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47 ‘The Iranians Are Coming'
The Imagined, ‘Sinister’ Iranian Threat in Latin America
1391 ید15 جمعه- 1220 شماره/ سال متسیب by RAMZY BAROUD but mostly complete and utter lies. “exactly how significant this threat The bill doesn’t only lack reason,
JANUARY 3, 2013 Yes, Iran’s influence in Latin America is represents the subject of a new proper references and is dotted with a
counterpunch.org is on the rise. However, by US study released in late November by strange amalgam of politically-inspired
standards, the expanding diplomatic the U.S. House of Representatives accusations, it also relies on wholesale
Reading the text of a bill that was recently ties, extending trade routes and such are Homeland Security Committee. That allegations of little, if any plausible
signed into law by US President Barack considered a threat to be ‘countered’ or report, entitled ‘A Line In The Sand’, foundation whatsoever: “Hezbollah and
Obama would instill fear in the hearts per Forbes magazine’s endless wisdom, documents the sinister synergies that other Iranian proxies with a presence
of ordinary Americans. Apparently, ‘confronted.’ have been created in recent years in Latin America have raised revenues
barbarians coming from distant lands Language in politics can be very between Iran and Hezbollah on the one through illicit activities, including drug
are at work. They are gathering at the dangerous as it can misconstrue reality, hand, and radical regional regimes and and arms trafficking, counterfeiting,
US-Mexico border, cutting fences and turning fictitious scenarios into ‘facts’. actors—from Venezuela to Mexican money laundering, forging travel
ready to wreak havoc on an otherwise Despite its faltering economy, the drug cartels—on the other.” documents, pirating software and music
serene American landscape. US continues to experience a sharp But according to Agency France Press, and providing haven and assistance to
Never mind that crazed, armed to the growth in its think tank industry – men reporting on the new law on Dec. 29, other terrorists transiting the region.”
teeth, homegrown American terrorists and women whose sole purpose are “Washington has repeatedly stated it is (Sec 2, Findings 8)
are killing children and terrorizing to invent and push political agendas, closely monitoring Tehran’s activities Of course, since the whole exercise
whole cities. It is the Iranian menace which oftentimes belong to some in Latin America, though senior State is fueled by Israeli anxiety, Hamas
that we are meant to fear according to foreign entity; in this case it is Israel. Department and intelligence officials also had to somehow be pulled in,
the new law. When compounded with Ian Barman, Vice President of the have indicated there is no apparent if not indicted through the same
the other imagined threats of Hezbollah American Foreign Policy Council indication of illicit activities by Iran.” inexplicable reasoning: “The U.S.
and Hamas, all with sinister agendas, reflected that sentiment exactly in a Indeed, on the issue of Iran’s influence Drug Enforcement Administration
then the time is right for Americans recent article in Forbes. in Latin America there are two concluded in 2008 that almost one-half
to return to their homes, bolt their Only in the past year, “policymakers contradicting narratives. One that of the foreign terrorist organizations in
doors and squat in shelters awaiting in Washington have woken up to a merely acknowledges Iranians growing the world are linked to narcotics trade
further instructions, for evidently, “The new (Iranian) threat to U.S. security”, diplomatic outreach in Latin America and trafficking, including Hezbollah
Iranians are coming.” he wrote, citing an alleged Iranian since 2005 and another that speaks of and Hamas.” (Sec. 2, Findings 10)
It is as comical as it is untrue. But assassination plot in Washington. massive conspiracies involving Iran, US author and journalist, Belen
“The Countering Iran in the Western According to Barman, that was the Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, drug Fernandez has been looking into this
Hemisphere Act”, which as of Dec. 28 wake-up call leading to a “deeply cartels, and yes, even underground matter for years. In all of her writings
is an official US law, is not meant to be worrisome” reality. In a moment of music piracy groups. The alleged on the topic she seemed to trace the
amusing. It is riddled with half-truths, supposed level-headedness, he writes: conspiracy is not only far-fetched, very thread that unites the invented
it is purposely fabricated to further upheaval over Iran’s supposed takeover
In touch with Iranian diversity punish Iran, on behalf of Israel, for its of the ‘Western Hemisphere.’ In an
nuclear program. The panic over Iran’s article entitled: “Distorting Iranian-
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ ‘infiltration’ of the US ‘neighborhood’ Latin American Relations”, nearly
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ in Latin America, didn’t start a year two years ago, she wrote: “Iranian
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ ago (as alleged by Barman) but rather ‘penetration’ in Latin America has
604 - 980 - 8571 coincided with old Israeli-Western in recent years become a pet issue
propaganda which pained Iran as a of Israeli Foreign Ministry officials
Vol. 20 / No. 1220 - Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ country ruled by religious fiends whose and American neoconservative
main hobby is to assemble bombs and pundits, many of whom take offense
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ threaten western civilization. When at the perceived failure of the U.S.
pro-Israeli think tank ‘experts’ began government to adequately appreciate
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ floating a scenario of ‘what if Iran and the security threat posed by, for
Hezbollah join forces with Mexico’s example, the inauguration of a weekly
Los Zetas drug cartel’ a few years ago, flight from Caracas to Tehran with a
the idea seemed too absurd to compel stop in Damascus.”
a rational response. Now it is actually The issue for Israel and its US conduits
written into the new bill turned law as is entirely political. Iran is indeed
if a matter of fact. (Sec. 2, Findings 12) expanding its political and diplomatic
WHEN: Event at Lynn Valley Main Library
WHERE:
B.C.’s Soccer Heritage
with author Robert Janning
Thursday, January 31, 2013, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Lynn Valley Main Library, Program Room
1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer Free; registration required. To register, call 604-987-0286, ext. 8144.
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- Join Robert Janning, author of Westcoast Reign, on Thursday, January
31 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Lynn Valley Main Library, 1277 Lynn Valley
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- Road, North Vancouver, for a historical account of the early days of soccer
in British Columbia, spanning the period from 1888 to 1905. Learn about
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- the first players and organizers (who came from all walks of life) and the
colourful beginnings of the sport in B.C.
47 NORTH SHORE LAW LLP About Robert Janning
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. Robert Janning is a Vancouver-based historian, who has had a life-long
klotfali@northshorelaw.com passion for soccer. Westcoast Reign is his first book.
47 ‘The Iranians Are Coming'
The Imagined, ‘Sinister’ Iranian Threat in Latin America
1391 ید15 جمعه- 1220 شماره/ سال متسیب by RAMZY BAROUD but mostly complete and utter lies. “exactly how significant this threat The bill doesn’t only lack reason,
JANUARY 3, 2013 Yes, Iran’s influence in Latin America is represents the subject of a new proper references and is dotted with a
counterpunch.org is on the rise. However, by US study released in late November by strange amalgam of politically-inspired
standards, the expanding diplomatic the U.S. House of Representatives accusations, it also relies on wholesale
Reading the text of a bill that was recently ties, extending trade routes and such are Homeland Security Committee. That allegations of little, if any plausible
signed into law by US President Barack considered a threat to be ‘countered’ or report, entitled ‘A Line In The Sand’, foundation whatsoever: “Hezbollah and
Obama would instill fear in the hearts per Forbes magazine’s endless wisdom, documents the sinister synergies that other Iranian proxies with a presence
of ordinary Americans. Apparently, ‘confronted.’ have been created in recent years in Latin America have raised revenues
barbarians coming from distant lands Language in politics can be very between Iran and Hezbollah on the one through illicit activities, including drug
are at work. They are gathering at the dangerous as it can misconstrue reality, hand, and radical regional regimes and and arms trafficking, counterfeiting,
US-Mexico border, cutting fences and turning fictitious scenarios into ‘facts’. actors—from Venezuela to Mexican money laundering, forging travel
ready to wreak havoc on an otherwise Despite its faltering economy, the drug cartels—on the other.” documents, pirating software and music
serene American landscape. US continues to experience a sharp But according to Agency France Press, and providing haven and assistance to
Never mind that crazed, armed to the growth in its think tank industry – men reporting on the new law on Dec. 29, other terrorists transiting the region.”
teeth, homegrown American terrorists and women whose sole purpose are “Washington has repeatedly stated it is (Sec 2, Findings 8)
are killing children and terrorizing to invent and push political agendas, closely monitoring Tehran’s activities Of course, since the whole exercise
whole cities. It is the Iranian menace which oftentimes belong to some in Latin America, though senior State is fueled by Israeli anxiety, Hamas
that we are meant to fear according to foreign entity; in this case it is Israel. Department and intelligence officials also had to somehow be pulled in,
the new law. When compounded with Ian Barman, Vice President of the have indicated there is no apparent if not indicted through the same
the other imagined threats of Hezbollah American Foreign Policy Council indication of illicit activities by Iran.” inexplicable reasoning: “The U.S.
and Hamas, all with sinister agendas, reflected that sentiment exactly in a Indeed, on the issue of Iran’s influence Drug Enforcement Administration
then the time is right for Americans recent article in Forbes. in Latin America there are two concluded in 2008 that almost one-half
to return to their homes, bolt their Only in the past year, “policymakers contradicting narratives. One that of the foreign terrorist organizations in
doors and squat in shelters awaiting in Washington have woken up to a merely acknowledges Iranians growing the world are linked to narcotics trade
further instructions, for evidently, “The new (Iranian) threat to U.S. security”, diplomatic outreach in Latin America and trafficking, including Hezbollah
Iranians are coming.” he wrote, citing an alleged Iranian since 2005 and another that speaks of and Hamas.” (Sec. 2, Findings 10)
It is as comical as it is untrue. But assassination plot in Washington. massive conspiracies involving Iran, US author and journalist, Belen
“The Countering Iran in the Western According to Barman, that was the Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, drug Fernandez has been looking into this
Hemisphere Act”, which as of Dec. 28 wake-up call leading to a “deeply cartels, and yes, even underground matter for years. In all of her writings
is an official US law, is not meant to be worrisome” reality. In a moment of music piracy groups. The alleged on the topic she seemed to trace the
amusing. It is riddled with half-truths, supposed level-headedness, he writes: conspiracy is not only far-fetched, very thread that unites the invented
it is purposely fabricated to further upheaval over Iran’s supposed takeover
In touch with Iranian diversity punish Iran, on behalf of Israel, for its of the ‘Western Hemisphere.’ In an
nuclear program. The panic over Iran’s article entitled: “Distorting Iranian-
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ ‘infiltration’ of the US ‘neighborhood’ Latin American Relations”, nearly
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ in Latin America, didn’t start a year two years ago, she wrote: “Iranian
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ ago (as alleged by Barman) but rather ‘penetration’ in Latin America has
604 - 980 - 8571 coincided with old Israeli-Western in recent years become a pet issue
propaganda which pained Iran as a of Israeli Foreign Ministry officials
Vol. 20 / No. 1220 - Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ country ruled by religious fiends whose and American neoconservative
main hobby is to assemble bombs and pundits, many of whom take offense
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ threaten western civilization. When at the perceived failure of the U.S.
pro-Israeli think tank ‘experts’ began government to adequately appreciate
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ floating a scenario of ‘what if Iran and the security threat posed by, for
Hezbollah join forces with Mexico’s example, the inauguration of a weekly
Los Zetas drug cartel’ a few years ago, flight from Caracas to Tehran with a
the idea seemed too absurd to compel stop in Damascus.”
a rational response. Now it is actually The issue for Israel and its US conduits
written into the new bill turned law as is entirely political. Iran is indeed
if a matter of fact. (Sec. 2, Findings 12) expanding its political and diplomatic
WHEN: Event at Lynn Valley Main Library
WHERE:
B.C.’s Soccer Heritage
with author Robert Janning
Thursday, January 31, 2013, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Lynn Valley Main Library, Program Room
1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer Free; registration required. To register, call 604-987-0286, ext. 8144.
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- Join Robert Janning, author of Westcoast Reign, on Thursday, January
31 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Lynn Valley Main Library, 1277 Lynn Valley
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- Road, North Vancouver, for a historical account of the early days of soccer
in British Columbia, spanning the period from 1888 to 1905. Learn about
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- the first players and organizers (who came from all walks of life) and the
colourful beginnings of the sport in B.C.
47 NORTH SHORE LAW LLP About Robert Janning
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. Robert Janning is a Vancouver-based historian, who has had a life-long
klotfali@northshorelaw.com passion for soccer. Westcoast Reign is his first book.
