tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36831982011-04-22T01:21:50.629-04:00Mamad's DiaryTed Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag: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.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-806387642002-08-23T22:08:00.000-04:002002-08-23T23:53:30.000-04:00CNN--A Florida doctor arrested after police found more than 15 homemade explosive devices in his home drafted a detailed plan to blow up a Muslim educational center, investigators said Friday.
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-806018392002-08-23T01:14:00.000-04:002002-08-23T13:08:26.000-04:00In an interview one of my favorite directors, Francis Ford Coppola, said if you want to know who is running the world just look and see who is hiring the artists, actors, filmmakers, journalists and so on . I guess based on his comment, it's very easy to say that at the moment Jewish community is running the world!! I just envy their talents and I wish other communities instead of nagging could Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-805500432002-08-21T22:44:00.000-04:002002-08-21T22:44:52.996-04:00French Sept. 11 Picture Has Anti-U.S. Elements
The movie's first segment, from Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf, begins with Iranian schoolchildren explaining, "The United States want to bomb us, so we must built shelters."
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-805271192002-08-21T12:27:00.000-04:002002-08-21T22:00:18.000-04:00An interesting report about Iran-Iraq war: THE UNITED STATES AND THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR( By STEPHEN R. SHALOM )
The Iran-Iraq war was not a conflict between good and evil. But though both regimes were repugnant, it was the people of the two countries who served as the cannon fodder, and thus ending the war as soon as possible was a humane imperative. Instead of lending its good offices to mediation Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-803942932002-08-18T13:24:00.000-04:002002-08-18T13:24:35.090-04:00Report: U.S. aided Iraq despite chemical weaponsTed Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-801836802002-08-13T09:35:00.000-04:002002-08-13T14:22:33.000-04:00Khatami in Afghanistan
There was a very interesting irony when Mr. Khatami was attacking US policy during his press conference while he was protected by US army in Kabul!!
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-801129262002-08-11T19:01:00.000-04:002002-08-11T19:07:00.000-04:00Crocodiles tear apart Thai suicide woman!
BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters) -- A Thai woman killed herself by jumping into a pit of more than 100 crocodiles, shocking crowds of onlookers at a Bangkok reptile farm.
The woman, 40, climbed a two-meter high fence and jumped into a concrete enclosure at the Famut Prakarn Crocodile Farm on the outskirts of the Thai capital, a tour guide who witnessed the Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-801037512002-08-11T13:38:00.000-04:002002-08-13T14:24:28.000-04:00 Iran 'handed over al-Qaeda fighters'
Too late!!
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-799852152002-08-08T11:45:00.000-04:002002-08-08T11:45:11.696-04:00Einstein's theory may be relatively wrong!Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-799678202002-08-08T00:28:00.000-04:002002-08-08T00:35:22.000-04:00An interesting report from the ICG (The International Crisis Group) about Iran. If you rather read the summary of report in Farsi take a look at BBC. Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-799055652002-08-06T16:27:00.000-04:002002-08-06T16:28:29.000-04:00KaZaA Media Desktop (KMD) is the No.1 peer-to-peer (p2p) application for finding, downloading, playing and sharing files with millions of other users.
Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-798649092002-08-05T19:14:00.000-04:002002-08-05T19:30:47.000-04:00I have to confess that I am a crazy movie goer and I wanna turn this madness to a benefit for you! So everytime I see a new movie I will let you know how it was! By the way, if you have high speed internet I recommend that you see the movie trailers in apple.com. Don't forget to install the QuickTime.Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-798566612002-08-05T15:31:00.000-04:002002-08-05T18:52:45.000-04:00Take a look at the following link to get familiar with some Iranian Landmarks and Landscapes(don't forget to click on start botton)Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-798470202002-08-05T11:12:00.000-04:002002-08-05T19:24:39.000-04:00It's been a long time that I had this in my mind to share all my experiences and ideas with other people after I moved to Canada from the land of confusion (Iran) about 3 years ago. One reason that I'd like to write this diary in English is to create an environment that my random friends in Iran or maybe in other countries get first hand information and I am sure we all can improve our English Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683198.post-798189222002-08-04T18:23:00.000-04:002002-08-04T18:45:54.000-04:00Hi:
I just registered myself to blogger.com and I have so much to say to the free world!
Mamad,Ted Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594693464765163110noreply@blogger.com