1. US mass infanticide
(Newsletter)

...anuary 2008 Iran has rejected US accusations that its naval forces had threatened to blow up American ships in the Strait of Hormuz, an incident US officials have called "provocative". CON...

2. In politics, \'change\' is always an eye-catcher
(Newsletter)

...s    Monday, 07 January 2008 The US navy says it has been harassed and provoked by Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz in an incident the White House called a "serious provocation&q...

3. Iran tests missiles amid war games
(News/S+T)

...y. The Islamic republic has in the past threatened to target US bases in the region and to block the strategic Gulf Strait of Hormuz waterway for oil tankers if its nuclear sites are attacked. Sunday'...

4. Avnery on Durban Conference
(Opinions/Features)

...nd there is no chance that this will be forthcoming. The attack would almost automatically cause the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which all the Gulf oil is shipped. That would be catastrop...

5. Ron Paul: No such thing as an independent Israel
(Mamblog/Default Category)

... are going to sit still? They are going to react! The opposition said that, well, we don't want them to block the Strait of Hormuz [the Persian Gulf waterway which allows the passages of a third of ...

6. Attacking Iran? It will not happen
(Opinions/Features)

...e who wants to guess whether Israel and/or the United States are going to attack Iran should look at the map of the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Through this narrow waterwa...

7. The Hands of Esau
(Opinions/Features)

... small Iranian boats were reported to have made a provocative gesture against the powerful American warships in the Strait of Hormuz. That takes us right back to 1964 and to what has become known as t...

8. Why Pillory Hillary?
(Opinions/op-ed)

...e nukes are still very much on the proverbial table and Bush shows no signs of abandoning his saber rattling in the Strait of Hormuz.  The nightmare is not over. We could yet have a Gulf of Tonki...

9. The Last Refuge
(Opinions/Features)

...I have said in the past, I am not convinced by this scenario. What will actually happen is that Iran will close the strait of Hormuz. Through this strait, named after an ancient Persian deity, flows 2...

10. Talking to Iran in America's new vernacular
(Editor/Editorial)

...we have to be firm or next you’ll be telling us that we have no right to impose a maritime petrol-toll to cross the Strait of Hormuz; or that American carriers are ship-non-grata in either Persian or ...