Today, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the anti-war talk show host Scott Horton for his daily show on KAOS 95.5 radio in Austin, Texas. Our conversation covered topics such as the Israel/Neocon Lobby in the USA, its role in getting the US in wars in the Middle-East, its struggle against what I call the “Old Anglo Guard” and Russia’s relationship to the developments in Iran.
Please click here to listen to this interview (in mp3 format)
(Note: I misspoke during the interview when I said that most members of the Iranian Majlis are women. While women are well represented, they are not, as far as I know, the majority of the representatives. I confused this with a recent report that most Iranian students are females).
Just finished your great interview. Thanks again for sharing your unique experience and viewpoint.It’s a rare one among the alternative/anti war crowd and most informative.
Those five nukes on that B-52 may have something to do with Iran
Staging Nukes for Iran?
By Larry Johnson
(Mr. Johnson, who worked previously with the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism, is a recognized expert in the fields of terrorism, aviation security, crisis and risk management)
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/09/those-five-nukes-on-that-b-52-may-have.html
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from today’s democracynow headlines:
Air Force Flies B-52 Bomber Loaded With Nukes Across U.S.
Military officials have revealed the Air Force mistakenly flew a B-52 bomber loaded with five nuclear warheads across part of the country last week. Each of the five nuclear warheads has about 10 times the destructive force of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The B-52 took off from the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and landed at Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana. It took the military hours to realize the nuclear weapons were missing. The incident was first reported in the Navy Times.
Pentagon spokesperson Geoff Morrell: “Well, I think as you all know it’s longstanding policy of this department not to talk about nuclear weapons, so I can’t confirm or deny that indeed nuclear weapons were involved in the incident which you rely to me. I can however tell you that the Air Force is currently investigating an error made last Thursday in the transfer of munitions, as you mentioned, from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base aboard a B-52 Stratofortress.”
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) said the incident was absolutely inexcusable. Markey said: “Nothing like this has ever been reported before, and we have been assured for decades that it was impossible.” Since the 1960s, the U.S. military has transferred nuclear weapons aboard cargo planes, not on the wings of bombers.
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070905_us_b_52_takes_nukes_on_accidental_trip/