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Iran Cuts Oil Shipments to Britain, France

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said Sunday, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran’s crucial fuel exports.

The EU imposed tough sanctions against Iran last month, which included a freeze of the country’s central bank assets and an oil embargo set to begin in July. Iran’s Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi had warned earlier this month that Tehran could cut off oil exports to “hostile” European nations. The 27-nation EU accounts for about 18 percent of Iran’s oil exports.

“Crude oil exports to British and French companies have been halted,” Oil Ministry spokesman Ali Reza Nikzad-Rahbar said on the ministry’s shana.ir website. “We have our own customers and have no problem to sell and export our crude oil to new customers.”

Britain’s Foreign Office declined comment, and there was no immediate response from French officials.

The semiofficial Mehr news agency said crude exports were halted Sunday to the two countries. It also said the National Iranian Oil Company has sent letters to some European refineries with an ultimatum to either sign long-term contracts of two to five years or be cut off.

Mehr did not specify which countries were sent the ultimatum, but Spain, Italy and Greece are among Europe’s biggest buyers of Iranian oil.

Iran’s targeting of Britain and France appeared to be a political decision to punish the two countries for supporting tougher sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program.

Sunday’s announcement follows a flurry of contradictory signals by Iran about backlash against the EU for imposing a boycott on Iranian oil.

Last week, state media said Iran was planning to cut off oil exports to six EU nations, including France, but later reports said the nations were only told that Iran has no problem finding replacement customers for the European shipments.

The EU sanctions, imposed last month, were part of Western efforts to target Iran‘s critical oil sector in attempts to rein in Tehran’s nuclear program.

The West fears Iran’s nuclear program aim to develop atomic weapons. Iran denies the allegations, and says the program is for peaceful purposes like producing electricity and medical isotopes.

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  • gr8t2bfree
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:46pm

    maybe we should talk them to death or throw obama dolls at them. Surgical strikes are exactly what is needed here! Read your history! Muslims only respect force, which is why these clowns are so evil all the time.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:55pm

      Read your history, the neo-America loves force. Wasn’t always that way. Ignorance is winning its struggle with wisdom in America.

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    • AMENDMENT
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:19pm

      Sounds like “the jerk” needs to learn a little more history… how ya start by learning about the Battle of Derne in 1805 which was a war against the followers of islam.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:42pm

      AMENDMENT, we could all pick and choose. How about you starting back at the crucifixion of Christ for the start of the war against Christians. I say, let’s deal with the modern facts and leave the propaganda behind.

      1) America overthrew a democratically elected government in Iran, 1953. We hated them for who they were and for their freedom?

      2) America installed an oppressive tyrannical dictator to rule over the Iranian people. We hated them for who they were and for their freedom?

      3) America exploited the Iranian people, and kept that oppressor in power over the Iranian people, for 26 years. We hated them for who they were and for their freedom?

      4) The Iranians are upset with American oppression. Surprised? Who’s civilized? Who’s the aggressor? Who’s the real victim?

      Are you nuts?

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    • Wilbur Longshank
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:49pm

      The world should just cut Gas which they don’t make, and Food. see how long they last.

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    • AMENDMENT
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:29pm

      @ JERK … You sir FAIL, big time!

      You typed above, “Read your history”.

      Sounds to me your more than NUTS. LOL

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:45pm

      @The_Jerk

      Guys, you know where The_Jerk is coming from, because everything that happened 40 – 60 years ago is currently the responsibility of everyone today. It’s YOUR fault something happened a long time ago, so you should just shut up and let him and those he supports do what they want. See?

      How foolish of you to expect that those in power today be responsible for what’s happening today. You need to get your minds around “being stuck in the past”. That’s how you become “progressive in the future”.

      Duh.

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    • TheWholeTruth
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 7:55pm

      BRYAN FROM FLORIDA
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:21pm
      @The_Jerk

      The Shah of Iran rulled from September 16, 1941 to February 11, 1979. After the invasion of Iran by the Soviet’s and the British. They forced the abdication of the Shah’s father, King Reza Shah of Iran.

      What University did you get your information from ?

      Look up “ the 28 Mordad coup ” Where the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh on 19 August 1953, orchestrated by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the United States under the name TPAJAX Project.[4] The coup saw the transition of Mohammad-Rezā Shāh Pahlavi from a constitutional monarch to an authoritarian one who relied heavily on United States support to hold on to power until his own overthrow in February 1979.[5] He had no more power than the Queen of England before 1953. Political power was held by Parliamentary Rule. You had it partly right.

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    • VII
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 9:46pm

      so they quit selling there oil? i do not like them at all but who cares? and why would that be grounds for an attack. now the plant they built is another subject but if they want to stop selling oil?? thats like us trying to put a kid in jail because they quit selling lemonade on the side of the street.

      you better sell that lemonade or else!! lol :)

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  • Apple Bite
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:43pm

    The Ides of March are approaching….

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  • AmericanStrega
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:37pm

    And the beat goes on…

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  • Junter
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:35pm

    France and Britain have no real power anymore.. Ring ring ring.. Hi Obama. Iran isn’t playing nice with us, can you do our dirty work?

    Iran will sell to Russia and China since those two countries could careless about human rights World War III.

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  • HYPNOTOAD
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:26pm

    The civilized super powers should bomb iran’s oil facilities. Then they wouldn’t be so cocky and they would have ZERO leverage or money.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:34pm

      Civilized people don’t bomb without provocation, and all of the provoking has come from America for Israel. When I say America, I mean the proxies in power for Israel who have been following this plan for Israel since 1996, and earlier.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clean_Break:_A_New_Strategy_for_Securing_the_Realm

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    • tzion
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:43pm

      @JERK
      Two points. One, can Iran be considered civilized enough not to attack without provocation (or at least what we’d consider provocation)? Second, that source you linked to speaks of Israel being self-reliant and NOT depending on American support. Just because it lists Iran and Hussein as “problematic” doesn‘t wash away the fact that your source EXPLICITLY states that Israel would be cooperating with its neighbors and not relying on America’s help.

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    • Glock31
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:51pm

      yes they do. i completely agree with navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and his quote, “Despite what your mama told you violence does solve problems.”

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:06pm

      Tzion, good morning.
      The strategy, written for Israel back in 1996 by authors who would one day take America to war in 2003, is a strategy to obtain Israel’s independence. Clearly, if you read it, it even discusses using America in this strategy. Clearly, if you read it, you will see that they even mention using the ruse of WMD’s in order to promote action for their strategy.
      Today’s American policy is that strategy near completion. America looses, Israel wins. America pays with wealth and lives.
      http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:11pm

      Oh, and Tzion, it‘s not ’my source.’ The source was written by Jewish Zionists with a long history of using America for Jewish interests. Just read lead author Richard Perle‘s history for a Cliff’s Note introduction.

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    • tzion
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:39pm

      @Jerk
      Really? I’ve read the original source as linked to in the article and STILL have yet to find any mention of using America or using any sort of WMD ruse. Where are you reading this information? I’ve even tried using ctrl-F to scour the source for anything that could validate your accusation and found nothing. In fact, I’ve found information that says almost the exact opposite. Remember, you cited this source not me.

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    • tzion
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:41pm

      @Jerk
      From your link:
      “Israel can make a clean break from the past and establish a new vision for the U.S.-Israeli partnership based on self-reliance, maturity and mutuality — not one focused narrowly on territorial disputes. Israel’s new strategy — based on a shared philosophy of peace through strength — reflects continuity with Western values by stressing that Israel is self-reliant, does not need U.S. troops in any capacity to defend it, including on the Golan Heights, and can manage its own affairs. Such self-reliance will grant Israel greater freedom of action and remove a significant lever of pressure used against it in the past.”

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    • Wilbur Longshank
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:53pm

      The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:34pm

      what are you stupid??? No don’t answer that you will out yourself. Iran is threatening to wipe the Jews of the map. you think they will sit buy while they get killed like in WW II.
      don’t be an idiot.

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    • SerikFox
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:04pm

      @The_Jerk Iran has offered plenty of provocation – such as all the times that they have said they want to “kill the jews” or “run them into the sea”. Israel is our ally – Iran is not. We must hold Israel above Iran.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:18pm

      Why don’t we respect what Isreal says? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=dqTLe66_hc4

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    • Shadowsbane
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:46pm

      I would say that it is their right to sell to whoever they wish. Free market and all that.

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    • LANE131
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 7:42pm

      I am sorry but muslims, Islam is NOT civilized at all. Muslims are slaves to evil. And are very opposite of being civilized.
      And american is awash in coal, oil and natural gas, mine here drill here NOW!!!

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    • VII
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 9:52pm

      i am no fan of iran in any way but attack someone because they do not want to sell somthing of theres does not make much sense to me

      so if a business of ours wants to stop international sales should we allow them to be attacked???

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  • jackact
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:09pm

    And what will the British and French do about this?
    They will sit down, have a good cry and ask America and Israel (whom they despise) to help.
    Screw them.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:17pm

      And, you place Israel with America, why? Anyone with any memory could tell you that during the first Gulf War Israel was an albatross, hindrance, to American policy; not a benefit. Fact is, Israel has never been a benefit to America, ever. It always takes, never gives, and no country spies on America more than our pretend friend, Israel.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:24pm

      Qadaffi tried it and he is gone. Saddam tried pulling in customers to sell outside the dollar, he’s gone too. Soon the Iranian regime will be destroyed from without and within. They are hated by their own as well. They are tired of living in a bubble. The nuke stuff withstanding, the move by the Iranians to trade oil in Russian and Indian currencies or their gold. The stakes are being raised for sure. But lets be clear, the Iranians are not the big dummies Saddams boys were. Also the Iranians have not been touched by our forces like Saddams Iraq was in 90-91 and then for ten years thereafter. They have a serious long range missile capability and they will use it just as they did against Iraq in their war in the 80s.

      Also, these guys have assets abroad that might crop up to cause chaos in our cities. Maybe bombs, maybe small arms attacks, maybe arson on an epic continuing basis.

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    • Bobba
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:33pm

      You know Qadaffi was a farce, right? He was played by NATO-lead intelligence teams, never a real dictator or even a real person arguably…

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:45pm

      Yes he was a farce as you say! But in the end he cut oil production to the EU and thats a NO NO, thats all I’m saying. The EU is the last empire made partially of miry clay and iron. The clay is the multi-culture and it can’t mix with the iron, the irn being the strength of the EU through financial and military might. This inability for them to mix and form the great Union they were counting on is showing up all over the place. Its in worse shape that it has been since after WWII.

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    • BOMUSTGO
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:50pm

      Hey JERK, I was in the first Gulf war..In 1981 Irael detroyed Iraq’s Nuclear reactor before it was operational. Israel was frowned upon for doing that. Ten years later, during the gulf war, we were glad Saddam did not have nukes. Thank you Israel. Don’t say that Israel never did anything that was good.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 6:25pm

      Let’s remember that Ron Paul was a lone voice in supporting Isreal for this bombing. And people try to say he is antisemetic? We know the truth.

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    • dmerwin
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 3:53pm

      Actually, now would be a good time to actually HELP them yet again. We covered their asses in Libya for THEIR oil and now much the same. The reason is this. We tell them we WILL help you and remember who your friends are, no more dancing around sanctions etc. but rather take the action necessary to secure your future. Britain and France are definitely not the international players they were as recently as the 1980′s however, they are still western nations and are beginning to get a little tired of fundamental Islam ruining their countries. It doesn’t have to be just Israel and us, most of western Europe is dependent on oil from sketchy characters, this would be the time to redefine the goals and roles of NATO for the future threat, radical Islam and their backers, Syria and Iran. A renovated alliance may just turn China and Russia into reasonable people.

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  • Bobba
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:59am

    Who are the member nations behind the current Iranian “regime”? I know that the British (and obviously the CIA) were involved is installing Ahmadinejad and other agents. Anyone else? Are the Swiss involved in the operation?

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  • thefisherman
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:53am

    What’s the big deal. Per Obama and gang paying more at the pump is patriotic. Stop your whining, lower your expectations of life, and buy a VOLT!

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  • Got2bRoni
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:36am

    Our answer is simple here in America….1. Vote out Obama. 2. “drill baby,drill…..

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:51am

      If it were that simple, it would have been done. Bush had the White House, the Senate, and the Congress. Where was your drill baby drill rant then?
      Your another victim of distraction. It can be explained no other way.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:00pm

      Your… to you’re.

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:03pm

      Most of us have been saying drill for a long time. Bush got heat for being an “oil man” and was vilified … Obama WANTS high prices …

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlTxGHn4sH4

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:22pm

      CATB, talk is cheap. Bush had the power. Complete power. He did nothing. Things never change because the enemy is not Republican or Democrat. It’s Soros and the other Shylocks of international finance.
      They‘re taking your children’s future ‘banking’ on your ignorance.

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    • JediKnight
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:22pm

      Sorry Jerk, but “drill, baby drill” wasn’t in vogue until 2008, long after the Dems took control of congress (that was in 2006). That’s all beside the point though. The point being that when people continually block all forms of energy exploration in this country (not just explore the ones they like), you end up being held hostage to the countries you get your oil from.

      The left can continue to say we need to be energy independent. Until they allow the US to be truly energy independent by using all forms of energy, not just solar and wind, they will continue to keep us hostage to the middle east.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:17pm

      JediKnight, the point is that Bush, Bush, Reagan… were all Republican. Under Bush the entire government was Republican. None of them ever moved to make America energy independent. It‘s not ’the left’ as you claim. It’s the international Soros-Rothschild money usurers.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:22pm

      Jerk
      We didn’t have 4.50 gas under kitten eater Bush and the jobs were better and Dodd Frank hadn’t really kicked in like right now. Drill baby was no so primary as it is now. We have shovel ready dumb ass now, and need to drill baby; ask a Chicom. I know you really deteste the Zionists, but to align your thought process with fanatics who have threatened repeadtedly to wipe Israel off the map…. when is enough bs really enough in your book? Guessing post nuke attached to a silkworm, right?

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    • onemansthoughts
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:50pm

      Hey Guys, remeber Carter, remember the days of odd and even lic. plates for gas……what is missing here is the understanding of the fact, God puts men in power, God is in controll, all is leading to the return of Christ……

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  • SychinLegacy
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:36am

    I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry at some of the responses here. Stopping Oil shipments is a legitamet reason to go to war?

    “YOU WILL SELL US YOUR GOOD OR WE WILL BOMB YOU”. Yeah that sounds righteous and just now doesn’t it?

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:30am

    Obama will now have his war; he wants to have any excuse to strike out and make sure the US is trashed at the same time. One more mess will be gotten into w/o approval of Congress or a official declaration of war – this may be the national crisis he will have engineered for a final seizure of power.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:46am

      $4.50 a gallon gas will be one of the main reason Obama loses….i’m not sure Reagan coulda won re election with $4.50 gas….. And where are the liberals who were screaming from the mountain tops when it was $3.00 under Bush-Cheney… Srangely silent, no congressional hearings, no nothing… I guess they gotta sell those leftover Chevy Volts…

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:52am

      Iran will be our Marxist‘s in chief’s Gulf of Tonkin incident and it’ll happen very soon.We haven‘t had a declared war since WW ll and we’ll never have another one.We have an imperial presidency that start’s unconstitutional wars constantly and if we need a war fine,declare it like it states in the constitution.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:59am

      Detroit, the money usurers want you distracted with left verses right, Democrat against Republican, gays against straights, women against men, Muslim against Christian… all for one reason as old as history itself. Power.
      http://shadowhistory.info/Hebrew-Bible.php

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    • tzion
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:29pm

      @Jerk
      Why is it that your source fails to cite the exact verses its quoting. Afraid people might actually look up the verses and see the context they were written in. I’m sorry but “Deuteronomy” is not a proper citation. The story sounds very different when you mention that the Bashan and Amalek attacked the Israelites first. When the Canaanites are revealed to have practiced child sacrifice and worse does that not alter one’s perception. Also, there’s a mistranslation right at the top of the page. Where does it say “don’t kill”? The word is murder Smack. It always has been. And these are just the surface of the problems with your “source”.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 1:32pm

      “Thou shall not kill” is not in quotes in that source. The words that are in quotes, I have found in the Old Testament, ’cause like you, I’ve looked them up to check their voracity. And, I agree, there is a whole lot of holocausts in the Old Testament/Torah, but the only twist is that the Israelites/Hebrews are always portrayed as the innocent, when an objective study reveals otherwise.

      Gold, silver, precious stones, shekels, wealth and power… all worldly and materialistic gains for the Israelites/Hebrews… are at the center of their written history. God kills for the Israelite/Hebrew. God gives land to the Israelites/Hebrews. God gives gold, silver, precious stones, livestock, to the Israelites/Hebrews. And, non-Israelites/Hebrews are always their victims.

      I believe that these were the reasons for a New Testament. And, the man that brought it was himself a victim of the same.

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    • tzion
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 3:10pm

      @jerk
      How much of that gold etc. was used by the Israelites personally? Remember what happened with the golden calf? They were punished for misusing it. Instead, they were later instructed to use it to construct the Mishkan (early Temple). It all was for G-d. Livestock was offered to G-d as well, as were the first fruits of trees. And there are numerous occasions when the Israelites are instructed not to take spoils. And putting “Do not kill” on top in bold letters seems to be a clear reference to the (mistranslated) Ten Commandments. The Tanach makes very clear distinctions between murder and killing which that translation blatantly overlooks. Also, while your source quotes verses stating that the Jews shouldn’t intermarry (quoted from Ezra who wasn’t a prophet) it ignores quotes like “you shall not oppress the stranger”. It’s selective, misleading, and fails to even summarize the context of the verses. The one from Ester refers to when Haman was attempting to have all Jews wiped out and the Jews defended themselves.

      You claim people should do their own research but yet you direct them to sources that did the work for them and FAILED to properly cite where they got their information. I would respond to each of those quotes but because it cites them so vaguely it would take me a long time to track them all down, study them in context IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE (to avoid blatant mistranslations), and give proper responses.

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    • VII
      Posted on February 20, 2012 at 10:19pm

      @jerk when you say
      God gives gold, silver, precious stones, livestock, to the Israelites/Hebrews. And, non-Israelites/Hebrews are always their victims.

      are you refering to when God directed them to take out such groups just as he told them to leave others alone? if so then that would mean they were doing as they were told.
      if our Father directed the attack then what is your point?

      are you also a follower of the God of abraham isaac and jacob, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ?

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  • COFemale
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:21am

    Well it only accounts for 18 to 20%, so France and Britain won’t really miss anything. I say, Ignore them and yawn.

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  • MidWestMom
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:13am

    A friend of mine brought up some interesting points.

    The continued volatility of our economy, the unrest in the middle east and the situation with Iran, the price of oil continues to climb thus driving up the price of gasoline.

    FUEL (gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel) is one of the top exports from the USA. Refining companies are privately owned businesses and certainly have the right to sell their product to whomever they want. And that’s the way it should be.

    The government seems to be blocking domestic drilling at every opportunity…the pipeline, permits etc.

    Will or can the government use a possible “fuel crisis” to justify government takeover of refineries (those evil capitalists, free market etc) and institution of gas rationing similar to what was mandated in WWII?

    I’m not saying it could or would happen but it is an angle I hadn’t considered.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:19am

      oops…here’s a link

      http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/story/2011-12-31/united-states-export/52298812/1

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    • drhunt
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:20am

      “Let no crisis go to waste”…was the words of Rahm Immanuel. Nothing surprises me anymore.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:28am

      @MidWest – Nationalization of all energy markets domestically will happen under Obama.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:34am

      In America the warm winter has decreased the demand for heating oil. American’s have cut back on gasoline consumption. Supply is up and demand is down. Why the increase?
      It’s the same old story. The international money lenders, through control of the markets and currencies (central banks), have America exporting its refined products. These internationalists are the enemies of American sovereignty.
      Listen, this Rothschild mob has a plan. It is to bring America down and other countries up, with American wealth, in order to implement their one world economy. Your enemy ain’t Muslim. It’s the Rothschild, Warburg, Soros, Bernanke, Sunstein, Bloom, Axelrod, capitalistic crushing mob.
      Just watch and weep as they steal your children’s future due to your neglect.
      http://shadowhistory.info/Churchill.php

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:12pm

      @drhunt – Yeah. A major reason for one to consider the rationing scenario.

      @snow – I believe you are correct but I’m expecting Obama to take over everything in one major move.

      @the_jerk – I do hope you’re speaking in general terms when you say “…due to your neglect…” because I haven’t neglected anything. I’ve always tried to be well-informed & active regarding the economy, politics, world events etc. Unfortunately for years many things have been manipulated from the shadows and under the tables. Thankfully in recent years the internet has provided access to vast amounts of information that previously were next to impossible to find.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:30pm

      MidWestMom, the your is a general term to the public. Results have proven America’s ignorance. But, you are absolutely correct in regards to the internet.

      I can now do in minutes that which once took hours and days sifting through material in libraries. For this reason, they will take control of the internet. As it is now, their propaganda can be displayed for what it is, and once apparently outrageous claims can now be proved truthful with a click of a mouse.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 2:44pm

      No offense taken, I just like to make sure I’m correctly understanding what people say. I definitely agree Americans in general have been ignorant. And worse, large numbers are apathetic about what they do know.

      Having information at your fingertips is much easier. I used to spend hours in the library trying to find, read, compare & verify information.

      I fully expect open censoring of the internet will happen very soon.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:11am

    All this talk of oil from the middle east is just BS,we have more oil here in the continental U.S than anywhere else in the world,shale oil 1.5 trillion barrels dwarfs every other country on earth.It‘s just our government believes in the ’green energy‘ myth so they keep energy prices artificially higher to force us into so called ’green energy’.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 11:48am

      The myth is ‘green energy.’ Global and central control of the markets is the reason. They’ve been shifting our wealth to China, India… globally for the last several decades via central banks (how quickly you forget the Mexico bailout).
      They took, and are taking, American wealth to balance the books of the EU’s central banks, building infrastructure in India, China, Iraq, Afghanistan… . America is being taken down, and other nations built up, all with America’s wealth. When the global change comes, it won’t be so drastic. The shylock Soros discussed this a long time ago. It’s controlled decline, so as not to alert the population from whom they are stealing. Muslim’s and green energy are the myths of distraction. The Shylocks in the shadows are the real enemy. Your in the soup, trap, and don’t even know it.
      http://shadowhistory.info/Churchill.php

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  • johnpaulkuchtajr
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:58am

    Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

    Do I have your attention?

    Why do you think that Obammie didn’t send aid to the Iranian middle class rioters in the summer of 2009? Remember when those same folks were scrawling messages on underpasses with spray paint like “Mr. Obama, where are you?”

    Remember when we dramatically poulled our troops out of Iraq, setting the stage for Iran to take over the entire country?

    How’s about when one of our sophisticated drones landed almost without a scratch right in the mullahs hand?

    Remember when we booted-out Mubarak and Gadhafi; but, we allowed the continuing murder of over 6,000 Syrians, knowing Syria is a proxy for Iran?

    So when does the media begin to put 2 and 2 together and realize that Obammie is receiving hundreds of milliions of dollars from the mullahs?

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:52am

    Let Iran eat oil.

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  • WVBrad
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:50am

    If Texas were to secceed I’d be moving to Texas!

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  • soybomb315
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:48am

    Rubber hits the road – what will EU do once reality sets in

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  • John 3:16
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:32am

    I really wish these idiots would slow down a bit, until after we elect someone other than the idiot communist we have in the WH now.Hussain Obama is about as equipped mentally to handle WW 3 as Tiny Tim would be to enter a cage fight with the world champion. I hope it all holds together until at least 2013.

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    • Sniper342
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:52am

      That is precisely why they are doing these things now, thumbing their nose at the rest of the world. In the past, like it or not, the US has always been out front saying don’t do that or you will be sorry and rallying allies to the cause. Now we have an idiot in the white house who will let them steal from our military while he does nothing. If you were after a global caliphate, why would you wait for anyone else to be elected? They know with the present administration that the US is a non factor.

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  • Gary_K
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:32am

    I read about this earlier from a link in Drudge. Doesn’t Great Britain export oil?

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  • teahugger
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:29am

    This is a legit question, I need help understanding: If Europe was imposing an embargo, doesn’t that mean they are refusing to buy oil from Iran? So if Iran turns around and says ‘well then, If you won’t buy from us, we just won’t sell to you?’…this isn’t making sense to me. What am I missing?

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    • Gary_K
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:34am

      LOL you’re right ! Its all BS to keep making things worse as the world heads to war and the NWO.

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    • justangry
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:37am

      I believe there was a window before the sanctions went into place and Iran said, “well if your not going to buy oil from us in the future, we’ll stop selling it to you now”.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:26am

    Peaceful nuclear – yea Iran’s peace means life without Israel.
    A regional conflict of any kind means Iran will try to form the caliphate.

    If this goes on without the US having a functional domestic energy program, we will be pining for the days of cheap five dollar/gallon gasoline.

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  • SoupSandwich
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:21am

    Glad we have keystone, anwar, the gulf, and all the methane on demand from the left.

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:10am

    Like Britain and France can’t buy it f\rom somewhere else? Give me a break…

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:13am

      Welcome to $5.00 a gallon gas … and then up up up from there.

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    • bpodlesnik
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:18am

      I don’t know about France, but Britain’s gas is already way above $5/gallon. Unless you were talking about the U.S., in which in that case, yes.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:23am

      I live in West Texas. The oilfields are BOOMING with activity like I have NEVER seen. The West Texas sweet crude goes on the market and sells to ANYONE who wants to buy it. Texas will be experiencing record low unemployment soon if the Government does not shut us down because of a tiny lizzard…The EPA is weighing it now. If they do, Texas should secceed…They would shut down all production in West Texas, therefore crippling our economy.

      The rest of the nation needs to drill as the price goes up because of idiot fearful speculators. If we start drilling everywhere we can sell oil all over the world while enjoying lower gas prices. But of course we have the BLOCKER in chief that needs to go first…

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:34am

      @BP

      Since most of the people posting here are in America .. then yes it would reason that I was talking about America and not England or any other socialist country .. where they already have and have had .. high price due to soooo many taxes on fuel.

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    • bpodlesnik
      Posted on February 19, 2012 at 12:11pm

      @BAD I agree. Alaska is a gold mine for oil for petes sake, there is absolutely no reason to not be taking advantage of what we have right under our feet.

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  • burr99
    Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:10am

    And we will be next….. Get ready gang.

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