They are all good friends and associates of Manuchehr Ghorbanifar (an Iranian arms merchant, an alleged MOSSAD double agent, and a key figure in the Iran/Contra Affair, the arms-for-hostages deals between Iran and the Reagan administration). In one or two, at most three, degrees of separation, these people hung out in the same circles and very likely drank to the same toasts. You can find all kinds of trivia about Ghorbanifar in the Walsh Report on the Iran/Contra affair. In Chapter 8, for example, we learn:

“Ghorbanifar, an Iranian exile and former CIA informant who had been discredited by the agency as a fabricator, was a driving force behind these proposals [for arms-for-hostages deal];” or, “Ghorbanifar, as broker for Iran, borrowed funds for the weapons payments from Khashoggi, who loaned millions of dollars to Ghorbanifar in “bridge financing’” for the deals. Ghorbanifar repaid Khashoggi with a 20 percent commission after being paid by the Iranians,” (see: http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_08.htm).

Here is a bit from an article by Time magazine that shows Ghorbanifar’s circle of associates; it is from a January 1987 cover story (The Murky World of Weapons Dealers; January 19, 1987):

“By [Ghorbanifar's] own account he was a refugee from the revolutionary government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, which confiscated his businesses in Iran, yet he later became a trusted friend and kitchen adviser to Mir Hussein Mousavi, Prime Minister in the Khomeini government. Some U.S. officials who have dealt with Ghorbanifar praise him highly. Says Michael Ledeen, adviser to the Pentagon on counterterrorism: “[Ghorbanifar] is one of the most honest, educated, honorable men I have ever known.” Others call him a liar who, as one puts it, could not tell the truth about the clothes he is wearing,” (emphasis added).

This second bit is from Chapter 1 of Walsh Iran/Contra Report:(http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_01.htm)

“On or about November 25, 1985, Ledeen received a frantic phone call from Ghorbanifar, asking him to relay a message from [Mir-Hossein Mousavi] the prime minister of Iran to President Reagan regarding the shipment of the wrong type of HAWKs. Ledeen said the message essentially was “we’ve been holding up our part of the bargain, and here you people are now cheating us and tricking us and deceiving us and you had better correct this situation right away.”

“In early May, North and CIA annuitant George Cave met in London with Ghorbanifar and Nir, where the groundwork finally was laid for a meeting between McFarlane and high-level Iranian officials, as well as financial arrangements for the arms deal. Among the officials Ghorbanifar said would meet with an American delegation were the president and prime minister [Mousavi] of Iran and the speaker of the Iranian parliament,” (emphasis added).

And to remind how Michael Ledeen became involved in the Iran/Contra affair in 1985, here is a bit from Chapter 15 of Walsh Report (http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_15.htm):

“[McFarlane] authorized Michael A. Ledeen, a part-time NSC consultant on anti-terrorism, to ask Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres to check on a report that the Israelis had access to good sources on Iran. By early August 1985, Ledeen’s talks had led to a direct approach by Israeli officials to McFarlane, to obtain President Reagan’s approval to ship U.S.-supplied TOW missiles to Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages in Beirut. McFarlane said he briefed the President, Regan, Shultz, Weinberger, Casey and perhaps the Vice President about the proposal in July and August 1985.40 McFarlane said that Casey recommended that Congress not be informed of the arms sales.”

There you have it. Now, I’m no investigative journalist, so I’ll leave it to the professionals to dig deeper into this.

But, I do have to wonder aloud: Seeing how we cannot ignore his ‘neo-con’ credentials and that Michael Ledeen maintained his very good relations with Ghorbanifar, (who at least used to be) a good friend of Mir-Hossein Mousavi (the ‘candidate of change’ in the Iranian presidential elections); and given the support that Mousavi’s candidacy has been receiving from the American ‘moderates’, maybe this kind of ‘change’ is the ‘regime change’ the Americans have had in mind for Iran?

via Ultimate Guide

Tour vittoriese dei “Lago Morto”, band punk hardcore composta dall’artista Nico Vascellari, da Giovanni Donadini, creatore del laboratorio “Canedicoda”, Riccardo Mazza e Christian Zandonella.

Per 15 giorni il gruppo, del quale è in uscita l’lp + dvd per “Von Archives”, etichetta di Nico Vascellari e Carlos Casas (filmaker di Barcellona), si è esibito solo ed esclusivamente a Vittorio Veneto, nei posti più insoliti della città, costantemente videoripreso: alla pizzeria a metro il “Crostino”, alla lavanderia a gettoni in via Oberdan e al negozio dell’usato “Chi cerca trova”.

“Questo è uno sforzo collettivo” ha più volte ripetuto Nico Vascellari durante i concerti. “Lago Morto”, infatti, non è solo un gruppo ma è un progetto artistico, che si configura come occasione di aggregazione, come momento sociale, al quale, di volta in volta, ha contribuito il pubblico presente. “Lago Morto nasce per rimanere a Vittorio Veneto – spiega il Nico Vascellari - Abbiamo accettato di suonare a Graz solamente a patto che una parte di Vittorio Veneto potesse venire con noi. La Kunsthaus pagherà due corriere che trasporteranno circa 120 persone da Vittorio Veneto per assistere al concerto”.

Il progetto è stato presentato alla Kunsthaus di Graz sotto forma di installazione video, nell’ambito della mostra “Rock – Paper – Scissors. Pop Music as Subject of Visual Art”, a cura di Diedrich Diederichsen

via oggitreviso.it

The tweeters shown below are possible fakes accounts and may have connections to the Iranian Security apparatus. Do not re-tweet anything from these accounts. You can block them using the link attached below: Block Now

Obvious Disinfo

* http://twitter.com/Persian_Guy (Using fake RT to spread disinfo)
* http://twitter.com/psf14tc (Looks like this is an obvious agent) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/EyeRanElection (Looks like this is an obvious agent) NEW!
* https://twitter.com/watchingiranian (Spouting anti-semetic garbage) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/THRONCOMMERCIAL (Using the Iran tag to spam)
* http://twitter.com/EranSpahbod (preaching attack and violence) New
* http://twitter.com/AhmediNejThief (Re-tweeting Persian_Guy’s tweets only)
* http://twitter.com/AhmediNejSucks (Copycat account of AhmediNejThief)
* http://twitter.com/AhmediNejScum (Copycat account of AhmediNejThief)
* http://twitter.com/AhmediNejFucked (Copycat account of AhmediNejThief)
* http://twitter.com/AhmediNejLiar (Copycat account of AhmediNejThief) New!
* http://twitter.com/AhmediNejRaped (Copycat account of AhmediNejThief) New!
* http://twitter.com/serv_ (posing fake RTs; disinfo)
* http://twitter.com/twitrevolution (Suggesting violence towards police and blocking of roads; such actions are likely arrestable. Either provocateur or someone really violent)

Suspected

* http://twitter.com/Democracy_Is (Posting govt & congress laws) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/jimmy_45 (Obvious govt propaganda over and over again.) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/jimjones45 (automated propaganda spewer) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/javadhassan (Posting messages that look like opinion but are actually more oriented towards propaganda) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/simonjake (Obvious govt propaganda over and over again.) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/tarhia (Obvious govt propaganda over and over again.) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/irantwscore (Using the Twitter Score locational list to expose Iranian twitters) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/coolproxies (Sending our IR proxy list. Possible fake, trap)
* http://twitter.com/entropy130 (Same tweet over and over, false link) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/ememem90 (False information in poorly written English) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/FreeMediaNews (Some tweets are fake reports)
* http://twitter.com/IRElec (Using entrapment techniques that are well known)
* http://twitter.com/lisamforeman (Possibly fake Guardian.co.uk account)
* http://twitter.com/AJE_Producer (Possibly fake Al’ Jazerra Account)
* http://twitter.com/_Lady_B_ (posts fake iran election news and then deletes it after it is retweeted.)
* http://twitter.com/giti456789 (Follows and harasses Twitterers that are supporting the protests.) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/TheRealtorDC (Spamming #iranelection with the same message and also spamming other accounts) NEW!

Suspended or removed:

* http://twitter.com/am12976
* http://twitter.com/iranianfree2k9
* http://twitter.com/rWhZEV (Fake Iran Election headlines)

This post will be updated as fake accounts are received. For those questioning the information here, we place accounts here that a) post multiple comments of the same sort (i.e. Spam) and b) accounts that are obviosuly trying to entrap twitter users who are tweeting from Iran or c) those who obviously are trying to spread mis-information. If we arent 100% sure we will put in it the “To watch” or “Suspected” list.

via TwitSpam

via Mashable Media