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By JAMES K. GLASSMAN AND MICHAEL DORAN

Al Qaeda bombers on U.S. airliners need prompt attention, but it is Iran, a supporter of terrorism now developing the capacity to fire nuclear-tipped missiles, that may pose the greatest threat to global stability and American security.
That threat can be diminished three ways: by military action, by compromise by [...]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BU1TO20091231
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S.-Israeli dialogue on Iran has not reached the point of discussing a military option to thwart its nuclear ambitions, focusing instead on sanctions in 2010, Israel’s envoy to Washington said on Thursday.
At the close of a year in which U.S. President Barack Obama tried and failed to talk Iran into curbing [...]

“I may go sometime in the future, but I have no plans as of now,” Kerry told The Cable, neither confirming or denying that he had proposed being the first senior official to publicly visit Tehran since the revolution.

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/12/09/congress_prepares_to_pass_new_measure_hitting_irans_oil_industry
Wed, 12/09/2009 - 10:35am
As the clock winds down on President Obama’s year-end deadline for Iran to respond to his efforts at engagement, Congress is preparing to pass language restricting U.S. loans that aid the Islamic Republic’s oil industry.
The policy language is part of the fiscal 2010 state and foreign operations appropriations bill, which is moving [...]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/12/09/2009-12-09_she_cops_to_aiding_terrorists_bent_on_overthrowing_iran.html
An Iranian woman has pleaded guilty to teaching English to members of a terror group that wants to overthrow Tehran’s despotic government.
While her goals may not be out of line with what’s in the interests of America and her allies, the group she was aiding is on the list of terror organizations.
Zenaib Taleb-Jedi, 53, also admitted [...]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/22/iran-slates-war-drills-says-missiles-ready-for-isr/?feat=home_cube_position3
By From combined dispatches
TEHRAN | Iran’s military said it will begin large-scale air-defense drills on Sunday, and a cleric in the Revolutionary Guard warned that the Islamic republic would fire missiles at “the heart of Tel Aviv” if attacked.
The war games, due to last five days, are intended to help protect Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iranian [...]

Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican source says, sent written questions to Attorney General Eric Holder following yesterday’s meeting…
• Is DOJ investigating the allegations put forward in this article? If not, why?

I expect immediate action to rectify this situation, specifically by barring VOA from bringing Mr. Daeoleslam on air. Consider this a formal complaint which can be used as evidence of serving notice of harm in a court of law.–Siamak Namazi

Alavi has both sent money to the government of Iran and also spread it inside the U.S. Tax records of the Alavi Foundation show it has served as a provider of student loans and grants to universities as well as an investor in properties linked to a number of mosques and Islamic centers.

Recent events serve as further proof that the Iranian government continues to engage in obfuscation and delaying tactics as it pursues a nuclear weapons capability in defiance of the United Nations, the IAEA and the community of nations.