Posts Tagged “Newsweek”
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Feb
21
2010
War on Terror Flashback: Bush’s Lawyer Yoo “Civilians Can Be Massacred”Posted by Scott Lucas in War On Terror
The chief author of the Bush administration’s “torture memo” told Justice Department investigators that the president’s war-making authority was so broad that he had the constitutional power to order a village to be “massacred,” according to a report by released Friday night by the Office of Professional Responsibility. The views of former Justice lawyer John Yoo were deemed to be so extreme and out of step with legal precedents that they prompted the Justice Department’s internal watchdog office to conclude last year that he committed “intentional professional misconduct” when he advised the CIA it could proceed with waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques against Al Qaeda suspects. Tags: Abu Zubaydah, al-Qaeda, Albert Gonzales, Bush Administration, Central Intelligence Agency, David Addington, David Margolis, Dick Cheney, Jay Bybee, John Ashcroft, John Rizzo, John Yoo, Justice Department, Mark Hosenball, Michael Chertoff, Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, Office of Professional Responsibility, Patrick Philbin
Jan
23
2010
The Latest from Iran (23 January): Looking for CluesPosted by Scott Lucas in Middle East & Iran
1905 GMT: Economic Rumour or Reality (cont. — see 1135 GMT)? The “bank crisis” continues to spark Internet chatter, whether accurate or mischievous — the German-based Akhbar Rooz reports on bank closures after panicked customers tried to withdraw their money because of reports of bankruptcies. And Voice of America Persian is now broadcasting on the topic. Iran Discussion: How Would Ahmadinejad Fall? (And What Would Come Next?) 1900 GMT: You Couldn’t Make It Up (Unless You’re Iranian State Media). Earlier this week Kayhan, the “hard-line” Iranian newspaper, reported that a US “HARP” energy-shifting weapon caused the earthquake in Haiti. We noted the item in amazement and good humour — as a reader noted, shrewd Iranians think of Kayhan as Iran’s version of The Onion, the satirical US “newspaper” — and thought that would be that. However, Press TV, linking up with Venezuelan partners, keeps the joke going today:
Dec
23
2009
Iran Video & Transcript: Ahmadinejad Interview with Britain’s Channel 4 (23 December)Posted by Scott Lucas in Middle East & IranWe have a snap analysis of the interview in Today’s LiveBlog. The interview of the Basiji member to which interviewer Jon Snow refers is also on Enduring America: The Latest from Iran (24 December): Another Day, Another Demonstration Jon Snow: “Mr President do you accept that this country is at a cross roads? We are one week away from the end of the year and that the deadline when you have to give a response to the nuclear offer made by the P5+1. “The P5 group that meets with Germany from the security council of the United Nations – apparently representing the security council that has made this proposal about enrichment taking the material outside the country, bringing it back. And they say by the end of this year that is the deadline for a response.” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: “I think part of this question must be corrected. Actually we have given the proposal for the exchange of the fuel and according to the regulations they have to provide the fuel without any conditions.
Dec
02
2009
Middle East Inside Line: Thomas Friedman Saves the Arab WorldPosted by Scott Lucas in Middle East & Iran
Hard as I try, my mouth is fixed in an unattractive gape — unable, it seems, to correct itself. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, in his usual clumsy attempts to suggest liberal sympathy while in fact propagating many, many Mideast myths, has caused this unfortunate disfigurement. In his most recent column on Saturday, Friedman decided to help us understand a phenomenon sweeping the Arab and Muslim worlds, and was generous enough to coin an actual phrase to simplify this concept for the benefit of all Western civilization — he calls it “The Narrative.” According to the New York Times columnist, “The Narrative is the cocktail of half-truths, propaganda and outright lies about America that have taken hold in the Arab-Muslim world since 9/11.” Yes, he capitalizes it. Like “The Donald.” Or “The Treaty of Versailles.” Kind of him to generalize this way. It would have been far more difficult for me if I actually had to think about the Arab-Muslim world as a diverse grouping representing real-life individuals from varying cultures, histories, religions, political persuasions and stages of social, political and economic development. Tags: Al Jazeera, David Miliband, Hasbara, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Sharmine Narwani, The Guardian, Thomas Friedman
Nov
27
2009
Iran: A Nobel Gesture from Obama Towards the Green Movement?Posted by Scott Lucas in Middle East & Iran
As President Obama’s nuclear negotiations with the Islamic Republic have dragged on, there have increasingly been calls — from the left, right, and the Iranian diaspora community — for Obama to couple his engagement on the nuclear front with a more direct condemnation of human rights abuses occurring inside of Iran. PBS and the BBC’s recent documentaries centered around the death of Neda Agha-Soltan, as well as the media blitz that has accompanied Newsweek’s Maziar Bahari’s release from detention in Iran, have only added to such calls. Iran MediaWatch: Has “Green Reform” Disappeared in Washington? This month’s suspicious death of an Iranian doctor who truthfully reported the results of an autopsy he performed on Mohsen Rouholamini, the son of a prominent conservative adviser to Mohsen Rezaei, has also been receiving significant coverage. (Ramin Pourandarjani, the doctor involved, had written in his report and testified to an investigatory committee that Rouholamini was tortured to death while incarcerated by Revolutionary Guard agents.) Suffice it to say, events such as these have certainly not helped the Obama administration frame the Iran issue in exclusively nuclear terms.
Nov
23
2009
The Real Threat to Iran: The Spies of the Daily ShowPosted by Scott Lucas in Middle East & IranIran Video & Text: Maziar Bahari on His 118 Days in Detention Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED
This from Bahari’s account, published in Newsweek and re-posted on Enduring America (Bahari also discusses the incident in his CNN interview): Tags: Iran, Iran Elections 2009, Jason Jones, Jon Stewart, Maziar Bahari, Newsweek, The Daily Show
Oct
20
2009
The Latest from Iran (20 October): Green Waves or Green Mirage?Posted by Scott Lucas in Middle East & IranNEW Video (19-20 October): More University Demonstrations (Tehran & Karaj) Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED
2005 GMT: A look at the economy as we draw to a close today. The Iranian Parliament has passed a large portion of the Ahmadinejad Government’s proposals for reductions in subsidies on food and energy, objecting only to cuts in subsidies on medicines. 2000 GMT: We’ve posted updates on today’s Vienna talks on Iran’s nuclear programme in a separate entry. 1950 GMT: Now that the Iranian press has announced the sentencing of Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh (see 1620 GMT), the State Department has commented with further details. Spokesman Ian Kelly said that Tajbakhsh had been given 15 years in prison, clarifying the “more than 12 years” in Iranian reports. Kelly added that the US was “deeply concerned”:
1850 GMT: More University Demonstrations. AUT News reports on a protest at Qazvin University today. 1800 GMT: Great Moments in Journalism. Press TV devotes several paragraphs to the “hundreds of Iranian students [who] gathered in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy to protest the Kingdom’s policies towards Muslims” but somehow has failed to notice the thousands of students who protested at Iranian universities today. 1755 GMT: Reuters reports, from Fars News, that more than 100 members of Parliament have filed a complaint with the Iranian judiciary against opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi for “harming the image of the system”. Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali Mohammad Dastghaib, Ayatollah Yusuf Sane'i, Fars News, Green Path of Hope, Habibollah Asgharoladi, Hashmei Rafsanjani, Ian Kelly, Iran, Iran Elections 2009, Islamic Republic News Agency, Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, Jundallah, Jundullah, Kian Tajbakhsh, Manoucher Mottaki, Maziar Bahari, Mehdi Karroubi, Mehr News, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Mohammad Khatami, National Unity Plan, Newsweek, Qazvin University, Reuters, Roxana Saberi, Tabnak |
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Sharmine Narwani, 
This is so surreal I’m not even sure Jon Stewart and his writers could have made it up. In June, we noted with admiration, sorrow, and irony the five-day package of Jason Jones of The Daily Show from Iran, filmed just before the Presidential election. 
