Kyle wrote:

I came across this post Thursday.

Would anyone care to comment?

Frederick told me about this and I found this story about it at WWW.YOUTUBE.COM on Wednesday.

This is the latest news as of February 8th.

I'll post more if I find anything else out.

Dawn writes: "KUALA LUMPUR/TEHRAN (Reuters) - More evidence emerged on Tuesday of the crippling impact of new sanctions on Iran, with international traders saying Tehran is having trouble buying rice, cooking oil and other staples to feed its 74 million people weeks before an election. New U.S. financial sanctions imposed since the beginning of this year to punish Tehran over its nuclear program are playing ..."

Beth writes: "BEIJING (Reuters) - Trade between Asia and Iran is likely to slow as new U.S. sanctions make payments more difficult, traders said Tuesday, although the more determined can still find a route through Middle Eastern intermediaries. Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama authorized new measures which extend sanctions to all Iranian financial institutions and require financial institutions doing ..."

There is nothing new about the tension between the United States and Iran. Relations have swung from crisis to crisis ever since the fall of the Shah in 1979. But recently, this tension is turning into outright confrontation and the threat of war.