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RIA Novosti | Iran will counter any Western military action against it, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow said on Thursday.

RT | Greek party leaders have sent written commitments to Brussels saying they will stick to the agreed austerity measures even after the general elections in April.

Haaretz | Times of India claims Tamir Pardo told local officials Israelis felt safer in India than in Turkey or South America, did not provide specific warning of New Delhi attack.

Foreign Policy | Russia and Iran are continuing to send arms to the Syrian regime that can be used against protesters, a top State Department official said today.

Reuters | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about leaving her job next year to become head of the World Bank.

RIA Novosti | Iran will insert its first domestically-produced nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor in Tehran on Wednesday, a top Iranian official told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

DEBKAfile | Senior Israeli intelligence sources told DEBKAfile that no connection – other than circumstantial – had been uncovered as yet.

RT | For more, on US-China relations, RT talks to Paul Craig Roberts, who served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during the Reagan Administration.

YNet News | Israeli intelligence agency collaborating with CIA to revive spy network after revolution, Tunisian journal reports.

RT | Russia says it will study an Arab League proposal for a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission in Syria.

DEBKAfile | In recent weeks, terrorist attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets were foiled in Thailand, Azerbaijan and Argentina.

Reuters | Perpetrator severely injures himself when he throws bomb which bounces back towards him.

Pepe Escobar | Who would have thought that what the House of Saud wants in Syria – an Islamist regime – is exactly what al-Qaeda wants in Syria?

Haaretz | In wake of car bomb attack, PM says Israel will not cease its fight against international terror, of which Iran is the ‘world’s greatest exporter.’

Reuters | The Arab League on Sunday passed a resolution asking the U.N. Security Council to authorize a joint U.N.-Arab peacekeeping mission to Syria.

Reuters | U.S. Navy commander Mark Fox says Iranian forces could block strategic waterway if uninhibited.

Richard Silverstein | It is a truth universally acknowledged that the west’s oil embargo against Iran will bring that country to its knees.

Jerusalem Post | In recent DC visit, Tamir Pardo sought to discover how Washington would react if Israel unilaterally strikes Iran, ‘Newsweek’ reports.

Stephen Lendman | British Special Forces Supporting Rebels.

Ynet | London Times claims Mossad agent in Azerbaijan confirmed existence of intelligence agency’s base near Iran; says Baku is ‘ground zero for intelligence work’

YNet | SANA news agency reports 3 gunmen open fire at Brigedier-General Issa al-Khouli in Damascus as violence in Syria reaches tightly controlled capital.

Haaretz | Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses his nation as tens of thousands rally across the country to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

Saman Mohammadi | Throughout Israel’s campaign of terror and provocations against Iran, the Obama administration has remained in the background, quietly minding its own business.

RT | The US is setting up an international coalition aimed at supporting rebels in their struggle.

Rolling Stone | The war has been a disaster and the military’s top brass has not leveled with the American public about just how badly it’s been going.

RT.com | The regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria is expecting up to 15,000 Iranian troops to help maintain order in the country’s provinces, a Chinese newspaper reports. I

Haaretz.com | Speaking in Washington, Ahmet Davutoglu says that while Turkey does not want any nuclear power in the region, a military attack on Iran should not be an option.

MSNBC | Saudia Arabia would move quickly to acquire nuclear weapons if Iran successfully tests an atomic bomb, according to a report.

MSNBC | A picture has emerged of US marines posing with an SS flag.

REUTERS | Activists and Syrian state television reports that soldiers and civilians were killed in two explosions; TV: Terrorists targeted a military intelligence branch and a security force base.

Tony Cartalucci | US funds, shelters, arms, and trains MEK terrorists for years, now attempting to pawn full responsibility off on complicit Israeli government.

Russia Today | In Syria, government forces are shelling several areas, including the flashpoint city of Homs.

UK Daily Mail | The Russian web was ablaze with bizarre theories today at an extraordinary explosion seen by thousands of commuters in St Petersburg.

Kurt Nimmo | The Pentagon and the U.S. Central Command are preparing “options” for Obama as the United States transitions from diplomatic pressure to military action against Syria.

RIA Novosti | Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force had to scramble fighter jets in response to flights by Russian military aircraft near Japanese airspace on Wednesday.

Tony Cartalucci | US “prepares military options” to back terrorists in Syria.

Washington’s Blog | We’ve repeatedly noted that the U.S. government planned regime change in Syria at least 20 years ago.

Reuters | “A cult of violence has been coming to the fore in international affairs in the past decade,”

London Guardian | The amount of cooling water being injected into No 2 reactor is increased after temperature soars to over 73C.

RT | Members of the Syrian opposition say they would welcome Russia mediating talks with the Syrian authorities.

Jerusalem Post | Officials tell the cable news outlet the US remains committed to diplomatic and economic measures on Damascus.

Richard Silverstein | That way they can get great photo ops and pictures of missiles wreaking havoc on the city.

Kurt Nimmo | Foreign embassies are organizing contingency plans for the evacuation of their nationals and diplomats and are requesting gas masks from the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Pepe Escobar | A Greek choir of the “disgusted” and the “outraged” predictably greeted BRICS members Russia and China.

The Blaze | He added that an attack on Syria or Iran would be an indirect attack on Russia.

Reuters | Ron Paul’s keynote campaign speech from Minnesota.

Reuters | Parliamentarian says move in retaliation to “Zionist-backed” sanctions imposed by EU countries.

Chris Floyd | Again, it must be stressed that not a single government in the world — including Israel — believes that Iran is building a nuclear weapon.

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.