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• More Sanctions for Iran! Gnooze 3-4-08A third round of sanctions for an enriching Iran, Sec'y of State Condoleezza Rice wants peace in the Middle East...now, and Ecuador and Venezuela talk tough on Colombia. Marta Costello hosts the Gnooze (the g is silent) - today's top stories in about 3minutes.If you like, you can pre-order a gnooze T-Shirt at http://gnooze.com/gnooze-store — we could also use some more survey responses if you don't mind. You can fill it out at http://www.podtrac.com/audience/start-survey.aspx?ver=1&pid=3I42_ohKOUw$ Thanks!Music by Pistol Youth: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=19522968720 and Special Thanks to Lettuce for the t-shirt/logo design - http://www.lettuceoffice.com
• Sanctions Kill, Mr. Ackerman!CODEPINK surrounds Congressman Ackerman's (D-NY) Houseboat in Washington, DC to protest H. Con Res 362 for stricter sanctions against Iran, and further hardship for the Iranian people. Call Gary Ackerman and tell him to abandon H.Con Res. 362 and begin real diplomacy, not threats of war.
• SVT1.Rapport.-.US.threatens.Sweden.with.trade.sanctions.CustAn english subbed version of the news cast about the MPAA and US government threatening the swedish government with trade sanctions if www.thepiratebay.org is not shut down.
• Gazans pay the price of Israeli sanctions - 04 Dec 07Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland finds that it is ordinary Palestinians that are being harmed by Israel's decision to cut back fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip.
• US may slap sanctions on ZimbabweJun 30 - US may slap unilateral sanctions against Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe was re-elected over the weekend. The U.S. has prepared a draft resolution at the United Nations calling on the Security Countil to impose an arms embargo on Zimbabwe. Fred Katayama reports from New York.
• Gaza schoolchildren struggle under sanctions - 05 Sept 2007The school children of Gaza face a lack of teaching resources and daily political divides, Israeli incursions and internal fighting. Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh reports
• Sanctions for ZimbabweANCHOR:The European Union sought to step up pressure on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe by widening sanctions to target more officials and companies linked to his government. Mugabe's reign of power since 1980 has seen the country's economy collapse. Inflation is at least 2 million percent with crippling food prices and an 80 percent rate of unemployment, Mugabe insists the opposition accept his landslide victory from last month.STORY:Diplomats said ministers would look at how the sanctions could be implemented to find the balance between taking a tough line on Mugabe and supporting talks.Arriving for an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, French foreign affairs minister said Tsvangirai should be prime minister.[Bernard Koucher, EU Foreign Minister]:''Listen, yesterday, they signed, Zimbabwe signed the beginning of the process to have a substantive agreement. So it's better than nothing and we hope, I strongly hope and our friends from the European Union hope that Mr. Tsvangirai will be the prime minister. He got 47% of the votes in the second round. No one is better than him to become the prime minister''.The EU has refused to recognise Mugabe's re-election in a June 27 run-off in which he was the only candidate. It has called for a new election as soon as possible after a short transition from Mugabe's rule.Tsvangirai boycotted the run-off because of attacks on his supporters despite winning the first round vote.Britain's foreign secretary said the proposed new sanctions were designed to put pressure on Mugabe's government.[David Miliband, British Foreign Secretary]:''The sanctions that we and others are proposing are designed very much to reinforce the drive for the transitional government that reflects the democratic will of the Zimbabwe people as expressed in the election in March".Existing EU sanctions include an arms embargo, visa bans and freezing of assets on more than 100 officials including Mugabe.[David Miliband, British Foreign Secretary]:"..And so I think we should recognize that the announcement yesterday is a first step, I think Mr. Tsvangirai describes it as a tentative first step. It requires an end to the violence, it requires an end to the ban on humanitarian NGOs getting around Zimbabwe. Those are the first steps towards a resolutionof the Zimbabwean crisis".Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change will begin negotiations in Pretoria on Tuesday on a power-sharing deal that could end the political crisis.
• Understanding U.S. Sanctions on IranComplete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/06/Sanctioning_Iran_A_View_from_WashingtonMichael Jacobson, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Treasury Department, discusses the current state of U.S. sanctions on Iran.-----Michael Jacobson discusses "Sanctioning Iran: A View from Washington."Michael Jacobson is a senior fellow in The Washington Institute's Stein Program on Terrorism, Intelligence, and Policy. His areas of focus include sanctions and financial measures to combat national security threats, as well as other issues related to counterterrorism, national security law, and intelligence reform.From September 2004 to June 2005, he worked as a Soref fellow at the Institute, authoring the monograph The West at War: U.S. and European Counterterrorism Efforts, Post-September 11. From June 2005 to March 2007 he served as a senior advisor in the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI). In that capacity, he fulfilled a wide range of responsibilities, including involvement in the office's strategic planning, priorities, and budget. He was also a liaison to TFI's congressional oversight committees, to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and to the National Counterterrorism Center.Previously, he served as counsel on the 9-11 Commission, where he was assigned to two teams: one that focused on domestic intelligence policy issues, and another investigating the September 11 plot. In addition to his work with the commission, he served as counsel with the Congressional September 11 investigation, participating in the team that assessed the FBI's performance.Mr. Jacobson also worked for the FBI for more than five years, first as an intelligence analyst, then as assistant general counsel in the Office of the General Counsel. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brandeis University, a master's degree in international relations from Tufts University, and a law degree from Boston College Law School.
• Bush Eases N. Korea SanctionsThe United States is set to lift key sanctions against North Korea, a sharp detour from previous policy. Bob Schieffer reports.
• HARSHEST SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN IN 30 YEARSOCTOBER 25, 2007 BBC WORLD
• Iraq Genocide by UN SanctionsPlease support www.iacenter.orgIraq UN Embargoes:United Nations and UNICEF estimate that the United Nations sanctions on Iraq resulted in the death of approximately 1.5 million people, including the death of over 500,000 children under age of 4. In 2002, a 12 non-governmental organizations study group said that the U.N. economic embargo against Iraq was flawed because it severely hurt the Iraqi people while sparing the country's leaders. The United States and the United Kingdom used their veto power to prolong the sanctions, bear special responsibility for perpetuating the sanctions against the wishes of the vast majority of the 15-member Security Council.The oil for food program was a joke, if all the money attained from the program was used to buy food, it would have worked out to $170 per year per person. This has been calculated to be 1/4 that needed to feed a dog at the time.Iraq after the US Led Invaision of 2003:A study conducted by the FAFO Institute for Applied Social Science, a Norwegian research group, found in November 2004 that acute malnutrition among Iraqi children between the ages of six months and five years has increased from 4 percent to 7.7 percent since the US-led invasion.The UK Lancet (independent and authoritative voice in global medicine) in July 2006 reported that over 600,000 have been killed since the invasion. The UK Government publicly rejected the findings of Lancet until a FOI conducted by the BBC found that the Governments Chief Scientist actually agreed with the Lancet study!In 2006 US Johns Hopkins University and the Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad confirmed the UK Lancet figures by estimating that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred.The UK ORB completed the latest and most comprehensive poll in October 2007 (polled many more regions in Iraq), they estimate 1,220,580 deaths since the U.S. invasion in 2003.November 2007 polls (1.2 million dead) and UN Sanctions (1.5 million dead) indicate a total of at least 2.7 million civilian deaths due to Iraq sanctions and the US invasion of Iraq.
• GOOD Magazine: Sanctions & Segways: North Korean Nukeshttp://good.is/October, 2006: The U.N. sanctioned a long list of delectable goods that could no longer pass over North Korea's borders. This was no typical maneuver to target military build-up or weapon designs. Instead, the U.N. hoped to entice Kim Jong Il away from his nuclear warheads by blacklisting luxury items specific to his extravagant tastes.
• Iran's economy stifles under sanctions - 13 Mar 08Last year, Iran's economy grew around 5 percent - thanks mainly to rising oil prices.But despite promises from President Ahmedinajad, the lives of the the country's poor have shown no improvement.
• Refugee Stories: Child of the Sanctions | FallujahRefugee voices from Iraq is an ongoing project of the American Friends Service Committee to highlight testimonials from Iraq refugees. For more information go to: http://www.afsc.org/iraq
• Silent Weapon 'Sanctions'Before the war in Iraq, sanctions were killing hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians, most of them children. Most of them could have been saved by medicines that the UN sanctions restricted. -Spy Witness Newshttp://www.5lowershop.org/spywitnessnews
• MIR: Sanctions - A Prelude to War?For more visit http://www.linktv.orgMosaic Intelligence Report - October 26, 2007The US government imposes new sanctions on Iran 's military. What will be the impact on Iran? Will the international community back the US action? And will this lead to war?Answers to these questions and more on Link TV 's Mosaic Intelligence Report.
• George Galloway on Iranian SanctionsAs usual Galloway hits the nail on the head. No wonder Parliament is so scared of him. Like him or not he is Honest in what he says and I believe he speaks for the disenfrachised Labour Supporters who have no-one left to vote for.
• Iran FM Mottaki: "Sanctions...Ineffective"Iran's Mottaki on Ahmadinejad, sanctions, the nuclear issue, Iraq, and more. Moderated by Adi Ignatius, Deputy Managing Editor of TIME, at the Asia Society 9/28/07.
• Russia is not afraid of sanctionsRussia doesn't want to be isolated or to take part in a new arms race, but it's also not afraid of any sanctions that Western countries may impose following the war in South Ossetia. President Dmitry Medvedev made the statement during a meeting with Russian businessmen at the Kremlin.
• NYT Report: Khartoum Prospers Despite American SanctionsOk, on my next visit to Sudan, I gotta try that outdoor cooling mist air-conditioning system in Ozone.
• Eye To Eye With Katie Couric: Sanctions On Iran (CBS News)"Only on the Web": Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, speaks with Katie Couric about the international implications of the U.S.'s latest sanctions on Iran. (CBSNews.com)
• Gnooze 10-26-07 California Fires Iran Sanctions Space HugIt's the Gnooze! (the G is silent) Fire fighting planes were grounded, the US sanctions Iran, and the ladies are coming together in space. Marta Costello hosts the Gnooze - today's news in about 3 minutes.
• New UN sanctions proposed against IranMore at http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080201YTUK and France table new sanctions despite IAEA report saying good progress with IranSunday February 24th, 2008After the report was circulated, Dr. ElBaradei made the following comments:"Our task in Iran is to make sure that the Iranian nuclear programme is exclusively for peaceful purposes. We are at it for the last five years. In the last four months, in particular, we have made quite good progress in clarifying the outstanding issues that had to do with Iran´s past nuclear activities, with the exception of one issue, and that is the alleged weaponization studies that supposedly Iran has conducted in the past. We have managed to clarify all the remaining outstanding issues, including the most important issue, which is the scope and nature of Iran´s enrichment programme. We have made good progress, with still one issue on our agenda and I call on Iran to act as actively as possible, as fast as possible, for me to be able (to ensure) that all issues, that have to do with Iran´s past nuclear activities, have been clarified."In addition to our work, to clarify Iran´s past nuclear activities, we have to make sure, naturally, that Iran´s current activities are also exclusively for peace purposes and for that we have been asking Iran to conclude the so called Additional Protocol, which gives us the additional authority to visit places, additional authority to have additional documents, to be able to provide assurance, not only that Iran´s declared activities are for peaceful purposes but that there are no undeclared nuclear activities. On that score, Iran in the last few months has provided us with visits to many places, that enable us to have a clearer picture of Iran´s current programme. However, that is not, in my view, sufficient. We need Iran to implement the Additional Protocol. We need to have that authority as a matter of law. That, I think, is a key for us to start being able to build progress in providing assurance that Iran´s past and current programmes are exclusively for peaceful purposes. So we have the Protocol issue and we have the weaponization, alleged weaponization studies. I should however add that in connection with the weaponization studies, we have not seen any indication that these studies were linked to nuclear material. So that gives us some satisfaction but the issue is still critical for us to be able to come to a determination as to the nature of Iran´s nuclear programme."As a result of Iran running an undeclared nuclear programme for almost two decades, there has been confidence deficit on the part of the international community about the intentions, future intentions of Iran´s nuclear programme. Therefore the Security Council asked Iran to suspend its enrichment-related activities. I hope that Iran will continue to work closely with the Security Council, to create the conditions for Iran and the international community to engage in comprehensive negotiation that would lead to a durable solution. A durable solution requires confidence about Iran´s nuclear programme, it requires a regional security arrangement, it requires normal trade relationship between Iran and the international community. As the Security Council stated, the ultimate aim should be normalization of relationships between Iran and the international community. Definitely the Agency will continue to do as much as we can to make sure that we also contribute to the confidence-building process with regard to the past and present nuclear activities in Iran, but naturally, we can not provide assurance about future intentions. That is inherently a diplomatic process that needs the engagement of all the parties."From the IAEA website http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/News/2008/iranreport0208.htm
• U.S. slaps new sanctions on IranThe United States imposed stiff sanctions against Iran on Thursday, targeting two Iranian military groups and a number of Iranian banks and people it accuses of backing nuclear proliferation and terror-related activities.Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, left, listens to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice."What this means is that no U.S. citizen or private organization will be allowed to engage in financial transactions with these persons and entities," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. "In addition, any assets that these designees have under U.S. jurisdiction will be immediately frozen."Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made the announcement in a brief appearance before reporters on Thursday morning.Rice accused Iran of "pursuing nuclear technologies that can lead to a nuclear weapon; building dangerous ballistic missiles; supporting Shia militants in Iraq and terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories; and denying the existence of a fellow member of the United Nations, threatening to wipe Israel off the map.
• First Look With Katie Couric: Iran Sanctions (CBS News)"Only On The Web": The U.S. has leveled tough sanctions against Iran, this time targeting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Jim Axelrod previews his story from the CBS Evening News. (CBSNews.com)
• Japan Lifts N. Korea SanctionsCHEN:Diplomatic talks between Japan and North Korea are underway. The Japanese have announced a partial lifting of sanctions after Pyongyang agreed to look into the abductions of Japanese citizens. Here's more.STORY:In the past establishing diplomatic ties was difficult because of the dispute over Japanese nationals snatched by North Korean agents.But Japanese citizens will soon be able to fly to North Korea again. Charter flights and travel bans will soon be lifted after Pyongyang agreed to re-investigate the fate of the Japanese citizens abducted decades ago.[Nobutaka Machimura, Japanese Gov. Spokesperson]:"As the Japanese -- North Korean talks have made progress and taking into account all the facts, the Japanese government has decided to take partial action."Tokyo first imposed sanctions in October 2006 after North Korea test-launched ballistic missiles and conducted a nuclear test.[Nobutaka Machimura, Japanese Gov. Spokesperson]:"The Japanese government will move to resolve comprehensibly the abduction and the nuclear missile issues and clear our unfortunate past history and will continue to negotiate for a rapid normalization of diplomatic relations."North Korea admitted to taking 13 Japanese six years ago. Five are repatriated, but Pyongyang says the other eight are dead.This issue is a highly emotive one in Japan and the government wants any survivors sent home.
• Students Protest Franklin High SanctionsA handful of students at Stockton's Franklin High School walked out of class Friday morning to protest sanctions handed down against the school's athletics program.
• CIF Speaks About Lifting Franklin SanctionsCalifornia Interscholastic Federation officials explain why they lifted most of the sanctions against Franklin High School's athletic department.
• HEADLINE NEWS WITH DBICKFORD BUSH SANCTIONS ZIMBABWEBy DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WriterFri Jul 25, 11:55 AM ETWASHINGTON - President Bush signed an executive order on Friday to expand sanctions against what he calls the "illegitimate" regime of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his supporters.ADVERTISEMENTBush's action was meant to send a strong message that the U.S. will not permit individuals closely linked to Mugabe to operate in U.S. financial markets. The new sanctions also are meant to add pressure on Mugabe, whose ruling party recently began power-sharing talks with the opposition to try to resolve the country's economic and political crisis."No regime should ignore the will of its own people and calls from the international community without consequences," Bush said in a statement.The president said he took steps to extend sanctions as a result of the Mugabe regime's continued "politically motivated violence" and the African leader's decision to disregard calls from the Southern African Development Community, the African Union and the United Nations to halt the attacks.Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he won March presidential elections. But Tsvangirai did not win enough for an outright victory and pulled out of a June runoff because of state-sponsored violence that has killed more than 150 opposition supporters, injured thousands and left tens of thousands homeless. Mugabe went ahead with a one-man presidential runoff widely dismissed by the international community as a sham."Should ongoing talks in South Africa between Mugabe's regime and the Movement of Democratic Change result in a new government that reflects the will of the Zimbabwean people, the United States stands ready to provide a substantial assistance package, development aid, and normalization with international financial institutions," Bush said.Bush also said that Mugabe has continued his ban the activities of non-governmental organizations that are trying to provide assistance to the vulnerable people of Zimbabwe.Meanwhile, he reaffirmed his commitment to support the people of Zimbabwe with up to $2.5 million from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to assist Zimbabwean refugees and asylum seekers who have been displaced by the violence.The Treasury Department designated 17 entities and one individual that it says has supported Mugabe's regime and therefore is undermining the democratic process in Zimbabwe."In light of the continued intransigence of the brutal Mugabe regime, the U.S. is imposing further sanctions against this regime and its supporters," said Adam J. Szubin, director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. "These actions send a clear warning to those who would protect Mugabe and his assets at the expense of the Zimbabwean people."The European Union on Tuesday broadened similar sanctions against Zimbabweans, adding 37 new individuals and companies to the existing list of 131.However, two weeks ago China and Russia vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. Security Council resolution that proposed worldwide sanctions against Mugabe and 13 of his officials.As a result of Treasury's action, the U.S. assets of the one individual and 17 entities must be frozen. Additionally, U.S. persons are prohibited from conducting financial or commercial transactions with those designated under the sanctions. They are:_Thamer Bin Saeed Ahmed al-Shanfari, an Omani national with close ties to the Mugabe regime, and his company, Oryx Natural Resources, which al-Shanfari allegedly uses to enable Mugabe and his senior officials to derive personal benefit from various mining ventures in Congo._OSLEG, also known as Operation Sovereign Legitimacy, a commercial arm of the Zimbabwean army._Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe, the marketing and export agent for all minerals, except gold and silver, mined in Zimbabwe.
• Lack of Nuke Deal Means New Sanctions for IranPlusLack of Nuke Deal Means New Sanctions for IranLack of Nuke Deal Means New Sanctions for IranThe Associated PressSix major nations agreed to seek new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program after the country failed to meet a weekend deadline to respond to an offer intended to defuse the dispute, the United States said. (Aug. 4)This video contains ONLY natural sound. No script is available.

Iran health plans threatened - 24 Aug 2008

While Iran works hard to improve healthcare, new sanctions imposed by the West could stand in the way.Al Jazeera's Alireza Ronaghi reports on how these sanctions could prevent treatment for many Iranians.

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