MSM: Israel envoy says crisis with US ‘worst since 1975′

(AP) – Relations between Israel and the United States have hit a 35-year low, Israel’s ambassador in Washington said amid simmering tensions between the two key allies.

MSM: Iran helping the Taliban, US ambassador claims

(Telegraph) – Iran has been providing weapons and other help to the Taliban, the US ambassador to Afghanistan has claimed.

Former US diplomat could make ‘hundreds of millions’ off Iraqi oil fields

(RawStory) – A former US ambassador who played an instrumental role in the drafting of Iraq’s constitution stands to make “hundreds of millions” of dollars from an oil deal he struck that was only possible because of a constitutional provision he helped push through, news reports say.

Video: Former UK ambassador – CIA sent people to be ‘raped with broken bottles’

(RawStory) – The CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken bottles and boiling them alive, says a former British ambassador to the central Asian country.

Video: Bolton – Iran will never give up nukes

(RussiaToday) – As Iran weighs its response to the latest offer from the international community over its nuclear program, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton says that diplomacy has failed and it’s time to look at other options – including a pre-emptive strike by Israel.

John Bolton Suggests Nuclear Attack on Iran

This Friday, the American Enterprise Institute will host an event addressing the question “Should Israel attack Iran?” The event includes, among others, Iran uberhawk Michael Rubin and infamous “torture lawyer” John Yoo, but the real star is likely to be John Bolton, the former U.N. ambassador whose right-of-Attila views left him an outcast even within the second Bush administration. (Bolton was eventually forced out when it became clear that he would be unable to win Senate confirmation for the U.N. post.)

Iran – Israel’s threats inexplicable

(YNet) – Iran’s ambassador to UN demands Security Council take steps against comments made by Ephraim Sneh, who said Israel would attack Iran if sanctions weren’t in place by Christmas

U.S. Missile Shield Plans: Retreat Or Advance?

On September 17 the White House and the Pentagon, Barack Obama and Robert Gates, announced that after a sixty-day review of the project, the U.S. is going to abandon plans to station ten ground-based interceptor missiles in Poland and a forward-based X-band missile radar installation in the Czech Republic.

War? Israeli ambassador to US: Obama’s end-of-the-year deadline to Iran has been moved up to September

1) Israeli ambassador to US: Obama’s end-of-the-year deadline to Iran has been moved up to September (16 August 2009)
2) Israeli ambassador to US: Iranian nuke could wipe off Israel in seconds (4 July 2009)
3) Israeli army to train overseas for Iran strike operation (5 July 2009)

MSM: Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran

(Times) – The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites.

MSM: ‘Iran nuke could wipe Israel off map in seconds’

(Haaretz) – Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, on Friday warned that an Iranian atomic bomb could “wipe Israel off the map in a matter of seconds,” and that the Iranians could “accomplish in a matter of seconds what they denied Hitler did, and kill 6 million Jews, literally.”

MSM: Hugo Chávez vows to ‘bring them down’ after seeing Honduran ally ousted in military coup

(Guardian) – The army in Honduras has ousted and exiled its leftist president, Manuel Zelaya, , in Central America’s first military coup since the cold war, after he upset the army by trying to seek another term in office.

Venezuelan, Cuban, and Nicaraguan Ambassadors to Honduras Kidnapped

Military personnel kidnapped the ambassadors of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua in Honduras, along with the Honduran Foreign Relations Minister Patricia Rodas, according to Venezuela’s ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Roy Chaderton.

MSM: Iranian protesters focus rage on British Embassy in Tehran

(Times) – Students are planning a mass demonstration outside the British Embassy in Tehran today, warning that it could trigger a repeat of 1979, when students stormed the US Embassy and held 52 diplomats hostage for 444 days.

Gov’t source: Iraqi PM told Obama ‘Baghdad will burn’ if photos released

President Barack Obama’s apparent reversal of his commitment to release photos of Bush-era torture was driven by a bone-chilling assessment of what might happen, delivered by none other than Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Malik, According to a Monday report.

How The UN Can Repeal, Destroy US Way Of Life

Mr. Bolton cautioned that the rights of American citizens to bear arms might be sacrificed in the haze of diplomatic negotiations leading to treaties at the U.N. Our basic rights are on the line if we’re not careful at the U.N., including rights under the Second Amendment.

John Bolton at CPAC: The Benefits of Nuking Chicago

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton believes the security of the United States is at dire risk under the Obama administration. And before a gathering of conservatives in Washington on Thursday morning, he suggested, as something of a joke, that President Barack Obama might learn a needed lesson if Chicago were destroyed by a nuclear bomb.

Video: Venezuela boots out US Ambassador – Must leave the country in 72 hours(Spanish and English Subtitles)

Go Home, Gringo

Bolivia and Venezuela’s expulsion of their US ambassadors exposes yet another faultline in north American foreign policy