Something smells damned funny here

Posted by Paul Raven @ 02-02-2008 in General

Via SlashDot, I discover that there has apparently been a third “accidental” severing of a vital undersea internet cable, and that as a result Iran has zero internet connectivity at time of posting - click through to the Internet Traffic Report for Asia to see if this is still the case.

As people have pointed out in the comments thread at SlashDot, if we suddenly start hearing tales of unverifiable atrocities in Iran, it’ll only serve to turn paranoia into justified suspicion.

I hope this is just a coincidence, with all of my heart. But sad to say, it’s not even hard to think the worst, is it?

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More on Iran’s “nuclear ambitions”…

Posted by Paul Raven @ 28-02-2006 in General

We’ve talked on VCTB a few times before about Iran’s supposed nuclear capabilities and her ‘ambitions to enhance them’. Recently there has been a lot of ‘leaked info’, that supposedly blows the whistle on these dastardly people trying to usher in the end of the world within the space of a month or two. A ’smoking gun’, to coin a phrase. Continue reading “More on Iran’s “nuclear ambitions”…”

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Smoke and Mirrors…the real reason the US are setting Iran up for a fall

Posted by Paul Raven @ 21-02-2006 in General

They want nukes, y’know. That’s what we keep being told, despite protestations from a nation in no position to lie, thanks to the might of the West breathing down their necks. Continue reading “Smoke and Mirrors…the real reason the US are setting Iran up for a fall”

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US Middle East Policy based on outdated fears?

Posted by Paul Raven @ 19-01-2006 in General

Surely not…but a post at PhysOrg.net would appear to support this ‘crazy’ idea. Continue reading “US Middle East Policy based on outdated fears?”

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