georgia, in which Moscow says Georgia used Israeli-supplied equipment, underlined the need for Russia and Syria to tighten their defense cooperation. haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064777/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:46:10 GMT