The 2000 US Census estimated that 338,000 Iranian-Americans reside in the United States. In 2004, the Iranian-American population was estimated at 691,000 according to Iranian studies group [4] at MIT [5]. Large concentrations of Iranian Americans live in the state of California, more than 500,000 of them live in Southern California particularly around Los Angeles, Orange County, La Jolla (San Diego), and San José. Other Iranian-American communities in California include the Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, Imperial Valley and the Coachella Valley. For this reason, the L.A area with its Iranian American residents is sometimes referred to as “Tehrangeles” or “Irangeles” among Iranian Americans, in allusion to Iran and its capital, Tehran, which is also a sister city of Los Angeles.[6] According to Ethnologue, there are at least 900,000 speakers of the Iranian dialects of the Persian language living in the US.[3] LINK
Of course, I’m speaking of the Iranian-American community as it exists today; tomorrow is too much of a toss-up, and as fast as events are transpiring today, the future remains unknown, uncertain, and unpredictable. Many American Iranian’s have family in Iran, communicate regularly, and certainly care about their families just as much as we care for our own. How much anger and outrage will be generated in America’s Iranian community if we launch an unprovoked first-strike targeting Iran? The Iranian nuclear program covers a lot of ground, and even if we don’t use tactical nuclear bunker-busting bombs, the causalities are likely to be enormous if our mission is to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability. What about the Islamic community within the United States? How large is America’s Muslim community?
Number of Muslims in the U.S.
Nobody knows.
This is a political hot-potato. Some non-Muslims have accused Muslims of exaggerating their numbers in order to obtain more political clout. Some Muslims have accused non-Muslims of releasing false, low numbers in order to “marginalize” Islam. In religion, as in war, truth is often the first casualty.
Estimates of the number of Muslims in North America range from a little over one million adults to seven million adults and children. One cause of the disagreement appears to be related to the percentage of Muslim immigrants: * Who have abandoned Islam since they arrived in the US, or * Who still consider themselves to be Muslims, but who do not participate in mosque activities. MORE
Further, if we attack Iran we are virtually certain they will retaliate. After an attack, we can expect huge protests and anger from both of the above communities - and then retribution if we face violent attacks within our own borders from QUDS force operatives that already exist within the country. In this author’s opinion, it’s a recipe for disaster and a subsequent declaration of martial law would be inevitable. Mr. Conyer’s statement was nothing more than symbolic; based on US troop and naval movements, recent preparations by Israel and Saudi Arabia, and Russia clearly stating it was our intention to attack Iran, a threat of impeachment “after the fact” is hollow and meaningless.
It’s about damn time that our Congress on both sides of the isle wake the hell up and take action to protect our nation as well as themselves and their own families. Our own military doesn’t discount threats from Iran of attacks against the US if we start a preemptive attack. and like it or not, our Congress is configured to include representatives from all fifty (50) states. I doubt if their families are bullet-proof, impervious to disease, or radioactive-resistant, however I’m guessing they are human too, and when you risk the rest of the citizenry, you also risk the welfare of your own families. None of us know where terrorists may strike in retaliation, and that “where” could include your own constituency(s).
Where is the Mainstream New Media on this issue? Several Blogs, including my own, have contained all of this information, and just a few days after the information was published, John Conyers issued a statement that Bush would face impeachment hearings if he attacked Iran. Hello??? Was this a coincidence, or was Mr. Conyers verifying that indeed, we are planning on attacking Iran?
PM declares ‘emergency’ in drill
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared a state of emergency Monday following “a barrage of hundreds of missiles from Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip,” as the country’s largest-ever emergency exercise, “Turning Point 2,” continues.
Dozens of Israeli civilians were “killed” on Sunday as Israel went to “war” with Syria, Hizbullah and Hamas on the first day of the exercise.
The five-day drill opened with an announcement by Olmert at the weekly cabinet meeting of an outbreak of hostilities following the firing of Katyusha rockets into northern Israel by Hizbullah in Lebanon. The simulated conflict quickly escalated and by the afternoon - representing the fourth day of the “war” - Israel was also “being hit by Syrian missiles and Hamas-fired Kassams and Katyushas.” MORE
For an investigative reporter, there is an abundance of evidence that suggests the United States is seriously considering, or is in the final planning stages of an attack on Iran. Don’t forget about Syria, because if we strike Iran, Israel will be up to their noses with instantaneous retaliatory strikes from Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, the latter of whom Israel will likely attack first to gain the tactical advantage. What is being planned is not just an attack on Iran, but igniting the entire Middle-East in another one of Bush and Cheney’s wars; we can take it by remaining silent, or we can raise hell by unmercifully calling our Congressional Representatives with calls and emails, and don’t forget to include your local editors too; if enough of you send letters to the Editor, some are likely to be published, helping to bring awareness to the rest of our nation.
I’m sorry, but the MSM has let us down again. I’m hoping they won’t be forgiven so easily for this latest transgression, but if we act in unison and seek universal condemnation of this upcoming war, it’s possible we can raise the awareness of those who are still asleep at the wheel, including many of our own lawmakers. We did it on S 1959, and if we gain join in solidarity, we can make a difference on this issue too. Remember what Thomas Jefferson stated, and in this writer’s opinion, no truer words have ever been spoken before this great nation and we should ponder upon and take to heart his excellent advice:
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
I am nothing more than a patriotic American that is doing whatever I can to further the cause of democracy, the rule of law, and am absolutely outraged on how the Bush administration is defying our Congress, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights! Footnote: I write in a style that I believe is appropriate in today's world where we can't trust the Mainstream News Media, and rather than concentrating on one article alone, which may or may not receive the exposure and emphasis it should, I prefer to meld several relevant stories together, that each taken alone may not expose the entire situation, but when taken-in as a whole, tend to give the reader a better understanding of the subject. One article or story alone does not represent the "Big Picture" - but when several are effectively tied-together it often reveals a trend or broader view of the subject matter that is important to completely understand any given situation. http://justanothercoverup.com/
Instead of waiting for Bush to attack Iran, perhaps Conyer’s should resign and allow Congress to appoint a chairperson to the House Judiciary Committee who actual takes their oath to protect and support the Constitution in earnest – someone who will impeach Bush and Cheney for the plethora of transgressions they have already committed against the will of the people, our republic and Iraq.
By not bringing about impeachment hearings, john Conyer’s is an accomplice and an abettor to war crimes and usurpations against the once-sovereign people of this nation.
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Frank J. Ranelli (66 articles, 143 quicklinks, 29 diaries, 378 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 1:50:36 PM
...Conyers is nothing but "a placeholder with a mouth."
The consequences of his inaction with regard to the promised impeachment hearings on the Bush/Cheney administration reverberate throughout the world, but most particularly, in Iraq: more than 4,000 deaths and nearly 25,000 injuries among Americans, and thousands more innocent Iraqis, in an illegal war led by our Executive Branch who condone torture and plan to keep on warring in the region. And this is only the most obvious:
I refer you to my aritcle on this site "THE BUSH/CHENEY GENOCIDE: DEATH OF A NATION" where you will find a long list of the high crimes AND misdemeanors of this wholly impeachable administration.
Attacking Iran would merely be the frosting on the cake, and if Conyers can't get his act together to slice and dice this devil's food, put someone in his place who's got a sweet tooth and will.
Professor Fandel
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Professor Fandel (4 articles, 2 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 36 comments)
on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 2:19:30 PM
Conyers has more than enough evidence of High Crimes and
misdomeaners to start impeachment hearing...Yoo's torture memos, spying on citizens inside the United States with out probable cause.....he writes letters and makes empty promises...just like Leahy and all the rest...the fact is they won't..the time for accountability to the people has passed..started with the Nixon pardon..the Iran-Contra scandal, Cointelpro and continues on...each administration refusing to protect the Constitution, the laws, avoiding accountablity (at our expense) knowing that sooner or later "their" party will inhabit the White House..and that they will do as they please with complete impunity...this is what has happened to our beloved country...these blowhearts such as Conyers, Pelosi, Boehner, Specter, (the whole Congress, the Executive Branch, and the DOJ, the DOD, even the Pentagon, and now the military, (via Patreus) etc.) the likes of these do not care one iota about you, or this country, they care about power and money, and the freedom to pursue those things at any cost, with out the laws or the Constitution getting in their way
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Susan Nelsen (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 268 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 1:58:10 PM
There is no way to calculate what will happen if a planned attack on Iran occurs other than to say that there won't be a person on this planet that won't be adversely affected. Life as we have known it will change so dramatically that I doubt many will be able to cope and maybe this was their plan all along.
I just finished talking to Conyer's office and again was received by a representative with all the dismissive enthusiasm of a department store complaint department. This is bad folks, it’s as though it’s inevitable, they’re sleep-walking us into Armageddon. There doesn’t seem to be any urgency from those that have ability to stop this insanity to do so – including us!
It might very well be time to sell everything and head for deep hills with as much survival gear as one can carry. It isn't the way I was hoping to live out my life but I'd rather get eaten by a bear living free than fall from a fascist bullet while in chains.
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Mr M (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 1436 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 3:41:23 PM
The writer has done his research and spells out just how tenuous our situation is. The Senate and House Democrats have failed to reign in this dictatorship, and now we will all suffer the results. I just don't know what to do or say any longer. Our democracy has failed us.
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ronheri (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 151 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 5:44:42 PM
it is the Americans who have failed their democracy.....
of course, that's not entirely fair... we haven't had a democracy for a long long while......
but it is we (all of 'we') who have ignored the elites and their efforts through the CIA Wurlitzer and FBI cointelpro to control the very way we think, believe and feel....
We have been well and thoroughly 'had' .... but we also let them do it to us. And now it is probably too late to do much about it. But we have to try.
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richard (0 articles, 5 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 789 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 7:01:23 PM
however i think russia will not stop with alaska and canada -they will be flying in a sky near you--and china no longer need us,they know if they all get togather they will kick some ass--its a shame humans acting animal--ps my guns are always sighted in-but who do i shoot?
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skiidogs (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 118 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 6:58:48 PM
wedding in May with a pre-emptive nuclear attack on Iran? I think the it would be postponed till after it, unless the MSM plan to use its coverage to obscure bombs dropping in the M.E..
Tibet has been a part of China for over five hundred years. A Tibetan Princess was married to an Emperor during the Ming Dynasty. How would the U.S. feel if there were demands for California-Arizona-New Mexico- Colorado-Utah and Nevada to be returned to Mexico, which was taken by force, Or re-install Hawaii with its former kingdom?
As far as heading into the hills, as many have planned, keep in mind that night vision and thermal imaging systems will be difficult to thwart. They have all kinds of exotic weapons subsidized with your tax $ at their disposal.
I don't own a home, gun, or car. I have extremely limited amount of cash and not much in possessions for barter. I'm at the mercy of "The NWO" for my food, electricity, and water. When they choose to turn our lives into Martial Law, I don't have much recourse.
Interesting times we live in, and I'm not sure if I'm going to grow old and grey to see what transpires.
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Stanimal (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 18 diaries, 493 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 7:12:26 PM
I think the first poster here in this discussion pretty much nailed it.
Conyers, Pelosi and the entire gaggle of Feckless Dems are criminally complicit in everything that has happened over the last 7 years.
I mean this not only as hyperbolic rhetoric but as a point of detail that merits legal examination and historical documentation here in the late stages of The Empire's decay.
You see Conyer's and his staff have already prepared a lengthy document detailing the impeachable offenses of the Bush-Cheney cabal, and this was 2-3 years ago meaning much more could be added, and he has chosen to not act on what is essentially the duty that he was sworn to uphold.
The American people better wake up fast and get out on the streets with resilience and direct demands.
It's later than we think.
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coyote (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 73 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 8:35:04 PM
After hearing/seeing Iran's leaders on Cspan on more than one occasion a few yrs back and even last year, Iran had no intentions of battling with us. He was very convincing, actually the main honcho and Mus..blah whoever, were both on as visiting speakers. They really didn't want to tangle with us at that time. However, Bush finally gave them reason too.
When congress (including Hillary Clinton) voted to label the Quds as "terrorists", the battle was on and the tensions were accelerated. The sanctions started underpinnings for war. Wouldn't it piss us off if a super powerful UN sanctioned us? I'm so sure.
Lastly, we have blowback coming. Ppl in the world are sick and tired of our lies and bullying. Threatening Russia's economy was about the dumbest move we could have done. Russia's economy has finally stabilized and they have surpluses. We broke 2 treaties with Russia since Bush has been in office. Russia got ticked about it and broke one as well! Putin did a good job building up his economy and nation. For USA to threaten to flatten it, well, don't worry about Iran. Maybe you should be fearing the Ruskies. As far as ppl coming over the border, our Canadian border (my state borders it), is all biometrics. No matter where you go, a camera, an iris scanner and other devices are watching you. Remember, those borders ALSO LOCK US IN!
Btw, I didn't get my opednews in my email box today. AOL must be filtering me again. Hmmmm, sure they didn't want me to read this. haha.
We have blowback coming from all over the world. Thanks dick cheney, mr satan man. A rothchild at heart, I am sure.
In my opinion, we are at war and you and I both know that Israel won't be happy till Iran, Iraq and Syria are leveled and they get to control the Middle East at the American's expense for their capacity to do such.
I didn't know Bush's daughter was getting married in May. maybe she is going to have her wedding in Argentina on their new lush ranch.
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shirley reese (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 316 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 9:38:43 PM
The fascinating piece of this puzzle is that the article when Russia states we will attack Iran within two (2) weeks was released on the 2nd and then the 5th of this month, and no one really ran with the story.
Not a solitary word from the MSM...
There have been several times we postured ourselves as if though we were gong to attack Iran and it didn't happen. We may have been "feinting" to see what Iran's defensive maneuvers were, or in the alternative, we might have been poised for an attack, and someone let it slip out of the bag and the hurried diplomatic frenzy that followed stopped an attack from occurring.
If enough people know and we all raise hell about it, I believe it's possible to thwart - either via our own Congress or the diplomatic maneuvers of other countries, such an attack. Iran is not helping matters and seems intent on prodding the rabid dog in the cage, which is worrisome in itself. It's obvious that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad isn't playing with a full deck, nor is Bush and Cheney. From my perspective, we have to hope that others in the world care more about the US than our own Presidency - or at least are worried enough about the global community and their own safety to effectively quash the Neo-con agenda.
Why won't Congress impeach Bush and Cheney? That's the burning question; if this was the 1800's, we would tar and feather the whole batch of them, even the wicked witch from the West, but in today’s world where a couple psychopaths could cause harm to everyone, no one raises a finger...
I honestly don't get understand nor comprehend the rank cowardice which is demonstrated by Congress as a whole, and frankly, I believe they should all be replaced and publicly humiliated because of their failure to fulfill their oaths of office. If we do attack Iran, the Congress will be criminally culpable and will be accessories after the fact.
William Cormier
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William Cormier (127 articles, 7 quicklinks, 17 diaries, 308 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 9:41:35 PM
Unlike Iraq which was a 24/7/365 Mega-Blast sales job this attack is being under reported.
I think these cretins realize people aren't going to be fooled using the same tactics they used to sell Iraq, (personally I think they're given the American public too much credit - but that's beside the point) so they're covering their asses by putting stories out there but not hammering them 24/7 through our Propaganda News Broadcasting Networks (PNBN) like they did with Iraq. Right now PNBN is dangling shinny-keys of the election and collapsing economy in front of us as preparations for an attack on Iran moves stealth-fully forward. Instead of "selling" the war this time, they're "covering" for it. When the attack occurs they can point at the once mentioned news stories and said that they told us so.
What I believe is soon something bigger than 9/11 will happen with Iran's alleged fingerprints all over it and that will give bush&co their excuse. They might not even need a "false flag" attack to kick start their wet-dream of achieving Armageddon. I mean why should they care now if they put on a show? No ones stopped them from doing anything to date - so?
But my guess is because they simply like to kill things they'll perform some magnificent stunt of theatrics, that we'll be able to see right through and that won't matter, just to satisfy their blood-lust.
God, I hope I'm wrong. I would trade all things I would be right about in the future just to be wrong about this one time.
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Mr M (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 1436 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 10:54:12 PM
WILLIAM THIS WHERE WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD START, THEY ALL COME HOME AT SOME POINT IN TIME, AND WHEN THEY DO THIS IS WHEN WE CAN BE HEARD, AND IF WE LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE NOT WELCOME ENOUGH TIMES, AND MAYBE NOT ABLE TO SLEEP WELL IN THERE HOMES, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE TO DC AND SLEEP IN THE BED THEY MADE FOR THEM SELFS. PUT OUT THE NO WELCOME HERE SIGNS. BLACK BALL THEM, DON'T INVITE THEM TO TOWN HALL MEETING, MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE NOBODY, AS THEY DO TO US. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.
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RICHARD SHADE (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 460 comments)
on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 4:22:20 AM
I've been writing, e-mailing, calling my Congressman and Senators for 2 years now. I've even taken to writing city officials, union leaders, anyone who will listen. I've beensupporting Ron Paul financialy, and through a meetup group. This has gotten so far out of control since the false-flag attack of 911. We need a new 911 investigation, impeachment and criminal trials. We live with wide open southern borders, and the constant fear of internment in a FEMA prison camp, and martial law. The vast majority in Washington are bought and paid for shills for the power-elite. The two party system is an illusion; heads they win, tails you lose. The coming economic collapse may be the fuse that lights a spark that wakes up enough people to turn this country around. It's so sad it had to come to this.
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ronheri (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 151 comments)
on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 10:03:27 PM
I saw this coming along time ago. i realy thank the army for my combat training and jungle waefare training. i can go back to vietnam and plan what i will do when the going get's tough. i can use my AK-47 AND M-1 RIFLE AGAIN. i can set up my concrete bunkers and barb wire and booby-traps. let them all come they will get there just fate. born for war,just like america.
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vincent passiatore (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 168 comments)
on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 12:12:09 AM
Thanks for the laugh. I almost spilled my coffee on my notebook.
The writer lumps QUDS, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, Muslim Community, Iranian immigrants, some disguised as Hispanics, who threaten our country in the event of an Iranian attack, and suggests some may already have smuggled in WMD's.
Northcoms psyops division couldnt have done better. Couple of small points.
If AQ, whom are Sunni-Arabs, are already here, WTF are they doing, drinking Budweiser? Remember, we already invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, and things are even worse for the Palestinians than ever before. What are they waiting for, for us to give them a good reason, like attacking a Shia-Persian country? LOL.
The Muslim community, Shia nor Sunni, despite being here in "unkown" numbers, (most voted for GWB in 2000 according to some report, so we know how many voted) has not attacked us, even though we have done great damage to both sects in Iraq, and to Sunnis in Afghanistan, not to mention Palestine, and Hezzbollah who got attacked by Israel with American weapons in 2006, not to mention the non-Shias in Beiruit.
QUDS and AQ sneaking in together and assuming Hispanic names, while learning to speak Spanish is simply too funny. But lets assume QUDS is coming here on there own, we know AQ is just interested in our beer so will disregard them. Why? There are plenty of targets in Iraq. We got 160,000 men over there, thats why we are there, to fight the terrorist over there, so we don;t have to fight them here, and save them some money travelling all the way to Amerika. Right? In fact, if they were expecting the US to attack them in Iran, they might be better off positioning themselves in Iraq to do some real damage to US troops. Our helicopters and airforce fly freely over Iraq without fear of being attacked. If Iran wanted to do some real damage, the guys they support in Iraq would have missiles that could do some real damage. They are no threat, unless we attack them, and they have given us no reason to do so.
As for the Iranian Americans being a threat. Dude, they are here today, starting from the 1980's, because the Ayatollahs took over, with our help BTW, and they supported the Shah (which made them unpopular). And they are going to rise up and revolt over us attacking the regime they escaped from?
As for Iran attacking us, I can say only that Iran has not invaded another country in over 2000 years. Hezzbollah was created to fight against the Israeli occupation, and to act as a social network for the Shias were were poorly treated by the Lebanese non-Shias. Our support for Israel, and later Iraq in the war started by Saddam whom we supported with weapons, which is technically an act of war against Iran, this got us caught up in the crossfire in the 80's. They have not done anything since.
Their President was in Baghdad last month meeting with Maliki, under our protection. We did nothing. Could easily have staged a suicide bombing, or arranged an IED, if we though he was a threat. He is not a threat, but an asset, because we have built him up to a Hitler, that would allow us to get support to attack Iran, should we choose to do so.
Iran, does not have a suicide wish. Using WMD's against Americans that they would be blamed for, if they did it or not, would be begging for a nuclear strike on Tehran. If a WMD ever goes off in America, we did it to ourselves to justify an attack on Iran or whomever we want to attack.
This article serves one purpose only, to fuel the fear of terrorism within our borders and to allow those in power to take away more liberties, under the guise of protecting us against terrorism from those within our borders, homegrown or not . Thats getting real old.
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pft (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 466 comments)
on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 2:02:37 AM
I doubt if Iran or any so-called 'representatives' of it will 'attack' Amerika. If there is an attack, you can bet your money that it will be a false flag. With 'patsies' perhaps. That is the modus operandi of this government. They have no reason to change it now.
