tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36831982024-03-07T03:53:05.926-05:00Mamad's DiaryTed Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-1119840924772781042005-06-26T22:54:00.000-04:002005-06-26T22:56:06.533-04:00I'm back!Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-952171552003-06-02T22:08:00.000-04:002003-06-02T22:08:35.296-04:00An Iranian Girlhood
TIME.comix on Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-942720112003-05-13T12:07:00.000-04:002003-05-13T12:07:18.120-04:00The Nuclear Axis of Evil
The people solution
By: Michael LedeenTed Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-942393202003-05-12T22:02:00.000-04:002003-05-12T22:02:59.723-04:00The Oily Americans
Why the world doesn't trust the U.S. about petroleum: A history of meddling
By DONALD L. BARLETT AND JAMES B. STEELE
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-911923512003-03-22T15:26:00.000-05:002003-03-22T15:26:31.046-05:00The Enemy of My Enemy of My Enemy Is My What?
What to do about the Iranian terrorist group that is helping Saddam, and helping us.
By Michael Crowley
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-907679872003-03-15T12:26:00.000-05:002003-03-15T12:27:26.000-05:00Thank you, President Bush, By: Paulo Coelho( Author of Alchemist) Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-905453922003-03-11T16:49:00.000-05:002003-03-11T16:49:12.200-05:00BOMB IRAQ!!Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-904912342003-03-10T20:27:00.000-05:002003-03-10T20:29:18.000-05:00Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein!!
U.S. DOCUMENTS SHOW EMBRACE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN IN EARLY 1980s
DESPITE CHEMICAL WEAPONS, EXTERNAL AGGRESSION, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-903994792003-03-09T08:28:00.000-05:002003-03-09T08:28:34.043-05:00Just War — or a Just War : By JIMMY CARTER?Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-839474082002-11-03T01:02:00.000-05:002002-11-03T01:02:37.050-05:00 Lessons Learned: Iran-Iraq WarTed Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-839473222002-11-03T01:00:00.000-05:002002-11-03T01:00:07.170-05:00Another report about Iran-Iraq stupid war!! Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-819001042002-09-20T23:32:00.000-04:002002-09-20T23:32:12.340-04:00'War on terror' moves toward Iran
Iran bristles at the arrival of three dozen Green Berets hunting Al Qaeda on its border.
By Philip Smucker, The Christian Science Monitor
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-817532202002-09-17T22:44:00.000-04:002002-09-17T22:44:45.000-04:00How Saddam Happened?
America helped make a monster. What to do with him—and what happens after he’s gone—has haunted us for a quarter century
By Christopher Dickey and Evan Thomas
NEWSWEEK
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-815919912002-09-14T07:56:00.000-04:002002-09-14T07:56:17.906-04:00Iraq first, Iran and China next
Weapons of mass destruction aren't the issue, it's about global control, By Dan Plesch, The Guardian
Members of the Bush administration were in office in the 1980s and were silent when Iraq used poison gas on Iran, the US's arch-enemy at the time. And we in Britain may have forgotten that our airforce used poison gas to suppress rebellion in Iraq in the inter-warTed Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-814512332002-09-11T07:55:00.000-04:002002-09-11T07:55:45.470-04:00Nelson Mandela: The United States of America is a Threat to World Peace!!
...The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken. Unqualified support of the Shah of Iran led directly to the Islamic revolution of 1979...Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-813901002002-09-10T00:18:00.000-04:002002-09-10T00:22:34.000-04:00The Troubling New Face of America (By Jimmy Carter)
"Several hundred captured Taliban soldiers remain imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay under the same circumstances, with the defense secretary declaring that they would not be released even if they were someday tried and found to be innocent. These actions are similar to those of abusive regimes that historically have been condemned by American Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-813418552002-09-09T00:17:00.000-04:002002-09-09T00:17:33.916-04:00Iran Calls for New U.S. Ideas to Improve TiesTed Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-811942772002-09-05T12:42:00.000-04:002002-09-05T12:47:22.000-04:00My favorite political program is BBC "HARDtalk" with Tim Sebastian
The half hour interview is the result of detailed research and in-depth investigations. The programme host, Tim Sebastian, asks the difficult questions and gets behind the stories that make the news - from international political leaders to entertainers; from corporate decision-makers to ordinary individuals facing huge challengesTed Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-811938832002-09-05T12:33:00.000-04:002002-09-05T12:33:32.813-04:00Click here and see a beautiful picture at National Geographic magazine. Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-811228092002-09-03T23:27:00.000-04:002002-09-03T23:30:17.000-04:00The Sullen Majority: By Tim Judah (New York Times)
I took a taxi to the north of Tehran, looking for the secret basement. In an ordinary street on an ordinary block, I rang the buzzer, opened the door and went inside, and suddenly it hit me: from somewhere, deep in the depths, music. It was coming from underground, literally -- a rich mix of Western rock and Eastern melody.
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-810973722002-09-03T13:22:00.000-04:002002-09-04T01:01:39.000-04:00Have you seen Creed's "One Last Breath" video? I saw their live concert in Toronto over the weekend and it was amazing!
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-808053942002-08-27T22:44:00.000-04:002002-08-27T22:44:26.543-04:00A new book about Sepetmber 11: Breakdown: How America's Intelligence Failures Led to September 11
In this book the author (Bill Gertz) has accused Iran and Iraq of assisting Al Qaeda in their activities. Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-807835382002-08-27T13:24:00.000-04:002002-08-27T13:25:13.000-04:00An iranian woman who is a diver!! Bravo!!Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-807624162002-08-27T00:45:00.000-04:002002-08-27T00:45:56.620-04:00USA not wrestling in Iran - ''Faced with a real and credible threat to our wrestlers and no assurances from the Iranian government of protection, we could not jeopardize the lives and well-being of our delegation,'' USA Wrestling President Stan Dziedzic said in an announcement Sunday. -USA Today Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-806920772002-08-25T12:34:00.000-04:002002-08-25T12:34:10.360-04:00The Observer- Tim Judah reports from Tehran, where rising hemlines and access to technology point to the erosion of the mullahs' power Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.com