World News

Press TV | The United States provided an anti-Iran terrorist group with the bomb used to assassinate Iranian scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan last month.

Foxbusiness.com | Iran has no intention of blockading the Strait of Hormuz, the sea route through which about a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped.

Xinhua | A senior Iranian military commander said Sunday that Iranwould never be the initiator of any war, the local satellite Press TV reported.

Richard Silverstein | Several interesting developments concerning the simmering war between Israel and Iran.

Today Online | An explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks on the installation that crosses the increasingly volatile Sinai region.

Michel Chossudovsky | Russia and China have vetoed the UN Security Council draft resolution on Syria.

DEBKAfile | The West and Russia had a major showdown Saturday Feb. 5 over the Arab League resolution calling on Bashar Assad to step down and allow the formation of a national unity government.

Haaretz | Report claims Syrian President released Mustafa Sit-Mariam, also known as Abu Musab al-Suri, as a way to warn West against foreign intervention in ongoing political crisis.

Deutsche Welle | Iran has started military exercises, planned weeks in advance, in the narrow Strait of Hormuz.

Kurt Nimmo | Says attack “is certainly a possibility” and world will “rue the day” Iran gets a nuclear weapon.

DEBKAfile | There are far more extensive American, Saudi, British, French and Gulf states’ preparations going forward for an offensive against the Islamic Republic.

Washington’s Blog | American and Israeli Hawks Beat War Drums … But the People Want Peace.

You Tube | Hacking network Anonymous has released a recording of a conference call between the FBI and UK police.

ABC News | Israeli facilities in North America — and around the world — are on high alert.

Tony Cartalucci | West & Arab proxies fail to swindle world with genocidal Libya-style regime change resolution at UNSC.

Kurt Nimmo | Supreme leader promises to help nations and groups fighting against Israel.

Paul Joseph Watson | US warship remains in Strait Of Hormuz amidst simmering tensions.

London Guardian | Iranian agents are attempting to attack Israeli targets around the world in retaliation for covert operations.

Richard Silverstein | The United States has a 60-year commitment to Israeli security.

Jerusalem Post | British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg expressed concern about the possibility of an international military conflict over Iran’s nuclear program.

Washington Post | Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June.

Haaretz.com | All of Iran’s nuclear faculties are vulnerable to a military strike.

London Telegraph | Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood figures blamed supporters of the former military leader, Hosni Mubarak, for the country’s worst football violence that killed at least 74 people in Port Said.

YouTube | No more vetos anymore.

Jerusalem Post | Intelligence chief says Iran can make bomb within a year; adds that 200,000 rockets, missiles threaten Israel.

New Zealand Herald | Some 7.71 tonnes of radioactive water has leaked from a reactor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

RT | Drones strikes have become taboo among US leaders; allegedly for security reasons.

Russia Today | Inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog say Iran seems committed to resolving all nuclear issues.

Prison Planet.com | The march towards war with Iran appears to be under way, with fresh reports that some 100,000 troops will be ready and waiting by March.

DEBKAfile | Assad is reported to have threatened to start up armed hostilities if the UN Security Council endorses the Arab League proposal for him to step down.

Reuters | Classified document is said to warn that Pakistan is plotting to help reinstall Taliban once Nato-led forces depart.

Richard Silverstein | The Israeli power of delusion is evident.

AFP | President Barack Obama confirmed that US drone aircraft have struck Taliban and Al-Qaeda targets within Pakistan.

Haaretz | Speaking at Herzliya Conference, President urges resumption of peace talks with Palestinians, saying talks are the only way to end the Mideast conflict.

Mac Slavo | The Pentagon has been quietly massing troops and armaments on two islands located just south of the Strait of Hormuz, and within easy striking distance of Iran.

Reuters | The possible release of detained Taliban leaders is likely to join Iran’s nuclear ambitions at the top of a busy agenda.

RT | The military build-up and economic sanctions against Iran are designed to unleash a global war.

Haaretz | Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdasta says America and its allies are ‘fearful of the Iranian forces and nation’.

Zero Hedge | Never has the US had a total of three aircraft carrier groups in the vicinity.

Greg Hunter | The world economy is in the tank.

The Hill | Iran could build and set off a nuclear weapon within two to three years if it decided to pursue one.

Pepe Escobar | So the Arab League has a new draft United Nations Security Council resolution to “solve” the Syrian saga.

New York Times | A month after the last American troops left Iraq, the State Department is operating a small fleet of surveillance drones here to help protect the United States Embassy.

Bob Chapman | We are trying to figure out the best way to describe the banking and oil sanctions against Iran, which are blatant acts of war.

Wall Street Journal | Pentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb isn’t yet capable of destroying Iran’s most heavily fortified underground facilities.

Washington Post | The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran.

Stephen Lendman | Throughout its history, America glorified wars in the name of peace. From inception, they’re perpetuated against one or more domestic or foreign adversaries.

Jerusalem Post | Speaking at World Economic Forum in Davos, defense minister calls for tougher sanctions against Islamic Republic.

Haaretz | New York Times says some officials think estimates that a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would cause catastrophe are ‘partly a bluff,’ and that this is accepted at top government levels.

Haaretz | The Republican candidate was prompted by a question posed by a Palestinian-American at a Florida debate.