In a guest media alert, David Peterson responds to Oliver Kamm on US intelligence and Iran.

The deep-seated tendency of the elite media to bury the crimes of the powerful will be well to the fore as Bush prepares to leave office, write Media Lens.

The states that have been most active in pursuing the “war on terror” since 2001 are unable to register the connection between their domestic security concerns and their foreign policies argues Paul Rogers.

Washington’s severe problems in Iraq and Afghanistan are leading it to refocus military attention on Tehran argues Paul Rogers.

The US and several European countries have presented erroneous information to the IAEA and UN regarding Iran’s nuclear program in order to maintain unlawful pressure on Tehran argues Gordon Prather.

Iran is facing increasing threats from the US in the form of a belligerent Republican party, military commanders and presidential hopefuls. _Justin Raimondo_argues that now is the time for Barack Obama to truly represent public opposition to further invasions.

It is the US’s insistence on domination, rather than any legitimate national security worries, that underlies Washington’s obsessive push to marginalize and destabilize Iran argues Rostam Pourzal.

The British government admits that Iran executes gays and lesbians, but will not admit that there is systematic repression of homosexuals. Global pressure has forced them to back down, for the time being, on plans to return a 19-year-old asylum seeker to probable execution.

When talking about Iranian asylum seekers, activists should be careful not to play the Home Office’s game. Scott Long of Human Rights Watch reports.

The Respect MP has turned on supporters of gay rights in Iran and falsely accused us of warmongering, says Peter Tatchell

Media Lens examines David Aaronovitch’s record of supporting imperialist U.S./UK interventionist policies in liberal, compassionate language.

The narrative of progress in the “war on terror” is belied by immediate events and longer-term trends in Iraq, Afghanistan and Algeria, writes Paul Rogers.

Media Lens analyse how the mainstream media create threats that don’t exist to further the official agenda, noting that the media’s apparent concern for human rights in places like Darfur and Afghanistan is in fact driven by the demands of power.

Derrick O’Keefe reports on the World Against War conference, organised by Stop the War Coalition.

Voices in the Wilderness UK’s November/December Newsletter.

Tony Benn warns of the build up to military action

With two disastrous wars under their belt, the desperate neocons in the White House are pushing for one more throw of the blood stained dice. Lindsey German looks at their plans for another regime change, while Naz Massoumi writes about the consequences of a potential US attack.

Most media coverage of the IAEA report has served to distort and, in many cases, totally invert the IAEA’s actual findings, writes Jamie Stern-Weiner.

When will Bush and Brown acknowledge that there is already a nuclear power in the Middle East, asks ?

Gordon Brown’s call for sanctions against Iran adds to the pressure on that country, and could easily spill over into military action. Lindsey German, Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition reports.