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Porter: Former Insiders Criticise Iran Policy as U.S. Hegemony
Znet Article, March, 02 2013
Gareth Porter
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Review of Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett's "Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Porter: Bulgaria's Hezbollah 'Hypothesis' And The EU Terror List
Znet Article, February, 24 2013
Gareth Porter
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The US and Israel continue ignoring the actual evidence in terrorism cases to advance their political interests
Porter: True Believer: Petraeus and the Mythology of Afghanistan
Znet Article, December, 26 2012
Gareth Porter
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Managing the "war of perceptions" in Afghanistan ultimately proved more difficult for David Petraeus than it had in Iraq
Porter: Iranian Bomb Graph Appears Adapted from One on Internet
Znet Article, December, 15 2012
Gareth Porter
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The suspect graph of a nuclear explosion reportedly provided to the IAEA appears to have been adapted from a very similar graph in a scholarly journal article
Porter: Pentagon Nixed 1998 U.S. Nuclear Scientists’ Probe of Iranian Program
Znet Article, October, 30 2012
Gareth Porter
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In 1998, the Defence Department vetoed a delegation of prominent U.S. nuclear specialists to go to Iran to investigate its nuclear program
Porter: Obama Aides Launch Preemptive Attack on New Iran Plan
Znet Article, October, 21 2012
Gareth Porter
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Although the place and time of the next round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme have not yet been announced, the manoeuvring to influence the outcome has already begun
Porter: How Netanyahu's Bomb Iran Ploy Failed
Znet Article, October, 10 2012
Gareth Porter
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Netanyahu will no doubt campaign for re-election at home by demonising Iran as an "existential threat"
Porter: Iranian Diplomat Says Iran Offered Deal to Halt 20-Percent Enrichment
Znet Article, October, 02 2012
Gareth Porter
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Iran has again offered to halt its enrichment of uranium to 20 percent, which the United States has identified as its highest priority in the nuclear talks
Porter: U.S. Rejected 2005 Iranian Offer Ensuring No Nuclear Weapons
Znet Article, June, 08 2012
Gareth Porter
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The George W. Bush administration refused to countenance any Iranian enrichment capability, regardless of the circumstances
Porter: Understanding Iran's Diplomatic Strategy
Znet Article, April, 30 2012
Gareth Porter
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Iran has been developing nuclear capacities in order to obtain leverage in diplomatic talks with the United States
Porter: Details of Talks with IAEA Belie Charge Iran Refused Cooperation
Znet Article, March, 22 2012
Gareth Porter
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The first detailed account of negotiations between the IAEA and Iran belies earlier statements by unnamed Western officials portraying Iran as refusing to cooperate with the IAEA
Porter: Who Was Behind The Delhi Bombing?
Znet Article, March, 05 2012
Gareth Porter
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The bombing of an Israeli diplomat's car in India isn't consistent with Iranian or Hezbollah involvement
Porter: Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won't Join Their War on Iran
Znet Article, February, 04 2012
Gareth Porter
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Obama still appears reluctant to break publicly and explicitly with Israel over its threat of military aggression against Iran
Porter: Clinton Revives Dubious Charge of "Covert" Iranian Nuclear Site
Znet Article, January, 14 2012
Gareth Porter
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Clinton's charges were part of a coordinated U.S.-British attack on Iran's enrichment at Fordow
Porter: Obama Seeks to Distance U.S. from Israeli Attack
Znet Article, January, 05 2012
Gareth Porter
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The new Israeli "red line" would place the timing of an Israeli decision on whether to strike Iran right in the middle of the U.S. presidential election campaign
Porter: ISAF Data Show Night Raids Killed over 1,500 Afghan Civilians
Znet Article, November, 09 2011
Gareth Porter
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U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) killed well over 1,500 civilians in night raids in less than 10 months in 2010 and early 2011
Porter: U.S. May Have Concealed Deterrent Aim of Iranian Plan
Znet Article, October, 22 2011
Gareth Porter
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There is not a single quote from any of that series of meetings between late June and mid-July in which Arbabsiar explains the nature and purpose of those missions
Porter: FBI Account of "Terror Plot" Suggests Sting Operation
Znet Article, October, 16 2011
Gareth Porter
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The idea originated with and was strongly pushed by a undercover DEA informant, at the direction of the FBI
Porter: The Motive for Terrorism That Officials Dare Not Acknowledge
Znet Article, September, 16 2011
Gareth Porter
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America’s continuing wars actually increase the risk of terrorism against the United States
Porter: Why Pakistani Military Demands a Veto on Drone Strikes
Znet Article, August, 19 2011
Gareth Porter
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Pakistani civilian and military leaders are insisting on an effective veto over which targets U.S. drone strikes hit
Porter: Ex-PM Says Taliban Offer Talks For Pullout Date
Znet Article, July, 31 2011
Gareth Porter
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The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable for complete withdrawal,
Porter: Obama Endorses Long-Term US Deployment of US Combat Troops
Znet Article, June, 27 2011
Gareth Porter
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The Obama decision gives Petraeus the first full season with all or almost all of the troops he had wanted
Porter: Why Washington Clings To A Failed Middle East Strategy
Znet Article, February, 04 2011
Gareth Porter
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The death throes of the Mubarak regime in Egypt signal a new level of crisis for a U.S. Middle East strategy that has shown itself over and over again in recent years to be based on nothing more than the illusion of power.
Porter: US Stepping Up Pressure on Pakistan
Znet Article, December, 26 2010
Gareth Porter
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This week's leak to the New York Times of a proposal for U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids against Afghan insurgent sanctuaries in Pakistan may be intended to put more pressure on the Pakistani military to take action against those sanctu...
Porter: Intel Failure in Yemen
Znet Article, November, 16 2010
Gareth Porter
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The drone war that has been anticipated in Yemen for the last few months has been delayed by the failure of U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) to generate usable intelligence on al Qaeda there.
Porter: Blowback in Kandahar
Znet Article, September, 18 2010
Gareth Porter
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During a round of media interviews last month, Gen. David Petraeus released totals for the alleged results of nearly 3,000 "night raids" by Special Operations Forces (SOF) units over the 90 days from May through July: 365 "insurgent leaders" kille...
Porter: Obama Drops 2009 Pledge to Withdraw Combat Troops from Iraq
Znet Article, August, 05 2010
Gareth Porter
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Seventeen months after president Barack Obama pledged to withdraw all combat brigades from Iraq by Sep. 1, 2010, he quietly abandoned that pledge Monday, admitting implicitly that such combat brigades would remain until the end of 2011.
Porter: Zombie Neocon Strategy Behind Israel's "Bomb Iran" Campaign
Znet Article, August, 02 2010
Gareth Porter
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Reuel Marc Gerecht’s screed justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House resolution 1553 expressing full support for such an Israeli attack.
Porter: Amiri Told CIA Iran Has No Nuclear Bomb Program
Znet Article, July, 20 2010
Gareth Porter
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Contrary to a news media narrative that Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has provided intelligence on covert Iranian nuclear weapons work, CIA sources familiar with the Amiri case say he told his CIA handlers that there is no such Iranian nuclear w...
Porter: Switch to Petraeus Betrays Afghan Policy Crisis
Znet Article, June, 25 2010
Gareth Porter
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Despite President Barack Obama's denial that his decision to fire Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal as commander in Afghanistan and replace him with Gen. David Petraeus signified any differences with McChrystal over war strategy, the decision obviously r...
