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Merkel’s Reason of State

When Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed in March 2008 to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, that the protection of Israel’s right to exist is part of Germany’s raison d’état (“Die[se] historische Verantwortung Deutschlands ist Teil der Staatsräson meines Landes. Das heißt, … Continue reading

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Twenty-seven

Apart from now common and frequent reference to Iran being in contrary to UN Security Council resolutions, the latest Iran report of UN nuclear watchdog Yukiya Amano does not state anything new except that environmental samples taken at the Fordow … Continue reading

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The High-explosive Test Chamber

David Albright and Paul Brannan of the Washington based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) have allegedly identified, on commercial satellite imagery, a building that inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) wanted to visit on February 21 … Continue reading

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Not on Israel’s To-Bomb List

Yesterday, inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had been denied access to Parchin, a controversial military site 30 km southeast of Tehran, had to be expected. Iran has, so far and regrettably, not ratified its Additional Protocol of … Continue reading

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Dangerous War Games

Update below. Update II (Sunday). Both fascinating and alarming is the map of U.S. military bases in the Middle East, which had been posted a couple of days ago by Juan Cole. Essentially unsuccessful in designing several serious allegations, even … Continue reading

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