March 2006 archive
03-31-06 - Iran Test-Fires Missile Able to Duck Radar state-run television described the weapon as "ballistic" - suggesting it is of comparable range to Iran's existing ballistic rocket, which can travel about 1,200 miles and reach arch-foe Israel and U.S. bases in Iraq and the Persian Gulf region.
03-31-06 - Iran won't use oil as weapon: Mottaki Oil markets reacted to Mottaki's comments, with the price of U.S. light crude dropping 78 cents to $66.37 per barrel by 1421 GMT, after rallying 4 percent in course of the week.
03-31-06 - Iran's new missile shows it has an "aggressive" military program: US
03-31-06 - Iran nuclear plan 'irreversible' "However, we will not yield to pressure and intimidation and will not renounce by any means our country's legitimate right as recognised by international law,"
03-31-06 - Interview of the Vice President by Tony Snow we've never made the case, or argued the case that somehow Osama bin Laden [sic] was directly involved in 9/11. That evidence has never been forthcoming. But there -- that's a separate proposition from the question of whether or not there was some kind of a relationship between the Iraqi government, Iraqi intelligence services and the al Qaeda organization.
Huh?
03-31-06 - Lebanon president clashes with anti-Syria ministers
03-31-06 - UN Security Council Resolution on Iran is a 'Good First Step', Says American Jewish Congress What is most likely is that, in the end, economic sanctions, stronger political pressure or perhaps even military action will be needed. Just remember this statement. For pro-Israeli groups have backpeddled away from their stance on the Iraq war since it has not gone as neocons had planned.
03-31-06 - Freed Reporter Expected to Go to Germany
03-31-06 - Special needs school welcomes war-scarred Iraqi children The war is hard on all of the institute's children. The simple passage of helicopters criss-crossing Baghdad's skies can spread panic and sow fear among the pupils.
03-31-06 - Tens of thousands flee conflict in Iraq: IOM
03-31-06 - Captain held after Bahrain deaths Police are questioning the captain of a boat which capsized off the coast of Bahrain, killing at least 57 people.
03-31-06 - Ex-Mossad chief: Hamas offered 30-year cease-fire in 1997
03-31-06 - Jill Carroll: finally free Across the Muslim world, voices not normally heard on behalf of an American, called for Jill's release: Hamas in the Palestinian territories, the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, and many others.
03-31-06 - House Budget Plan Ignores Bush Cuts to Medicare but Hits Veterans Health Care Veterans, many of them senior citizens, did not fair so well. The House committee cut the budget for medical care of veterans below even current levels for the rest of the decade Hideous.
03-31-06 - Actor & Director Ed Asner Shares 9/11 Concerns Asner questioned why no authority figures had been fired for their inability to prevent 9/11. Exactly. And if nobody was held accountable then, what's to stop it from happening AGAIN?
03-31-06 - Public Continues to Sour on Bush's Crusade
03-31-06 - Iraq bases spur questions over US plans
03-31-06 - In pictures: Iranian earthquake Also what Iran will look like if we bomb them?
03-31-06 - Daniel Pipes, a new kind of Israel-basher Dr. Pipes goes on to admit "a certain frustration" with the apparent unwillingness of Israelis to go out there and do the right thing: bring the Arabs to heel, by use of overwhelming force. Pipes would appear to be a supremacist/extremist whose ideologies inspired the Danish editor (Fleming Rose) to publish the anti-Islam cartoons.
03-31-06 - The Lobby Strikes Back The hate campaign directed at Mearsheimer and Walt underscores and validates the study's contention that all attempts to objectively discuss our Israel-centric foreign policy and the pivotal role played by the Lobby are met with outright intimidation.
03-31-06 - Eitan has Pollard document, spy's wife says Rafi Eitan "has in his personal possession a document, a major bargaining chip in negotiations for Jonathan's release," Esther Pollard wrote Thursday in the online version of Ma'ariv. "He has held the only copy of it for 21 years. The recovery of this document would be invaluable to the Americans, as it would permit them to finally wrap up the case once and for all."
03-31-06 - Kosher deli appeal in Abramoff sentencing One of the letters that successfully sought leniency for lobbyist Jack Abramoff noted that he ran a kosher deli, at a loss.
03-31-06 - Global Divide on Israel Lobby Study In the international online media, the 83-page study, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," by John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of Harvard, has attracted largely positive coverage. By contrast, U.S. and Israeli commentators have described their findings as outrageous and scandalous. Which again proves one of the points of the study.
03-31-06 - Analysis:China's Middle East agenda
03-31-06 - 'Israel lobby' critique roils academe The significance of the paper, according to those who condemn it, as well as those who embrace it, lies in the Harvard and University of Chicago credentials of the authors and in the fact that it has been presented in a high-level academic forum, in a heavily footnoted style associated with accurate, objective scholarship. This article was almost an attempt at fairness by the Boston Globe with respect to its reporting on the matter of the study of the Israeli lobby. But then they felt the need to play the David Duke card.
03-31-06 - America and Israel Judgment of the precise value of the Walt-Mearscheimer paper has been swept aside by a wave of condemnation. Their scholarship has been derided and their motives impugned, while Harvard has energetically disassociated itself from their views. Mr Walt's position as academic dean of the Kennedy School is in doubt.
03-31-06 - High Stakes at Harvard What would motivate two well recognized academics to depart so grossly from their usual standards of academic writing and research in order to produce a "study paper" that contributes so little to the existing literature while lending so much comfort to anti-Semites? Dershowitz, while playing the anti-Semite card (big surprise there), changes tack and focuses on going after Harvard next. All angles are being worked in the relentless onslaught of bilious vitriol by pro-Israelis in response to the study of the Israeli lobby. I don't think even they know where to fling the feces next. All they seem to know is that it must be flung.
03-30-06 - Iraqi girl tells of US attack If Iman's story is true - and it has been disputed by the US military - human rights workers say it is the worst massacre of civilians by US troops in the country.
03-30-06 - Sanctions against Iran 'bad idea' Iran is not an imminent threat and sanctions against the Islamic Republic would be a "bad idea", the UN nuclear watchdog chief has warned.
03-30-06 - US presses for longer-term measures on Iran But she acknowledged that the text, which calls on Iran to abandon sensitive uranium-enrichment activities yet does not threaten sanctions, was a compromise struck after weeks of haggling, notably with Russia.
03-30-06 - Cracks show as top world powers warn Iran "The Chinese side feels there has already been enough turmoil in the Middle East and we do not want to see more turmoil introduced into the region," he said.
03-30-06 - US officials charged with lying in botched 2003 terrorism trial Two federal officials were charged with lying under oath and hiding evidence to win a conviction against four Moroccan men accused of running a Detroit "sleeper cell" in the days following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
03-30-06 - Iran Envoy Rejects Security Council Demand "Russia on principle doesn't think sanctions can achieve a settlement" that would lead Iran to compromise on enrichment and other demands backed by the Security Council, Lavrov said.
"Before we call any situation a threat, we need facts ... (and) so far they have not been provided," he said, arguing that there is no evidence that Iran is hiding a nuclear weapons program ? as asserted by Washington.
03-30-06 - World powers say Iran must curb nuclear ambitions Russia and China oppose any sanctions, let alone force, against Tehran and insisted on deleting portions of the U.N. statement that they feared could lead down that path.
03-30-06 - Fisk paints a Middle East in crisis Robert Fisk says that in his three decades of reporting from the Middle East for British newspapers, he's never seen it more dangerous, and that he's certain another major crisis, possibly even another September 11, is coming.
03-30-06 - Blair praises Indonesia's moderate Islam during visit
03-30-06 - Senate's lobby reform: strong enough? However, proposals to ban congressional earmarks and privately funded travel failed to make it into the bill Here's why.
03-30-06 - US to test 700-tonne explosive Tegnelia said the test was part of a US effort to develop weapons capable of destroying deeply buried bunkers housing nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
03-30-06 - Making the World Safe for Christianity by Rep. Ron Paul Even given the horrendous costs of the Iraq War and the unintended consequences that plague us today, the neocons are eager to expand their regime-change policy to Iran by force.
03-30-06 - House considers university funding One directs the education secretary ?to take into account the degree to which activities of centers, programs, and fellowships at institutes of higher education advance national interests, generate and disseminate information, and foster debate on U.S. foreign policy from diverse perspectives.? This sounds like an earlier bill that was to ensure that federally-funded university curricula was sufficiently pro-Israel or the funding would be cut. Now it's been cloaked in more 'patriotic' language. Be warned.
03-30-06 - Iranian agents operating in Iraq: US commander "There are clearly Iranian intelligence agents operating inside Iraq and Iranian-produced explosives have found their way across the border," Abizaid said in an interview in Amman. "But I wouldn't go so far as to say that I could clearly point to the Iranian government as being complicit in anti-government activity," he added.
03-30-06 - US journalist is set free in Iraq Jill Carroll, who works for the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor, was abducted by unknown gunmen in west Baghdad on 7 January.
03-30-06 - Caspar Weinberger, aide to Reagan and Jonathan Pollard nemesis, dies Weinberger authored a 40-page, classified assessment of the damage Pollard's actions caused to U.S. interests. A four-page version, which was not classified, compared Pollard to other well-known spies. In the unclassified version, Weinberger said it was difficult to conceive a greater harm to national security than what Pollard had caused. He said Pollard "both damaged and destroyed policies and national assets which have taken many years, great effort and enormous national resources to secure."
03-30-06 - What Was CPT Doing in Iraq? You probably know Jonathan Kuttab he is an evangelical Palestinian, born in Bethlehem, and has been working for justice for the Palestinians in nonviolent ways for a couple decades now
03-30-06 - Immigration Bill Draws Jewish Support As the Senate struggled this week to hammer out legislation on the contentious issue of immigration reform, Jewish groups were in boardrooms and on the streets advocating for the most liberal approaches to the issue. I ask again, do these folks advocate a similar immigration policy for the state of Israel? Highly doubtful. So why is it that it should be imposed on the American taxpayers?
03-30-06 - Al-Assad's interview with PBS: Syria's position is very clear Al-Assad: I will tell you. There was something like we did. I will go back to our experience. I think both sides have to recognize the UN and the Security Council resolutions. This is the solution. According to those resolutions, you have an Israeli state and a Palestinian state. So it is a very good idea. Both of them will have a state but through Security Council resolutions. Whole interview is worth reading. I saw it as it aired on PBS.
03-30-06 - Paper on Israel lobby raises hackles, but fails to gain traction in Congress Off the record, Jewish officials here reverse that equation, saying their support for the Iraq war was necessary in order to curry favor with a White House that was hell-bent on war. In fact, the adventure unsettled many Israeli and Jewish officials because of concerns that the principal beneficiary would be Iran. Outright bullshit. These groups have only recently backpeddled from their stance on the Iraq war due to the fact that it isn't the 'cakewalk' that neocons such as Paul Wolfowitz asserted that it would be.
03-30-06 - Exposé on Jewish role in US policy is disowned After a furious outcry from prominent American Jews, Harvard has removed its logo from the study and disowned any responsibility for the views put forward in the working paper, released two weeks ago....Yesterday it confirmed that Stephen Walt, the co-author of The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, will be stepping down in June as academic dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government to become an ordinary professor. Which again proves some of the points of the study.
03-30-06 - Palestinian minister off to bad start: Bolton In a further sign of how the United States aims to isolate Hamas, Bolton said Washington had decided to redefine the duties of U.S. Major-General Keith Dayton, whoe was appointed last November to oversee Israeli-Palestinian security coordination efforts John Bolton's neocon 'strategery' earned him the job of ambassador to the UN. The only problem is, it would appear that he is doing the bidding of Israel therein, 99% of the time, thus earning the new title of ISRAEL's ambassador to the UN.
03-30-06 - ADL: Assad aids Holocaust denial The Anti-Defamation League accused Syria's president of giving "aid and comfort" to Holocaust deniers.
03-30-06 - US professors accused of being liars and bigots over essay on pro-Israeli lobby Prof Mearsheimer said the storm of protest proved one of its arguments - that the strength of the pro-Israel lobby stifled debate on US foreign policy. Indeed. When the ever-abused charge of 'anti-Semite!' is leveled, then you know you've hit on something.
03-30-06 - Imperial overreach is accelerating the global decline of America The disastrous foreign policies of the US have left it more isolated than ever, and China is standing by to take over ...Making it the central thrust of US foreign policy, in other words, had nothing to do with the al-Qaida threat and everything to do with the Bush administration seeking to mobilise US public opinion behind a neoconservative foreign policy.
03-30-06 - Israeli Electorate Rebukes Bush American neoconservatives have close, long-standing alliances with Israel's right-wing Likud Party. Like the neocons, the Likud believe in military solutions. In their policy papers, neocons set out a strategy for U.S.-Israeli hegemony in the Middle East. Many experts are of the opinion that Bush's invasion of Iraq was the opening gun of implementing this strategy.
03-30-06 - Arab Americans slam Dems "Let's say skinheads had bought a company to take over our port. I think the outcry would have been the same," Schumer said.
03-30-06 - Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East Concerned about Report Authored by Two Prominent American Professors This organization is Christian Zionist in nature, not surprisingly.
03-29-06 - Iran to stage massive Gulf military maneuver Thousands of Iranian troops will on Friday start a week-long military maneuver in the Gulf to ready armed forces for warding off "threats", a senior commander announced on state television.
03-29-06 - Using force against Iran 'counter-productive': Russian FM "We are aiming for the Security Council to do what is necessary on a professional, not a politicised, basis,"
03-29-06 - Syria's Assad Calls for Better U.S. Ties Syrian President Bashar Assad has renewed his call for better relations with the United States but at the same time criticized President Bush's government, saying it does not care about peace.
03-29-06 - U.N. Demands Iran Suspend Nuke Enrichment Russia and China, both allies of Iran, oppose sanctions. They wanted any council statement to make explicit that the IAEA, not the Security Council, must take the lead in confronting Iran.
03-29-06 - Bush blames Iraq violence on Saddam's divisive 'legacy' President George W. Bush said former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's brutal divisive legacy, rather than the US-led invasion, was to blame for Iraq's current sectarian violence.
03-29-06 - US admits attack target contained a mosque Iraqi and American special forces who attacked an insurgent headquarters in Baghdad were not aware that their target contained a mosque until after the battle, America's most senior soldier said yesterday.
03-29-06 - Neocons Blocked 2003 Nuclear Talks With Iran
03-29-06 - 'If you start looking at them as humans, then how are you gonna kill them?' He claims that US soldiers such as him were told little about Iraq, Iraqis or Islam before serving there; other than a book of Arabic phrases, "the message was always: 'Islam is evil' and 'They hate us.' Most of the guys I was with believed it."
03-29-06 - West softens UN draft on Iran The text deletes language on several specific demands. Instead it refers only to the number of the resolution that contained them and was adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency board in Vienna, the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
03-29-06 - United States Must Address Control of its Middle East Policies by Israeli Lobby by Paul Findley Former Ambassador George W. Ball said Congress behaves like trained poodles, jumping through hoops held by lobbyists for Israel. The lobby marshals great resources to defeat its critics and reward supporters. Senators Charles Percy and Adlai Stevenson and Representatives Paul "Pete" McCloskey, Cynthia McKinney, Earl Hilliard and I are among those defeated at the polls by candidates heavily financed by pro-Israel forces. With hardly a murmur of protest, Congress recently approved resolutions saluting the prime minister of Israel for building high walls and fences that keep Palestinians penned up on their own land like cattle.
03-29-06 - Hamas would win any conflict with Israel: Iran
03-29-06 - Security Council endorses UN help for Hariri murder trial The United Nations Security Council directed UN chief Kofi Annan to negotiate a deal with Lebanon creating an international tribunal to try suspects in the murder of Lebanon's ex-premier
03-29-06 - Abramoff Gets Almost 6 Years in Prison He will remain free while helping prosecutors with a vast bribery investigation involving members of Congress.
03-29-06 - The US propaganda machine: Oh, what a lovely war
03-29-06 - Putin says U.S. hampering Russia's WTO accession "We have received a list of questions from our American colleagues that require additional agreements that we thought had been settled long ago," Putin told a meeting of top businessmen Meanwhile in the neocon breakroom - 'hmm.. let me see.. how can we get Russia to back our plans for Iran.....aha!'
03-29-06 - Fasten Your Seat Belt The war in Iraq is about to escalate
03-29-06 - Pipes gets it wrong
03-29-06 - Another Iraq Memo Revealed: Colin Powell Opposed War Without Second U.N. Resolution
03-29-06 - Iran Is at War with Us by Michael Ledeen It?s time to take action against Iran and its half-brother Syria, for the carnage they have unleashed against us and the Iraqis Michael Ledeen is a resident neoconservative at the neoconservative thinktank AEI.
03-29-06 - Russia likely to sell arms to Palestine in long-term
03-29-06 - AIPAC trial delayed Judge T.S. Ellis III did not explain his order Monday postponing the trial from April 25 to May 23.
03-29-06 - FBI stopped Hezbollah smugglers
03-29-06 - Israel's Election Europe is not beholden to any individual European government?s objection to meeting with Hamas - oh, come to think of it, most of those have quietly faded away, amid continuing blather about how best to funnel ever more money to the Palestinians despite their choice of terrorists as leaders My but the folks over at JINSA have adopted an amateurish and downright immature tone in their latest article. Then, that's what one would come to expect from neocons.
03-29-06 - Man Sentenced for Bush Assassination Plot The jury in the three-week trial saw a videotaped confession Abu Ali gave to the Saudis in which he said he joined al-Qaida because he hated the United States for its support of Israel. Our support for Israel also motived one of the plotters of 911
03-29-06 - Roed-Larsen to ask for new UN resolution on Lebanon According to the sources, Larsen proposed three possible solutions to the Shebaa Farms dispute: a Lebanese-Syrian agreement, international arbitration, or an Israeli withdrawal.
03-29-06 - Ballistic Missile Defense: Israel BMD plan As with previous Israeli tenders, the U.S.-Israeli consortia participating in the SRBMD tender want their systems to be eligible for U.S. government funding for the proposed project, Globes said. The U.S. Congress has already approved $133 million for the Arrow program in the coming fiscal year, including $10 million for defense against short-range missiles.
03-29-06 - Can Turkey bridge the gap between Islam and the West? By improving ties with Iran and Syria, Turkey aims to help mediate tensions.
03-29-06 - The Iraq War is Going Very Well - For Israel
03-29-06 - A nation like ours The Boston Globe's resident Israel-apologist Jeff Jacoby's SECOND response to the report about the Israeli lobby by the two professors. Americans would NOT be so supportive of Israel if they knew the truth about Isreal's sordid history and grave human rights violations. That the American media is complicit in this is one of the POINTS OF THE STUDY.
03-28-06 - Halliburton overcharged for Iraq oil work: report Oil services company Halliburton Co. repeatedly overcharged taxpayers and provided substandard cost reports under a $1.2 billion contract to restore Iraq's southern oil fields, according to a new report by U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (news, bio, voting record).
03-28-06 - Rice: Iran a Menace Beyond Nuclear Issue "I think there's no doubt that Iran is the single biggest threat from a state that we face," Rice told a Senate panel...She repeated claims that Iran is meddling in Iraq, bankrolling terrorism in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories and repressing its people.
03-28-06 - West hopes for UN deal on Iran this week A senior U.S. State Department official said the Berlin meeting was aimed largely at reassuring Russia and China that sanctions and invading Iran were not the next step.
03-28-06 - Tehran Calls for Nuclear Facility in Iran The new Iranian proposal is an alternative to Russia's offer to host Iran's nuclear fuel production as a way to ease concerns that enrichment conducted in Iran could be used to develop weapons. Iran maintains its atomic program is for generating electricity.
03-28-06 - Russia demands clear reply from Iran on nuclear offer
03-28-06 - Security Council holds informal session on Iran nculear crisis Russia and China have opposed language in the proposed statement that would even hint at punitive measures against their ally and key trading partner.
03-28-06 - Syrian FM warns against Lebanon troops on Israel border Syria's foreign minister has counseled Lebanon against any decision to deploy its troops along the border with Israel, saying that could spark clashes that he suggested Lebanon might not win.
03-28-06 - Fitzgerald Will Seek New White House Indictments Although the situation remains fluid, it's possible, these sources said, that Fitzgerald may seek to indict both Rove and Hadley, charging them with perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy related to their roles in the leak of Plame Wilson's identity and their effort to cover up their involvement following a Justice Department investigation.
03-28-06 - Rice asks Russia to probe leak of US invasion plans
03-28-06 - Russia's newfound clout pushes US to rethink ties The Pentagon report came amid brewing tensions between the United States and Russia on a number of issues, notably Putin's recent invitation to the Palestinian militant group Hamas to come to Moscow, his refusal to back US-led moves for UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, and his support of the authoritarian regime in Belarus
03-28-06 - UN Security Council 'will OK' international court The UN Security Council "will OK" the establishment of an international tribunal to try those accused for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, according to Justice Minister Charles Rizk in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star
03-28-06 - Syria's Assad meets Lebanese PM Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora have met for the first time since July, despite tensions between their nations.
03-28-06 - What Is 'Democracy'? by Patrick J. Buchanan Our neoconservatives are, of course, anxious to "liberate" and "democratize" Syria, too. If they succeed, God help the Christians there. No one else will.
03-28-06 - Treasury move seen as key step in struggle against Hezbollah TV AIPAC lobbying led 51 U.S. senators to sign a letter last August urging President Bush to name al-Manar a specially designated terrorist entity. The American Jewish Committee joined with a coalition of moderate Muslim and Christian groups to press for the designation.
03-28-06 - 'Israel Lobby' Study Attracts More Abuse The NY Sun is unrelenting in its crusade against the study of the Israeli Lobby by the college professors.
03-28-06 - Dershowitz Calls For Unbiased Talk On Israel Question Dershowitz is hardly an individual that could give an unbiased talk about Israel.
03-28-06 - Harvard Study Critical of Israel Lobby Unjustly Lambasted The article is neither ignorant nor anti-semitic. It is a review of previously published information and opinion that is familiar to all who have followed events in the Middle East. It presents a view of the US and Israel that people such as Alan Dershowitz and Ruth Wisse oppose, and for which they will go to great lengths to delegitimize, in the name of defending Israel and Jews, against unjust attacks
03-28-06 - 'We're on the eve of World War III' according to Meir Amit, a former director of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency.
....Amit urged Western nations to "unite and work together. Unfortunately, the world is not uniting. China and Russia are problems. This should be taken into consideration."
03-28-06 - Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: Long standing suffering The land area occupied by the 12 Palestinian official refugee camps in Lebanon has remained mostly unchanged since 1948 despite the Palestinian refugee population in Lebanon having swelled from an estimated 100,000 in 1949 to over 400,000 at the present time.
03-28-06 - Dershowitz pledges to defend Israeli generals Internationally renowned criminal lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, has pledged to defend
"in any court of law
" Israeli army officers threatened with legal proceedings when travelling outside their country, especially in the UK. Naturally.
03-28-06 - Iran, Mideast, Lebanon on agenda for Rice-Chirac talks Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon and Syria, are all likely to be raised when US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has talks with French President Jacques Chirac on Thursday, the foreign ministry said.
03-28-06 - Storm intensifies over Israel Lobby paper ?What was once a non-partisan policy institute is now part of the pro-Israel chorus,? the professors wrote, taking aim at Brooking?s Saban Centre for Middle East Studies and in particular its main donor, Haim Saban, an Israeli-American businessman, and its director, Martin Indyk, a former US ambassador to Israel.
03-27-06 - Moussaoui: White House was my 9/11 target -- Al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui told a stunned courtroom Monday that he and would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth plane on September 11, 2001, and crash it into the White House....That claim was contradicted by alleged September 11 architect Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, whose testimony was read from a written interrogation summary.
03-27-06 - US troops defend raid, say Iraqis faked "massacre" This is exactly the kind of statement that one sees Israel make in response to similar situations.
03-27-06 - Bush told Blair determined to invade Iraq without UN resolution or WMD US President George W. Bush made clear to British Prime Minister Tony Blair in January 2003 that he was determined to invade Iraq without a UN resolution and even if UN arms inspectors failed to find weapons of mass destruction in the country, The New York Times reported.
03-27-06 - MI5 tip-off to CIA led to men's rendition MI5 knew that two British residents who were seized and secretly flown to Guantánamo Bay were carrying harmless items when it tipped off the CIA that they were in possession of bomb parts.
03-27-06 - Government investigators smuggled radioactive materials into U.S. Two teams of government investigators using fake documents were able to enter the United States with enough radioactive sources to make two dirty bombs, according to a federal report made available Monday.
03-27-06 - Assad denies Syrian link to Hariri's murder: report "Nobody threatened him in Syria, me or nobody else...this is not my way," Assad, speaking in English, told PBS television's "The Charlie Rose Show."
03-27-06 - US rejects Iraqi accusations on deadly night raid The US military insisted Iraqi special forces carried out a raid on an insurgent hide-out that killed over a dozen people, rejecting accusations American troops had launched a deadly attack on civilians in a mosque.
03-27-06 - US will question Russia about Iraq leak Other information provided by the Russians, however, was wildly inaccurate.....Meanwhile, the International Herald Tribune reports that Russian spokesmen suggested the Pentagon might be trying "to increase pressure on Russia to press Iran more actively to curb its nuclear program."
03-27-06 - Military force can't destroy our atomic program: Iran Soltaniyeh said that after Israel bombed Iraq's nuclear power plant at Osirak in 1981, then Iraqi-leader Saddam Hussein bombed Iran's Bushehr plant. The Security Council then passed a resolution condemning the attacks and making it illegal for countries to strike nuclear facilities.
But Soltaniyeh said those U.N. documents were "just pieces of paper" today to the United States and Israel.
A retired U.S. Air Force colonel and well-known war gaming expert told the conference the United States was under increasing pressure to use military force to destroy Iran's atomic sites and would make a decision on this option soon.
03-27-06 - Russia calls US charge of helping Iraq 'politically-motivated' Lavrov's comments came a day after two senior US officials, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and White House National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, vowed they would take the matter up with Russian officials. Not surpringly, Hadley is a neocon.
03-27-06 - Germany investigates Russians over exports to Iran
03-27-06 - Leading church aid agency defends Norman Kember's integrity
03-27-06 - Check Point Loses Match Point With the possible exception of the Holy See, there's no country in the world less likely to attack the U.S. or aid terrorists than Israel. Evidently the author doesn't know about this incident, or perhaps this one.
03-27-06 - Shanghai's help for Jews hailed (Foxman of the ADL) added there were three reasons for the group's tour of the country....."And the last is to strengthen the relationship between China and Israel," he said.
Thus does the Israeli lobby take root in China.
03-26-06 - Iraqis killed by US troops ?on rampage?
03-26-06 - U.S. to Probe Russia on Iraq Intel Report Sen. Carl Levin (news, bio, voting record) of Michigan said if the report proved true, "it would be obviously plenty discouraging as well as disgusting" and the U.S. should find ways to let the Russians know "that kind of conduct is not going to be acceptable to us."
03-26-06 - PM warns against hostility to US Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned of the "madness" of European hostility to America and said there was a danger the US could walk away from world affairs.
03-26-06 - Rice predicts significant US pullout from Iraq
03-26-06 - UN does not expect Hizbollah to be disarmed by force
03-26-06 - Government gaffes shock 9/11 trial FBI agent Harry Samit for instance, testified he had warned his bosses a stunning 70 times, after nabbing Moussaoui at a flight simulator school, that he could be a terrorist planning to hijack an airliner
03-26-06 - Protests planned for Rice's visit to Britain
03-26-06 - Kuwait, Palestine Praise King Abdullah's Initiative The Palestinian foreign ministers for his part described King Abdullah's initiative as positive and expressed hope that it would contribute to improving the situation in Iraq and achieving Iraqis' interests.
03-26-06 - Parrish's planner reflects visit to refugee camp "We think of Syria as a horrible and frightening country, but the Syrians treated the Palestinians better than the other countries we visited."
03-26-06 - Saddam Asks Arab League to Back Insurgents After dividing Iraq, the United States will carve up Saudi Arabia, Syria and Sudan, then establish a Palestinian homeland in Jordan and western Iraq, the letter said. That would let the U.S. control oil in the Arab world and Israel take over the West Bank, emptied of Palestinians, it said.
03-26-06 - Conservatives' new books have Bush in crosshairs "This speech (by syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer), given almost a year after the US invasion of Iraq, treated the war as a virtually unqualified success. I could not understand why everyone around me was applauding the speech enthusiastically, given that the US had found no WMD in Iraq, was bogged down in a vicious insurgency, and had almost totally isolated itself from the rest of the world by following the kind of unipolar strategy advocated,"
03-25-06 - Russia denies it told Saddam about US invasion moves "It is not the first time that such unfounded accusations have been made against Russian intelligence," SVR spokesman Boris Labussov told AFP.
03-25-06 - Iran only week or two away from pilot uranium enrichment - diplomats The diplomat, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue, said the cascade might be ready to begin enrichment as quickly as "within a week, maybe a week or two longer."
03-25-06 - Iran to soon access full nuclear technology: Ahmadinejad Ahmadinejad also called for a "Middle East without nuclear arms."
03-25-06 - U.N. to Inspect Iran Enrichment Program a senior agency official dropped such reservations Saturday as he called the U.S. claims that an agency briefing on the advances made by Iran on enrichment was a bombshell "pure speculation and misinformation." "It comes from people who are seeking a crisis, not a solution" to the confrontation over Iran, the official said.
03-25-06 - Fears of Iran's role in Iraq loom over Arab summit
03-25-06 - Iran, Syria blast Israel over nuclear programme Top officials from Syria and Iran, close allies under severe pressure from the international community, stood together to denounce Israel's nuclear programme as a threat to the Middle East.
03-25-06 - Details Released on Iraq Hostages' Ordeal Both Canadians are "deeply grateful to all those who worked for them and prayed for their release," David said. "Their heads are swirling."
03-25-06 - India and Iran stress need for closer ties
03-25-06 - Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers.
03-25-06 - US accuses Iran of Iraq duplicity US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has said Iran is publicly professing support for Iraq's political process while backing militias and insurgents.
03-25-06 - Rights forum seeks removal of pro-Israeli adviser With the new post, Bethlehem, a former adviser to Ariel Sharon, will be responsible for advising Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on a host of several controversial issues such as Guantanamo Bay, the occupation of Iraq and the legality of any pre-emptive strike against Iran..."We are appalled that the Foreign Office is employing someone who has a very distinct bias in favour of Israel,"
03-25-06 - Iran to talk with US conditionally: Ahmadinejad
03-25-06 - Freed Kember thanks rescue troops
03-25-06 - Hebron Team Rejoices in the Release of Their Colleagues in Baghdad We are humbled by the statements of support from the Muslim community around the
world in acknowledging CPT's work in Palestine and Iraq and in their continual
calls for the release of our teammates.
03-25-06 - Slain American became a peace activist after 9/11
03-25-06 - Prince's call over 'God's word'
03-25-06 - Ethics reform stalling in Congress But GOP leaders are at odds over proposed limits on privately funded travel. See also Pro-Israel Activists Block Travel Reform
03-25-06 - The Israel Lobby Honestly, these things are fairly well known to Washington insiders and those who pay close attention. But the paper is significant exactly because what it says is quite true, and as a result of this it is difficult for respectable, objective sources to publish this kind of information. Because the influence of the lobby is not openly discussed the net effect is that there is a powerful and often hidden warping of both our foreign policy and news reporting.
03-25-06 - Bush makes the ultimate commitment to Israel
03-25-06 - Are the neocons losing it? by Patrick J. Buchanan
03-25-06 - Of Israel, Harvard and David Duke The Washington Post reports on the study of the Israeli lobby, albeit on page B05. Gives a fairly balanced report as well, save for the title. Evidently someone felt the need to play the David Duke card in an attempt to add negative connotations to this report before anyone even had a chance to read the article.
03-25-06 - In Dark Times, Blame the Jews Playing the anti-Semite card - again, this tactic is pointed out in the study of the Israeli lobby in its effectiveness as a tool to silence critics of this lobby and of Israel.
03-24-06 - Pentagon: Russia Gave Saddam U.S. Intel The unclassified report does not assess the value of the information or provide details beyond citing an Iraqi document that says the battlefield intelligence was provided to Saddam through the Russian ambassador in Baghdad. Russia stands firm in its position with regard to sanctions on Iran at the UN. Looks like that may be about to change, mm?
03-24-06 - Russia says no to any Iran deal sidelining it Notice what else made the news today about Russia. "The unclassified report does not assess the value of the information or provide details beyond citing an Iraqi document that says the battlefield intelligence was provided to Saddam through the Russian ambassador in Baghdad." Coincidence? Or is someone trying to coax Russia into seeing it 'our way'?...
03-24-06 - N Korea threatens action against US Yet Iran is our 'number one threat'. Mmmm k.
03-24-06 - Lebanese ministers visit refugee camp for first time Education Minister Khaled Kabbani, who headed the group, expressed outrage about the living conditions in the camps. "What we saw in this camp is a true humanitarian drama that must shake the international consciousness," the minister said. Most Palestinians living in Lebanon are denied basic civil rights, including Lebanese citizenship, the right to work in many professions and to own property
The Palestinians are 'the Jews' of the modern-day world, as someone once said.
03-24-06 - Syrian vice president to hold Iran talks Syrian First Vice President Faruq al-Shara was to arrive in Tehran for talks with Iranian officials as both countries bid to fend off increasing international pressure, state television reported.
03-24-06 - US, Iran to discuss Iraq: Rice US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States will talk to Iran about its accusations that the Islamic republic is trying to destabilise Iraq.
03-24-06 - UN refugee agency fears for Baghdad's Palestinians "On Thursday, we heard from the Palestinian community in Baghdad that reportedly over 100 families had received written death threats and that many are in a state of shock and panic,"
03-24-06 - Actor Charlie Sheen Questions Official 9/11 Story
03-24-06 - Abramoff, Ex-Partner May Give Statements A judge has approved subpoenas for former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and an ex-business partner to answer questions about the mob-style slaying of the owner of a gambling fleet they bought.
03-24-06 - Google Caught Censoring Charlie Sheen 9/11 Story My website came up in the top six listings for the regular Google web search for the Israeli lobby report. One day later, my website is buried, gone. Somebody knows how to play the game with Google.
03-24-06 - HOW ISRAEL CONTROLS WHAT YOU READ
03-24-06 - UN envoy calls on Lebanon and Syria to firm up borders UN special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen called on Lebanon and Syria to agree on their respective borders in the controversial Shebaa Farms area, which is occupied by Israel.
03-24-06 - CNN poll: Do you agree with Charlie Sheen that the U.S. government covered up the real events of the 9/11 attacks? Yes 82%
03-24-06 - DeLay attorney wants court's decision quickly
03-24-06 - Harvard's Paper on Israel Drew From Neo-Nazi Sites And the smear campaign continues. Everything that the pro-Israelis have said and done thus far in response to this study - have proven the ENTIRE PREMISE OF THE STUDY.
03-24-06 - Japan vows to keep developing giant Iran oil field Japan said it will press ahead with its multi-billion-dollar oil investment in Iran, rejecting a report that US officials have pressured Tokyo to pull out due to Tehran's nuclear drive.
03-24-06 - KSG Seeks Distance from Paper Yesterday?s issue of The New York Sun reported that an "observer" familiar with Harvard said that the University had received calls from "pro-Israel donors" concerned about the KSG paper. Everything that the pro-Israelis have said and done thus far in response to this study - have proven the ENTIRE PREMISE OF THE STUDY.
03-24-06 - Neocon rag bashes Jimmy Carter for supporting real democracy, not neocon 'democracy' His latest pieces that demonstrated sympathy for the ordinary Palestinians no doubt pushed the fire-breathing neocons over the edge. They're out for blood now.
03-24-06 - From 2002: Intractable Foes, Warring Narratives COLUMNISTS AND COMMENTATORS WHO CAN BE COUNTED UPON TO SUPPORT ISRAEL REFLEXIVELY AND WITHOUT QUALIFICATION:
03-24-06 - Constitutional Questions Show in AIPAC Case Prosecutor Kevin DiGregory argued that the law regulates conduct, not speech, and therefore does not merit the same level of scrutiny. He also said that "the national security interests of the United States" require that the law be upheld.
03-24-06 - Security Council to okay UN help for trial of Hariri murder suspects
03-24-06 - Mass. officials attend Israeli conference MacMillan and 130 other senior US security officials attending a counterterrorism conference in Jerusalem found themselves caught up in an unfolding manhunt for a suspected Palestinian suicide bomber.
An hour later, after a dramatic helicopter and motorcycle chase through police roadblocks on the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, Israeli police told the Americans that the would-be bomber had been captured, with 15 pounds of explosives packed with nails and shrapnel.
Aha. This explains a lot about the dramatic chase of those 'suspected bombers' this past week.
03-24-06 - Israeli media condemn, discuss report on US-Israel ties
03-24-06 - The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc
03-24-06 - U.S. opposes depositions in AIPAC case Lawyers for Steven Rosen, the pro-Israel lobby?s former foreign policy director, and Keith Weissman, its former Iran analyst, asked the court in a motion to be considered Friday to allow three Israeli diplomats to be deposed in the case.
03-24-06 - Boehner says he won?t let anti-Israel laws through Boehner?s address Monday to 5,000 activists at the AIPAC conference in Washington was his first major foreign policy speech since his fellow Republican legislators elected him on Feb. 3. Boehner was elected after Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) stepped down in the wake of his indictment on charges related to campaign fund-raising.
03-24-06 - Jewish panel defends Israel Members of the Tulane community have brought Ahmadinejad's comments to light. The Tulane College Democrats, New Orleans Hillel and the Tulane-Israel Public Affairs Committee sponsored a panel discussion entitled "Democracy in the Middle East" to address how the United States and the international community should respond.
03-24-06 - UN envoy urges Lebanon, Syria to demarcate their borders So's we can tell which country is which when we attack (Syria) for the neocons!!
03-24-06 - Israel Lobby Paper Proving Itself True Media, pundits and bloggers will continue to make much ado of David Duke's support, which the pro-Israel Sun elicited in an interview, but not bother mentioning that a shorter version of this paper made it into the prestigious and highly intellectual London Review of Books. That is exactly the state of discourse the paper addresses.
03-24-06 - On a desert trek, former enemies form new bonds But when word was delivered to the group at 2 a.m. Wednesday that all were welcome except the Israelis, they didn't hesitate. "Muslim, Christian, Jewish, we're all one team, one body, one spirit," says Palestinian Mohammad Azzam Alarjah
03-23-06 - U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes
03-23-06 - Christian Peacemakers celebrate release
03-23-06 - No more stalling on Iran: Rice Her tone contrasted with her remarks a day earlier while on a trip to the Bahamas, where she expressed confidence the UN Security Council would eventually agree on the language of a statement on Iran.
03-23-06 - China repeats it's in accord with Russia on Iran
03-23-06 - Britain pushes for military option to restrain Tehran
03-23-06 - U.S., British Forces Rescue Iraq Hostages Without firing a shot, U.S. and British forces stormed a house Thursday and freed three Christian peace activists who were bound but unguarded, ending a four-month hostage ordeal that saw an American in the group killed and dumped along a railroad track.
03-23-06 - India nuke deal meets wary Congress Bush presses for approval of a pact taking a different approach to nonproliferation. Some see it as rewarding renegade behavior.
03-23-06 - No escape for fearful Palestinians in Iraq Reports of kidnappings, murder and persecution of Palestinian refugees in Iraq have forced many to try to flee, but for most there is nowhere else to go.
03-23-06 - UN's top lawyer sees Hariri court outside Lebanon
03-23-06 - U.S. Freezes Lebanese Media's Assets The Bush administration moved Thursday to freeze the assets of several Lebanese media outlets, alleging that they helped raised money and recruits for Hezbollah's terrorist network.
03-23-06 - Prosecutors Want DeLay Charges Reinstated Prosecutors argued before a Texas appeals court Wednesday that some of the criminal charges against Rep. Tom Delay (news, bio, voting record) should be reinstated.
03-23-06 - Pace Wants Review of Propaganda Program
03-23-06 - Canadian hostages risked death for pacifist cause In 2004, he went to Gaza and the West Bank with a group that supports the Palestinian cause and sent emails about injustices against them to friends worldwide.
03-23-06 - Mubarak holds Syria-Lebanon talks
03-23-06 - Israeli warplanes illegally overfly tense Lebanon border Last week, UN chief Kofi Annan urged the leaders of Syria, Israel and Lebanon to do their utmost to prevent a new flare-up of violence, warning them of a possible "major confrontation" along Israel's northern border. These overflights of Lebanese airspace alone are a major act of provocation.
03-23-06 - Scholars' Attack on Pro-Israel Lobby Met With Silence Officials with pro-Israel organizations say that given the limited public attention generated by the new study - as of Tuesday most major print outlets had ignored it What better proof is needed of the power of the Israeli lobby in America?
03-23-06 - Professor Says American Publisher Turned Him Down John Mearsheimer says that the pro-Israel lobby is so powerful that he and co-author Stephen Walt would never have been able to place their report in a American-based scientific publication.
03-23-06 - Video: MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reports on Harvard study of the Israeli Lobby Note the tag line under the MSNBC video: 'Hate at Harvard'. They are referring to the study about the Israeli lobby. It's 'hate' only to those who seek to suppress the truth.
03-23-06 - Islamist terror threatens Europe, Israel - Germany The bomb attacks in Madrid and London are clear evidence that Europe is no longer just a recruitment and financing area but has become a target of Islamic terrorism," Uhrlau told a conference on Islamic extremism organised by the American Jewish Congress.
03-23-06 - Charlie Sheen Questions 9/11 Official Story
03-23-06 - Muslim scholars in cartoon talks BBC Islamic affairs analyst Roger Hardy says the conference is designed to show that the sense of injury in the Muslim world is still palpable.
03-23-06 - ZOA: Harvard Pseudo-Academic 'Working Paper' Attacking Contrary to what was reported in that Forward article of today's news, pro-Israeli outfits have NOT remained silent in the wake of the Harvard study about the Israeli lobby. Rather, they have evidently instructed their cohorts in the mainstream American media to do so.
03-23-06 - Rescue of 3 hostages brings joy, renewed sorrow that 1 didn't make it Pyles sat vigil with Fox's body at an Iraqi air base and accompanied 82 Palestinian Iraqis to the Jordanian border for safety before returning to Fairmont, WV.
03-23-06 - So pro-Israel that it hurts In short, if Israel is indeed entering a new era of national sanity and de-occupation, then the role of the Lobby in U.S.-Israel relations will have to be rethought, and either reformed from within or challenged from without.
03-23-06 - Israeli Software Firm Drops U.S. Deal Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. in Ramat Gan, Israel, formally withdrew its proposal near the conclusion of a rare, full-blown investigation by a U.S. review panel over the company's plans to buy a smaller rival, Sourcefire Inc. Was the conclusion going to be a bad one? Is that why they pulled out of the deal?
03-23-06 - AIPAC and American Interests: The Pushback begins.
03-22-06 - U.S. Ambassador Bolton indicates 'targeted sanctions' on Iran U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton has indicated the possibility of Washington imposing "targeted sanctions" on Iran if it continues to pursue uranium enrichment activities even after the U.N. Security Council adopts a statement by its president.
03-22-06 - Nations Seek to Break Deadlock Over Iran The lack of progress, which followed a decision to scrap full council discussions Tuesday, reflected just how much the United States and its European allies had failed to get Russia and China on board during a meeting of high-level diplomats in New York the night before.
03-22-06 - Russia says NPT must be kept intact in Iran crisis Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Tuesday China supported a Russian compromise proposal that would allow Iran to use nuclear fuel enriched in an internationally monitored plant on Russian soil, easing fears that Tehran could divert atomic material to develop weapons.
03-22-06 - Deadlocked Security Council puts off formal Iran meeting Diplomats in Vienna said that if the council fails to agree on the non-binding Franco-British text, the US delegation might push for a tough UN resolution invoking possible sanctions under Chapter 7 of the UN charter. The aim would be to force Russia and China either to veto the resolution or to abstain and thus allow it go through if it can get the required nine votes.
03-22-06 - US turns attention to al-Qaeda in Iran "Iran is becoming more and more radicalised and more willing to turn a blind eye to the al-Qaeda presence there," one US counterterrorism official said. Ding ding ding, we've got a winner.
03-22-06 - Iraqi civilian deaths shrouded in secrecy Hundreds of civilians have been killed during major offensives by US-led forces against insurgents in cities such as Falluja, and many others have died after lethal force was used at military checkpoints.
03-22-06 - FAA Reportedly Dismissed Moussaoui Concern During testimony Tuesday, a terrorism supervisor in FBI headquarters dismissed as "hunches and suppositions" a field agent's concerns about Moussaoui in the weeks before Sept. 11.
03-22-06 - Documents Show Saddam's WMD Frustrations Exasperated, besieged by global pressure, Saddam Hussein and top aides searched for ways in the 1990s to prove to the world they'd given up banned weapons.
03-22-06 - Harvard's Paper on Israel Called 'Trash' By Solon The NY Sun - the only other mainstream news medium in the US (besides pro-Israeli rags, and besides the Christian Science Monitor) - has offered up three or four articles since the study was put out days ago attempting to smear the authors, link them with David Duke, and otherwise try to 'discredit' this very damning report.
03-22-06 - 'AIPAC study is ignorant propaganda' Dershowitz, one of Israel's strongest defenders in the American public and academic arena, was mentioned personally in the study as an "apologist" for Israel, ....CAMERA concludes that "Harvard should remove the report from its website - and therefore remove from the report the Harvard imprimatur - until the authors fix its manifold deficiencies". Imagine, the Israeli lobby and its apologists come out AGAINST the study? Who would've guessed? The more shrill their cries, the more you know that that study hit a little too close to home for their tastes.
03-22-06 - The War Party in Disarray Another good sign is the wellspring of hysteria that has arisen in the wake of the study's publication. Already Alan Dershowitz has smeared the distinguished authors as anti-Semites, and the Usual Suspects have launched a deafening chorus of caterwauling. Among the "arguments" raised by the study's detractors: David Duke has praised it, the Washington office of Fatah is handing out copies, and the Muslim Brotherhood likes it, too. None of which proves anything
03-22-06 - RAF doctor to face Iraq court martial At a pre-trial hearing last week, Flt-Lt Kendall-Smith's defence counsel Philip Sapsford QC said the officer believed that, because Iraq had not attacked the UK or one of its allies, there was no lawful reason to enter Iraq.
03-22-06 - Press Conference of the President Q I'd like to ask you, Mr. President, your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis, wounds of Americans and Iraqis for a lifetime. Every reason given, publicly at least, has turned out not to be true. My question is, why did you really want to go to war? From the moment you stepped into the White House, from your Cabinet -- your Cabinet officers, intelligence people, and so forth -- what was your real reason? You have said it wasn't oil -- quest for oil, it hasn't been Israel, or anything else. What was it?
03-22-06 - Caterpillar chief warns of US recession if trade row deepens The head of Caterpillar on Wednesday warned that deteriorating trade relations between the US and China could plunge the global economy into recession and called on Congress to back away from protectionist measures.
03-22-06 - From Dec. 2005: Bush Says Iraq War Is Good for Israel "If you're a supporter of Israel, I would strongly urge you to help other countries become democracies," President Bush declared Monday, in a major address defending American policy in Iraq and his wider vision for the region. "Israel's long-term survival depends upon the spread of democracy in the Middle East." No s%#t?
03-22-06 - Iran poses threat to dominance of the US dollar This week in the world of economics began with the opening of the international oil exchange in Iran. The intrigue of the situation is accentuated by the fact that trading will take place in the European currency. This in itself is setting a precedent: in modern history oil has been quoted exclusively in dollars.
03-22-06 - Pro-Israeli media : Harvard removes its seal from study on Israeli Lobby This 'watchdog' - CAMERA - is PART of the Israeli lobby as mentioned in the study by the two professors. It's not a surprise to see that this lobby flexed their collective muscle and put the lean on Harvard to have their seal removed from the report.
03-22-06 - N.Korean defector says disabled newborns are killed Our mad quest for 'democracy' doesn't include North Korea - which HAS nukes, and has one, if not the most atrocious human rights records in the history of the world. All countries targeted for neocon 'democracy' coincidentally are enemies of Israel. Hypocrisy.
03-22-06 - Memorial service for terror victims in Buenos Aires focuses on Iran link Israel's ambassador to Argentina, Rafael Eldad, demanded that Argentina and the international community consider the Islamic government of Iran a "global threat."
03-22-06 - Neo-Nazis threaten to massacre Muslims at World Cup
03-22-06 - A warning from America The professors' article does not deserve condemnation; rather, it should serve as a warning sign.
03-22-06 - U.S. Sets Its Sights on Iran Sportsbook.com, the world's largest online sportsbook and casino, is now offering odds on whether the US will attack strategic targets in Iran on or before April 16th, Easter Sunday this year. Odds of a strike currently sit at 10-1.
03-22-06 - Pre-emptive strike against Iran might be needed: panel Emerson, executive director of The Investigative Project, a U.S.-based centre that gathers information about Islamic and Middle Eastern terrorist groups, was part of the panel organized by the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research (CIJR) in conjunction with Congregation Chevra Kadisha B?nai Jacob.
03-22-06 - Legal fund launched for ex-AIPAC staffer Lawyers representing an indicted former employee of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee established a legal defense fund.
03-22-06 - That's Some Hard-Hitting Speculative Reporting When I see this kind of nonsense coverage, I smell the wheels of a PR machine grinding. The only intent of this story is to link Al-Qaida and the Palestinians with some vague association.
03-22-06 - Jihad denies receiving money for waging attacks in Israel Mofaz told the Israeli Yediot Aharonot daily's website on Tuesday that Iran transferred 1.8 million dollars last month to the Islamic Jihad organization in order to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel.
03-22-06 - Remarks by President Bush Mr. President, I was wondering actually how you felt about America's double standard on nuclear energy, as far as countries like Iran, India, and Israel go? Bush then ignores the Israel part of the question in his response.
03-21-06 - Bush: Troops to Stay in Iraq for Years President Bush said Tuesday that American forces will remain in Iraq for years and it will be up to a future president to decide when to bring them all home. But defying critics and plunging polls, he declared, "I'm optimistic we'll succeed. If not, I'd pull our troops out."
03-21-06 - Iran Leader Approves Iraq Talks With U.S. Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that he approves of proposed talks between U.S. and Iranian officials on Iraq, but warned that the United States must not try to "bully" Iran.
03-21-06 - China, Russia united on Iran China and Russia are united in pushing for more diplomacy to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue, China said on Tuesday, a day after the two deflected Western moves to authorize U.N. Security Council threats against Iran.
03-21-06 - Russia and China promise energy cooperation
03-21-06 - US dog handler found guilty of Abu Ghraib abuse A court martial has found a US soldier guilty of assaulting and maltreating detainees with his guard dog at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
03-21-06 - Concerns for 89 Palestinians on border The United Nations has expressed concern about the fate of 89 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, who fled Baghdad and have been stuck in no man's land since Sunday after Jordan closed its border.
03-21-06 - Expanding Bases Put Focus on U.S. in Iraq Are the Americans here to stay? Air Force mechanic Josh Remy is sure of it as he looks around Balad.
03-21-06 - North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability
03-21-06 - Lebanese leaders resume push to break political deadlock Lebanese political leaders are Wednesday to resume their drive to break a deadlock on the disarmament of the Hezbollah militia and the fate of the country's pro-Syrian Also over the weekend, Fatah's chief in Lebanon said his Palestinian faction would round up weapons from refugee camps amid growing calls for militias in the country to be disbanded in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1559.President Emile Lahoud....
03-21-06 - Pakistan opposes use of force against Iran Pakistan reiterated its opposition to any use of force against Iran, just hours before the U.N. Security Council was due to discuss how to end the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme.
03-21-06 - New Documents from Saddam Hussein's Archives Discuss Bin Laden, WMDs Editor's Note: The controversial claim that Osama bin Laden was cooperating with Saddam Hussein is an ongoing matter of intense debate. While the assertions contained in this document clearly support the claim, the sourcing is questionable ? i.e. an unnamed Afghan "informant" reporting on a conversation with another Afghan "consul." The date of the document ? four days after 9/11 ? is worth noting but without further corroboration, this document is of limited evidentiary value
03-21-06 - Security Council Postpones Iran Meeting The U.N. Security Council postponed a meeting Tuesday on Iran's suspect nuclear program as the West searched for new ways to break a deadlock with Russia and China over the best way to pressure Tehran, diplomats said.
03-21-06 - Study alleges US sets aside own security interest for Israel's The Jerusalem Newswire called the paper a new example of "the centuries-old libel that the Jewish people have somehow taken control of the affairs of the most powerful nations on earth," dressed up in academic attire.
Note that CAMERA - a pro-Israeli media 'watchdog' - alleges that the study is 'lies'. But CAMERA is a PART of the Israeli lobby and is mentioned in the report by the two professors. Well no kidding. Those that are a part of this lobby are going to try to downplay and discredit this study. It's just that damaging.
03-21-06 - Palestinians 'in al-Qaeda plot' The Israeli military says Azzam Abu Aladas and Balal Hafnai, both 19 and from the West Bank city of Nablus, met al-Qaeda operatives in Jordan at least three times between May and December last year. The Israeli military says
03-21-06 - Guard runs Iran's nuclear arms program: exile An exiled Iranian has alleged that Iran's nuclear weapons program is controlled by the Revolutionary Guard and secretly led by a group of university researchers.
03-21-06 - U.S. lacks mechanism to accurately track troops wounded in Iraq
03-21-06 - Bush Proves His Harshest Critics Right The real dangers to Americans reside in the neocon Bush administration
03-21-06 - UN moves toward special court for Lebanon killings
03-21-06 - Humorless Hume Says Helen Thomas Has 'Agenda' That used to be what journalists did every day, but in the last 25 years, journalists have so gotten out of the habit of doing that, that people like Helen Thomas stand out. All journalists used to be like her. Now, she is an oddity. Bush always avoided calling on her because he knew she would ask tough questions
03-21-06 - Mofaz: Iran gave $1.8 million to Islamic Jihad Iran gave $1.8 million to Islamic Jihad last month, Israel?s defense minister said.
The money was supposed to fuel terror attacks within Israel, Shaul Mofaz told The Associated Press. 'Oh let's see. Palestinians 'tied to' al-Qaeda, Iran 'tied to' Palestinians. What other connection to US war on terror did we miss?'
03-20-06 - FBI agent warned of possible hijacking before September 11 An FBI agent testified that he warned his bosses about Zacarias Moussaoui 70 times before the September 11 attacks, and raised fears he planned to hijack an airliner.
03-20-06 - Transcript of Q and A with President Bush to the City Club of Cleveland But now that I'm on Iran, the threat to Iran, of course -- (applause) -- the threat from Iran is, of course, their stated objective to destroy our strong ally Israel. That's a threat, a serious threat. It's a threat to world peace; it's a threat, in essence, to a strong alliance. I made it clear, I'll make it clear again, that we will use military might to protect our ally, Israel, Just remember this when Bush denies that Israel was a factor in any future ME wars, like he did with regard to the war on Iraq.
03-20-06 - Before and After Abu Ghraib, a U.S. Unit Abused Detainees The abuses at Camp Nama continued despite warnings beginning in August 2003 from an Army investigator and American intelligence and law enforcement officials in Iraq. The C.I.A. was concerned enough to bar its personnel from Camp Nama that August.
03-20-06 - Iranian President Wants West to Apologize President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday said the West should apologize to Iran for accusing it of trying to develop a nuclear weapons program and said his country would continue to resist international pressure to halt its nuclear energy program.
03-20-06 - Bush warns Iran on Israel US President George W. Bush said he hoped to resolve the nuclear dispute with Iran with diplomacy, but warned Tehran he would "use military might" if necessary to defend Israel.
03-20-06 - Pro-Israel lobby in U.S. under attack. "The thrust of U.S. policy in the region derives almost entirely from domestic politics, and especially the activities of the 'Israel Lobby'. Other special-interest groups have managed to skew foreign policy, but no lobby has managed to divert it as far from what the national interest would suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that U.S. interests and those of the other country - in this case, Israel -- are essentially identical," they add. The American news wire UPI picks up the story about the study of the Israeli Lobby. Nobody else has, save for some of the rightwing pro-Israeli outfits who have embarked on the expected smear campaign in response thereof.
03-20-06 - The Lobby : Why is American policy in the Middle East
03-20-06 - Bush Using Straw-Man Arguments in Speeches
03-20-06 - Russia lashes out at US national strategy Washington has also been worried about Russia's ties with Iran and its attempts to boost its diplomatic presence in the Middle East by courting Syria and radical Muslim group Hamas in the wake of its Palestinian election win.
03-20-06 - Hizbollah vows to free detainees, land from Israel Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Monday that the guerrilla group would in time free all Lebanese people held in Israeli jails and liberate Lebanese land it says is still occupied by the Jewish state.
03-20-06 - Iraqi turmoil puts Mideast on edge
03-20-06 - A Collapsing Presidency The Bush neocons are bent on war with Iran. They don't want any talks. In their books, neocons have demonized Muslims in the same way that the Nazis demonized Jews. Demonization makes talks impossible.
03-20-06 - Jordan confines Palestinian refugees from Iraq in camps Fearing that large numbers of Palestinian refugees from Iraq might seek refuge in Jordan from persecution through Shiite militia, Jordan closed its borders with Iraq tody.
03-20-06 - China hopes to enhance cooperation with Russia on Middle East issue China on Monday said it hopes to further cooperate with Russia in promoting peace in the Middle East.
03-20-06 - John Ashcroft, Lobbyist: "Let the Earnings Soar" he's begun signing up a roster of deep-pocketed clients, such as Israel Aircraft Industries International, an Israeli aerospace company going toe-to-toe with Boeing over billions in military contracts
03-20-06 - Court denies Israeli spy Pollard's appeal His case, which initially strained relations between the United States and Israel, has become a cause celebre for some Jewish groups in the United States and for his supporters in Israel, who believe Pollard passed information that Israel should have been given by the United States.
03-20-06 - Iraq war names intoned Approximately two dozen people gathered at the Reform movement´s rabbinical seminary in New York to honor those killed in the Iraq war.
03-20-06 - Emirates Aided Kin of Palestinian Militants In the last four years the United Arab Emirates has provided substantial financial support, through its Red Crescent Society, to families of Palestinians, militants as well as civilians, who have been wounded or killed by Israeli forces, according to Red Crescent documents....The documents contain no evidence that the Emirates provided direct aid to armed militant groups.
03-20-06 - Abdullah of Jordan fears Middle East religious war On the Palestinian territories the king said he was "worried over the creation of a viable state. I think that if two years from now such a state has not been created, there will be nothing left to negotiate.
03-19-06 - In memory of those who have died in Iraq
03-19-06 - Rumsfeld warns Iraq pullout equals turning Germany back to Nazis One day after a wave of antiwar protests swept the world, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warns a quick US pullout from Iraq will result in terrorists taking it over -- and insists it would be tantamount to handing Germany back to the Nazis.
03-19-06 - Iraq in civil war, says former PM He said Iraq had not got to the point of no return, but if it fell apart sectarianism would spread abroad.
03-19-06 - Bush upbeat on Iraq anniversary US President George W Bush has given an upbeat assessment of Iraq on the third anniversary of the invasion.
03-19-06 - Selling furniture to pay the laundry bill To some economists, though, the news last week that the current account was $804.9 billion in the red in 2005 should be an alarm bell, not a stale story repeated over many months and many years.
03-19-06 - Realism pushes US and Iran a bit closer
03-19-06 - Administration Blocks Ex-Hostages' Bid for Damages From Iran
03-19-06 - Cheney dismisses Iraq civil war claim Mr Cheney attributed American action in Iraq as one of the reasons the US had not been hit by a terrorist attack since September 11 and he dismissed comments by the former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi that Iraq had already fallen into civil war.
03-19-06 - US-Iran talks on Iraq could be diplomatic breakthrough: analysts Analysts said Iran had as much reason as the Americans to fear an all-out civil war in Iraq, where violence between Shiites and Sunnis has escalated three years after the US-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein.
03-19-06 - Fatah to round up arms in Lebanon refugee camps There are believed to be 380,000 Palestinians living in Lebanon, many of them in dire conditions in 12 refugee camps.
03-19-06 - Protests mark Iraq war's third anniversary The third anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq drew tens of thousands of protesters around the globe
03-19-06 - A Mullah's-Eye View of the World Khamenei called for two urgent missions. The first was to do everything possible to drive up oil prices by an additional 30 percent by the first week in April. The second was to intensify the propaganda war against the West in the same period. He stressed that it was important to compel the United States to face at least three crises by the April 8. Michael Ledeen is a staunch neocon and was implicated in the Niger uranium forgeries. The article has been indexed due to the prediction mentioned above.
03-19-06 - Iran reformists urge nuclear freeze
03-19-06 - U.S. FAILS TO FIND IRANIAN AID TO HAMAS
03-19-06 - Camps Spotlight Double Standard Disarming Palestinians in refugee camps isn't going to stop raids by armed IDF forces. It also didn't stop a wholescale massacre of Palestinian civilians in the camps of Sabra and Shatilla of Lebanon - to which the IDF, under the direction of Ariel Sharon (who was found personally responsible for this incident by an Israeli court), was a party. Now there's a difference between terrorism and self-defense. But the Israeli government does not make this distinction, as evidenced by its use of indiscriminate gunfire against the Palestinian populations in the Occupied Territories.
03-19-06 - Olmert sees deal with Russia to supply gas to Israel
03-19-06 - Eclectic Group Crosses Sahara for Peace Ex-Israeli fighter pilot Gil Fogiel rarely talked about being a prisoner of war in Syria until he sat across a campfire in the middle of the desert with people he long considered his worst enemies - Iraqis, Iranians and Palestinians.
03-18-06 - Iran refuses to suspend nuclear activities Iran vowed again that it would refuse to suspend its uranium enrichment research despite the UN Security Council's ongoing discussions mulling sanctions against the Islamic republic.
03-18-06 - Britain May Push for New Talks With Iran The idea for the new talks appeared to be emerging as a compromise only if there is no progress among the five permanent council members in agreeing on a strategy on Iran and if Tehran remained uncooperative
03-18-06 - Cost of Iraq war could surpass $1 trillion
03-18-06 - Rice: Iraq transition to stable government two years away
03-18-06 - Lebanese president repeats vow not to step down Lahoud backed the call for Palestinian refugees and pro-Syrian militias to be disarmed
03-18-06 - Iran accuses US and Britain of provoking deadly tensions Iran accused the United States and Britain of provoking ethnic and religious tensions that led to the killing of 23 people in an ambush by Afghan bandits near Iran's border with Afghanistan.
03-18-06 - Afghan bandits kill 22 in Iran, as Britain, US blamed Afghan bandits with links to US and British security services have killed 22 people in Iran and seized an unknown number of others in an ambush that also left a senior official critically wounded.
03-18-06 - CIA Witness List Potential witnesses in the upcoming criminal trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, as referenced in court papers by Libby's lawyers. The trial is scheduled for January:
03-18-06 - Pentagon hired contractor to advise on collecting information on churches, mosques, other U.S. sites
03-18-06 - In pictures Anti-war protests around the world mark Iraq anniversary
03-18-06 - Prosecutor Opposes Libby Motion to Dismiss Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald on Friday disputed the claim of Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide that the prosecutor lacks legal authority to indict him in the CIA leak investigation
03-18-06 - 1,000 more sailors expected to join ground forces in Iraq
03-18-06 - Libby Trial May Be Embarrassment for Bush Court papers filed late Friday raise the possibility a trial could become politically embarrassing for the Bush administration by focusing on the debate about whether the White House manipulated intelligence to justify the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. You can read about Libby's role in the push for the war on Iraq in this PDF file on the recent report of the Israeli lobby - pages 31 and 34.
03-18-06 - Thousands join Iraq war protest in London
03-18-06 - Patriot Act Game Pokes Fun at Government "Patriot Act: The Home Version" pokes fun at "the historic abuse of governmental powers" by the recently renewed anti-terrorism law, according to its creator's Web site.
03-18-06 - Activists Prepare for New Church-State Battles
03-18-06 - Syria's Aleppo begins stint as Islamic cultural capital "We appeal to the world for dialogue, Christians and Muslims united to edify this culture," he said. "Muslims brought civilisation to (Spain's) Andalusia. They protected the Jews and recognised and guaranteed everybody's right of expression."
03-18-06 - Report: Bishara acted as Syria-Israel mediator in 1990s talks Former Syrian vice president Abed al-Halim Haddam said in an interview with the Arab-language Nazareth-based newspaper, A-Sinara, that will be published on Friday that Israel and Syria were very close to signing a peace treaty in the mid 1990s.
03-17-06 - Russia Rejects U.N. Proposals on Iran Russia's U.N. ambassador on Friday rejected proposals for the U.N. Security Council to demand a quick progress report on Iran's suspect nuclear program, saying - only half in jest - that fast action could lead to the bombing of Iran by June...U.S. Ambassador John Bolton betrayed an increasing frustration with Russia, which along with China wants the council to take only mild action. Bolton warned that as he spoke, Iran's centrifuges were enriching uranium - a crucial step toward producing weapons-grade fissile material.
John Bolton - another neocon.
03-17-06 - China ready to give Iran up to six weeks to meet IAEA demands
03-17-06 - Ordinary Iraqi families getting ready to fight They're stockpiling weapons, food and fuel In the past week, President Bush has tried to assure Americans that Iraq has stepped back from the brink of civil war....Few Iraqis, however, share Bush's view that the crisis has been averted.
03-17-06 - Three years on from Iraq invasion, Iran in US sights Three years after the launch of the US-led war that ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the Shiite clerical regime in neighbouring Iran is now clearly in Washington's sights over its nuclear ambitions.
03-17-06 - Pentagon 'hedge' strategy targets China The Pentagon is moving strategic bombers to Guam and aircraft carriers and submarines to the Pacific as part of a new "hedge" strategy aimed at preparing for conflict with China, Pentagon officials said yesterday.
03-17-06 - US probe looks at allegations marines targeted civilians The US military has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that marines intentionally targeted civilians in a clash with insurgents in which 15 Iraqi civilians were killed, a military official said.
03-17-06 - UN sounds fears over Israeli border UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the leaders of Israel, Syria and Lebanon to take steps to ease tensions along Israel's northern border following reports a possible confrontation may be in the works, the United Nations said on Thursday.
03-17-06 - Bill Would Allow Warrantless Spying
03-17-06 - Study: U.S. Middle East policy motivated by pro-Israel lobby "No lobby has managed to divert U.S. foreign policy as far from what the American national interest would otherwise suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that U.S. and Israeli interests are essentially identical," write the authors of the study.
03-17-06 - Pentagon opens probe on Halliburton water contract: senator The Defense Department inspector general has opened a probe into allegations that US troops were provided contaminated water under a contract with Halliburton
03-17-06 - Bush Adviser Says Iran Bluffing on Iraq The Bush administration views Tehran's acceptance of an American offer to talk about Iraq, made months ago, as an indication that Iran is feeling the international heat, national security adviser Steven J. Hadley said. Hadley is a neocon.
03-17-06 - The Israel Lobby * For the past several decades, and especially since the Six-Day War in 1967, the centrepiece of US Middle Eastern policy has been its relationship with Israel. The combination of unwavering support for Israel and the related effort to spread ?democracy? throughout the region has inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion and jeopardised not only US security but that of much of the rest of the world. This situation has no equal in American political history. Why has the US been willing to set aside its own security and that of many of its allies in order to advance the interests of another state? Sweet Jesus. Right on the money. You can read this paper in PDF format here. It is 83 pages long.
03-17-06 - U.S. Envoy Wants Iran Talks in Iraq
03-17-06 - Twenty-two killed at Iran border At least 22 people have been killed by gunmen near Iran's border with Afghanistan, official reports say.
03-17-06 - Was it worth it? An Iraqi family debates. Let us be clear here - We were not sold on Iraqi 'liberation'. Rather, the American people were deliberately misled to believe that Saddam was an immediate and grave threat to us.
We were deceived, and thus far - nobody in the Bush administration has been brought to justice, least of all the neoconservatives who had this war in mind for several years, and who seized on the tragedy of 911 to push their agenda upon us. In fact, these folks are banging the war drums again - this time for an attack on Iran. And like before, they will get their way.
03-17-06 - Vets May Be Denied Health Care to enable President Bush to meet his promise of cutting the deficit in half - if the White House is serious about its proposed budget Cut out the neocons instead - and save us trillions more in future war costs.
03-17-06 - Common Ground: Bush and Jewish community Mirroring the sentiments of the Israeli right wing, powerful groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee want that door slammed shut until Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces violence. American Christian fundamentalist groups, meanwhile, which have been strong supporters of Israel of late, take much the same view as their more hawkish Jewish-American counterparts. Both these groups are vital constituencies for Bush, and have influence in the White House and in the House and Senate, particularly with congressional elections next November. Indeed, they could make the president's life almost as complicated as dealing with Hamas.
03-17-06 - Christian Ministers Unite to Decry Denigration of Prophet The organization has brought thousands of interreligious clergy to visit Israel and Gaza in more than a dozen delegations over the past 3 years to interface with the children of Abraham in constructive dialogue, leading participants to a greater understanding and appreciation of each other's faith
03-17-06 - THE JAMES SPADER MONOLOGUE VIDEO CAN STILL BE SEEN HERE.
03-17-06 - Asylum seeker numbers continue to fall
03-17-06 - Legal Gag on Bush-Blair War Row The attorney general last night threatened newspapers with the Official Secrets Act if they revealed the contents of a document allegedly relating to a dispute between Tony Blair and George Bush over the conduct of military operations in Iraq.
03-17-06 - Lap Dogs of the Press I honestly believe that if reporters had put the spotlight on the flaws in the Bush Administration's war policies, they could have saved the country the heartache and the losses of American and Iraqi lives.
03-17-06 - Predictions of a better Middle East have evaporated three years after invasion Although Israel tacitly backed the effort to oust Saddam and some of its American allies urged the U.S. to attack, there's now broad, if quiet, criticism of the way the United States has handled the postwar period.
03-17-06 - Watchdogs Target Small Arms, Saying Dealers 'Defy UN Embargoes' Last year's report further faulted: ...the United States for ramped-up sales to Israel and Pakistan
03-16-06 - Bush Sees Iran As Possibly Greatest Threat
03-16-06 - Bush Reaffirms Pre-Emptive Use of Force "It simply says, that one cannot let dangers grow to the point of imminent threat to the United States without taking action, and if other measures fail, obviously we retain the right to use force."
03-16-06 - Iran flexible on inspectors, not core nuclear issue Russia and China, which have big commercial interests in Iran, vehemently oppose subjecting Tehran to any U.N. embargo, which both could veto as permanent Security Council members.
03-16-06 - Iraq-US forces launch biggest air raid since war The operation, involving more than 1,500 Iraqi and coalition troops and 50 aircraft, was announced shortly after the new parliament was sworn in still without any agreement on a new government as the country edges dangerously close to civil war.
03-16-06 - Britain, France Urge Quick Action on Iran Russia and China, allies of Tehran, are not as skeptical of its intentions and believe that tough council action could lead Iran to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and expel inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
03-16-06 - High-level meeting on Iran set for Monday at U.N Russia and China are resisting proposals from Britain, France and the United States that would express "serious concern" about Iran's nuclear program and ask it to comply with demands from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The statement does not threaten sanctions.
03-16-06 - U.S., Iran Willing to Talk About Iraq The Bush administration said it would talk with Iran - but only about Iraq, not nuclear issues.
03-16-06 - Children killed in US raid, say Iraqi police One infant had a gaping head wound.
03-16-06 - Most of the containers moving through U.S. ports unchecked
03-16-06 - Continuing Moussaoui case may be 'waste' of time : prosecutor A senior prosecutor has told the judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui death penalty trial there may be "no point" in continuing, after she stripped away half of his case over witness coaching.
03-16-06 - Controversial lawyer in Sept 11 trial on administrative leave The government attorney caught illegally coaching witnesses in the case against Al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was put on administrative leave, officials said.
03-16-06 - Bolton: U.N. Will Send Iran Strong Signal U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Thursday the U.N. Security Council appears determined to send a "strong and clear signal" to Tehran about its suspect nuclear program, after a meeting of the powerful U.N. body that he described as the best so far.
03-16-06 - Syria, Lebanon laud Hariri murder probe report
03-16-06 - News outlets subpoenaed in CIA leak case The subpoenas issued this week indicate Libby's legal team hopes to enlist reporters for his defense as well.
03-16-06 - Is Another 9/11 in the Works? Opinion polls indicate that the Bush regime has succeeded in its plan to make Americans fear Iran as the greatest threat America faces...In recent statements President Bush and Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld blamed Iran for the Iraqi resistance, claiming that the roadside bombs used by the resistance are being supplied by Iran From yesterday's news: "The United States does not have proof that Iran's government is responsible for the presence of Iranian weapons and military personnel in Iraq, the top U.S. military officer said on Tuesday" From Reuters.
03-16-06 - US Homeland Security delegation in Israel next week The Export Institute said yesterday that a 120-strong delegation from the US Department of Homeland Security would visit Israel next week. The delegation, which will comprise experts in the fields of security, internal defense and homeland security will attend a conference in Jerusalem, where they will study Israeli technologies and solutions for homeland security issues. The conference will be attended by dozens of Israeli companies, which will exhibit products and technologies for explosives detection, surveillance and armor.
There's a big irony. If you don't know what it is, then you haven't been paying attention.
03-16-06 - Pentagon Official Warns of Chinese Buildup China's buildup is believed to be intended to back up threats to attack Taiwan, the self-ruled island that the communist Beijing government claims as its own territory.
03-16-06 - U.N. creates new rights council; isolates U.S.
03-16-06 - US Support for Iraq War Down to 28%
03-16-06 - U.S. bill would fund Israeli security research Israel is named as an ally in the war on terror in a U.S. congressional bill that would fund international cooperation for homeland security....The funding for international cooperation would be at least 2.5 percent of the total U.S. research and development budget. ???????????????????
03-16-06 - 'Gitmo' prisoners wrapped in Israeli flags U.S. military interrogators wrapped prisoners at Guantanamo in Israeli flags, according to the FBI.
03-16-06 - FBI documents raise new questions about extent of surveillance An FBI counterterrorism unit monitored - and apparently infiltrated - a peace group in Pittsburgh that opposed the invasion of Iraq, according to internal agency documents released on Tuesday. Listen to Spader's speech from 'Boston Legal' from today's news.
03-16-06 - The Abu Ghraib files 279 photographs and 19 videos from the Army's internal investigation record a harrowing three months of detainee abuse inside the notorious prison -- and make clear that many of those responsible have yet to be held accountable.
03-16-06 - US to probe Iraqi civilians' deaths The US military has launched a criminal investigation into possible wrongdoing by Marines in the deaths of 15 Iraqi civilians in November, Defence officials say.
03-16-06 - Moussaoui case may become latest 'flub' The Bush administration says that more than 400 people have been charged with terrorism-related crimes and that 228 have been convicted. But LA Weekly points out that "the vast majority of these cases have involved minor crimes not directly related to terrorism, such as immigration violations."
03-16-06 - Syria 'crucial' to Hariri inquiry Chief investigator Serge Brammertz told UN Security Council members he had been given permission to meet Syria's president in the coming month.
03-16-06 - U.S. puts machine-guns on Great Lakes coast guard vessels
03-16-06 - Shadowy trio seen studying Sears Tower I am reminded of this story from a few years ago. Those folks were from one of those infamous 'Israeli moving companies'.
03-16-06 - AUDIO: James Spader's "Boston Legal" monologue
03-16-06 - Syria condemns Israeli raid on Jericho prison as state terrorism
03-16-06 - John Thomas: 'The IRS, the IRD, and Red State / Blue State Religion' If the IRD were merely a think tank on the nexus of religion and politics from a neo-conservative perspective, there would be little to complain about even from those who disagree sharply. But the agenda is far less benign....This past summer the IRD launched an advocacy effort aimed at undermining the mainline churches? long standing support of justice for Palestinians in the Middle East conflict. As church assemblies addressed the Occupation, the security barrier or wall, and in some cases the use of economic leverage - either divestment or positive investment - to advocate for an end to the occupation, the IRD and its related organizations joined with some Jewish organizations to vigorously challenge these resolutions....Since our Synod, the Wiesenthal Center, the David Project, and the Anti-Defamation League have been eager allies for IRD related organizations within the United Church of Christ in an on-going strategy of disinformation and disruption. The IRD agenda matches that of AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobby that largely controls the Washington agenda on Middle East policy. What was striking in this instance, however, was that the debates were not among United Church of Christ members or Disciple of Christ members; the debates were between the church and others outside the church Those CHURCHES that don't toe the pro-Israeli line are now being targeted.
03-16-06 - Syria opposition vows unity to oust Assad Khaddam forecast "regime change" in Damascus this year, within a few months, because he said Assad was making many mistakes and "digging himself into a hole" and the economic and social situation was becoming more intolerable
03-16-06 - Hariri suspect 'slashes wrists'
03-16-06 - U.S.: We won't oppose China deal The United States does not object to Israel's resumption of arms sales to China.
03-16-06 - When All That's Left is Aipac The defendants' former employer has denied any knowledge of or connection to "Aipac-gate." But it's very possible that once the media start focusing on Aipac's inner workings in federal court, the organization - and therefore the entire pro-Israel community - will be on trial in the court of public opinion. Critics of Israel and its overwhelming influence brought to bear over our government by its well-financed and powerful US lobby AIPAC are branded 'anti-Semitic', 'anti-Zionist' 'Jew-bashers' by the author of this article. Naturally.
03-16-06 - Congress urges religious freedom in Russia It is aimed particularly at protecting "unregistered" religions, particular non-Eastern Orthodox Christian groups, but cites attacks on all minority religions. Judaism is a registered religion, but Jewish targets have also been subject to attacks in recent years.
03-16-06 - The time for accounting The pledge that all this suffering would at least assist a solution to the Palestinian question has proved painfully hollow, with the Israelis ram-raiding a Palestinian prison in Jericho - just like British troops in Basra. But still the war junkies seem to believe one more hit - this time against Iran - will lead to the breakthrough to the docile Middle East they desire
03-16-06 - From Massacre to Militia: The Case Against Palestinian Disarmament in Lebanon Two days after the PLO fighters were evacuated, Israel deployed its armed forces around the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in breach of the cease-fire agreement. Nevertheless, Israel was not asked to withdraw by the supervising international forces. On the evening of Sept. 16, 1982, then Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon reportedly invited Lebanese Phalangist militia units to enter the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. For the next 36 to 48 hours, they massacred 3,000 to 3,500 unarmed Palestinian refugees. It's strange our government's insistance that Lebanon implement UN resolutions when it has refused to insist that Israel implement any of the scores of UN resolutions that it has been in violation of for over thirty years.
03-16-06 - Lebanese army out in force for anti-Israel demo Lebanese troops were out in force in a bid to prevent violence at a demonstration in protest at the controversial Israeli raid on a West Bank prison this week.
03-15-06 - Iraqis Say 11 People Killed in U.S. Raid U.S. forces flattened a house during a raid north of Baghdad early Wednesday, killing 11 people ? mostly women and children, while insurgent attacks elsewhere left five dead, police and relatives said. Photo 1 Photo 2 Looks just like Palestine.
03-15-06 - Bolton compares Iran threat to Sept 11 attacks Iran will soon be found to have 'ties to Al Qaeda' next. Same sh&t, different nation being targeted by neocons for war.
03-15-06 - Iraq Edges Closer to Open Civil Warfare
03-15-06 - British Officer Contends Iraq War Illegal "If the U.K. is not entitled in international law to use force against Iraq, the flight lieutenant is entitled to say to this tribunal: 'I hold that belief honestly, and in these circumstances it's my duty to disobey these orders.'"
03-15-06 - Bush Reaffirms Ties With Leading Neocons Part of an interlocking network of neoconservative-dominated groups that include the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for Security Policy, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, and the Committee on the Present Danger, which it founded, FDD has also tried to build support here for "regime change" in Syria and Iran.
03-15-06 - U.S. general says no proof Iran behind Iraq arms The United States does not have proof that Iran's government is responsible for the presence of Iranian weapons and military personnel in Iraq, the top U.S. military officer said on Tuesday.
03-15-06 - 2,600 Minnesota National Guardsmen prepare for largest post-WW II deployment They are part of a 4,000-member deployment.
03-15-06 - UN-Iran discussion mirrors Iraq debate Three years after the Bush administration pressed the Security Council to act on Iraq's weapons programs or face independent US action against the Baghdad regime, the UN is witnessing a strikingly similar conversation. Moreover, some experts warn that dallying by the council could prompt the US to eventually act outside the UN.
03-15-06 - Iran and Bird Flu: The Perfect Casus Belli? This theory is kind of out there.
03-15-06 - General: long-term bases? While the Bush administration has downplayed prospects for permanent U.S. bases in Iraq, Gen. John Abizaid told a House subcommittee he could not rule that out. Our ambassador to Iraq had this to say in an article from three days ago : "We want Iraq to stand on its own feet, we have no goal of establishing permanent bases here,"
03-15-06 - Norquist group faces challenge for Abramoff ties An ethics watchdog asked the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday to revoke the tax-exempt status of a conservative group for helping disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff secretly fund an anti-casino campaign that benefited his clients.
03-15-06 - Jordan monarch warns against strike on Iran Jordan's King Abdullah II warned in an interview with AFP that any military operation on Iran would cause the situation in the region "to explode".
03-15-06 - US court told Israel subjected American detainees to "traumas" In order to undermine Salah's claims, the prosecution called two agents of the Israeli Security Agency who took part in Salah's 1993 interrogations.
The six and a half days of testimony were held behind closed doors, but a transcript edited of classified information will be made available to the public in a few weeks.
Disguised agents of a foreign government are allowed to give testimony in private at a trial of a US citizen. I forget which country I am in for a minute. What happened to America?
03-15-06 - Repression of Arabs fuels unrest in Iran Unrest among ethnic Arabs in this remote capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province bordering southern Iraq presents Iran with its most serious domestic security threat since the 1979 Islamic revolution, just as discussion in Washington about Iran's myriad internal ethnic and religious divisions reaches fever pitch.
03-15-06 - DPW to sell off all its US ports Dubai Ports World (DPW) has confirmed it intends to sell all its US port operations to an American buyer within four to six months.
03-15-06 - U.S. Looks to Toughen Policy Toward Iran With Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (news, bio, voting record) serving as the chief architect, the Iran Freedom Support Act was introduced more than a year ago. Ros-Lehtinen is an Israel-firster.
03-14-06 - Jordan Indicts Eight in Hotel Bombings Among those indicted by Jordan's military prosecutor was Sajida Mubarak al-Rishawi, a woman who was meant to be one of four Iraqi suicide bombers but fled when her explosives belt failed to detonate.
03-14-06 - DeLay Gets Court to Halt, Void Subpoenas
03-14-06 - Iran Leader: Nuclear Path 'Irreversible'
03-14-06 - West seeks UN pressure on Iran Russia and China, uneasy about involving the Security Council, are still wary over the statement the United States, France and Britain want the 15-member body to adopt. "We have some difficulty with the elements," China's U.N. ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters
03-14-06 - Bush ready to initiate 'regime change' for the mullahs US officials are privately cockahoop that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's new president, has "played into their hands" by threatening to eliminate Israel and by denying the Holocaust. That played a crucial role in bolstering EU nations, in particular Germany, to abandon misgivings over the Bush administration and work with it to confront Iran.
03-14-06 - UN must get tough on Iran, says Rice
03-14-06 - High alert along northern border Israel blames the Lebanese government for the planned Hezbollah attack. The IDF says Beirut must regain its composure, take control of what is going on in southern Lebanon and allow its army to patrol the Lebanese-Israeli border.
03-14-06 - Former Labour MP Tony Benn on how Britain Secretly Helped Israel Build Its Nuclear Arsenal I knew Michael Michaels very well. I went through my diary, which is about 17 million words long, and picked out every reference to him. And I had good grounds for not trusting him. But I had no idea of this, of course, at all. And he was doing it behind the back of ministers, and he undoubtedly did assist Israel and was intended to assist Israel, because I believe after he retired, he was given a job by the Israeli government. So there could be little doubt that that was what it was about.
03-14-06 - Russia, Syria will push Hamas on road map: Lavrov Russia and Syria are both trying to persuade the Palestinian group Hamas to fulfil steps laid out in the road map toward Middle East peace, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
03-14-06 - Lebanon to disarm Palestinians outside camps Berri said the leaders backed a government decision to disarm Palestinians outside refugee camps in six months and to "tackle the issue of the arms inside the camps," while also pledging to improve Palestinian living conditions in Lebanon.....The politicians also agreed to consider the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms border area Lebanese land, even though the United Nations says it belongs to Syria. Israel seized the tiny pocket of land in the 1967 Middle East War.
03-14-06 - US misinterpreted Iraqi compliance with UN inspectors
03-14-06 - Arab League head accuses UK, US in raid Moussa said he was in touch with Arab and international leaders, including U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, to "bring a swift and complete end to this dangerous and strange (Israeli) intervention".
03-14-06 - UN probe of Hariri killing uncovers plot details
03-14-06 - American arrested with arms in Iraq, official says The Joint Coordination Center between the U.S. and Iraqi military in Tikrit said the man, whom it described as a security contractor working for a private company, possessed explosives which were found in his car. It said he was arrested on Tuesday.
03-14-06 - Dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions: four approaches *
03-14-06 - US monitoring Israel's Iran options The sources pointed out that it is clear that Israel would have to coordinate with the US forces air control any attempt to fly over Iraq on the way to Iran, if Israel chooses to attack using the shortest route. Last week, former Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon said in Washington that the West does have a military option against Iran and that a joint US-NATO-Israeli air strike against dozens of nuclear facilities in Iran could set back Teheran's nuclear programs for several years. ...One of the questions Pentagon analysts are grappling with is how an Israeli attack - if launched - would affect the US and its forces in the region and whether it would force the US to follow with further strikes in order to complete the mission. The US is also discussing what could be the possible avenues of retaliation Iran would take against US's forces and interests in the region.
03-14-06 - Syria, Lebanon to pay for Danish embassy damages
03-14-06 - Deja Vu All Over Iran So let?s look precisely at what course that is. In the past few weeks, we?ve seen the Bush administration create a brand-new Office of Iranian Affairs at the State Department, which looks suspiciously like a step toward creating the Iraq war planning office at the Pentagon called the Office of Special Plans. No word yet on whether the Department of Defense plans to create a parallel Office of Iranian Affairs, but it can?t be far behind
03-14-06 - US Abuses, Sense of Irony Missing in Rights Report "The sad reality is that because of the (George W.) Bush administration's haughty unilateralism and its mockery of international prohibitions on torture, most of the rest of the world no longer takes the U.S. seriously on human rights matters."
03-14-06 - Top US evangelist targets Islam "These people are crazed fanatics," Pot, this is the kettle calling..
03-14-06 - U.S. bungled cases against terror suspects
03-14-06 - Syria kills 'Islamist militants'
03-14-06 - Panic in Davos world by Patrick J. Buchanan What Barnes calls paleo-conservatism is the conservatism of the common man, rooted in tradition and wisdom born of experience. It is not the Big Government, open-borders, free-trade, interventionist, globaloney of the neo-cons and their Rebel in Chief.
03-13-06 - Bush plans sustained campaign against Iranian govt The administration of US President George W. Bush plans for a sustained campaign against the ayatollahs of Tehran that could include regime change, a newspaper reported. AIPAC has given the Bush admin their orders, and as with the orders to attack Iraq, this admin will not disappoint.
03-13-06 - China, Russia Reject Iran Nuke Statement Russia and China, allies of Iran, believe council action - such as a challenging statement or economic sanctions - risks angering Tehran further, possibly causing the regime to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and kick out IAEA inspectors....The United States and its allies could opt to bypass the Security Council entirely in confronting Iran. Last week, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said a coalition of countries supporting tough action might consider targeted sanctions if the council was not firm enough.
03-13-06 - Bush ties Iran to deadly Iraq bombs US President George W. Bush, stepping up a war of words with Iran, accused Tehran of contributing to ever-deadlier roadside bombs used against US-led forces and civilians in Iraq. The BS-o-meter just spontaneously combusted.
03-13-06 - US extends oil sanctions against Iran US President George W Bush has renewed sanctions barring US firms and citizens from oil dealings with Iran, citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat" from Tehran.
03-13-06 - Saddam never planned insurgency: US military study It concluded, as others have, that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, but that he maintained ambiguity on the issue for fear that otherwise Israel might be encouraged to attack Iraq.
03-13-06 - Iran Allocates $15M for Anti-U.S. Budget Iranian lawmakers on Monday approved spending $15 million to investigate alleged American intervention in the country, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
03-13-06 - US vows no permanent bases in Iraq
03-13-06 - UN Security Council to get new report on Hariri murder
03-13-06 - Dispute hits UN rights watchdog
03-13-06 - Lebanese leaders want diplomatic ties with Syria
03-13-06 - Iran nuclear stance irks Russia
03-13-06 - Arab central banks move assets out of dollar Middle Eastern anger over the decision by the US to block a Dubai company from buying five of its ports hit the dollar yesterday as a number of central banks said they were considering switching reserves into euros.
03-13-06 - Hamas case testimony in U.S. continues out of eye of public, press Prosecutors say the measures are needed to protect the Israelis from possible retribution by Hamas terrorists. Mr. Salah's attorneys argue their client has a constitutional right to confront his accusers....What is rare about the Salah case, according to Northwestern University law professor Ron Allen, is Judge St. Eve's decision to block the agents' testimony from the public....Prosecutors will make transcripts of the testimony public -- minus material that the government deems classified under the federal Classified Information Procedures Act.
03-13-06 - Is rising US public debt sustainable? At $8.3 trillion, it breaks the legal limit, fueling a fiscal debate in Congress.
03-13-06 - Bush urges patience amid Iraq 'chaos'
03-13-06 - Former top judge says US risks edging near to dictatorship Sandra Day O'Connor, a Republican-appointed judge who retired last month after 24 years on the supreme court, has said the US is in danger of edging towards dictatorship if the party's rightwingers continue to attack the judiciary.
03-13-06 - US sanctions on Syria politically motivated: minister
03-13-06 - US judge suspends Moussaoui trial Judge Leonie Brinkema is considering whether to rule out the possibility of executing Moussaoui because of "egregious" government misconduct.
03-13-06 - Israeli warplanes overfly Lebanon Beirut has filed repeated complaints to the United Nations -- which has in turn called for Israel to halt violations of Lebanese airspace -- following the May 2000 Israeli troop pullout from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
03-13-06 - Iran builds underground command center Sunday Telegraph reports country?s leaders built complex of rooms, offices designed to serve as bolt hole, headquarters for rulers as military tensions mount; construction of complex part of regime's plan to move more of its operations beneath ground, report says
03-13-06 - Interfaith Group Prays for Peace in Iraq at U.S. Capitol The council recently awarded the controversial, Oscar-nominated movie "Paradise Now," which tells the story of two Palestinian suicide bombers, with its 15th Annual Media Award
03-13-06 - Israel avoids wrangling with Straw Israel will not make an issue over British Foreign Minister Jack Straw's statement last week that after the world deals with Iran's nuclear "threat," it will deal with Israel's.
03-13-06 - Brazil nabs woman wanted for Lebanon bank fraud Brazilian police have arrested a Lebanese woman wanted in a major bank scandal in Lebanon who they say may be linked to the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
03-13-06 - The Shame and the Sorrow Like the Bourbons, famously described by Talleyrand as having learned nothing and forgotten nothing, the neocons have few regrets over the widening debacle in Iraq
03-13-06 - On the Side of the Peacemakers I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went to the West Bank and Gaza Strip because I wanted to see what three generations of occupation had done to Palestinian society. I found a lot more hopelessness and despair in Palestine. I met people who didn?t have that vision, like Iraqis did, that their situation was going to change in the near future
03-13-06 - Americans enter Holocaust cartoon contest One cartoon shows an Israeli soldier pointing a gun at a Palestinian's head with the words, "What has Ariel Sharon learned from the Holocaust?"
03-13-06 - Rabbis call for Sudan action The program also featured a briefing on the topic by John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, at the offices of the Anti-Defamation League. The neocon hero du jour, John Bolton, doing the bidding of pro-Israel organizations. It's doubtful that these orgs would give a rat's about Darfur if it weren't for the fact that it's Arabs that are doing the crimes therein.
03-12-06 - Iran says Russian atomic deal no longer an option
03-12-06 - Hecklers harass families of US soldiers killed in Iraq Five women sang and danced as they held up signs saying "thank God for dead soldiers" at the funeral of an army sergeant who was killed by an Iraqi bomb Hideous.
03-12-06 - British soldier quits army, accuses US troops of illegal tactics in Iraq "The Americans had this catch-all approach to lifting suspects. The tactics were draconian and completely ineffective." Tactics learned from Israel, no doubt. "Israeli advisers are helping train US special forces in aggressive counter-insurgency operations in Iraq" - Israel trains US assassination squads in Iraq also there is Israelis Trained US Troops in Jenin-style Urban Warfare
03-12-06 - US denies asking for Iranian help in Iraq Britain's Sunday Times newspaper said journalists in Tehran had been shown a letter by a senior Iranian intelligence agent that was purportedly from U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, and which invited Iran to send representatives to talks in Iraq.
03-12-06 - Iranian Rejects Proposal, Angering Russia However, Tehran did back away from a threat to use oil as an economic weapon if the council should impose sanctions
03-12-06 - Pro-Israel Activists Cheer Cheney In recent weeks Bush has seen his approval ratings drop to around 35%, leading some analysts to the conclusion that his poll numbers were putting him perilously close to a "failed presidency" - one unable to effectuate its policies because of a lack of popular support. But this week, at the annual policy conference of the main pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, several of the most hard-line administration officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, drew a resounding response. This was by no coincidence. For it is their policy that the Bush administration is fulfilling - to the detriment of the rest of America.
03-12-06 - Rabbis visit Tehran to support call for Israel's destruction "The issue of the Holocaust has to do with the Zionist use ... The Zionists are using this issue. We, the Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, do not use the Holocaust as a tool for promoting our cause," Weiss was quoted as saying.
03-12-06 - Straw: Israel's nukes will be dealt with after Iran Highly doubtful. Britain is the one that helped Israel to get nukes in the first place.
03-12-06 - UK to urge Europe to help Iranians win more freedom Britain will call on Monday for an expansion of global broadcasting in Iran and more material in Farsi published on the Internet in an effort to support Iranians' aspirations for greater freedom.
03-12-06 - Rice Sought for Testimony in Spy Case Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley are among the witnesses defense lawyers want to subpoena in the case of two pro- Israel lobbyists accused of receiving classified information
03-12-06 - North Korea urges US to change "biased" nuclear policy In the agreement reached early this month in New Delhi, US President George W. Bush reversed a longstanding US policy by agreeing to sell sensitive nuclear technology to India even though New Delhi is not a party to the NPT. Critics said the agreement would fuel a South Asia arms race or set a bad example for Israel, Iran, or North Korea
03-12-06 - GOP Lawmakers: Fear Fueled Ports Criticism Four U.S. legislators visiting this city at the heart of a collapsed ports management deal stressed Sunday the United Arab Emirates remained one of America's strongest allies in the fight against terrorism.
03-12-06 - Minister slams US decision to end deals with Commercial Bank of Syria
03-12-06 - Letter to President Bush Until your administration, I believed it was inconceivable that the United States would ever initiate an aggressive and preemptive war against a country that posed no threat to us
03-12-06 - As Syria's Influence in Lebanon Wanes, Iran Moves In Thus does the propaganda campaign against Iran continue in the US press.
03-12-06 - Syria wants Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction Syria expects the Middle East region to be free of weapons of mass destruction, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Sunday.
03-12-06 - Friends Remember Slain American Hostage Palestinians throughout the West Bank also expressed sorrow Saturday over the killing of Fox who had traveled to the area to protest for their cause before he was taken hostage in Iraq.
03-12-06 - The 48 Hour Media-blitz for War with Iran Bush, Cheney, Bolton, Rice, Rumsfeld, Burns, Congress, and Israel. Whoa! That?s quite a line-up. All in the last 48 hours! Was it spontaneous or a calculated public-relations campaign? ....The Iran bourse is a direct threat to the present economic system of extorting labor and resources from the developing world for worthless paper. The Bush administration will do everything in its power to defend that system. It's coming, people. Better get ready for it. AIPAC has given our government their marching orders. And they rarely if ever disobey them.
03-12-06 - Iran urging Islamic Jihad to attack Israel ahead of election Israeli intelligence sources say
03-12-06 - New legal approach draws museums into fray in fight against terror Among the museums and institutions being pursued by David Strachman is the University of Chicago. He wants the university to surrender a treasure trove of ancient Persian artifacts to survivors of an attack staged by Hamas, the militant group that won the recent Palestinian elections. The request was recently sustained by a federal magistrate in Chicago.... Supporters of terrorism should be punished. Hamas is partially financed by Iran. Therefore, Hamas' victims should be compensated by confiscating Iranian property, making Persian artifacts in American museums, such as University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, fair game for federal marshals and a moving truck.
03-11-06 - No One Knows How Many Iraqis Have Died Despite such snapshots, the overall number of Iraqi civilians and soldiers killed since the U.S.-led invasion in spring 2003 remains murky. Bloodshed has worsened each year, pushing the Iraqi death toll into the tens of thousands. But no one knows the exact toll
03-11-06 - Official: Iraq may still seek WMDs Paul Pillar, who until last year was in charge of intelligence assessments for the Middle East, said the CIA warned the Bush administration before the Iraq invasion in 2003 that a change of regimes would not necessarily solve any WMD problem.
03-11-06 - Haig: Vietnam Mistakes Repeated in Iraq "Every asset of the nation must be applied to the conflict to bring about a quick and successful outcome, or don't do it," Haig said.
03-11-06 - Iran Threatens to Use Oil in Nuke Standoff Iran is the No. 2 producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries after Saudi Arabia. It also lies on one side of the narrow Strait of Hormuz, a key passage for most of the crude oil shipped from the Persian Gulf nations.
03-11-06 - Bush warns Iran over meddling in Iraq
03-11-06 - Washington seeks explanation for Spain's Syria talks Washington is demanding to know why Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos held a meeting in Damascus with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Mouallem.
03-11-06 - Security Council Considers Iran Proposals Britain, France and the United States are seeking a tough statement aimed at pressuring Iran, while Russia wants the council to remain in the background. China is believed to side with Russia.
03-11-06 - Russia woos Muslim world with guns and diplomatic roses Another Western bugbear -- Syria -- will be allowed into Russia's diplomatic limelight this week when Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem meet in Moscow.
03-11-06 - $25,000 to Lobby Group Is Tied to Access to Bush But the transaction adds new details to what is known about how Mr. Abramoff used his links to well-connected conservatives to establish himself among his lobbying clients as having access to the highest levels of power in Washington.
03-11-06 - March 9: Western sources: Iran has another secret nuke channel The source of the document, as well as the centrifuges that Iran uses to enrich uranium, is apparently the network established by Pakistani nuclear arms pioneer Abdul Khader Khan, who admitted to assisting a number of Islamic countries with their nuclear programs.
03-11-06 - German spy probe to include CIA "kidnap," flights
03-11-06 - CPT Release: CPT Release: We Mourn the Loss of Tom Fox
03-11-06 - Merkel meets Mubarak on Iran nuclear issue, Middle East peace
03-11-06 - Wasted Chances and Dire Portents
03-11-06 - REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK In past years, Aipac conferences celebrated Israel's military, economic, cultural and technological might, while underscoring its vulnerability in the face of regional threats. This year, there was very little celebrating. The focus was on the threats, on the dangers facing Israel and on Aipac's role as a bulwark to help fend them off. Such a focus works best to rally and consolidate member support, said a former Aipac lobbyist. "Nothing works better than gevalt," quipped the former Aipac staffer, using the Yiddish expression for alarm or dismay
03-10-06 - US hostage in Iraq confirmed dead
03-10-06 - Bush: Iran's threats to Israel a 'grave national security concern'
03-10-06 - REFILING: LEAD: Bush labels N. Korea, Iran as 'axis of evil' again Bush said he sees "an issue of grave national security concern" in Iran, referring to comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for the destruction of Israel and suspicions that Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons Strange then, that Iran is being hauled before the UN Security Council and N. Korea is not.
03-10-06 - UN Security Council seeks united response to Iran nuclear defiance But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Wednesday: "We are convinced that there is no military solution to this crisis," adding: "I don't think sanctions as a means to solve a crisis has ever achieved a goal in the recent history."
03-10-06 - EU warns of sanctions against Iran
03-10-06 - Bush's Approval Rating Falls to New Low
03-10-06 - 'US not doing enough to stop Iran' "America needs to get its act together," the official said. "Until now the US administration has just been talking tough but the time has come for the Americans to begin to take tough action." Wow.
03-10-06 - CIA must give Libby intel summaries, judge rules Libby's graymail defense succeeding.
03-10-06 - From AIPAC to Check Point In May 2000, reports began appearing in the US media linking Amdocs Ltd. (NYSE: DOX) to the wiretapping of government communications. "Insight", a magazine of the right-wing "Washington Times" group, cited "scores" of sources, including intelligence sources, who claimed that the FBI was convinced that Amdocs, a contractor for upgrading the White House's telephony system, had listed to conversations in the president's residence...In another report, Cameron said Comverse Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: CMVT) subsidiary Comverse Infosys, a provider of surveillance equipment to US law enforcement agencies, was itself conducting secret wiretapping through a back door in the equipment it installed.
03-10-06 - Bush says won't soften demands to Syria on Lebanon
03-10-06 - Israel firm on Iran, reticent on military action "Ultimately, our objective is that the international community prevents the Iranians from developing non-conventional weapons, and Israel has helped in efforts to get the case brought before the UN Security Council," Olmert said. Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz also appeared to downplay Yaalon's comments to the Hudson Institute in Washington,
The Hudson Institute recently welcomed neocon Lewis Libby to its ranks, go figure.
03-10-06 - Hamas will accept funding from Iran: Meshaal
03-10-06 - Madrid Bombings Show No al-Qaida Ties
03-10-06 - Rumsfeld: Iraqi troops, not US, to fight a civil war
03-10-06 - Negative perceptions of Islam increasing Conservative and liberal experts said Americans' attitudes about Islam are fueled in part by political statements and media reports that focus almost solely on the actions of Muslim extremists. And exactly who would benefit from that, mewonders?...
03-10-06 - Ya?alon: Don?t rule out force for Iran Western nations should not rule out using military force against Iran, Israel?s former military chief said.
03-10-06 - Paul Findley: Seek Justice, Only Justice In Middle East policy, America ignores injustice, because religion-based passions here at home override even vital national interests. Our bias is not controlled by government officials but by two peculiar, politically powerful religious communities -- fundamentalist Christianity, on one hand, and on the other an extreme element of Judaism. Together, they burden our country year after year with an Israel-centric foreign policy that is disastrous to America's vital interests. Both groups have a deep-seated, passionate attachment to the State of Israel, no matter how outrageous its behavior becomes. Both are represented powerfully in Washington and exert a suffocating level of influence throughout America's political system, as well as in almost every other part of our society.
03-10-06 - Russia lashes out at US human rights criticism
03-10-06 - Iran Shock & Awe Spin Moves into Hyperdrive Thomas Lantos of California, senior Democrat whore on the International Relations Committee, has declared his intention to ?push forward with legislation imposing mandatory sanctions on foreign firms working in Iran, despite administration concerns that the bill could split the international coalition against Iran?s nuclear programme,? in other words such a bill may jeopardize the impending Straussian neocon effort to shock and awe Iran.
03-10-06 - Russia Proposes More Talks on Iran U.S. Ambassador John Bolton and other senior American officials have suggested that if the Security Council does not take tough action, Washington might look elsewhere to punish Iran - possibly by rallying its allies to impose targeted sanctions.
03-10-06 - Bush troubled by failed US ports deal US President George W Bush says the political storm over an Arab company taking control of key US ports sends a bad message to the United States's allies in the Middle East.
03-10-06 - Push for two-week deadline for Iran to stop nuclear work
03-10-06 - Sunni insurgents 'have al-Zarqawi running for cover' Insurgent groups in one of Iraq's most violent provinces claim that they have purged the region of three quarters of al-Qa'eda's supporters after forming an alliance to force out the foreign fighters.
03-10-06 - Arab Firms Reassessing U.S. Holdings Gulf investors, feeling scorched by what they see as an anti-Arab backlash in the U.S. Congress, will likely be wary of high-profile investments in the United States after the ports controversy with a Dubai firm.
03-10-06 - ANALYSIS - Islamists gain in Mideast with freedoms agenda
03-10-06 - International Muslim group denounces widespread Western 'double standards' Their defense of freedom of expression and human rights were undermined by the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the US-led occupation of Iraq, and Israel's occupation of Palestine, he said during a visit to London
03-10-06 - Israelis Want Aipac-Backed Bill Softened They argued that at this point the bill could end up limiting the diplomatic flexibility of the new Israeli government in dealings with the new P.A. regime. In addition, Israeli officials said, the bill may place the onus of providing for the wellbeing of the Palestinian population on Israel, the occupying power in the territories. The bill could also result in the cancellation of several internationally funded aid programs in which Israel has a vital interest, in fields such as public health, water and sewage. ..Israel does not want to see the U.N. agency dissolved out of fear that Jerusalem would end up inheriting the responsibility for the welfare of about 1.5 million refugees in the West Bank and Gaza. ...Israeli officials said that Israel has coordinated its positions on Hamas and the P.A. with Aipac..but could not say whether Israel had consulted regarding specific provisions of the bill. The measure, according to several congressional staffers who followed its development, was drafted with the active involvement of Aipac's staff. Israeli officials would not say whether they suggested to Aipac that the bill be softened.
THis is why AIPAC needs to register as a foreign agent. They are acting on behalf of Israel, not America, in case you hadn't noticed.
03-10-06 - Bush: Hezbollah must disarm Hezbollah continues to attack Israel six years after Israel withdrew to U.N.-certified borders. Israel continues to violate the airspace of Lebanon.
03-10-06 - Syrian: Rabin almost made peace Yitzhak Rabin?s murder prevented a peace deal between Israel and Syria, a former top Syrian official said.
03-10-06 - Army deploys troops in North along Syria border Hanna said that deploying the army would help in preventing the illegal entry of individuals as well as the flow of weapons, but stressed that it was more important to control weapons already present in Lebanese territories.
03-10-06 - Remarks by President Bush at the National Newspaper Association Government Affairs Conference I'm concerned about -- I would say they're equal, Iran and North Korea, as for a security threat, because any time there's a non-transparent regime without a free press to hold people to account, it creates an unpredictability in the world. The Iranian President has stated his desire to destroy our ally, Israel. So when you start listening to what he has said, to their desire to develop a nuclear weapon, then you begin to see an issue of grave national security concern. Israel is our 'grave national security concern, straight from the Bushes mouth.
03-09-06 - U.S. Pushes U.N. for Strong Iran Statement Bolton and other senior U.S. officials suggested that if the Security Council doesn't take tough action, the United States might look elsewhere to punish Iran - possibly by rallying its allies to impose targeted sanctions...Officials in Washington have raised the possibility of a Security Council resolution backed by the threat of military force that would demand Iran abandon uranium enrichment and answer outstanding questions about its nuclear program....Yet Russia and China are opposed to sanctions and would almost certainly block any effort for the council to impose such measures
03-09-06 - Iranian Revolutionary Guard infiltrating Iraq: Rumsfeld US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accused Iran of sending Revolutionary Guard forces into Iraq to make trouble, and warned Tehran it was "an error in judgement."
03-09-06 - Colonization of Palestine Precludes Peace by Jimmy Carter For more than a quarter century, Israeli policy has been in conflict with that of the United States and the international community. Israel?s occupation of Palestine has obstructed a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land, regardless of whether Palestinians had no formalized government, one headed by Yasir Arafat or Mahmoud Abbas, or with Abbas as president and Hamas controlling the parliament and cabinet. This man is legend. My hat's off to former president Jimmy Carter. God bless him.
03-09-06 - Americans Urge Death if Saddam Convicted
03-09-06 - Feds Order U.S. Banks to Sever Syria Ties "Today's action is aimed at protecting our financial system against abuse by this arm of a state-sponsor of terrorism," said Stuart Levy, Treasury's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.
03-09-06 - Dubai Firm to Give Up Stake in U.S. Ports
03-09-06 - US faces 'no greater challenge' than Iran US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that no country poses a greater challenge to America now than Iran.
03-09-06 - North Korea test-fires short-range missiles the head of the US military in South Korea told a Congressional committee Tuesday that the North is "set to deploy ballistic missiles that could reach Alaska and remains a global security threat despite its failing economy." But Iran is our problem, not N. Korea. Mm k.
03-09-06 - Damascus blasts US rights report The ministry highlighted "the scandals at Guantanamo (US military detention facility in Cuba) and Abu Ghraib (prison in Baghdad) and the violations of Palestinian human rights which the United States supports and endorses." ...In its 16-page introduction, the US report criticized the human rights situations in Iran and Syria but did not mention its key ally Israel.
03-09-06 - Carter On A Roll Jimmy Carter has, of late, been breaking the unwritten rule that former presidents shall not contradict sitting presidents on major issues of policy. He did it yesterday, when he called the Iraq War unjust, unnecessary and based on false pretenses. Today, the 2002 Nobel peace prize winner did it again, right here on TomPaine.com.
03-09-06 - UN unlikely to make Iranian nuclear deal easier Nicholas Burns, US undersecretary for state, outlined this week how the US had few options at its disposal because of the lack of international support for significant sanctions. That didn't stop them from going into Iraq.
03-09-06 - Daniel Pipes Finds Comfort in Muslims Killing Muslims: Neocon Advocates Civil War in Iraq as "Strategic" Policy finally Pipes declares that a civil war "would likely invite Syrian and Iranian participation hastening the possibility of confrontation with these two states, with which tensions are already high." It is no secret that the neocons have been aching for the U.S. to strike at Iran and Syria, so here too the civil war strategy of the neocons makes good sense to them. Of course the added death and destruction is not their problem since the victims will be Muslims and some unwitting American soldiers.
03-09-06 - Secret sale of UK plutonium to Israel Under Wilson, Britain also sold Israel tons of chemicals used to make boosted atom bombs 20 times more powerful than Hiroshima or even Hydrogen Bombs...Using Freedom of Information, Newsnight has obtained top secret papers. They show Foreign Minister Kim Howells misled the IAEA and that Britain made not one, but hundreds of secret shipments of nuclear materials to Israel.
03-09-06 - Talk about Iran military option could backfire, IAF source warns "If we emphasize too much, express ourselves too much, it frees the international community (of responsibility)," Ben-Eliyahu told Israel Radio. "Our major achievement, from a military perspective and from a political perspective, is that an international coalition has been created that understands and comprehends that Iran's nuclear development must be stopped." Whose war?
03-09-06 - Straw sets out Iran's choices Britain is happy for Iran to develop civil nuclear energy, so long as it comes into compliance with its obligations not to seek atomic weapons, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
03-09-06 - House panel clears emergency war funds The committee cut most of the $75 million Bush sought for new pro-democracy efforts in Iran, calling the plan announced with fanfare last month poorly justified...Lawmakers also agreed to put into law a block on aid to the Palestinian Authority unless the new government being formed by the militant group Hamas renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel's right to exist, backing Bush's stance
03-09-06 - Three Years and Counting On March 19, 2003, without the approval of the United Nations Security Council and against the advice of many of America's closest allies, the Bush Administration launched what has become one of the longest-running wars in US history And this performance may be repeated with Iran.
03-09-06 - In Iran, Even Critics Back Nuclear Stance "I never supported the regime before," the Tehran resident said. "But this time, it is a matter of humiliation by foreigners."
03-09-06 - Fighting Terror or Pushing Bigotry? "While it may be true ? and probably is ? that not all Muslims are terrorists, it also happens to be true that nearly all terrorists are Muslim," Gillerman said to the crowd's delight. Gillerman stole the line from Pat Buchanan's article of Feb. 2006 And while not all Muslims are terrorists, almost all terrorists appear to be Muslim. .. What most fail to mention is that the first terrorist organizations in the Middle East were not Arab or Muslim.
03-09-06 - Depleted Uranium - US Lung Cancer Rates Soar
03-09-06 - Pentagon admits errors in spying on protesters
03-09-06 - Federal Hearing Incenses Civil Advocates Two Israeli intelligence agents are being called to testify about Salah's interrogation in an effort to determine whether the confession can be used at Salah's trial. Although experts say judges frequently take special precautions to protect witnesses, the judge's decision to keep the pretrial hearing secret to better safeguard the agents against reprisals has upset opponents of government secrecy. "I don't believe serving the interest of a foreign intelligence agency is high priority for the American people,"...Over defense objections, U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve ruled in January that she would close the courtroom for the Israeli agents, offer heavy security and permit them the use of pseudonyms and "light disguises."
03-09-06 - Senate rejects travel ban Pro-Israel groups have been working to ensure that the original bill, which remains under debate, does not include a ban on non-profit travel, which would hamper their ability to send lawmakers to Israel. You didn't really think the AIPACers would allow Congress to ban all lobby-sponsored trips, including those to Israel, did you? Hahahaha. We are talking about the Israeli lobby here.
03-09-06 - Bush reaches out to philanthropists A large number of Jewish groups oppose faith-based initiatives, because of concerns that using federal money for religious charitable organizations violates the separation of church and state. See this next short article from JTA for today as well.
03-09-06 - Aznar: Make Israel a NATO member Spain?s former prime minister said Israel should become a member of NATO as a warning to Iran
03-08-06 - Iranian Revolutionary Guard infiltrating Iraq: Rumsfeld
03-08-06 - US, Europe press for action on Iran nuclear program Javad Vaidi, the Iranian delegation chief in Vienna, said that "the United States may have the power to cause harm and pain but it is also susceptible to harm and pain. "So if the United States wishes to choose that path, let the ball roll," he added
03-08-06 - Russia opposes punitive UN Council action on Iran Sergei Lavrov also told reporters after meeting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that he opposed military action and questioned any measures the West might propose in the Security Council, saying the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency had to remain in the lead. There is no Israeli lobby in Russia - the difference between the bellicosity of the neocon-driven Bush administration, and the lack of interest in Russia to attack Iran.
03-08-06 - Iran refuses to stop nuclear work Iran will continue its controversial nuclear research programme no matter what action the UN takes against it, an Iranian nuclear delegation has said.
03-08-06 - US seeks further pressure on Iran UN Ambassador John Bolton said there was a sense of urgency about Tehran's defiance of the world community.
03-08-06 - Justice Dept. Probes Lawyers' Conduct The Justice Department is investigating its lawyers' conduct in sending terrorism suspects to jail when there was insufficient evidence to charge them with a crime.
03-08-06 - Israel will have to act on Iran if UN can't
03-08-06 - U.S. says it still opposes proposed Iran-India pipeline
03-08-06 - Abramoff says he worked with top Republicans Abramoff said he did not spend much time lobbying DeLay because he knew that the Texas Republican would support his issues, but they talked about other subjects..."We would sit and talk about the Bible. We would sit and talk about opera. We would sit and talk about golf. I mean, we talked about philosophy and politics," Delay and Abramoff are both Zionists - Christian and Jewish respectively.
03-08-06 - Annan urges cool rhetoric after Cheney warns Iran
03-08-06 - NeoCon allies desert Bush over Iraq These are the right-wing intellectuals who demanded George Bush invade Iraq. Now they admit they got it wrong. Are you listening, Mr President? The neocons have a new war to promote: the war on Iran. And the Bush administration is fully complying with their wishes (again).
03-08-06 - Setback for Bush's US ports plan A powerful committee of the US House of Representatives has voted to block a Bush administration deal to give a Dubai firm control over six US ports.
03-08-06 - Vermont Towns Vote to Impeach Whereas George W. Bush has:
1. Misled the nation about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction;
2. Misled the nation about ties between Iraq and Al Quaeda;
03-08-06 - US criticises Iran, China on human rights The report makes no mention of any human rights abuses committed by the US in places like the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, despite strong international criticism over the US military's treatment of detainees.
03-08-06 - Biddle's Pivot To circumvent this growing demand for withdrawal, the War Party has come up with a number of alternate plans, all of which involve a continued U.S. military presence
03-08-06 - Jewish anti-Zionists visit Iran
03-08-06 - Remarks by Vice President Cheney to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2006 Policy Conference
03-08-06 - U.S. 'will always be by Israel's side,' Clinton says Clinton said he "sympathized" with the reason Palestinians voted for Hamas in recent parliamentary elections because the average Palestinian is worse off now than a decade ago. U.S. 'will always be by Israel's side,' Clinton says - maybe our Congress whom AIPAC has in their back pocket. Last I checked though, this government is still by the people of the people and for the people.
03-08-06 - For politicians and candidates, AIPAC event is a time to shine Participating at the AIPAC conference has, for years, given politicians close access to active donors from across the country who are willing to feed money into the campaigns of pro-Israel candidates. In addition to the formal program, AIPAC conferences include several small cocktail receptions for high donors, where business cards and alcohol flow freely.
"It's fund-raising, it's votes and it's leadership," Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who is running for Senate, said at a National Jewish Democratic Council reception on the sidelines of the conference. "It puts us together with people that are influential in the community." The whoring of American legislators and would-be legislators is repulsive.
03-08-06 - House RollCall Patriot Act
03-08-06 - Researchers to Report That Arab Population Figures in West Bank and Gaza Are Dramatically Overestimated as House International Relations Subcommittee Reconsiders US Aid to Palestinian Authority The ADRG released, "Arab Population in the West Bank and Gaza: The Million Person Gap," a report authored by Bennett Zimmerman, Dr. Roberta Seid and Dr. Michael L. Wise at the American Enterprise Institute. Bingo. The American Enterprise Institute, AEI, is a neocon 'thinktank' - now there's a nonbiased source of information. Our legislators will nonetheless slurp up this neocon slop in their usual subordinate manner.
03-08-06 - Newsmax.com: U.N. Report Card: Israel, Palau, Micronesia and Marshall Islands Top Best U.S. Friends List Ever since we partnered with Israel, our nation's prestige, stature in the world has suffered. We stand isolated.
03-07-06 - US hopes to build coalition on Iran sanctions This story sounds vaguely familiar.
03-07-06 - CIA Fights Libby's Request for Information
03-07-06 - Lax Oversight Blamed for High Gas Prices Too little oversight of financial markets - not supply and demand problems - are to blame for skyrocketing natural gas prices, top law enforcement officials in four Midwestern states said Tuesday.
03-07-06 - US, Russia reject Iran compromise
03-07-06 - U.S. Needs Help From Russia on Iran The Bush administration is getting closer to a U.N. Security Council rebuke of Iran, but the latest round of diplomacy shows the United States needs the help of Cold War foe Russia to close the deal.
03-07-06 - Russia denies Iran nuclear proposal Russia on Tuesday backed away from what EU diplomats said was a proposal to let Iran do some atomic research if it agreed to refrain from enriching uranium on an industrial scale for 7-9 years.
03-07-06 - Iran threatens new 'killing fields' in nuclear row
03-07-06 - Iran refuses long-term enrichment suspension
03-07-06 - U.S. Says Iranian Enrichment Unacceptable
03-07-06 - AIPAC taking Hamas, Iran to Congress Delegates of the AIPAC conference will depart Tuesday to Capitol Hill for more than 450 lobbying meetings with their members of Congress. The two main issues on the legislative agenda of the organization are Hamas and Iran.
03-07-06 - Cheney Says U.S. Won't Let Iran Get Nukes "The Iranian regime needs to know that if it stays on its present course, the international community is prepared to impose meaningful consequences," Cheney said in a speech to the to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, an influential pro-Israel lobbying group. Cheney bows before his AIPAC masters.
03-07-06 - Pakistan opposed to any military action against Iran over nuclear program Pakistan would oppose any military action taken by its ally the United States against Iran over its disputed nuclear program, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said.
03-07-06 - Iran demands nuclear compensation Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the West should compensate Iran for its past suspension of nuclear research as a way of building trust.
03-07-06 - Behind the Christian Peacemakers' trip to Iraq A videotape Tuesday showed three of the four hostages, who have been held since November.
03-07-06 - Amid AIPAC's Big Show, Straight Talk With a Noticeable Silence Luncheon speeches by former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and former Virginia governor Mark Warner (D) were declared off the record. At another speech yesterday by Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, reporters were turned away at the door; an AIPAC spokeswoman went through the room making sure no journalists had infiltrated.
03-07-06 - Majority in U.S. Fears Iraq Civil War An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq will lead to civil war, and half say the United States should begin withdrawing its forces from that violence-torn country, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.
03-07-06 - ElBaradei's Swan Song? The NPT does not require non-nuke NPT signatories to negotiate and conclude an Additional Protocol to their IAEA Safeguards Agreements. Hence, the IAEA Board most certainly cannot make such a requirement of Iran.
03-07-06 - NATO spy planes fly in Israel Jones was answering a question from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) about what NATO was doing regarding a potential Iranian nuclear threat to Israel.
03-07-06 - Party leaders pledge support for Israel trips Leaders of both major U.S. parties are making sure that educational trips to Israel for legislators are not affected by lobbying reforms.
03-07-06 - Lebanese factions suspend talks
03-07-06 - Debate over ports deal shows complex reality of Arab boycott What seems to politicians like a crystal-clear case - how can you entrust the nation's ports to a regime that harbored terrorist money? - gets murkier the closer you get to the realities of Israel's dealings in the Middle East.
03-07-06 - China says it would weigh Hamas aid China is a major exporter of Iranian oil and a veto-wielding member of the United Nations Security Council.
03-07-06 - THE MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATION OF THE AIPAC CASE Notice how, curiously, what started out as what would have been called an espionage case if the alleged parties had been working on behalf of, say, Iran or Palestine instead of Israel - in which secret information was transferred to an Israeli diplomat - has been mysteriously transformed into a freedom of the press cause celebre even though the indicted parties were not journalists at all
03-07-06 - What the Indian giver got by Patrick J. Buchanan Israel, which has also refused to sign the NPT and has 200 to 300 nuclear weapons, will demand the same nuclear technology that India got. On what grounds can Bush deny Israel?
03-07-06 - Israel sells arms to China Yaakov Toren, director general of Israel?s Defense Ministry, announced the resumption of sales March 1, according to Jane?s Defence Weekly. Israel had suspended the sales after signing an agreement last August allowing U.S. officials to review Israeli arms sales.
03-06-06 - Thanking Israel's powerful friend Thus, a few years ago, an AIPAC lobbyist's activities developed ties to an anonymous candidate from a remote state, which has almost no Jews, until the latter reached one of the highest offices in the Senate, and was able to have a real influence in Israel's favor. Thus, last week, the adviser to a senator from a southern state, which also has few Jews, explained: "We have an excellent relationship with the Jewish community. We would never do anything related to Israel without first explaining to Israel what we are doing." Wow. This is the complete opposite of "taxation with representation". It's what revolutions are made of. Who are our officials representing?
03-06-06 - Palestinians targeted in Iraq
03-06-06 - U.N. Watchdog: Iran Deal Could Be Imminent The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Monday a deal on Iran's suspect nuclear program could be only a few days away, making U.N. Security Council action unneeded.
03-06-06 - Iran said to step up plans for Shahab missiles According to an intelligence report given to Reuters by a non-U.S. diplomat
03-06-06 - Lebanon Leader Asks Rice to Pressure Syria Jumblatt was due to meet Tuesday with Wolfowitz That's like asking a bear to s#%t in the woods.
03-06-06 - For AIPAC delegates, clear goal on Iran, but mixed messages on P.A. Stop Hamas and stop Iran.....Instead of just showing progress on key issues, for instance, the Palestinian Authority must now prove that it has crushed terrorism and incitement before it reenters the United States? good graces. It also must recognize Israel as a Jewish state, a step further than merely recognizing Israel?s existence. Just look at our legislators scurrying about after they were given their orders from AIPAC.
03-06-06 - US envoy hints at strike to stop Iran The US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, has told British MPs that military action could bring Iran's nuclear programme to a halt if all diplomatic efforts fail....The CIA appears to be the most sceptical about a military solution And the world snickers at our obeisance to the Israeli lobby.
03-06-06 - UK: Solution to war crime lawsuits near Britain has informed Israel it is close to finding a solution that will enable IDF officers to visit the UK without fear of getting arrested due to war crime lawsuits filed against them, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday. Thus does Britain kowtow to Israeli war criminals.
03-06-06 - Russia says to continue contacts with Hamas Russia said on Monday it would maintain contacts with Palestinian militant group Hamas and urged other nations interested in building Middle East peace to do the same. The remarks by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov could increase tensions with Israel, which criticized Russia's decision to invite a Hamas delegation to Moscow over the weekend for talks Ruh roh.
03-06-06 - Long Delay Refused in Abramoff Sentencing Abramoff attorney Abbe Lowell warned that the defense would disclose information about the ongoing corruption investigation to demonstrate the level of Abramoff's cooperation, something that could affect Abramoff's sentence in the fraud case. "We will name names,"
03-06-06 - Another War for Israel: The amen corner howls for war with Iran All the same ingredients of the Iraqi potboiler are being thrown into the mix: a Middle Eastern country ruled by an unattractive tyrant, Israel's partisans furiously beating the drums for war, and "weapons of mass destruction" described by dubious exile groups.
03-06-06 - Palestinians demand Lebanon rights before disarming One of the Palestinian militant groups which retains bases in Lebanon said that it would only discuss laying down its weapons once the country's 380,000 Palestinian refugees have been accorded basic civic rights.
03-06-06 - UAE urged to end its boycott of Israel Leading U.S. Jewish groups have long sought to end the boycott. The boycott "is an anachronistic practice that has been used by the Arab worlds to unfairly isolate and stigmatize Israel," said Josh Block, a spokesman for the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "No company should be participating in the boycott."
03-05-06 - Iran and Qaeda benefit from US in Iraq: congressman "We have a situation where our military is in such bad shape, it couldn't deploy to a second front," Murtha said. "And the Iranians know this. North Korea knows it. China knows it. We're depleting our resources in Iraq."
03-05-06 - Nuclear body to mull Iran's fate
03-05-06 - Amnesty says Iraq abuses continue
03-05-06 - Washington said to be looking at deadline for Iran The United States, ahead of a key meeting on Iran on Monday, is discussing a 30 to 60-day deadline for Tehran to halt its nuclear program and cooperate with international inspectors or face intensified pressure in the UN Security Council, according to a U.S. official.
03-05-06 - Iran Threatens to Start Uranium Enrichment Iran warned Sunday it will start large-scale uranium enrichment if it is referred to the U.N. Security Council because of international concerns over its nuclear program.
03-05-06 - Iranians rally for peaceful nuclear technology
03-05-06 - Olmert vents anger at Putin over Hamas invite
03-05-06 - Iran arrests nuclear spy Iran has arrested a nuclear spy who allegedly passed classified information to arch-foe the United States over a 10 year period.
03-05-06 - Nato may help US airstrikes on Iran Israel's special forces are said to be operating inside Iran in an urgent attempt to locate the country's secret uranium enrichment sites. "We found several suspected sites last year but there must be more," an Israeli intelligence source said. They are operating from a base in northern Iraq, guarded by Israeli soldiers with the approval of the Americans, according to Israeli sources.
03-05-06 - Hamas Rejects Support of al-Zawahri "Our battle is against the Israeli occupation and our only concern is to restore our rights and serve our people. We have no links with any group or element outside Palestine,"
03-05-06 - Assad urges Hamas not to recognize Israel Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged the radical movement Hamas, which now holds a majority in Palestinian parliament, not to recognize Israel unless Palestinians' rights are restored.
03-05-06 - Bolton: World Must Confront Iran The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday told an influential pro- Israel lobbying group there is an urgent need to confront Iran's "clear and unrelenting drive" for a nuclear weapons program. Bolton, a key speaker at the AIPAC conference once again, demonstrating that he is ISRAEL'S new ambassador to the UN.
03-05-06 - Indonesians Demand U.S. Pullout From Iraq Thousands of Muslims rallied in front of the tightly guarded U.S. Embassy in Indonesia on Sunday, demanding American troops leave Iraq and Afghanistan and calling President Bush a terrorist
03-05-06 - Dubai CEO says port deal will succeed despite US opposition
03-05-06 - US warns Iran of consequences of nuclear ambitions U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton reaffirmed that the United States will use "all tools at our disposal" to thwart Iran's nuclear program and is already "beefing up defensive measures" to do so. "The Iran regime must be made aware that if it continues down the path of international isolation, there will be tangible and painful consequences," he told 4,500 delegates to the annual convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the leading pro-Israel U.S. lobbying group.
03-05-06 - Jewish plot to kill Bevin in London JEWISH terrorists plotted to assassinate Ernest Bevin, the foreign secretary, in 1946, as part of their campaign to establish the state of Israel, newly declassified intelligence files have shown. The plan was devised by Irgun, the insurgent group led by Menachem Begin, who went on to become a Nobel peace prize winner and prime minister of Israel. Begin, whom MI6 believed was backed by the Soviet Union, planned to send five terrorist cells to Britain to carry out bombings and assassinations that would "beat the dog in his own kennel". Hmm.. terrorists that were rewarded with their own state..a state that had said terrorists in their government.. where have I heard that before?
03-05-06 - Israel operating in Northern Iraq
03-05-06 - Hamas ready to 'change manners' after landmark Russia trip "Hamas must change its manners. We know that very well. But what we are saying is that we want a response from the Israelis. If you want Hamas to change its policies, you must also request that the Israelis change their policies. "We are saying 'yes' to peace. We are sayihg 'yes' to building relations with the international community. We are saying 'yes' to anything we feel will be in the interest of the Palestinian people," Nazzal said
03-05-06 - Report: U.S.-Russia Relations Impaired
03-04-06 - Halliburton Eyed for Dubai Ports Deal According to the New York Daily News, which first reported the new White House strategy on Saturday, "one snag may be that sources say the U.S. company best equipped to partner with DP World is Halliburton, once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney."
03-04-06 - IAEA meeting on Iran a prelude to Security Council event: US But Rice said there was no need to rush to sanctions. "Nobody has said that we have to rush immediately to sanctions of some kind," she said.
03-04-06 - Iran invites foreign bids for offshore gas field
03-04-06 - China to Increase Military Budget to $35B Beijing's true military spending is believed to be as high as several times the reported figure, which doesn't include weapons purchases and other key items.
03-04-06 - Bush, Putin Confer by Phone on Hamas, Iran Bush took the call from Putin, lasting little more than 15 minutes, in the cabin of Air Force One and "reiterated the importance of the Quartet statement, which calls for Hamas to renounce violence, recognize Israel and disarm," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. Because all things Hamas are of the utmost importance to the national security of the United States, right?..
03-04-06 - Hamas Praises Russian Mediation Efforts In an apparent attempt to avoid further damage to relations with Israel, Putin will not meet the Palestinian delegation. The visitors will instead only take a sightseeing tour of the Kremlin on Sunday.
03-04-06 - Diplomats say EU rejected Iranian offer on atom crisis During crisis talks with EU powers over its nuclear activities, Iran offered a two-year moratorium on industrial-scale nuclear fuel enrichment while continuing its nuclear research, diplomats said.
03-04-06 - Gulf states reluctant to get drawn into Iran-US row Atwan, who edits the pan-Arab daily Al-Quds al-Arabi, said the United States was unable to reach common ground with the Gulf states on Iran because it was making "demands impossible to fulfill."
03-04-06 - The neocon temptation by Patrick J. Buchanan And so the president is now being offered a way out by his neocon counselors: escalate.
03-04-06 - Bush says no objections to Iranian gas pipeline to Pakistan, India "Our beef with Iran is not the pipeline, our beef with Iran is in fact they want to develop a nuclear weapon and I believe a nuclear weapon in the hands of the Iranians will be very dangerous for all of us," Bush told a joint news conference with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
03-04-06 - PM attacked on Iraq 'God' remarks Reg Keys, whose son was killed in Iraq, said Mr Blair was "using God as a get-out for total strategic failure" and his comments were "abhorrent".
03-04-06 - Arab League Plans to Open Office in Iraq
03-04-06 - Pro-Israel Lobbying Group Roiled by Prosecution of Two Ex-Officials But the question of dual loyalty, to the United States and to Israel, became touchy after the investigation was revealed. At last year's conference, the group broke with tradition and did not sing the Israeli national anthem. Dual loyalty? I don't see it. I see loyalty to one nation - and it ain't this one.
03-04-06 - Hamas Victory Has Changed Everything Nothing was left but the good old democracy pretense, which worked well until Palestinians cast their vote on that critical day in late January. The majority voted for Hamas, not because of its Islamic agenda, but because of its uncompromising anti-corruption platform, its stance on Palestinian rights, and the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza.
03-04-06 - Lebanon leaders close on fate of Palestinian arms "The leaders are close to reaching an agreement on the issue of Palestinian militants' arms outside the refugee camps," the source told Reuters without elaboration.
03-04-06 - Hamas victory 'complete fiasco' for US: Primakov He said it was "wrong" for the West to continue to treat Hamas as a terrorist organization in light of the election, "wrong" to demand immediate formal recognition of Israel and "wrong to starve them financially" as the United States has said it intends to do.
03-04-06 - Israeli interrogation tactics put on trial in US courtroom Deutsche said he would be introducing reports by the Israeli Supreme Court, the US State Department, United Nations Committee on Torture, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch detailing how torture was a government-sanctioned practice of the Israeli security forces at the time of Salah's arrest.
03-04-06 - New Actors on the Middle East Scene America's gross bias in Israel's favour -- together with the war in Iraq eagerly promoted by the neo-conservatives -- has contributed to fuelling unprecedented hostility to the United States throughout the Arab and Muslim world....In intervening directly in the Arab-Israeli conflict, Vladimir Putin's Russia is challenging America's monopoly of the peace process while seeking to regain the influence it once had in a vital region not far from its southern borders
03-04-06 - Daniel Pipes - Civil War in Iraq would not be that bad for our interests Pipes is the neocon whom that infamous Danish editor evidently worshipped.
03-04-06 - Israeli leaders to address AIPAC The main issue on the agenda will be the call to isolate the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. AIPAC is supporting tough legislation in Congress, intended to cut off direct financial aid to the PA and to limit the possibility of supplying humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. A non-binding resolution with similar language has already been approved overwhelmingly by both chambers of Congress. The binding bill is expected to be voted on in the next weeks. AIPAC is also working tirelessly to promote legislation against Iran and to make sure that the administration and Congress remain firm on their opposition to an Iranian nuclear program.
03-04-06 - Russia gets Hamas to honor truce
03-04-06 - In Tape, al-Zawahri Blasts Cartoons He complained that the previous Palestinian leadership had "sold Palestine."
03-04-06 - Teacher stands by work "In the view of Palestinians, who are the real terrorists?" Bennish asked at one point. "The Israelis, who fire missiles that they purchase from the United States government into Palestinian neighborhoods of refugees and maybe kill a terrorist but also kill innocent women and children."
03-04-06 - Serving One Flag
03-03-06 - Pentagon reveals Guantanamo names The US defence department has released the names and nationalities of some of the inmates detained at its Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
03-03-06 - Iran, EU Inch Toward Possible Compromise diplomats familiar with the talks told The Associated Press that after months of deadlock, the two sides explored plans that essentially would allow Iran small-scale enrichment after reimposing its freeze for an undefined period to rebuild international trust.
03-03-06 - 'War on terror' trials could allow evidence obtained through torture
03-03-06 - Use Diplomacy on Iran Case, Say Americans Many adults in the United States think military action against Iran is unwarranted at this point, according to a poll by the New York Times and CBS News
03-03-06 - Iran-EU bid for atomic deal before IAEA meet fails Iran and top EU powers failed on Friday to resolve a standoff over its nuclear work before a U.N. atomic watchdog meeting next week that may lead to Security Council action over fears Tehran seeks nuclear bombs.
03-03-06 - German spies aided US invasion of Iraq: report Three German spies helped the US military invasion of Iraq in 2003, in an intelligence-sharing deal approved in late 2002 by top German officials, The New York Times said.
03-03-06 - Ten Against Patriot Act Reauthorization
03-03-06 - AP: AC-130 Gunships Returning to Iraq
03-03-06 - Russian experts predict Iranian nuclear bomb in five years Iran will have nuclear weapons within five years at the latest and the world should from now on get used to the idea, according to an experts' report due to be presented to the Russian foreign and defence policy council.
03-03-06 - US lawyers attack Israeli security agent "It's embarrassing that this kind of argument would be going on in an American courtroom," Deutsch said, comparing the methods used by Israel in its occupied territories in 1993 with those once employed in South Africa and Chile. It violated not only international human rights but the U.S. Constitution's guarantees, he said. We will now allow confessions extracted by torture, and this is exactly where our (neocon) Pentagon got it from.
03-03-06 - A Fearful Master We're fighting for "freedom" in Iraq ? but certain Web sites are off limits to U.S. soldiers
03-03-06 - I Do Not Wish to Be Associated With Torture As a matter of conscience, I am returning the Intelligence Commendation Award medallion given me for "especially commendable service" during my 27-year career in CIA. The issue is torture,
03-03-06 - Russia at Center Stage in World Diplomacy
03-03-06 - Israeli: Pollard gave good info Rafi Eitan, Pollard?s Israeli intelligence handler, told Yediot Achronot that Pollard?s information was so important that Israeli officials did not consider ending the operation, even though the target was the United States.
03-03-06 - UN REFUGEE AGENCY 'SERIOUSLY CONCERNED' FOR THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS IN IRAQ The United Nations refugee agency today voiced serious concern over the safety of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Iraq, some of whom have reportedly been directly targeted and killed in the continuing violence there
03-03-06 - Resolution calls for Israel in NATO The non-binding resolution, which aims for Israel?s full inclusion in NATO, was introduced this week by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen By now it is abundantly clear judging from the amount of legislation submitted on behalf of a foreign nation, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the US Congress' representative of Israel.
03-03-06 - State Dept. Says Russia Helped With Hamas The Bush administration credited Russia on Friday with putting the extremist Palestinian group Hamas on notice that it must renounce terrorism and accept Israel.
03-03-06 - Couple remember wedding bombing
03-03-06 - Snort The difference between the ports and possible monitoring of the telephone system and intelligence computers is that everybody will know if something goes wrong at the ports ? and will be quick to blame Dubai for it ? while monitoring of secrets can take place for years without anyone having the slightest idea.
03-03-06 - Daniel Pipes, the expert of hate Daniel Pipes could not be considered as an unconditional supporter of the Israeli government. He has actually criticized it sometimes, especially when he has reproached it for not repressing Palestinian populations enough. Pipes believes Palestinians must be annihilated
03-03-06 - Official: No Hamas-UAE connection ?To the best of my knowledge, the United Arab Emirates government has no relationship with Hamas,? Welch said Thursday in testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives on the recent Hamas win in Palestinian Authority legislative elections.
03-03-06 - UN drafters fail to end terrorism treaty impasse The dispute over the treaty?s scope centers mainly on how to treat Palestinian suicide bombings and Israeli military actions in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza.
03-02-06 - Ex-Official: Iraq Abuses Growing Worse Human rights abuses in Iraq are as bad now as they were under Saddam Hussein, as lawlessness and sectarian violence sweep the country, the former U.N. human rights chief in Iraq said Thursday.
03-02-06 - Iran Says U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Is Biased Iran's hardline president accused the U.N. nuclear watchdog Friday of "politically motivated" behavior over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, and threatened the downfall of "bullying" Western powers and "Zionists."
03-02-06 - Senate Approves Patriot Act Renewal
03-02-06 - Arrow missile may block Iranian attack "We will shoot all of Iran´s missiles down," the official told the newspaper. "The Arrow knows how to intercept the Shihab missile."
03-02-06 - Iran could play Iraq card in row over nuclear plans
03-02-06 - Abbas doubts Iran aid would reach Palestinians Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks broadcast on Thursday he doubted funds pledged by Iran in case of Western aid cuts would reach the Palestinians because of global checks on the flow of funds.
03-02-06 - Lebanese groups hold crisis talks Political leaders in Lebanon have begun talks aimed at resolving their deep divisions and discussing the country's relationship with Syria.
03-02-06 - How the Patriot Act came in from the cold In the end, the White House and the Senate GOP leadership crafted a package of civil liberties additions that satisfied most Senate critics.
03-02-06 - Iran says US pressure "wrecking" Russian offer "The insistence of the American side on sending the Iranian nuclear dossier to the U.N. security Council shows that the Russian proposal is being wrecked,"
03-02-06 - Sceptical EU agrees to Iran talks before IAEA meet
03-02-06 - Busted Again! - Does Anyone Care? Now it is clear that Bush had been told that Iraq was not enriching uranium, and had no intention of causing harm to the United States unless attacked. The State Department even correctly predicted that even if the US did invade Iraq, Saddam still wouldn't attack the US mainland.
03-02-06 - Experts Call for Release of 9/11 Evidence A society of experts and scholars has now joined with Judicial Watch in calling for release of videos that are being held by the Department of Defense, which are essential to understanding events at the Pentagon that transpired on September 11, 2001
03-02-06 - U.S. panel objects to software handover to Israeli company The company was told U.S. officials feared the transaction could endanger some of government's most sensitive computer systems. The objections by the FBI and Pentagon were partly over specialized intrusion detection software known as "Snort," which guards some classified U.S. military and intelligence computers.
03-02-06 - US probing deals by 2nd Dubai firm, Israeli company Plans by the Israeli firm Check Point Software Technologies to buy the Maryland software security firm Sourcefire, which does business with US Defense Department agencies, have raised concerns over the possible sale of sensitive technology to third countries, the daily said on Thursday.
03-02-06 - India, Pakistan got atomic arms "legitimately": US John Bolton said on Wednesday the way India and Pakistan had obtained nuclear arms was legitimate, in contrast to Iran.....His comments, made in response to an audience question following a speech to a meeting of the World Jewish Congress, appeared to go farther than the administration of President George W. Bush
03-02-06 - Russia would never harm Israel: Olmert
03-02-06 - Hamas arrives in Moscow in search for legitimacy
03-02-06 - LEBANON: Young Arabs want stricter gun control, study finds The study further found that extreme poverty, political insecurity and the absence of the rule of law have led to prevailing gun cultures, especially in the Palestinian territories and in areas of Sudan.
03-02-06 - Russia can rectify US 'errors' in Middle East: Hamas Russia is in a position to rectify "errors" of US policy in the Middle East and advance a more balanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior member of the radical Palestinian group Hamas said
03-02-06 - Israel again authorises military exports to China
03-02-06 - Colo. Teacher Punished for Bush Comment
03-02-06 - U.S. Studies Lebanon's Military U.S. military officials have been quietly assessing Lebanon's military capability, making a general inventory of its army, air and naval forces, and suggesting reforms following a request last year from top Lebanese government officials.
03-02-06 - Syria accuses Israel of dumping nuclear waste on Golan Heights
03-02-06 - Israeli firm endorses Dubai port deal ?We are very comfortable calling at DP World?s Dubai ports,? Idan Ofer, chairman of Zim, wrote in a letter to Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), who has led criticism of the Bush administration for making the deal. ?We have not experienced a single security issue in these ports.?
03-02-06 - Dems target UAE for boycott The letter to President Bush, drafted this week by Reps. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), warns that the United Arab Emirates pledged millions last month to help the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority and is enforcing an Arab League boycott of Israel
03-02-06 - Israelis warned away from Jordan, Egypt The government?s Counter-Terrorism Unit reissued its long-standing travel advisory Thursday, citing new levels of terrorist activity in the two Arab countries. Israel has full relations with both countries.
03-02-06 - Scheuer: Israel of no U.S. concern Michael Scheuer, until 2004 the top analyst advising a CIA team hunting for Osama bin Laden, has become an ardent critic of U.S. support for Israel since his retirement.
He is one of many officials from the CIA who, after leaving office, became very vocal in their criticism of Israel.
03-02-06 - Israeli company under scrutiny for sale The Check Point sale is undergoing deeper scrutiny because of its owner?s ties to Israeli military intelligence and ties between Sourcefire?s founders and the U.S. National Security Agency.
03-02-06 - Would Iranian Nukes Only Kill Jews? A variation in the use of Palestinians as human shields by Israelis.
03-02-06 - U.N. Launches Anti-Semitism Investigation The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, follows the reprimand of a security guard for drawing swastikas on a log sheet knowing a guard from Israel would almost certainly see them. The guard also made Nazi-like salutes to his Israeli colleague.
03-02-06 - Costa Rica ignores soccer boycott calls The game had become a source of friction in Costa Rica, traditionally a staunch ally of Israel, with Jewish legislator Aida Faingezicht and the country?s main daily newspaper calling on the local football federation to cancel the game.
03-02-06 - Judge delays Al-Arian trial Federal prosecutors have not announced definitively whether they will try the 48-year-old Al-Arian again on charges that he raised money and supported the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group responsible for hundreds of deaths. But they have said in recent hearings that they are preparing for a second trial.
03-01-06 - Poll: Troops signal desire to come home One surprising finding in the poll is that 85 percent of those surveyed believe that the US's main mission in Iraq is to retaliate against Saddam Hussein for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, It's time to bring our boys (and girls) home.
03-01-06 - Mubarak Warns U.S. Not to Attack Iran Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak strongly advised the United States not to attack Iran, warning that military action would create more terrorists in neighboring Iraq, according to comments published Wednesday.
03-01-06 - Russia, Iran fail to break nuclear impasse U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said the U.N. Security Council should be ready to act to ensure Iran does not develop nuclear weapons once the U.N. nuclear watchdog in Vienna refers the matter to the council.
03-01-06 - US Navy ship rescues Iranian fishermen
03-01-06 - Russia, Iran to Resume Talks Thursday
03-01-06 - Jordan 'thwarts al-Qaeda attack'
03-01-06 - When Bush-worlds collide by Patrick J. Buchanan "Let none but Americans stand guard tonight," said Washington at Valley Forge. Americans understand that. And when Bush implies it is sheer bigotry to prefer Brits to Arabs running U.S. ports, Americans marinated in Neocon World wonder if the man they entrusted with the nation's security has not lost his marbles.
03-01-06 - America's Pro-Israel Lobby Holds Its Annual Policy Conference in Washington D.C. AIPAC - the real policymakers in Washington. They have Congress and the Executive Branch (among others) in their backpocket.
03-01-06 - U.S. executive in ports deal says company is no threat
03-01-06 - Abbas urges to protect Palestinians in Baghdad
03-01-06 - First AIPAC Test In Years Looming In PA Aid Fight Ros-Lehtinen has indicated she will press ahead with her tougher bill that goes beyond even what the government of Israel is seeking in dealing with the PA. And AIPAC delegates will press right along with her, setting the stage for what could be the first real fight for the pro-Israel lobby group since the 1992 debacle over loan guarantees to Israel.
Are you nauseous yet from the level of control a foreign nation has over our government? You should be. Our lawmakers fall over themselves to please their AIPAC masters.
03-01-06 - Bush stands by Dubai ports deal
03-01-06 - Palestinian President, Legislators condemn the attacks against Palestinian refugees in Iraq
03-01-06 - Patriot Act Renewal Clears Final Hurdle
03-01-06 - Sub fleet chief: We can hit targets overseas While Colonel Yoni's statements are shrouded in mystery, publications in the foreign press have already hinted Israel's Dolphin submarines have the ability to carry and launch nuclear weapons, a capability that will be put to use should the country's nuclear ground bases are hit in a surprise attack. Psyops piece.
03-01-06 - On the Road to Empire The president will find himself increasingly pressured by the neoconservative Right to escalate the war
03-01-06 - AIPAC donors to ask questions on scandal Several donors have asked AIPAC to explain its decision in recent months to limit funding for the defense of Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman
03-01-06 - Arab Players Refuse to Boycott Game Arab players on Israel's national soccer team ignored calls to boycott Wednesday's exhibition game against Denmark, saying the controversy over Danish newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad was not related to sports.
03-01-06 - Former Iranian president attacks Ahmadinejad over Holocaust "The persecution of Jews, just like Nazism, is a Western phenomenon. In the east, we have always lived side by side with them. And we follow a religion that states that the death of an innocent person is the death of all of humanity,"
03-01-06 - From yesterdays news: Dubai Ports World uses Zim connection in US deal Zim offices are used as a source of Mossad cover. Zim had an office in the WTC and bailed shortly before the attack on September 11. Israeli Company Mum About
Perfect Timing Of WTC Pullout
03-01-06 - Olmert: We must improve relations with Russia
03-01-06 - Iran: Jewish Groups Want President Barred From Europe
03-01-06 - Philanthropist helps injured Iraqi boy A Jewish philanthropist in Boston paid for the medical care of a young Iraqi boy injured in a 2005 accidental shooting by U.S. troops in Iraq that killed his parents.
03-01-06 - Judge denies journalists? motion in AIPAC case The judge in the classified information case against two former pro-Israel lobbyists denied a motion from a journalism organization to weigh in
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