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This Day in History - July 5th

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:56:05 GMT

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July

July 5, 1827

The newly freed African-American population of New York, led by men on horseback, marched in an Emancipation Day Parade from the Battery at the
foot of Manhattan to City Hall.

1894

Buildings for the 1892 Columbian Exposition in Chicago's Jackson Park was set ablaze, and seven were reduced to ashes. The fire was part of the chaos in reaction to Pres. Grover Cleveland’s calling out federal troops to end the Pullman Strike

1934

On "Bloody Thursday," police armed with machine guns opened fire against striking longshoremen and their supporters, killing two, wounding 32 more by gunfire, and injuring 75 others at Rincon Hill in San Francisco.

1935

The National Labor Relations or Wagner Act became law,
recognizing workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively.
It was signed into law by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1989

Oliver North received a $150,000 fine and a suspended prison term for his part in the Iran-Contra scandal

profits gained by selling arms to Iran

releasing hostages

Tags: history, usa

24 hours in pictures - July 1

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:16:31 GMT

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A-Ram, West Bank: Palestinian women are wait for local transport in the shadow of Israel's security wall

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London, UK: An athlete runs through Tate Britain as part of a live art installation entitled 'Work No 850' by Martin Creed

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Paris, France: John Galliano's collection for Christian Dior

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Baghdad, Iraq: A police officer helps his colleague put on a mask during a sandstorm

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Gaza Strip: Palestinians wait to leave the Gaza Strip for Egypt via the Rafah border crossing

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Beijing

traffic jam

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New York: The reflection in a puddle of the New York stock exchange building

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Seoul, South Korea: Protesters hold a candlelight vigil as part of protests against the government's policy toward US beef imports

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Tehran, Iran: Rescue workers search for survivors after a residential building collapsed

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Omaha, Nebraska: Katie Ziegler swims during her heat in the women's 400m freestyle at the US Olympic swimming trials

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New York, US: Dancers with Pilobolus perform a scene from 'Laterna Magica'

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public paddling poo

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cinder dump

China

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Religious Cartoons. Not a bit funny. Ok?

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:11:38 GMT

clipped by: righthand
clipper's remarks: A god send. Well someone spoke in my ear.

Church and state cartoons.

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"When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist."
-- Archbishop Helder Camara

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

-- Carl Sagan

To use the term blind faith, is to use an adjective needlessly.
-- Julian Ruck

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"Just before us is a nuclear countdown with Iran, followed by the final battle: the battle of Armageddon . . . . The end of the world as we know it is rapidly approaching. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad. The best is yet to be."
-- Televangelist and McCain endorser John Hagee

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If the Bible is mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust it to tell us where we’re going?
-- Anonymous

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages—as if the savages weren’t dangerous enough already.
-- Edward Abbey

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
-- Blaise Pascal

Tags: religion, humour, comic

Just Who Are the TERRORISTS? Whose Regime needs CHANGING?

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:13:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another secret undeclared war??? Is this one for the Zionists or the oil?

Clip Source: www.newyorker.com

Preparing the Battlefield

The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran.

L ate last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources.

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These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country’s religious leadership.

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Clandestine operation

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al-Quds Brigades

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The covert activities involve support of the minority Ahwazi Arab and Baluchi groups and other dissident organizations

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Presidential finding

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Clandestine operations against Iran are not new

United States Special Operations Forces have been conducting cross-border operations from southern Iraq, with Presidential authorization, since last year

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Al Quds

Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and taking them to Iraq for interrogation,

may be captured or killed.

Gang of Eight

Tags: iran, usa, secret, document, war

Zionist Neocons Pushed Iraqi Invasion

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:44:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Joe Klein Suggests Jewish Neocons Pushed Iraq War to `Make World Safe for Israel`

Clip Source: www.israelenews.com

Joe Klein Suggests Jewish Neocons Pushed Iraq War to `Make World Safe for Israel`

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Now Joe Klein has raised the issue of dual loyalty around the neoconservatives' motivation for "plump"ing for the Iraq war:

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Beautiful. A war to make the world safe for Israel. (Though I'd note that Klein needs to paste on the figleaf of the oil men having dual loyalty too. Dubious.) And note why Klein is saying this now: the overheated rhetoric re Iran. The realist view of the Israel/Palestine issue is coming inside.

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Three of the five Israeli agents appeared on Israeli television in November 2001 and admitted that their purpose had been to document the 9-11 attacks.

The Israeli military intentionally attacked the USS Liberty in June 1967, killing 34 and wounding 171.

Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister in 2001, has a long history of committing large-scale terrorist crimes.

Yerucham Bzozowitch (a.k.a. Eitan Livni), chief terror planner for the Irgun. Livni,

went to Britain in the 1940s to kill British leaders.

Tags: israel, 9/11, neocons, iraq, invasion

Cuba: "Bone-headed" Sanctions Failed.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:36:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Sanctions are failing in Gaza. They failed in West Berlin and now in Cuba. Have they worked anywhere?

You can understand people being prepared to starve to death than to give in to a bully like Bush and his 'regime change' mania.

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Europe takes the lead on Cuba

The EU's decision to end sanctions against Cuba sends a clear signal – still ignored by the US – that reform there must be nurtured

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On June 19, the EU voted to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba

Meanwhile, the US, under George Bush, stubbornly clings to the idea that it can force some kind of "regime change" there. By taking this step, Europe has distanced itself from that position

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Canada, all the Caribbean nations and Mexico, who engage with Cuba and oppose sanctions

It has become clear to all but the most bone-headed in Washington that the sanctions approach has failed and will continue to do so

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China, Venezuela, India, Iran, Brazil, Vietnam and Russia are filling a void left by the US

EU has made a gesture of good will that is a fillip to those in the US who would like to see their own government adopt a similar approach

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Obama

favours dialogue over confrontatio

Bush, stubbornly clings to the idea that it can force some kind of "regime change" there

Tags: cuba, eu, usa, sanctions, regime.change

Irishman Angry at the Bush Junket Disruption!

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:28:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Willie has 'balls'. Few would publicly crisis the disruptive Bush. Doesn't he know that the grinning George is responsible for the torture of more humans than all Americans to date?

Does he think that being Irish makes him immune to waterboarding. Surely as a aircraft man he knows of 'extraordinary rendition' where you are on permanent tour of the best torture prisons on earth. Even Shannon seems to be on the CIA itinerary according to Amnesty.

And your personal politics or none is no disbarment. From Israel, to Egypt, to Iran, to Russia, to Africa, to Cuba, to Abu Ghraib, to Bagram, all are catered for. Fear of flying is sorted with drugs and huds, in best gangster fashion.

There are no numbers yet on 'lost in flight' customers, but getting there. After all, this was a favourite method of disposal for the US trained South American juntas. "Lost at sea" is permanent and 'clean'.

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British Airways boss slams BAA over George Bush flights

British Airways has slammed Heathrow owner BAA for allowing George Bush to fly into the UK's biggest airport, forcing the cancellation of at least 69 flights and disrupting the travel plans of 40,000 passengers.

Willie Walsh, BA chief executive, said he was "angry" that the presidential entourage, which included two Boeing 747 jets and four helicopters, caused chaos 10 days ago as runways were closed and planes were grounded. "The decision to allow President Bush and his fleet of aircraft to fly into Heathrow rather than a military base was one all of Heathrow's users could have done without." He added: "I am also angry that this was allowed."

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Walsh said the disruption began two days before the President's visit on June 15 and lasted for the two days that his party stayed in the UK

Heathrow was reduced to one working runway for 30 minutes on June 15 and the following day, after a runway was closed temporarily for

Air Force One

June 23

Tags: irish, bush, uk, rendition

Russia: Nuclear Pakistan Poses A Bigger Threat To Region Than Iran Or Israel

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:01:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.israelenews.com

Russian Analyst: Nuclear Pakistan Poses A Bigger Threat To Region Than Iran Or Israel

MOSCOW, June 17 (RIA Novosti) - Pakistan's nuclear arsenal poses a greater threat to security in the region than Iran's uranium enrichment, due to the volatile political situation in the country, a Russian expert said on Tuesday.

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"The main and most serious threat to the region is not Iran or Israel [and their alleged nuclear weapons], but Pakistan [and its existing nuclear arsenal]," said Sergei Karaganov, chairman of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy.

The situation in Pakistan has seriously deteriorated following the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto last year. Opponents of President Pervez Musharraf won elections in February and have called for the president to step down.

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However, Pakistan has repeatedly dismissed comments by Western media that the country's nuclear weapons could end up in the hands of terrorists due to the current volatile political situation in Pakistan.

Tags: russia, iran, israel, pakistan

The week in wildlife - pictures

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:06:25 GMT

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Fijian crested iguana is held by a zoo keeper at Taronga zoo

Sydney

endangered species

survives on a few Fijian islands

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Iowa, US: Hogs are stranded on the roof

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Tehran, Iran: Kooshki, an Asiatic cheetah, captured by a poacher as a cub and rescued by the government, walks in his enclosure at the Pardisan zoo

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Berlin

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Vienna

at the Schöbrunn Zoo

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Birmingham, UK: A baby bamboo shark being fed tiny mysis shrimps by hand at the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham. Staff at the aquarium are handfeeding baby sharks after the choosy fish refused to dine any other way

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US: Five red river hogs

native rain forest habitat in central and western Africa.

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Atlanta, US: Snorkellers swim in the Georgia aquarium's ocean voyager tank with a stingray

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Edinburgh

A highland cow is prepared for the Royal Highland Show.

100,000 visitors expected

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Kandahar

explosive search dog, Leanna,

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UK: One-month-old hen harrier chicks in Bowland moor have been fitted with microwave transmitter devices

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The week in wildlife (13 pictures)

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Blueprint for nuclear warhead found on smugglers' computers

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:11:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just to keep you FEARFUL and afraid to question too deeply your masters, who know best.

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Blueprint for nuclear warhead found on smugglers' computers

· Ex-weapons inspector fears rogue states bought plan
· Encrypted files linked to Pakistan's A Q Khan

Blueprints for a sophisticated and compact nuclear warhead have been found in the computers of the world's most notorious nuclear-smuggling racket, according to a leading US researcher.

The digital designs, found in heavily encrypted computer files in Switzerland, are believed to be in the possession of the US authorities and of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in Vienna, but investigators fear they could have been extensively copied and sold to "rogue" states via the nuclear black market.

David Albright, a physicist, former UN weapons inspector and authority on the nuclear smuggling ring run by the Pakistani metallurgist Abdul Qadeer Khan, said the "construction plans" included previously undisclosed designs for a compact warhead that could fit on Iran's medium-range ballistic missiles.

Monday June 16 2008

Tags: nuclear, theft, usa, iaea, pakistan, black, trade, iran

Senate report exposes key role of the Israel lobby in fomenting war with Iran

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:51:39 GMT

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Clip Source: www.antiwar.com

Jun

'Faster, Please!'
Senate report exposes key role of the Israel lobby in fomenting war with Iran

For years, I've been saying that the only way to understand the Iraq war – a war that hurt, rather than advanced, American interests – is to see it as a successful covert action carried out by the Israelis

The "Clean Break" scenario, launched by American "advisers" to

Netanyahu, laid it all out in 1996. That was the theory, the practice of which is revealed in second section of the Senate intelligence report

Our invasion of Iraq has led directly to a looming confrontation with Iran, just as the war-planners knew it would. What the second portion of the Senate report shows, however, is that we are also prisoners of the Israel lobby, which is inexorably pushing us into war with Iran. That l

activity, relentless in pursuit of its goals – and its enemies

activity, relentless in pursuit of its goals

there is growing resistance to the Lobby's hegemony

within intelligence, counter-intelligence

Pollard

Tags: congress, report, israel, lobby, iraq, war, iran

Impeach Bush Resolution - One More Try

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:14:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that there will be no consideration of impeachment proceedings against Bush and said the idea was "off the table."

So I guess this means this second effort is also going nowhere. Why does the Democratic leadership continue to refuse to do this?
Is having oral sex in the White House with a willing 24-year old worse that killing 5,000 US troops, killing over 100,000 Iraqi citizens, displacing millions, spending trillions, etc.?

At least the 35 points for impeachment that Kucinich spelled out are a nice summary of Bush's war crimes and may prove useful after Bush leaves office.

Unfortunately, while the Democrats must be voted for this election,IMO, they seems to have no guts for a real showdown, not wanting to "upset the apple cart," as they trundle along to a presumed election landslide.

Who knows? Maybe they have a point; although if Bush attacks Iran that point is quite lost.

Note: None of this was printed in a USA newspaper.

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US congressman moves to impeach Bush

Former Democratic presidential contender, Dennis Kucinich, has called for the impeachment of George W Bush claiming that the president set out to deceive the nation, and violated his oath of office with the Iraq war.

The Ohio representative yesterday introduced 35 articles of impeachment against Bush on the floor of the US House of Representatives.

He accused Bush executing a "calculated and wide-ranging strategy" to deceive citizens and Congress into believing that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States.

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Tags: bush, impeachment, kucinich, war_crimes

'Unavoidable' attack on Iran looms, says Israeli Minister.

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:03:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "I could not help myself. It is my nature." "Unavoidable" said the Zionists. Then the frog and the scorpion both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river. Self destruction - "It's my Nature", said the Scorpion/Zionists,

And just like in 1967 and at Pearl Harbour, the scorpion will strike first. "It's in my Nature" Then the 1967 oil crisis will have been a fireball compared to the glimmer we will have after the Zionist go nuclear. Like their glory in Samson, they'd finish us all off gladly to fulfil crazy predictions.

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The Badger

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BST

'Unavoidable' attack on Iran looms, says Israeli minister

An Israeli minister has said an attack on Iran's nuclear sites will be "unavoidable" if Tehran refuses to halt its alleged weapons programme

In the most explicit threat yet by a member of Ehud Olmert's government, Shaul Mofaz, a deputy prime minister, said the hardline Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, "would disappear before Israel does

"If Iran continues with its programme for developing nuclear weapons, we will attack it. The sanctions are ineffective,"

comments published today by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

"Attacking Iran in order to stop its nuclear plans will be unavoidable."

Iranian-born Mofaz is a former army chief and defence minister

He is a member of Olmert's security cabinet and leads regular strategic coordination talks with the US state department.

Iran denies trying to build nuclear weapons and has defied western pressure to abandon uranium enrichment

the country will retaliate against Israel

Tags: nuclear, war, israel, against, iran, scorpian, frog

Talking to the Taliban. More Peace Talks.

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:42:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Well is this appeasement? Peace seems to be breaking out despite Bush. That's Korea now and Afghanistan! Where next? Obviously this took the White House by surprise or we'd have Rice as usual flying in to breakup the party.

Now he'll have to nuke Iran to keep the money flowing in to his contractors and banks.

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Taliban with their black turbans and white clothes:

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Talking to the Taliban

Afghan politicians increasingly believe negotiations with the ousted Taliban regime are the key to peace

everyone - from Karzai to party leaders like Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai - seems ready to negotiate, what's stopping the talks?

According to Mullah Zaif, ex-Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, it's the foreign troops. In a recent interview with Quqnoos news website, Zaif said: "As long as the foreign troops are here, negotiations with the government will be difficult."

the Taliban claim foreigners operate scot-free in Afghanistan and that you can't trust a government that lets this happen

Taliban fear that if they enter into negotiations, there'll be no guarantee that Nato will stop bombing them

Karzai has no control over the troops and they can't be held accountable for their actions in Afghanistan

this is a serious risk and as long as the risk persists, holding talks is going to be a challenge

Tags: afghanistan, talaban, usa, peace, soldiers

New: Cheney Flip Flop on Iran. Best for Halliburton not USA?

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:43:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.pubrecord.org

Nation/World

When Dick Cheney was chief executive of Halliburton in the 1990s, he urged Congress to ease sanctions against Iran and enter into diplomatic discussions with the country’s leaders so the oil-field services company could legally do business there.

"Let me make a generalized statement about a trend I see in the U.S. Congress that I find disturbing, that applies not only with respect to the Iranian situation but a number of others as well," Cheney said at the time. "I think we Americans sometimes make mistakes...There seems to be an assumption that somehow we know what's best for everybody else and that we are going to use our economic clout to get everybody else to live the way we would like."

March 1995, Clinton signed an executive order that prohibited "new investments [in Iran] by U.S. persons, including commitment of funds or other assets."

restricts U.S. companies from performing services

Cheney was highly critical of the Clinton administration’s policy toward Iran.

Tags: corruption, iran, usa, congress