August 2007 archive
8/30/2007 - Iran accepts fresh nuclear plan
The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has agreed to a plan aimed at clearing up questions about its controversial nuclear activities.
8/30/2007 - US Downplays IAEA Report On Iran Nuclear Cooperation
The U.S. downplayed the importance of an International Atomic Energy Agency report Thursday that detailed significant progress from Iran with its nuclear probe.
8/30/2007 - Iraq says Iran continues shelling despite protest
8/30/2007 - Iran Says IAEA Atom Report Shows US Charges Wrong
The report?s detail on new Iranian cooperation with inspectors and Tehran?s lack of significant enrichment progress are likely to blunt Washington?s push for painful sanctions.
8/30/2007 - Pipes Joins Up With Giuliani
8/30/2007 - GOP sources: We held sanctions bills
Republican sources in the U.S. Senate acknowledged placing a hold on legislation toughening sanctions on Sudan and Iran.
8/30/2007 - Marine 'ordered to execute women and children'
A US marine was ordered to execute a room full of terrified Iraqi women and children during an alleged massacre in Haditha, Iraq that left 24 people dead, a military court has been told.
8/30/2007 - Deadly cholera outbreak in Iraq
An outbreak of cholera in two northern Iraqi provinces has killed eight people and infected 80 others, the Kurdistan Regional Government has said.
8/30/2007 - UN says Syria, Jordan need help with Iraqi influx
8/30/2007 - Turks claim US weapons reach rebel Kurds
Turkish legislators said Thursday that American weapons have been turning up in the hands of Kurdish guerrillas staging attacks in Turkey
8/30/2007 - AEI to Roll Out ?The Iranian Time Bomb? Sep 10 **
I think it?s very likely we will see a much bigger focus by AEI and the neo-cons, as well as their allies within the administration, on Iran and the necessity of a military confrontation before Bush leaves.
8/30/2007 - Déjà vu strategy in Iran
8/30/2007 - Pentagon probes missing weapons, contract fraud
8/30/2007 - Battles at Lebanon camp continue as two more soldiers die
8/30/2007 - Exclusive: Where Bush went wrong, by Sharansky
One of the issues Sharansky focuses on at the Adelson Institute is Iran. He said the nuclearization of Iran could be stopped, even though the free world had a very limited time to do so. H said he knew firsthand that Bush wanted to stop Iran.
8/30/2007 - Government rests in Holy Land Foundation trial
8/30/2007 - Subpoena arguments in AIPAC case
The federal judge in the case against two former AIPAC staffers heard government arguments against subpoenaing top U.S. officials, including Condoleezza Rice.
8/30/2007 - Israel sees Russian hand in Syria tensions
A top Israeli official blamed recent tensions with Syria on Russian interference.
8/30/2007 - Sudan to help Iraq's Palestinians
The Palestinian envoy to Iraq has said Sudan is willing to take in Palestinian refugees who are stranded on Iraq's borders with Syria and Jordan.
08-29-07 - Iran protests U.S. detentions in Iraq Iran on Wednesday summoned the Swiss diplomat representing American interests here to protest the U.S. forces' detention in Baghdad of eight Iranians, including two diplomats, the Foreign Ministry said.
08-29-07 - US admits Iranian arrests mistake
08-29-07 - Iran again denies US accusations on Iraq Iran has rejected accusations by US President George W Bush that Tehran is fomenting instability in Iraq, and has called on Washington to change its policies in the region.
08-29-07 - US says seizure of Iranians in Iraq 'regrettable' US forces on Wednesday freed a group of Iranians, including two diplomats, whom they seized at a Baghdad hotel in what the military said was a "regrettable incident."
08-29-07 - US officer cleared of Iraq abuse A US Army officer has been cleared of charges relating to abuse at Abu Ghraib prison but found guilty of disobeying an order not to discuss the inquiry
08-29-07 - Who's Killing American Soldiers in Iraq? by Philip Giraldi ** The Post's assertion that Iran is already at war with the U.S. has a familiar ring to it. It has already been used by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and was originally coined by the Israel lobby
08-29-07 - Bush Threatens to Confront Iran Over Alleged Support for Iraqi insurgents **
08-29-07 - Poll: 71% of Israelis want U.S. to strike Iran if talks fail **
08-29-07 - Has Bush Boxed Himself In? by Patrick J. Buchanan ** Who is pushing for attacks on Iran? Israel and its lobby. Vice President Cheney. Sen. Joe Lieberman, who has been calling for air strikes on al-Quds camps for months. And a War Party facing lasting disgrace for having lied the country into an unnecessary war, and for having assured the American people it would be a "cakewalk."
08-29-07 - Israeli Says Hamas Is Training Hundreds Abroad Hamas has sent hundreds of its fighters abroad for military training, most of them to Iran, the Israeli Army?s deputy chief of staff says Making the case for war.
08-29-07 - War With Iran **
08-29-07 - Jolie Calls More Aid to Refugees on Iraq Visit
08-29-07 - Israeli dies of Lebanon war wounds Mohammed "Don" Salum, an Israeli Arab who was critically wounded in a Hezbollah rocket barrage that hit Haifa on August 6, 2006, succumbed Wednesday in hospital. He was 40.
08-29-07 - Hezbollah planning to sue Israel Hezbollah is planning a host of lawsuits against Israel over the damages caused during last summer's Lebanon war.
08-29-07 - All quiet on the Golan Israel signaled a drop-off in military tensions with Syria over the Golan Heights
08-29-07 - Israel Warned US Not to Invade Iraq after 9/11 Wilkerson notes that the main point of their communications was not that the United States should immediately attack Iran, but that ?it should not be distracted by Iraq and Saddam Hussein? from a focus on the threat from Iran.
08-29-07 - J'lem worried by Iranian owned anti-ship missile The recent delivery of an advanced Russian-made anti-ship missile to Iran has defense officials concerned it will be transferred to Syria and Hizbullah and used against the Israel Navy in a future conflict.
08-29-07 - Obama Wants Divestment Issue For His Own Capitol Hill insiders say Obama genuinely believes in the necessity of curbing Iran?s nuclear ambitions ? but also that his championing of the Iran divestment measure is part of a concerted effort to reassure Jewish voters that began with his March speech to a Chicago gathering of AIPAC.
08-29-07 - Lebanese army receives 130 US Humvees
08-29-07 - Investigate the Neocons The so-called experts, in case you haven?t noticed, are invariably little more than Likud fellow travelers and agents of AIPAC. In this respect, it has been a revolving door at the White House, under both Clinton and Bush, and every office holder on Capitol Hill as well as every Washington reporter knows it. Why on God?s good earth would Zionist zealots like Elliott Abrams and David Wurmser be placed in charge of U.S. policy vis-a-vis Israel and the Arabs? It is insane.
08-29-07 - No proof Israeli soldiers in Lebanon are alive: U.N. U.N. member nations should insist that Lebanon's Hezbollah group produce evidence that the two Israeli soldiers it abducted a year ago are still alive, a senior U.N. envoy said on Wednesday.
08-29-07 - Hezbollah rejects war criticism The Lebanese government and Hezbollah have condemned a watchdog report which criticises Hezbollah's conduct in the conflict against Israel last year.
08-28-07 - Iran dismisses threat of US attack **
08-28-07 - Iran says to respond if U.S. labels Guards "terrorist" Iran would respond if the United States were to label the Islamic state's Revolutionary Guards a "terrorist" force, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
08-28-07 - Iran has not slowed atomic work, president says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday denied reports that Iran had slowed down its atomic work, which the West fears is aimed at making nuclear bombs.
08-28-07 - Iran's transparency deal with IAEA seen as flawed
08-28-07 - Iranians arrested by US forces in Iraq The Iranian Embassy in Baghdad says seven Iranians working in Iraq have been arrested by United States forces.
08-28-07 - Bush Warns of Iran's Influence Over Iraq ** President Bush warned on Tuesday that Iran is plotting to extend its "murderous" influence over Iraq and is threatening to destabilize the Middle East under a "shadow of a nuclear holocaust." We are getting closer...
08-28-07 - US, Russia ?Must Unite to Fight Weapons of Mass Destruction?
08-28-07 - Bush warns Iran over insurgents Earlier, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that US authority in the region was rapidly collapsing, and Iran would help fill the void.
08-28-07 - US gives UN project 30 million dollars for Iraqi children Not a whole lot compared to what we just gave Israel.
08-28-07 - Durbin: Fitzgerald a long shot for Gonzales job Durbin called Fitzgerald a ''long shot'' for the job, but said ''if the choice is made to bring in somebody truly independent who will be quickly confirmed, Patrick Fitzgerald's one.''
08-28-07 - Antiwar backlash building ? in the US military The neocons were openly disdainful of the military's institutional interests and didn't care about the effectiveness of our forces: their obsession with the Middle East overrode everything else. Their ideological bias in favor of war ? as well as their tendency to put Israeli interests on a par with those of the U.S. ? militated against any such considerations.
08-28-07 - Lieberman to Iran: Change regime Israel's strategic affairs minister urged Iranians to choose a more moderate government.
08-28-07 - Expansion of surveillance powers has groups fearing U.S. scrutiny The recent congressional expansion of surveillance powers, aimed ostensibly at terrorists abroad, has Jewish groups at home worried that their dealings with Israel could invite U.S. government scrutiny......The expansion of government powers comes as some Jewish groups already are upset at the FBI's surveillance of AIPAC and the ongoing prosecution of two former employees of the pro-Israel lobby......While ostensibly supporting the legislation, it is significant that the ADL, in the first sentence of the release, called for the legislation to be "carefully crafted." Really now.
08-28-07 - Angelina Jolie visits refugees in Iraq, Syria
08-28-07 - Syria jails four Islamists A Syrian emergency court has handed down heavy jail terms against four members of the outlawed Islamist opposition, a human rights watchdog said on Tuesday.
08-28-07 - Bush lists 'vital' peace priorities 'Reforming' the entire Middle East (to suit Israel's interests) seems to be our interests.
08-28-07 - Why the US and Israel Should Lose Middle East Wars ** Let's say it bluntly. War with Iran is inevitable before January 2009 unless Bush and Cheney are both impeached first. New Israeli-U.S. hostilities in Lebanon are also likely. Either warfare or covert actions conducted by the U.S. and/or Israel to bring about regime change in Syria are also probable. Former CIA.
08-28-07 - Lebanese gunships raid Islamists in siege camp Lebanese army helicopters on Tuesday attacked positions held by Islamist militants entrenched in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, an AFP correspondent said.
08-27-07 - Sarkozy cautions against attack on Iran
08-27-07 - Bush to say Iraq is front line against Iran, Al-Qaeda "Al Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian armed and supported Shia militias continue to undermine the Iraqi struggle for security and stability and continue to kill Americans forces," the official said.
08-27-07 - Pat Buchanan: Democrats will fall in line with 'popular' war on Iran ** Buchanan pointed to recent claims by the US military that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (al-Quds) is the source of explosive devices that are killing American soldiers in Iraq, saying, "They're laying down a predicate for military strikes on the al-Quds camps inside Iran. ... And I think then they'd go for the nuclear sites. "
08-27-07 - Middle East turmoil could cause world war: U.S. envoy Upheaval in the Middle East and Islamic civilization could cause another world war, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was quoted as saying in an Austrian newspaper interview published on Monday.
08-27-07 - Iran 'resolves' plutonium issue Iran has resolved questions posed by the UN's nuclear watchdog about its plutonium experiments, Tehran says.
08-27-07 - Saudis set up force to guard oil plants ** In anticipation to a response to their backing another US strike on another Muslim country, methinks.
08-27-07 - Teamsters' boss urges divesting from Iran
08-27-07 - What happens if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz? U.A.E. is weighing some projects ** Not a matter of if but when we attack Iran. The case is already being put forth to the American sheeple by the neocons and their many friends in the media.
08-27-07 - The Next War Draws Nearer ** Hardly a week passes in which I don?t get a message from someone within the great bureaucratic wasteland on the Potomac about the Bush Administration?s latest schemes relating to war against Iran. Now we?re going through another one of those periods in which the pace is quickening and the pitch is becoming more intense.
08-27-07 - Mediators try to evacuate wounded from Lebanon siege camp
08-27-07 - Meet Giuliani?s Advisors: AIPAC?s Dream Team
08-27-07 - Zealous for Zion The image of thousands of conservative Christians from the heartland waving the flags of a foreign nation would have astounded anyone 50 years ago?except maybe George Orwell Just a note, looks like the American Conservative made it into the Google News index (finally). Or perhaps it's always been there and I never noticed...
08-27-07 - Israeli law experts challenge U.S. law "For more than fifty years, Israel has faced mortal threats to its national survival and countless acts of terrorism against its civilian population, with devastating losses of life," the brief argues. "Yet even as terrorist attacks have intensified, Israel has strengthened its commitment to unimpeded judicial review of detention." Horseshit. Ask the thousands of Palestinians who have been or are now in administrative detention (no due process involved whatsoever).
08-27-07 - Barak: Hezbollah arsenal bigger than ever Hezbollah's arsenal is bigger than it was before the Lebanon war, Israel's defense minister said.
08-26-07 - US photographer shows grim face of troops wounded in Iraq "I started working on it out of exasperation at not seeing any visual representation of the human cost of war. In the press you kept hearing reports or reading reports about wounded but never seeing any images," ....."Nobody really knows what the soldiers are going through. They see on TV, oh yeah, two soldiers got wounded today and they think yeah he'll be all right. But that soldier is scarred for life both physically and mentally."
08-26-07 - Iran slow to markedly expand atom work: diplomats "But they are apparently still far away from (producing nuclear fuel in usable quantities),"
08-26-07 - Terror label 'paves way for air strikes' ** While Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set on diplomacy, Vice-President Dick Cheney is understood to favour air strikes.
08-26-07 - Iran warns students against 'US contacts' Iran warned on Sunday that the authorities would clamp down on university students who it said were in contact with the US administration and seeking to topple the country's rulers.
08-26-07 - Maliki accuses US politicians of meddling in Iraq "There are American officials who consider Iraq as if it were one of their villages, for example Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin," Mr Maliki said. "They should come to their senses." His highly personal attack on Ms Clinton, who joined the anti-war camp only recently, has cut to the quick because of her party's distaste for the conflict and its overwhelming desire to withdraw US combat troops from Iraq.
08-26-07 - Iran to settle IAEA issues in phases
08-26-07 - France ready to open up to Syria if it stays out of Lebanon France is ready to open up in a "spectacular way" to Syria if it stops meddling in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a newspaper interview Sunday.
08-26-07 - Soldiers killed in Lebanon camp battle Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed fighting Islamist militants who have been battling the army for more than three months in north Lebanon, security sources said on Sunday.
08-26-07 - Lebanon militants request evacuation of wounded
08-26-07 - Lebanese army readies final assault on Islamists
08-26-07 - Bogus War Party Propaganda This weekend on Antiwar.com, Justin Raimondo?s Behind the Headlines column ?Home Front ?Surge?: War Party?s Ad Campaign Will Boomerang,? concerns the Israel Lobby?s pushing of $15 million worth of propaganda ads to run on TV, shaming the Democrats for their supposedly weak Stay in Iraq Forever policy.
08-26-07 - Video: Portion from CNN"s "God's Jewish Warriors" This is a perfect example of the power of the Israeli Lobby in America - and this happened 15 years ago or so. This is the kind of 'conspiracy theory' that the AIPAC/ADLers want you to believe doesn't exist. Good info about Baker and Bush (the first) and their efforts to stop the settlements. Features Mearsheimer and Carter. Note the utter bs that America and Israel have the same interests in the ME. America is against illegal settlements, Israel is for. Includes info on Christian Zionists and their role in this. One obvious point in all this: If Israel's and America's interests were the same, then THERE WOULDN'T BE A NEED FOR AN ISRAELI LOBBY IN AMERICA. Our interests are NOT the same. Not by a longshot.
08-26-07 - New Pro-Iraq-War Organization Hides Its Pro-Israel Agenda It's clear to me that several members of the new group care about Israel's security as a reason for American military engagement in the Middle East. They should say so upfront. As it is, the Freedom's Watch website has imagery of the eagle wrapped in a flag; its big new ad shows an Iraq War veteran who continues to support the disastrous war because of 9/11, and no one on the site is talking about Israel.
08-25-07 - US terror database leads to few arrests: report The US government's terrorist screening database flagged Americans and foreigners as suspected terrorists almost 20,000 times last year, but only a small fraction of those questioned were arrested or denied entry into the United States, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
08-25-07 - IAEA chief criticizes U.S. military aid The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog criticized U.S. moves to assist in the supply of weapons to its allies in the Middle East, saying the money would be better spent on regional development projects.
08-25-07 - Iran threatens German banks over pull-out
08-25-07 - US predicts further nuclear development in Iran
08-25-07 - Rudy Giuliani: Confused, Ignorant, or Deceitful?
08-25-07 - UN extends Lebanon peace force
08-25-07 - Civilians evacuated from Lebanon camp released by army
08-25-07 - Lebanese army resumes raids on refugee camp The Lebanese army resumed its air raids and shelling of militants holed up at Nahr al-Bared on Saturday after evacuating the last remaining civilians from the battered refugee camp.
08-24-07 - U.S. targets Iranian forces inside Iraq ** A U.S. regional commander in Iraq said he is ?actively targeting? as many as 20 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps who are operating inside Iraq and helping Iraqi insurgents strike U.S. troops.
08-24-07 - U.S. accuses Iran of sending weapons to Iraqi militants The United States on Friday accused Iran of playing a negative role in Iraq by sending lethal weapons to sectarian militants in the war-torn country. Making the case for war.
08-24-07 - Iranian dissident warns of US actions against Iran Mohsen Sazegara, who was a high-ranking Tehran official before turning against the government, told AFP in an interview that the US move, reported to be in the works last week, could spark a backlash, stirring up more turmoil in places where Washington accuses them of terror activities, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon.
08-24-07 - Top Republican urges Iraq pullout Senator John Warner, former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the US needed to show that its commitment to Iraq was not open-ended.
08-24-07 - Robert Fisk: Even I question the 'truth' about 9/11 I am talking about scientific issues. If it is true, for example, that kerosene burns at 820C under optimum conditions, how come the steel beams of the twin towers - whose melting point is supposed to be about 1,480C - would snap through at the same time? (They collapsed in 8.1 and 10 seconds.) What about the third tower - the so-called World Trade Centre Building 7 (or the Salmon Brothers Building) - which collapsed in 6.6 seconds in its own footprint at 5.20pm on 11 September? Why did it so neatly fall to the ground when no aircraft had hit it? The American National Institute of Standards and Technology was instructed to analyse the cause of the destruction of all three buildings. They have not yet reported on WTC 7. Two prominent American professors of mechanical engineering - very definitely not in the "raver" bracket - are now legally challenging the terms of reference of this final report on the grounds that it could be "fraudulent or deceptive".
08-24-07 - An intensifying US campaign against Iran ** The result of this buildup of US allegations of Iranian involvement in Iraq could also prove to be a prelude to war: "If you can make the case that Iranians are actually killing Americans, that makes it extremely difficult for those opponents of military action to depict the administration as warmongering," adds Parsi, also the head of the National Iranian American Council.
08-24-07 - Ron Paul: Americans are Living on Borrowed Money and Time In addition to the negative reactions in financial markets, many Americans have taken on too much personal debt owing to exotic mortgage products and artificially low interest rates. Unfortunately, these families are now in the position of losing their homes in unprecedented numbers as the teaser rates expire and the real bills are coming due.
08-24-07 - CIA said to step up operations against Iran as hawks seek to tie Iraq bombs to Tehran ** In an effort to build congressional and Pentagon support for military options against Iran, the Bush administration has shifted from its earlier strategy of building a case based on an alleged Iranian nuclear weapons program to one invoking improvised explosive devices (IEDs) purportedly manufactured in Iran that are killing US soldiers in Iraq.
08-24-07 - War Party's ad campaign will boomerang In a disgusting display of mendacity not seen since the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, a pro-war advertising campaign spearheaded by former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer is buying $15 million worth of 30-second television spots that repeat the lies linking 9/11 to Iraq ? and explicitly threatening another terrorist attack in the US if we "surrender."
08-24-07 - AEI Sets Launch for All-or-Nothing Campaign
08-24-07 - Poll: Poles still oppose U.S. missile base A majority of Poles continue to oppose hosting a U.S. missile defense base, according to a poll released Friday.
08-24-07 - Lawmakers return to U.S. and pledge tougher Iran sanctions U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who led a trip to Israel last week involving 18 members of Congress, told JTA that Israeli leaders depicted the Iran issue as most urgent. The delegation met with Israel's prime minister, foreign minister, defense minister, opposition leader and president. "All of us came back with a renewed sense of the importance of dealing with Iran, of the dangers that a nuclear armed Iran would pose to the region and the international community," Hoyer said. "There is a sense that Ahmadinejad is one of the few world leaders who expresses the possibility of the elimination of another sovereign nation -- Israel -- and hopes to eliminate from the Middle East the United States of America."....The American Israel Public Affairs Committee welcomed the accelerated push for tougher sanctions on Iran.
Thus does the AMERICAN Congress recieve its orders from and do the bidding of: ISRAEL. It's treason.
08-24-07 - We did it to ourselves ? thanks to free-traders by Patrick J. Buchanan As we all buy up those TVs and radios and motorcycles and cars and clothes made in Japan and made in China, we kill factories all over America and push America's companies into chapter 11. Not neocon-related but important all the same.
08-24-07 - Why Cheney Really Is That Bad By Scott Ritter America today is very much engaged in a life-or-death struggle against the forces of evil. The enemy resides not abroad, however, but at home, vested in the highest offices of the land. Neither Osama Bin Laden nor Saddam Hussein threatened the life blood of the United States?the Constitution?to the extent that Cheney has
08-24-07 - More War on the Horizon ** Israel cannot finish off the Palestinians until Hezbollah is destroyed. An Israeli attack on Syria while the US attacks Iran would leave Hezbollah without supplies in the face of a new Israeli attack......The agenda unfolding before our eyes may be the neoconservative/Israeli/Cheney plan to rid the Middle East of any check to Israeli territorial expansion. It sure the hell is.
08-24-07 - Officials in South Florida order charter school to suspend Hebrew lessons Ben Gamla's director, Adam Siegel, says that the 400 students at the school -- which is now off limits to reporters -- are getting lessons in Israeli geography until the 25 faculty members are once again permitted to resume teaching Hebrew. Let's drop the pretense and just fly the Israeli flag in the American capitals and be done with it. Getting ridiculous.
08-24-07 - Truce as women flee Lebanon camp The families of Islamist militants, besieged by Lebanese troops for three months at a Palestinian refugee camp, have been granted safe passage out.
08-24-07 - Mine expert dies in Lebanon blast The United Nations, which is co-ordinating the clear up, believes only a fraction of the more than one million cluster bombs dropped by Israel have been removed so far. Work has been hampered by what it says is Israel's refusal to provide details of where it dropped cluster bombs and how many.
Ahh, Israel: a giant rolling war crime in progress - never being held accountable for any of it, thusly encouraging them to continue in like manner.
08-24-07 - Iraqi refugees struggle in Syria Our government says that it isn't doing enough to please the likes of the Bush administration when it comes to Iraq, but Syria is buckling under the weight of caring for the millions of refugees that both the US and Israel have created. A reminder: Syria does not contain the (oil) wealth that other Middle Eastern nations such as the House of Saud does.
08-24-07 - Bush toughens NGO conditions The policy, announced last month and going into effect Monday, is based on congressional laws aimed at ensuring U.S. funds do not reach Palestinian terrorists. 'War on terror'- Cui Bono?
08-24-07 - Obama: I get my Mideast advice from Dennis Ross
The association with Ross could help Obama solve a key dilemma: how to win the confidence of hawkish pro-Israel donors without alienating his anti-war base. 'See look, Massa AIPAC. I can out-kowtow Rudy AND Hilary with my shiny new pro-Israel 'advisor'!'
08-24-07 - Pro-'surge' group is almost all Jewish Of eight donors named Thursday in Politico, a political newspaper, four are Jewish: Sembler; Richard Fox, the chairman of the Jewish Policy Center, an RJC-affiliated think tank; Ed Snider, the founder of the Philadelphia Flyers ice hockey franchise who has been elected to several Jewish Sports Halls of Fame; and Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas casino operator who recently launched a giveaway newspaper venture in Israel. Note the source.
08-24-07 - NIE faults Iran, Syria in Iraq The Bush administration seeks the isolation of both countries because of their support for anti-Israel terrorism, their alleged backing for the insurgency in Iraq, and their suspected development of weapons of mass destruction.
08-24-07 - Pentagon announces possible weapons sales to Egypt, Israel The US Congress has 30 days to act to prevent the sales. Congress won't prevent the 'sales' to Israel.
08-23-07 - Manufacturing Consent For War With Iran **
08-23-07 - Bush's War Drums ** Our VIPS colleague Phil Geraldi, writing in The American Conservative, earlier noted that in the past Karl Rove has served as a counterweight to Vice President Dick Cheney, and may have tried to put the brakes on Cheney's death wish to expand the Middle East quagmire to Iran.
08-23-07 - Bolton: I 'Absolutely' Hope The U.S. Will Attack Iran In The Next 'Six Months' ** Bolton?s calls for strikes against Iran mirror those of other neocons, such as Bill Kristol and Michael Rubin, who also pushed for the Iraq invasion. Bolton?s claim that ?Iran is interfering in Iraq and is posing a direct threat to our troops? is not a reason to strike the country. In reality, both Gen. Peter Pace and the National Intelligence Estimate have confirmed that Iran is ?not likely? to be a major driver of violence in Iraq.
08-23-07 - Drumbeat Of War: Unsavory logic ** In yet another transparent step in building the case for taking military action against Iran, the Bush administration has said that it intends to place Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps on its list of terror groups. The cool heads at the European Union disagree, but never mind them. Bush knows better, right?
08-23-07 - Feds: Charity Groups to Be Probed for Terror Ties
08-23-07 - Israel to buy advanced Patriot missiles
08-23-07 - Cluster bomb kills Lebanese A cluster bomb left over from last year's Hezbollah-Israel war exploded in southern Lebanon on Thursday, killing a Lebanese mine-clearing expert and wounding three others who were trying to dismantle it, security officials said.
08-23-07 - Two Lebanese soldiers die in battle with Islamists
08-23-07 - Lebanon holds two for attack on UN Two suspected Palestinian extremists have been arrested over a roadside bombing against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, a security official said on Thursday.
08-23-07 - Rudy saber rattling is music to some - Giuliani brings presidential hopes to Sephardic enclave
08-23-07 - Oily legacy of war mars Lebanon coast
08-22-07 - UN-Iran 'progress' leaves US cold The US has said a plan agreed between Iran and the UN's nuclear watchdog to clarify Tehran's nuclear programme has "real limitations".
08-22-07 - U.S. sees limits, manipulation in Iran deal with IAEA A nuclear cooperation pact Iran struck with the International Atomic Energy Agency has "real limitations" and Tehran should stop trying to manipulate the IAEA to dodge harsher U.N. sanctions, a senior U.S. envoy said.
08-22-07 - Russia warns Czechs against hosting U.S. shield Russia?s military chief told the Czech Republic it would be making a ?big mistake? to host a U.S. missile defense shield on its soil and urged Prague on Tuesday to delay a decision until a new U.S. president is elected.
08-22-07 - U.S. chides allies for trade deals with Tehran America's allies must do more to cut commercial and energy ties with Iran if the international campaign to halt Tehran's nuclear-weapons programs is to succeed, a top State Department official said yesterday.
08-22-07 - Iran develops 'smart bomb': official media Iran has developed a 900 kilogram "smart bomb", said a Defence Ministry statement, in the latest announcement from Tehran about progress regarding military hardware.
08-22-07 - Boy, 5, doused in gas, set on fire by masked men Five-year-old Youssif is scarred for life, his once beautiful smile turned into a grotesquely disfigured face -- the face of a horrifying act by masked men. They grabbed him on a January day outside his central Baghdad home, doused him with gas and set him ablaze
08-22-07 - Iran's Revolutionary Guards beat sanctions: exile Alireza Jafarzadeh, who accurately disclosed important details about Iran's nuclear program in 2002, called for tighter U.N. curbs and swift U.S. action to rein in the elite corps. Another exile heard from. ~Swell~.
08-22-07 - Diplomats reclaim foreign policy roles Since assuming the helm at the State Department in 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has installed veteran foreign service officers with more than 200 years of collective diplomatic experience in seven critical posts from the Middle East to South Asia and the Far East.
08-22-07 - CIA Missed Chances to Tackle al-Qaida It took an act of Congress to force the CIA to lift the veil on its watchdog's internal investigation that lays out the agency's many failures in the months and years before Sept. 11, 2001.
08-22-07 - Tehran gets ready for potential US strikes ** Despite US foreign policy's focus on the situation in Iraq and in anticipation of September's Congress hearing, high-ranking sources stated that the Iranian leadership is taking US threats to strike its nuclear sites very seriously.
08-22-07 - Support Our Troops They want us out of Iraq
08-22-07 - Most US adults in the dark about world politics One reason for the knowledge gap is lack of interest, according to the poll. Apathy is half the battle right there.
08-22-07 - Iraqi Jews must leave, liaison says The handful of Jews remaining in Iraq should flee for their lives, a representative of the community said.
08-22-07 - AJWS to push U.S. on Sudanese refugee issue The American Jewish World Service is putting together a targeted advocacy campaign to push the United States to develop a policy on accepting refugees from the genocide in the Sudan. "It's not fair to these small countries in the Middle East and in North Africa to ask them to take in all of these refugees,"
Oh you knew that one was coming. Israel doesn't want them, so they'll be sent here instead. Those supremacist aholes. Throw America's borders open to all manner of people, including granting amnesty to illegals, but lil Israel is to remain a nation based on one kind of people. Hypocrites all.
08-22-07 - Israelis airdrop an occupation With an estimated one million unexploded land ordnances meaning lack of access to their lands, many farmers in southern Lebanon see cluster bombs as an Israeli "occupation."
08-22-07 - Iraqi, Syrian oil ministers agree to reopen key pipeline Iraqi and Syrian oil ministers agreed on Wednesday to repair and subsequently reopen a key pipeline between their two countries that connects Iraq's oil-rich Kirkuk region and a Syrian port.
08-22-07 - More Lebanese army raids on camp The Lebanese military has launched further attacks against Islamic militants in a camp in north Lebanon.
08-21-07 - Iran, IAEA agree ways to defuse atom suspicions Iran and the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday they had agreed on a plan on how to help defuse Western suspicions about Tehran's atom work, a move hailed as a "milestone" by a senior IAEA official.
08-21-07 - UN-Iran nuclear talks 'positive' Iran and the UN's nuclear agency say they have made progress in talks on Tehran's nuclear programme.
08-21-07 - Turkey to build 3 power plants in Iran
08-21-07 - Iranians order Kurdish border villages to evacuate
08-21-07 - Why is Iran Shelling Iraq? the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PEJAK) ? is waging a guerilla insurgency against the Iranian government
08-21-07 - Iraqi PM hails Syria co-operation Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has hailed Baghdad's co-operation with Damascus during his first visit to Syria since taking office last year
08-21-07 - Russia, U.S. to consult on missile offer in Sept: Baku Officials from Russia and the United States will meet for talks in early September on Moscow's offer of the joint use of a radar station it leases in Azerbaijan, the Azeri foreign minister said on Tuesday.
08-21-07 - Pentagon to suspend anti-terror database
08-21-07 - US-Iranian academic freed after making TV 'confession' An American-Iranian academic, whose imprisonment in Tehran's notorious Evin jail along with a colleague raised tensions with the Bush administration, has been abruptly freed.
08-21-07 - Iran's Ahmadinejad urges closer ties with US ally Azerbaijan
08-21-07 - The War Party's wackos are indicative of a trend The Family Security Foundation's board of directors is a veritable who's who of third-and-fourth level neocon shills, with a few first-tier types, such as Frank Gaffney, standing out. Indeed, the whole Family Security Matters operation is described by the liberal watchdog group Media Matters as a "front group" for Gaffney's Center for Security Policy (CSP), the hardest of the hard-line neocon propaganda outfits.
08-21-07 - Asking the Wrong Questions on Iran we must begin our discussion on Iran, and the media?s role in preparing the American public for another disastrous war of choice.
08-21-07 - Oil prices calm despite hurricane
08-21-07 - Britons wary of Muslims more than Americans The French were the most enthusiastic when asked whether they saw Muslims as suitable marriage partners for their children, and a large majority also do not see Muslims as a threat.
08-21-07 - War Has Made Baghdad Pre-Industrial Just like Palestine.
08-21-07 - Hezbollah aids baby sea turtles Hezbollah has put half of a beach in southern Lebanon under its protection to safeguard endangered nesting turtles, it was reported Sunday.
08-21-07 - Militants said seeking truce in Lebanon camp war Islamists who have fought the Lebanese army at a Palestinian refugee camp for the past three months are seeking a truce to let their families and other civilians flee, an intermediary said on Tuesday.
08-21-07 - Israeli army mulls how to spend its billions The moves have provided the Israeli military with an unprecedented opportunity for long-term planning and all services in the armed forces -- air, army and navy -- are anxious to get a piece of the financial pie. Question: Are AMERICAN troops serving in Iraq being given anything close to billion$ to secure themselves from roadside bombs and such?
08-21-07 - Syrian newspaper: US pushing Israel to war The newspaper slammed Washington's decision to boost military aid to Israel whom it promised $30 billion over the next 10 years
08-21-07 - Saudi-Syria tensions seethe over Lebanon
08-21-07 - Militants in Lebanese refugee camp seek truce for families Islamists who have fought the Lebanese Army at a Palestinian refugee camp for the past three months are seeking a truce to let their families and other civilians flee.
08-21-07 - Giuliani's doubts on Palestinian talks part of 'systematic' policy, adviser says "The main thing I would emphasize is that Mayor Giuliani believes that the Palestinians should have a state only if they earn it by fulfilling much the same set of conditions that are specified in the road map," Norman Podhoretz, the former Commentary editor and another adviser to the candidate, told JTA in an e-mail.
08-21-07 - NGO to Send Aid to Iraqis and Palestinians The NGO, which works on behalf of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland, granted 100,000 euros to help Iraqis and 70,000 euros to help Palestinians.
08-21-07 - Cluster bomb kills Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon A cluster bomb left over from the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah on Monday killed a member of the Shiite militant group in southern Lebanon, the country's National News Agency said.
08-20-07 - Iran denies Guards' involvement in Iraq Iran denied on Monday US accusations that a unit of its Revolutionary Guards, the Quds Force, was working inside Iraq to foment more unrest in its conflict-torn neighbour.
08-20-07 - Iran warns against further nuclear sanctions Iran warned the UN Security Council on Monday against imposing new sanctions over its nuclear drive, saying such a move would render its cooperation with the UN atomic agency and other talks "sterile".
08-20-07 - Iran wants IAEA to highlight atomic cooperation Iran expects the U.N. nuclear watchdog to highlight Tehran's cooperation in its next report on Iran's atomic program, which could determine whether it faces more U.N. sanctions, an Iranian official said on Monday.
08-20-07 - Kurds flee homes as Iran shells villages in Iraq The escalation of tensions in northern Iraq came as a senior US army officer renewed allegations of Iranian support for Shia militias in the south.
08-20-07 - Chinese 'spy' pair freed by Iran Iran has freed two Chinese citizens detained for allegedly taking photos of Iranian military facilities, China's foreign ministry has said.
08-20-07 - Khomeini wanted to drop 'Death to America': Iran ex-president Iran's ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has aroused controversy after saying in a new book that revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini favoured dropping the mantra of "Death to America."
08-20-07 - US Foreign Policy Experts Oppose Bush?s Surge More than half of top U.S. foreign policy experts oppose President George W. Bush?s troop increase as a strategy for stabilizing Baghdad, saying the plan has harmed U.S. national security, according to a new survey
08-20-07 - UN opens further talks with Iran
08-20-07 - Camps Offer Comfort to Grieving Children At Camp Good Grief, all the children are mourning for a parent or other relative who died while serving in the military.
08-20-07 - Al Qaeda's Travel Agent BY JOSEPH LIEBERMAN The road to Damascus runs through Baghdad.
08-20-07 - Keith Ellison ends Israel trip unscathed The Israeli and US press were poised to report on any slip by Ellison that might be construed as anti-Israel sentiment.
08-20-07 - Senior Arab officials tell Israel that Syria is not planning to attack
08-20-07 - Hezbollah computer game based on war Hezbollah launched a computer game based on its war last summer with Israel.
08-20-07 - Defendant scolded over outburst during Holy Land trial At the time of the outburst, the courtroom was cleared of spectators as an Israeli government agent known by the pseudonym "Avi" was being cross examined.
08-20-07 - U.S. Arms Create New Divisions "The U.S. is trying hard to convince its Arab allies that Iran represents a greater danger to them than Israel. When, in fact, Israel remains the overriding military threat to the Arab world."
08-20-07 - US experts see more dangerous world for Americans A majority of top US foreign policy experts say the world is a more dangerous place for Americans today than just six months ago, thanks largely to the war in Iraq and a failing US war on terrorism, a new survey shows.
08-20-07 - Lebanon charges siege camp Islamists with terrorism Lebanon on Monday charged more than 200 people suspected of belonging to Fatah al-Islam with murder and terrorism, as a standoff between the army and the militants entered its fourth month.
08-20-07 - Lebanon soldier killed as siege enters fourth month A Lebanese soldier was killed on Monday as the battle with Al-Qaeda inspired Islamist guerrillas at a seafront refugee camp entered its fourth month, the army said.
08-20-07 - US survey raises eyebrows in Jerusalem A survey by a respected journal showing that 15 of 108 foreign policy elites in the US believe Israel does not serve US national security interests has raised eyebrows in Jerusalem
08-19-07 - Army too stretched if Iraq buildup lasts Sapped by nearly six years of war, the Army has nearly exhausted its fighting force and its options if the Bush administration decides to extend the Iraq buildup beyond next spring.
08-19-07 - US says Iran training militias in Iraq The United States military in Iraq says about 50 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are believed to be training Shiite militias in the use of mortars and rockets in the south of the country. Making the case for war.
08-19-07 - U.S. forces tracking Iranians in Iraq
08-19-07 - Ahmadinejad may visit Iraq: report Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accepted an invitation to visit neighboring Iraq, Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday, a move that would be unlikely to be welcomed by the United States.
08-19-07 - Iran says nuclear work non-stop ahead of IAEA talks
08-19-07 - Iranian commander warns of 'hell' in Gulf ** The Gulf would become a "hell" for Iran's enemies if they were to attack the Islamic Republic, a commander of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards said.
08-19-07 - Terror law puts Britons at risk of surveillance by US agents A new law swept through Congress by the US government before the summer recess is to give American security agencies unprecedented powers to spy on British citizens without a warrant.
08-19-07 - Prelude to an Attack on Iran **
08-19-07 - Iran "massing troops near northern Kurdish region" Members of the 'rebel' groups, who fiercely oppose the governments of Iran and Turkey, are said to be based near mountains that stretch along the borders with Iran.
08-19-07 - Abu Ghraib abuse just tip of the iceberg: author Those people truely to blame for the degrading treatment of Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad's infamous Abu Ghraib jail remain in the shadows, while such abuses continue unchecked and unseen.
08-19-07 - Remote northeast Iraq hit by Iran shells: officials The Iranian military has shelled Kurdish areas in Iraq's remote northeast intermittently over the past three days, wounding two women and forcing the evacuation of 200 families, Iraqi officials said on Saturday.
08-19-07 - Six Revolutionary Guards killed in Iran helicopter crash Six members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were killed and five injured in a helicopter crash during an operation near the Iraqi border, state radio reported on Saturday.
08-19-07 - Gunmen take 30 hostage in southeast Iran: reports
08-19-07 - LOU DOBBS TONIGHT ** WOOLSEY: If it's not halted. I don't think we've to make that decision yet. My view is the same as John McCain's, which is that using force, air force, presumably, air power, is the worst option for dealing with Iran except for one other, and that's letting them have a nuclear weapon. Down bottom of the transcript. That's neocon Woolsey advocating for an attack on Iran.
08-19-07 - What Would War on Iran Do to the Price of Oil? **
08-19-07 - Michael Ledeen's Dangerous Iran Obsession ** Ledeen, James Woolsey, Norman Podhoretz, and others want war now with Iran. They want the bombs to fly.
08-19-07 - Iran? That's your problem ** All these goodies were meant to sweeten one simple fact: the United States is not planning to launch a military attack against Iran and is telling its allies in the region: We'll give you arms, and won't forget to encourage you. Good luck against Iran. Billions of dollars later and thousands of American soldiers dead, at some point Israel needs to learn to fight its own battles.
08-19-07 - Mehdi fighters 'trained by Hizbollah in Lebanon'
08-19-07 - Lebanese bomb camp in bid to flush out Islamists Troops on Sunday bombarded the north Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in a bid to smash underground bunkers sheltering Fatah al-Islam fighters, who killed two more soldiers at the weekend.
08-19-07 - Report: Bodies of 3 PFLP men killed in 1982 found in Lebanon
08-18-07 - Iran Guards warn U.S. of heavier blows ahead - daily The Iranian daily Kayhan said commander-in-chief Yahya Rahim Safavi made clear the Guards would not bow to U.S. pressure and would use all their leverage against the Americans.
08-18-07 - Iraqi PM to pay first visit to Syria Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara said on Tuesday that Maliki, during his visit, would discuss how to tackle the needs of more than a million Iraqi refugees in Syria who have fled the brutal sectarian conflict in their home country.
08-18-07 - Lone US military officer goes on trial for Abu Ghraib abuse
08-18-07 - A debt culture gone awry The ongoing sub-prime mortgage crisis, a result of irresponsible lending policies designed to generate commissions for unscrupulous brokers, presages far deeper problems in a U.S. economy that is beginning to resemble a giant smoke-and-mirrors Ponzi scheme. And this has not been lost on the rest of the world.
08-18-07 - Saudi hits back at Syria in growing diplomatic spat Saudi Arabia has rejected as "lies and fallacies" high-level Syrian accusations that its role in the Middle East was waning and accused Damascus of fomenting instability in the region.
08-18-07 - Israel is 'flag of Satan', Iranian President says
08-18-07 - Analysis: New Law Gives Government Six Months to Turn Internet and Phone Systems into Permanent Spying Architecture - UPDATED A new law expanding the government's spying powers gives the Bush Administration a six-month window to install possibly permanent back doors in the nation's communication networks. The legislation was passed hurriedly by Congress over the weekend and signed into law Sunday by President Bush. Wow.
08-18-07 - Homeland Security Enlists Clergy to Quell Public Unrest if Martial Law Ever Declared
08-18-07 - Cheney, Lieberman and Iran War Conspiracy ** Lieberman was acting as a stalking horse for Cheney's proposal, softening up public opinion for later war propaganda.
08-18-07 - Effecting Regime Change in Iran **
08-18-07 - HARDER LINE WITH IRAN LEAVES US WITH FEWER OPTIONS
08-18-07 - Iraq to Kishangarh: Palestinians' hunt for postal address on in city It has been a long and precarious journey for 12-year-old Palestinian Mohammad Thaiar. From Baghdad to Kishangarh village in the backyard of Vasant Kunj, via a bus ride through the sandy plains of Syria.
08-18-07 - CAIR Says ADL Seeks to Hinder Legal Rights of U.S. Muslims The ADL's campaign of defamation was revealed when the Los Angeles Times wrote: 'Pro-Israel or Jewish organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Defense League and [Daniel Pipes'] Middle East Forum think tank have provided news organizations with reams of critical documentation on Muslim leaders in recent weeks.'
08-18-07 - Tossing Fuel on a Fire: US Military Aid to Israel Tops $30 Billion this is no basket case nation; this is one of the most technologically developed and wealthiest countries on earth we're talking about here.
08-18-07 - U.S.: No strings attached to new defense package for Israel The new $30 billion American defense package for Israel is not conditioned on diplomatic progress or concessions to the Palestinians, a top U.S. aide said Thursday as representatives from both countries signed the memorandum of understanding in Jerusalem.
08-17-07 - Depression Taking Toll on Returning U.S. Vets Depression may be a largely unrecognized problem for many U.S. soldiers returning from duty in Iraq or Afghanistan, placing a tremendous strain on them and their families, a new study suggests.
08-17-07 - Short of Purple Hearts, Navy tells vet to buy own After waiting 55 years, however, Reed decided to pay $42 for his own Purple Heart and accompanying ribbon ? plus state sales taxes ? at a military surplus store. Hey but, as long as poor little Israel got its 30 bil, everything's peachy keen. Right?....
08-17-07 - UN could soon debate fresh sanctions on Iran
08-17-07 - U.S. actions against Iran raise war risk, many fear **
08-17-07 - France mulls new measures against Iran
08-17-07 - Russia's war planes to patrol the skies again Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced he is reviving the Soviet-era practice of sending bomber aircraft on regular patrols beyond its borders, due to current threats to "security."
08-17-07 - US Paid $1 Million to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers
08-17-07 - Dollar Falls Against Euro After Unexpected Discount Rate Cut The dollar weakened against 14 of 16 major currencies as a reduction in borrowing costs dims the allure of U.S. assets. The decline today trimmed the dollar's weekly advance as investors had sought safety in the currency after a global rout of credit markets. U.S. and European stocks rallied.
Wait a sec, I know. Let's attack Iran.
08-17-07 - UN plans Mideast and Iraq conferences in September U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to call a meeting on the future of Iraq as well as a session of the Quartet mediators on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a U.N. official said on Thursday.
08-17-07 - Lebanese army says two militants killed in siege camp
08-17-07 - Charity trial witness falters An Israeli intelligence agent whose earlier testimony linked a U.S.-based Islamic charity to Hamas acknowledged Thursday that none of the overseas charities it supported has appeared among hundreds of names on U.S. government terrorist lists. The testimony seemed to cast doubt on a central element of the government's criminal case against former officials of the now-defunct Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
08-17-07 - Ankara upbeat on start of Israel-Syria talks Turkish officials trying to jumpstart peace talks between Syria and Israel have sounded hopeful as they have said they were encouraged by recent statements by Syrian and Israeli decision-makers, and described Syrian President Bashar Assad's recent statements on the chance of resuming negotiations as particularly positive.
08-17-07 - Ellison joins anti-Semitism task force The only Muslim member of Congress has joined its anti-Semitism task force.
08-17-07 - Obama praises Israel aid hike Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) welcomed a hike in defense assistance to Israel.
Stoolie.
08-16-07 - Russia, China, Iran warn U.S. at summit The leaders of Russia, China and Iran said Thursday that Central Asia should be left alone to manage its stability and security - an apparent warning to the United States to avoid interfering in the strategic, resource-rich region.
08-16-07 - Iran?s Revolutionary Guards Scoff At US Blacklist Plan
08-16-07 - Iran denounces US missile defense plans
08-16-07 - Former Marine appears in court for shooting Iraqi prisoners A former US Marine sergeant appeared in a California court on Thursday to face manslaughter charges in connection with the deaths of two unarmed Iraqi prisoners, justice officials said.
08-16-07 - Outside View: Nuclear terror's false logic
08-16-07 - US to use spy satellites for domestic surveillance
08-16-07 - Syria denies setting conditions for Iraqi PM's visit
08-16-07 - US finalizes deal on unprecedented military aid to Israel
08-16-07 - U.S. comptroller general: America is Rome
08-16-07 - "An Attempt to Deceive Americans Into Yet Another War" ** the unprecedented attempt to label Iran?s 125,000-strong Republican Guard as a ?specially designated global terrorist? group ? is, as the congressman says ?nothing more than an attempt to deceive Americans into yet another war ? this time with Iran.?
08-16-07 - Backlash Over Book on Policy for Israel "On July 24, Council President Marshall Bouton phoned one of us (Mearsheimer) and informed him that he was canceling the event," and that his decision "was based on the need 'to protect the institution.' He said that he had a serious 'political problem,' because there were individuals who would be angry if he gave us a venue to speak, and that this would have serious negative consequences for the council. 'This one is so hot,' Marshall maintained." All a big conspiracy theory, right Abe? The proof is right there.
08-16-07 - A year after the Second Lebanon War Recent reports have revealed that one of the main justifications for Hizbullah's continuing resistance -- that Israel failed to withdraw fully from Lebanese territory in 2000 -- is now supported by the UN. Last month its cartographers quietly admitted that Lebanon is right in claiming sovereignty over a small fertile area known as the Shebaa Farms, still occupied by Israel. Israel argues that the territory is Syrian and will be returned in future peace talks with Damascus, even though Syria backs Lebanon's position. The UN's admission has been mostly ignored by the international media.
08-16-07 - Which U.S. Political Party Is Better For Israel? For the past several years, whenever anyone asked me which American political party was best for Israel, my answer was: both. Even AIPAC, in the weeks before the 2006 Congressional election, stated that both parties are equally good for Israel. This of course has been and will continue to be ignored by the Republican Party, which attempts to use Israel as a wedge issue in the Jewish community. Note the source.
08-16-07 - Will the Israel Lobby Issue Go Mainstream? The Lobby has already sprung into action in order to quash this book.
08-16-07 - Islamic advocacy group asks for removal from terror-finance co-conspirator list in U.S.
08-16-07 - The Hague plans to host Hariri tribunal
08-16-07 - Mortgages and the Jewish Question Not coincidentally, the big news in Israel last week was the announcement that the Jewish state?s defense budget had to be slashed by a shocking 10%, suddenly and unexpectedly. The reason: Washington told Jerusalem it was not going to deliver an expected infusion of military aid, because Uncle Sam doesn?t have the money. The world economy may not be troubled by the weakness in America, but there?s one little corner of the world that?s terrified.
08-15-07 - U.S. army suicides at highest level in 26 years
08-15-07 - US: Military action on Iran 'not being contemplated' ** Mm k.
08-15-07 - US hits Iran over journos' death sentences The United States says that Iran's sentencing of two journalists to death demonstrates its willingness to "trample on the rights of its citizens".
08-15-07 - Russian bombers getting closer to US: American commander Long-range Russian bombers are flying more often and closer to US territory, a top US commander said Tuesday, as Moscow made its latest show of military might with exercises over the North Pole.
08-15-07 - Marine accused of stabbing Iraqi soldier: report A US Marine reservist faces a court martial after allegedly stabbing to death an Iraqi soldier in an argument, it was reported Wednesday.
08-15-07 - US turns heat up on Iran ** If the United States designates the Iranian Revolutionary Guards a "terrorist" organisation, the question will be whether it is an extension of its current efforts to isolate Iran economically or a step towards military action.
08-15-07 - Syria says Iraqi PM to visit for refugee talks An estimated 30,000 new refugees arrive every month in Syria, which already hosts 1.5 million Iraqis, and Shareh said the influx constitutes an "economic, social and political burden."
08-15-07 - Internet is "the new Afghanistan": NY police commissioner The Internet is the new battleground against Islamist extremism because it provides ideology that could radicalize Westerners who might then initiate home-grown attacks, New York police commissioner Raymond Kelly said on Wednesday.
08-15-07 - US threatens to scrap India nuclear deal
08-15-07 - Chinese pair face Iran spy claims Iran has arrested two Chinese nationals for allegedly spying on military and nuclear facilities.
08-15-07 - US Blames Iran for Casualties from Its Own Attacks
08-15-07 - ?No American President can stand up to Israel.? These words came from feisty Admiral Thomas Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations (1967-1970) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1970-1974). Moorer was, perhaps, the last independent-minded American military leader. Admiral Moorer knew what he was talking about. On June 8, 1967, Israel attacked the American intelligence ship, USS Liberty, killing 34 American sailors and wounding 173. The Israelis even strafed the life rafts, machine-gunning the American sailors leaving the stricken ship I don't agree with paragraph 7-8. There are some Americans like that, but they are thankfully a minority.
08-15-07 - Hizbullah marks Lebanon war anniversary with pomp and piety
08-15-07 - Left and Right Make Same Argument Re Israel Lobby
08-15-07 - More anonymity in terror-linked Holy Land case The Holy Land Foundation was part of a global network of organizations that raised money from Muslims throughout the world and funneled it to Hamas, according to a second Israeli secret agent who testified under a pseudonym Wednesday.
08-15-07 - Va. man indicted for threatening Arabs A Virginia man was indicted Wednesday on charges that he left threatening messages at an Arab political organization in the U.S. during fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the Middle East last year.
08-15-07 - U.N. Special Envoy Will Join Mideast Forum at Rushmore The two-day forum at Mount Rushmore National Memorial Oct. 16-17, is open to the public and is designed to promote dialogue and expand America's knowledge of the complex issues surrounding tensions in the Middle East, said James Nelson, president of the Mount Rushmore Institute.
08-15-07 - Olmert meets senior US diplomat on eve of arms deal The aid to Israel reflects an increase in value of more than 25 percent, Olmert has said, describing it as a considerable improvement and very important element for national security.
08-15-07 - Olmert grateful for U.S. aid boost Ehud Olmert thanked the Bush administration for boosting U.S. military aid to Israel. Yeh, ~swell~.
08-14-07 - U.S. Weighing Terrorist Label for Iran Guards ** If imposed, the declaration would signal a more confrontational turn in the administration?s approach to Iran and would be the first time that the United States has added the armed forces of any sovereign government to its list of terrorist organizations.
08-14-07 - US stands by Iran weapons charge
08-14-07 - Iran leader denies arms supplies Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied US allegations that Iranian weapons are finding their way into the hands of the Taleban. ....."The same allegations are made in Iraq. They are saying that they discover some weapons,"
08-14-07 - Bush Warns Puppets Not to Praise Iran
08-14-07 - In Magazine Article, Giuliani Details His Policy on Iran
08-14-07 - 'Captive' Belgians found in Iran Two Belgian tourists who disappeared in south-eastern Iran at the weekend have been found and are in good health, Belgium's foreign ministry has said.
08-14-07 - Neolibs and Neocons, United and Interchangeable by Philip Giraldi Neoconservatives and neoliberals are really quite similar, so it doesn't matter who gets elected in 2008. The American public, weary of preemptive attacks, democracy-promotion, and nation-building, will still get war either way......It is very discouraging to note that the advocates of the Iraq war, which is almost universally seen as Washington's greatest foreign policy blunder of the past hundred years, are continuing to play a major role in the shaping of policy for the next generation of political leaders of both parties.
IF you look at the rundown Giraldi offers on how the candidates are now appointing neocon advisors in order to gain support, you'll notice this is now a new trend. So, America loses no matter who wins, evidently. That is, unless we can get Ron Paul in there.
08-14-07 - The Democrats Are Selling Out the Peace Movement Another article on how the presidential candidates are playing the neocon card by appointing them as advisors in order to win votes. Disgraceful. These aholes should be sitting in cells for lying this country into war. We owe it to every single soldier killed or wounded in Iraq, in the very least.
08-14-07 - Who Cares? Since Dr. Paul doesn't have a chance of winning, I can therefore guarantee you that regardless of who wins the nominations and regardless of who ends up in the White House, you will be saddled with same failed interventionist policy. It's looking that way, indeed.
08-14-07 - Israel, Turkey, US to hold joint military exercises Navy and air forces of Israel, Turkey and the United States will stage joint search and rescue exercises in late August south of the Turkish coast, the Israeli army announced on Tuesday
08-14-07 - DEBKAfile editor says New York at risk Claiming that New York City residents had much to fear, Shamis said, "There is always something to be afraid of, because the threat is an ongoing threat, and it's a fact that the New York Police Department has taken it seriously. These people have something to gain by keeping the American sheeple in constant fear of the terrorist 'boogeyman' who happens to be Muslim. Israel has been a huge benefactor in the 'war on terror' (on several different fronts - one being the homeland security business).
08-14-07 - Terror threat Web site called unreliable Shamis says Debka, which is financed by subscriptions and ad revenue, has a daily readership of 1.3 million. But its reports, published in English and Hebrew, rely on anonymous sourcing and often prove untrue.
08-14-07 - IDF assessment: Syria thinks Olmert wants to launch war That's like saying a bear likes to defecate in the woods. But seriously folks..
08-14-07 - Prices for Key Foods Are Rising Sharply Already stung by a two-year rise in gasoline prices, American consumers now face sharply higher prices for foods they can?t do without. This little-known fact may go a long way to explaining why, despite healthy job statistics, Americans remain glum about the economy
08-14-07 - Hezbollah's leader warns Israel Much of Lebanon's infrastructure was damaged by an intense Israeli bombardment in 2006 after Hezbollah forces seized two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. Bridges, roads and thousands of homes were destroyed in the Israeli bombardment and a major ground assault across the border.
08-14-07 - Neoconservatism: A Cancer on the Presidency His great fault was to heed to the voices of the Zionist lobby in Washington and to listen to the Circe-like sounds of the neocon Fifth Columnists......Bush is going to be judged a disaster by history because he listened to and followed the advice of forked tongues a-la-Feith, Wolfowitz, Kagan, Podhoretz, Abrams, Perle, Pipes, Cheney, Abraham and the worst and most treacherous of this miserable lot, William (Iago) Kristol. Sublimely blind to the disaster of Iraq, these double-agents keep asking for more American and Iraqi blood to be shed, and are lobbying hard for an attack on Iran. Agreed.
08-14-07 - Itzik on U.S. tour for captive soldiers Israel's Knesset speaker is meeting with U.S. and U.N. leaders to press the case of Israel's captive soldiers.
08-14-07 - U.S. court ruling: Evidence seized in IDF raid not admissible Lawyers for Muslim charity leaders accused of aiding Hamas terrorists scored a rare win in court Tuesday when a federal judge blocked some evidence seized by Israel Defense Forces soldiers during raids of Palestinian organizations. Defense lawyers had objected that some of the documents were not signed or dated, and they cast doubt on Israel's handling of the evidence.
Ouch.
08-14-07 - Muslim hearts are hard to win after years of hypocrisy There must be a timetable for an independent Palestinian state and a willingness to twist Israeli arms to get it.
08-14-07 - Ban Ki-moon: Kidnapped soldiers top priority Ban told reporters before the meeting that the issue of the MIA Israeli soldiers topped his daily agenda and that he is working hard to resolve the matter. Ban Ki-moon=Israel's stooge.
08-14-07 - Syria has no plans for war on Israel: Al Sharaa
08-14-07 - US candidate Giuliani warns on Palestinian state Republican 2008 White House front-runner Rudolph Giuliani warned Tuesday it was not in the interest of the United States to help create a Palestinian state that would "support terrorism." Rudy, the AIPAC ass kisser. Pucker up.
08-14-07 - Syria backs bigger role for India in Middle East peace Syria Tuesday asked India to play a bigger role in the peace process in the Middle East and said that New Delhi should use its growing relations with Washington to promote stability in the region
08-14-07 - Giuliani says U.S. will need long presence in Iraq Rudy, the neocon ass kisser. Pucker up.
08-14-07 - Lebanese army wants more from U.S. The Lebanese military has been pounding the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp relentlessly for nearly three months, trying to wipe out Islamic militant fighters. But instead, it has given them a new form of protection: vast rubble in which to hide.
08-14-07 - Lebanon appeals to besieged Islamists to surrender
08-14-07 - UN slams Israel over details of ordnance dropped on Lebanon "In spite of repeated requests for information, Israel has not provided the required Strike Data -- location of intended target, quantity and type of ordnance dropped or fired -- that is required to quantify the problem," the UN Mine Action Coordination Center (MACC) said. That would probably be because Israel deliberately targeted civilians, and it would be proven by turning over those maps. Not that Israel really gives a rat's (about targeting civilians, as has been the case throughout its history).
08-14-07 - Evidence Suggests Ron Paul Was Cheated Ron Paul's fifth place in the Iowa Straw Poll questioned due to voting machine failure, fuzzy figures and conflicts of interest
08-13-07 - Fatigue cripples US army in Iraq The Americans he commands, like the other men at Sullivan - a combat outpost in Zafraniya, south east Baghdad - hit their cots when they get in from operations. But even when they wake up there is something tired and groggy about them. They are on duty for five days at a time and off for two days. When they get back to the forward operating base, they do their laundry and sleep and count the days until they will get home.
08-13-07 - Iran president to tour Central Asia
08-13-07 - Official: Sadr is not in Iran
08-13-07 - Belgian pair missing in east Iran
08-13-07 - US not considering draft: Pentagon
08-13-07 - Cheney vs. Cheney: Invasion of Iraq Would Lead to "Quagmire" A video has surfaced of Dick Cheney predicting an invasion of Iraq would lead to a "quagmire."
08-13-07 - Imam attacked as anti-Muslim violence grows A brutal assault on a London imam has highlighted fears that Muslims are suffering a sharp increase in race attacks after the failed car bombings in June.
08-13-07 - Wolfowitz 'tried to censor World Bank on climate change'
08-13-07 - Ron Paul, Iowa and the Presidency by golly, don't dare threaten the establishment with Jeffersonian democratic vision and Washingtonian non-interventionism. Don't boldly challenge the NYC/DC axis of politics with sheer constitutionalism. Better yet, don't remind us that the American president is not the commander-in-chief of everybody but a narrowly defined and legally constrained institution that is only equal -- and certainly subject -- to our judicial and legislative bodies.
Ron Paul makes the corporate and foreign lobbies defile their collective astronaut diapers. My kinda guy!
08-13-07 - NSA wiretapping trial begins one rather obscure case could pull back the veil on a surveillance program that's at the heart of the US fight against terror. In the federal appeals court in San Francisco Wednesday, lawyers for a Saudi charity accused of helping Al Qaeda will argue that their clients, including two American attorneys, were illegally spied on without the required court warrant.
08-13-07 - Musharraf: No U.S. strikes in Pakistan Pakistan's president on Monday vigorously defended his government's independence from Washington and said he was "200 percent sure" the United States would not launch unilateral strikes against terrorists in Pakistan.
08-13-07 - Syria buys advanced anti-aircraft missiles: Israeli report Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has nevertheless refused to order the distribution of gas masks to civilians, fearing such a step would further escalate the heightened tensions between Israel and its northern neighbour, the report said, quoting sources in the military intelligence.
08-13-07 - UN official calls for improving living conditions of Palestinian refugees Panos Moumtzis, Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Syria, made the remarks at an annual four-day conference of the General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugees at its headquarters in Damascus.
08-13-07 - Why the power of three soon will change in Chicago He doesn't come across as the superstitious type, so it's unlikely that phenom-federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald believes in the power of threes.....As much as Mr. Fitzgerald and other U.S. attorneys might like to keep their jobs, they serve at the "pleasure of the president" as the saying goes. Or, as we now know after the firings of some prosecutors appointed by Mr. Bush, they may not serve for long if the president or his underlings become displeased.
08-13-07 - Army Torturing Palestinian Refugees'
08-13-07 - 'Gifts' that haunt U.S.
08-13-07 - Lebanese soldier killed in battle with Islamists
08-13-07 - Lebanon villagers slowly rebuilding lives a year after war "Nothing has improved for me in the last year," Mokdad says bitterly as she chain smokes, holding back tears. "I used to have my dignity, my home and now look at me.
08-13-07 - 100% Proof Google is Keeping Conspiracy Sites Down Based on personal experience with some Google services, Google definitely is biased towards neocons.
08-12-07 - Russia flexes military muscle, evoking cold war posturing The Russia of President Vladimir Putin has taken a number of provocative military steps in recent days, creating concern about how the US and Europe should engage with a country that also has a vital role to play in Middle East peacemaking and the nuclear standoff with Iran.
08-12-07 - Iran concludes inquiry into detained U.S.-Iranians
08-12-07 - US 'surge' in Iraq 'likely to fail': British lawmakers
08-12-07 - Marine freed in Iraq killing case Of the eight members of the squad involved only one remains in prison.....Investigators said the soldiers dragged disabled Mr Awad from his home and killed him in Hamdaniya in April 2006.
08-12-07 - Report: Iran Less Than 10 Years Away From 2016 According to an alarming new Department of Defense report combining civilian, military, and calendric evidence, Iran may be as few as nine years away from the year 2016. HOLY CRAP!Nooooooo... We're all gonna die!!
08-12-07 - Challenging Bush?s Reality
08-12-07 - Russia, China and allies play war game
08-12-07 - Bush, Congress Could Collide On Iran ** Taking military action against Iran could put President Bush on a collision course with Congress, leading Democrats and a Republican lawmaker cautioned Friday following Bush?s threat of unspecified consequences for alleged Iranian meddling in Iraq.
08-12-07 - Credit crisis has Main Street watching Wall Street Behind all this lies a big question: If the turmoil on Wall Street gets worse, how large an effect will it have on Main Street ? in communities where consumers are already burdened by high gas prices and falling home values?
08-12-07 - Fox News pines for another 9/11 John Gibson endorsed Bykofsky's thesis on the air: "I think it's going to take a lot of dead people to wake America up."
08-12-07 - U.S. Pressure on Israel for a Palestinian State Foreseen ** Yogev explains that the Bush Administration is working under the pressure of the 2008 elections. "By then," Yogev posits, "Bush plans to hit the Iranian nuclear infrastructures. This is why he is in such a rush to give the Palestinians and the moderate Moslem states fat weapons deals and a Palestinian state - in order to silence them in anticipation of the planned attack on Iran.".....MK Yuval Shteinitz (Likud) told Arutz-7 this morning that the summit is something that must be strongly opposed: "This summit could well lead to a Palestinian state, with clear Hamas and Iranian influence, right on the doorstep of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ben Gurion International Airport. Even if it just serves as a small support for this idea, the summit is something that we must not allow."
08-12-07 - U.S.-Israel aid deal near The $30 billion package would come in parallel to stepped-up arms donations and sales by Washington to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, but Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) said Israel would still have the mightiest military in the region.
08-12-07 - U.S. and Israel close gap on defense aid payouts Israel wins, as expected. See "Holdup in U.S. aid deal".
08-12-07 - Lantos not hopeful on Mideast conference Lantos said the arms sale "needs to be of such a nature that it does not represent a threat to the State of Israel."
08-12-07 - Speechless in Chicago John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt were scheduled to use the Sept. 27 address to outline their upcoming book, ?The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,? which is expected to be released by Farrar, Straus & Giroux early next month. But the president of the Chicago Council, Marshall Bouton, canceled the event under pressure from critics who were uncomfortable with the academics? arguments, according to a letter drafted by Mearsheimer and Walt to the Council?s board. The Israeli Lobby strikes again. Islamofascism is the problem in America? The greatest threat to American freedoms and security is the Israeli Lobby, and that includes the efforts and policies of the neocons.
08-12-07 - Break with Bush over middle East, MPs warn Brown The Labour-led Foreign Affairs Committee urged Gordon Brown's ministers to talk to Syria and Iran - part of President George Bush's 'axis of evil'.
08-12-07 - UK 'damaged' by Lebanon war delay The UK's reputation was damaged when the government hesitated in calling for an immediate end to the Lebanon war last year, MPs have said......It called some of Israel's military actions in Lebanon during the war "indiscriminate and disproportionate".
08-12-07 - Peace in Iraq is inextricably linked to a Palestinian settlement For four decades, successive American administrations have failed to halt Israel's colonisation of the occupied territories. With Washington's redoubtable Israel lobby openly calling for an attack on Iran, the besieged President probably feels it would be safer to follow its lead than confront Israel over its refusal to enter into final status talks on a settlement to the Israel-Palestine conflict.....Should Israel's colonisation of the West Bank continue, the US will find itself defending what former US president Jimmy Carter has described as a regime of apartheid in which Jews and Palestinians living in the same area are subject to different laws and differential access to resources. Should America succumb to Israeli pressure to isolate Iran, it will lose the war in Iraq.
08-12-07 - After the visit, family waits The deputy searched the car with the occupants' permission and found what he believed was a pipe bomb in the trunk, according to an arrest affidavit. Bomb technicians confirmed his suspicions, jail records show. But test results on the material in the trunk have not been released.
08-12-07 - US moves to hobble Lebanon's president The Bush administration has quietly opened a new diplomatic front in its efforts to free Lebanon from Syrian influence, with a move to undermine the authority of the country's pro-Syria president.
08-12-07 - UN's website breached by hackers Slogans accusing the US and Israel of killing children appeared on the pages reserved for statements from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
08-12-07 - Lebanese army turns down siege surrender offer The Lebanese army on Sunday rejected a conditional offer of surrender by Islamist extremists in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the country, a mediator told AFP.
08-12-07 - Walt-Mearsheimer Cancelled by Chicago Council on Global Affairs The Foxman ploy sounds suspiciously like the one they tried against Jimmy Carter when he was to speak at Brandeis. The University asked if instead of speaking alone he'd debate Alan Dershowitz, to which the former president said something like: "What? You must be kidding." Brandeis caved and Carter spoke alone as was befitting a former president.
08-12-07 - Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon With the endorsement of the Defense Department, OSU is mailing "Freedom Packages" to soldiers serving in Iraq. These are not your grandfather's care packages, however. Besides pairs of white socks and boxes of baby wipes (included at the apparent suggestion of Iran-Contra felon Oliver North, according to OSU) OSU's care packages contain the controversial Left Behind: Eternal Forces video game. End Times Christianity is Christian Zionism.
08-11-07 - Iran, Iraq sign oil pipeline deal Under the deal, Iran would buy 100,000 barrels of Iraqi crude to be refined in the southern port of Bandar Abbas, then sell the product back to Iraq. The accord would have no upper limit on quantities.
08-11-07 - Iran shrugs off Bush remarks on Iraq ties with Tehran "Iran's support of the formation of the Iraqi government, (its) comprehensive support of the popularly elected government of Mr Nuri al-Maliki and Iraqi officials' emphasis of Iran's constructive role are evidence of the Islamic Republic of Iran's policies towards Iraq."
08-11-07 - Sources: U.S. assessing Pakistan nukes if Musharraf falls
08-11-07 - Russia announces defence system upgrade Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a vast program to upgrade Russia's missile defence system.
08-11-07 - Iranian and Syrian officials deny fueling violence in Iraq Iran and Syria defended themselves against accusations by the United States and its allies that they have been fueling violence in Iraq.
08-11-07 - Web report sparks NY alert Citing an "unverified" terrorist threat, the NYPD on Friday set up checkpoints in lower Manhattan and stepped up the deployment of radiological sensors on cars, boats and helicopters.
08-11-07 - Bush pushes Musharraf on democracy, Al Qaeda
08-11-07 - Israeli Web site causes N.Y. to up counterterrorism precautions
08-11-07 - Deported Canadian Was No Threat, Report Shows Mr. Arar was sent by American intelligence officials in October 2002 to Syria, where he was tortured and jailed for a almost a year. Last September, an extensive Canadian inquiry concluded that the terrorism accusations against him were groundless.
08-11-07 - Pakistan If You Can by Philip Giraldi The leading Republican candidates had already established an incredibly low benchmark in the foreign policy sweepstakes by their stated willingness to use nuclear weapons against Iran. They have buttressed their resolve to kill still more young Americans in a new effort to remake the Middle East through the appointment of a number of neoconservatives as their foreign policy advisers, including Norman Podhoretz, who has called for World War IV against all "Islamofascists" everywhere. Other leading neocons advising Republicans include Elizabeth Cheney, Robert Kagan, Dan Senor, and Jim Woolsey......Being tough to the point of weakening allies and unnecessarily making new enemies might please the Armageddonists who are eager to end the world so they can be raptured up to heaven or the neoconservatives who want to fight all Muslims all the time, but it is hardly serves the interests of most Americans.
08-11-07 - Syria says it supports French bid to end Lebanon crisis "We support France's efforts in Lebanon," he told the Al-Manar channel. "We believe the French attitude to be impartial, in contrast with that of the United States.
08-11-07 - Stench of corpses hampers Lebanon soldiers in grisly camp battle Lebanese soldiers are being hampered in their fight against holed-up Islamist militants by the stench of putrefying corpses, army and medical sources said on Saturday.
08-11-07 - Ron Paul SIgns Removed by Police at the Ames Straw Poll
08-11-07 - Beirut discovers depression
08-11-07 - U.S. promotes free elections, only to see allies lose The paradox of American policy in the Middle East - promoting democracy on the assumption it will bring countries closer to the West - is that almost everywhere there are free elections, the American-backed side tends to lose.....But more important, U.S. support is often applied to one faction instead of institutions, causing further division rather than bringing about stability. Divide and conquer. How are they going to attack poor little Israel (because they certainly can't attack the US, those countries do not threaten American national security) if they are too busy attacking each other?
08-10-07 - Cheney urging strikes on Iran **
08-10-07 - Iran ex-president disappointed at US talks on Iraq Iran's influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani expressed disappointment on Friday at the lack of progress in talks with the United States aimed at restoring security in Iraq.
08-10-07 - U.S. military says al-Sadr in Iran again Al-Sadr came under heavy pressure to order his fighters not to confront the Americans as increase in U.S. troops began in February. He is believed to have complied, then left the country for Iran.
08-10-07 - Iran cleric says talks only way to resolve crisis
08-10-07 - Military draft should be considered: US war czar A top US military officer in charge of coordinating the US war effort in Iraq said Friday that it makes sense to consider a return of the draft to meet the US military's needs.
08-10-07 - British Criticize Air Attacks in Afghan Region A senior British commander in southern Afghanistan said in recent weeks that he had asked that American Special Forces leave his area of operations because the high level of civilian casualties they had caused was making it difficult to win over local people.
08-10-07 - Two Marines cleared over Haditha case Two US Marines facing charges in connection with the alleged massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha two years ago were cleared of wrongdoing Thursday, the military said.
08-10-07 - US sparks worldwide panic Worldwide, investors started to panic after yet another financial institution announced it had lost money because of the low-end "subprime" US mortgage market and its widespread effect on the US credit market. Hey I know, the US has tons of mon, economy is going great; why don't we attack Iran?! Morons.
08-10-07 - The Iran Attack That Wasn't ** The story was a big break for the war-with-Iran faction in Washington. Within hours, Sen. Joe Lieberman issued a press release saying that the Iranian government "has declared war on us." That set the stage for the unanimous passage the following week of his amendment stating that "the murder of members of the United States Armed Forces by a foreign government or its agents is an intolerable act of hostility against the United States," and demanding the government of Iran "take immediate action" to end all forms of support it is providing to Iraqi militias and insurgents.
08-10-07 - Plan Against Iran May Trigger Arms Race
08-10-07 - Afghan business thrives on Iran's border In contrast with Pakistani border areas, which have been overrun by the Taliban, Herat ? just 75 miles from the Iranian border ? has flourished with the help of Iran, one of the Karzai government's strongest supporters. In Herat, for example, Iran has linked the city to the Iranian power grid and built a highway to the border.
08-10-07 - Blogs Tout GOP Presidential Hopeful Ron Paul Texas congressman Ron Paul is one of the candidates hoping for a strong showing this weekend in Iowa Republicans' presidential straw poll. His unconventional platform ? one he calls "anti-war: and "anti-welfare" ? is attracting support from the grassroots and 'Net roots.
08-10-07 - Pressure builds in US for tougher action against Iran ** The pressure is coming from Cheney and the neocons(Israel's primo lobbyists).
08-10-07 - Please help Palestinian refugees displaced by fighting in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon UNICEF estimates that about 15,000 of those displaced are children. A nearby Palestinian Refugee camp, the Beddawi Camp, continues to host many of those children and other civilians who have fled the fighting.
08-10-07 - Israel wants greater UNIFIL mandate
08-10-07 - McCain: Disarm Hizbullah, tackle Assad "To achieve lasting peace, sooner or later, one way or another, Hizbullah must be disarmed and its patron in Damascus confronted," according to US Presidential hopeful John McCain, who wrote to The Jerusalem Post as part of the latest installment to the 'Road to the White House' blog on JPost.com, which addressed the issue of how the US should deal with Syria.
08-10-07 - Valley lawmakers to hit road on recess Traveling courtesy of the American Israel Education Foundation, more than three dozen House members from both parties are in Israel this week and next. They include Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, and Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton.....The Republicans are visiting Israel this week, and the Democrats will go next week......The Aspen Institute spent $3.5 million on congressional travel, and the American Israel Education Foundation spent $950,000, the study found. For instance, records show, the foundation spent $10,093 for Nunes and his brother Anthony to visit Israel in August 2003. The foundation was established in 1988 by AIPAC, also known as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
08-10-07 - Giffords plans public talk after trip to Israel Giffords, who is Jewish, made her second trip earlier this year in a brief visit along with Republican Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl as part of the U.S. Congress-Israeli Knesset Interparliamentary Commission on National Security.
08-10-07 - Change on Iraq? Ask the Israelis These 40 legislators are the ones who over the past few weeks supported additional funding for the Arrow missile, which is part of the budget for cooperation on combating terror within the framework of the Office of Homeland Security. They are also the ones who will vote on the $30 billion increase in the security budget to which the administration plans to commit itself over the next 10 years...... Hoyer added that he attaches great importance to the Israeli point of view. To this end, he will ask Defense Minister Ehud Barak and several Israeli generals about their opinions on the possible implications of a change in Iraq. There are quite a few Democratic congressmen - including possible candidates
08-10-07 - Hezbollah showcases 'divine victory' over Israel Israel's war with Hezbollah resulted in the deaths of more than 1,200 Lebanese civilians, a third of them children, as well as 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers.
08-09-07 - Bomb attacks on US troops at highest level
08-09-07 - Iran urges US pull-out from Iraq Iran's vice-president has said efforts to improve security in Iraq depend on the withdrawal of US-led forces and an end to US interference in the country.
08-09-07 - Bush has cautionary words for Maliki on Iran U.S. President George W. Bush insisted on Thursday that Iran is a destabilizing force in Iraq despite Tehran's assertion to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that it is helping secure his country.
08-09-07 - 2 charged with pipe bombs near Navy base
08-09-07 - US Hegemony Spawns Russian-Chinese Military Alliance This week the Russian and Chinese militaries are conducting a joint military exercise involving large numbers of troops and combat vehicles. The former Soviet Republics of Tajikistan, Kyrgkyzstan, and Kazakstan are participating. Other countries appear ready to join the military alliance.
08-09-07 - Marine's Iraq murder case dropped L/Cpl Justin Sharratt was among several accused of going on a rampage in which 24 Iraqis were killed after a roadside bombing killed one US marine.
08-09-07 - US withdrawal likely unless Iraq violence falls: study A US withdrawal from Iraq may be "impossible to resist" unless violence against civilians falls substantially, a study funded by the US Air Force warned Wednesday.
08-09-07 - Russian bombers play war games with US
08-09-07 - Syria reveals army deaths from militant campaign This is the first time Syria has publicly disclosed details of the fight against militants, which has intensified this year.
08-09-07 - Columnist says Bush administration fears Powell will emerge as anti-war critic I don't know if Powell would go full throttle, if only for the respect he likely has for Bush's old man. Though I'm sure he has plenty to say.
08-09-07 - Ron Paul Draws 600 in Fairfield Iowa Ron Paul has stayed away from the influence of lobbies, has stayed true to the Constitution and to the interests of the American people. Thus does he deserve our support.
08-09-07 - How to pay for US road and bridge repair? Some lawmakers put a hike in the gas tax on the table, but Bush dismissed the idea on Thursday. Cut foreign aid.
08-09-07 - Why Saudi Arabia? Why Now? by Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.)
08-09-07 - Russian Navy Must Restore Presence In Mediterranean Says Naval Commander
08-09-07 - Overstretched US cuts aid to Israel Washington had promised Israel a substantial increase in its financial support to bolster it against Iran.
But US officials decided to amend their pledge because of escalating costs, including the need to spend $750 million (£375 million) to fly thousands of armoured troop carriers to Iraq to protect troops against Iranian-made roadside bombs
Might I remind you that Israel's economy is 'booming'. Ours is not. And nowhere in the Constitution does it say that we owe Israel anything. OUR troops MUST come first.
08-09-07 - 'Limited Peace' For Israel,'Limited War' Vs. Iran ** Destroying the Iranian nuclear infrastructure could be a limited operation. The United States Navy and Air Force, which are not heavily engaged in the Iraq War Again, it's assumed that America is going to (again) do Israel's dirty work. Note the source.
08-09-07 - Middle East void in chemical weapons pact: Expert Egypt, Israel and Syria have stayed away from the Chemical Weapons Convention, while Iraq and Lebanon have signalled they will join soon, Rogelio Pfirter, director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said.
08-09-07 - Lebanese army claims breakthrough in siege camp Lebanese troops made a new breakthrough on Thursday in the final part of a refugee camp in the north of the country where Islamist militants remain holed up, an officer said
08-09-07 - Russian Fleet Worries Israel
08-09-07 - Olmert: All quiet on Syrian front "Israel has no intention of attacking Syria, and neither does Syria intend to attack Israel."
08-09-07 - Francis Boyle: Destroying Democracy in Palestine When the Palestinians democratically elected a government that the Neo-Conservatives in the Bush Jr. administration and their Kadima/Likudnik confederates in Israel did not prefer, they jointly did everything humanly possible to destroy it.
08-09-07 - US Dems won't endanger Israel with Iraq policy The Democratic leadership in the US House of Representatives has promised to take into consideration Israel's concerns when formulating its official policy on America's involvement in Iraq......Hoyer will lead a delegation of 20 Democratic congressmen to Israel next week in order to gain a better understanding of the regional threats Israel is facing. A Republican delegation is in Israel this week for the same reason. America's interests and security should come first. It does not.
08-09-07 - Stu Bykofsky | To save America, we need another 9/11 Most Americans today believe Iraq was a mistake. Why? Not because Americans are "anti-war." Americans have turned their backs because the war has dragged on too long and we don't have the patience for a long slog.
Hey Stu, Americans have finally realized that they were lied to in order to get their support to invade Iraq, a nation that had no ties to Al Qaeda, and did not attack us on 911. Is Stu afraid that America isn't going to finish out Israel's wish list?
08-09-07 - Holy Land trial turns to Israeli agent The federal judge presiding over the Holy Land Foundation terror finance trial ordered his courtroom cleared of spectators Thursday as a secret agent for the Israeli Defense Forces took the stand. The agent, referred to only by the pseudonym Major Lior, testified through a translator......Even defense attorneys did not know the man's true identity. The Israeli government allowed him to testify in an American courtroom only if his name and face were not made public......Defense frustration seemed to spill over into the cross-examination of the Israeli agent. Attorney Linda Moreno grilled him and his translator about whether his team got any kind of court order, or warrant, before seizing the documents. "You're not contending the Fourth Amendment applies outside the U.S., are you?" Judge Fish asked her at one point.
Israel's trials become US trials, to the tune of millions of taxpayer dollars.
08-09-07 - US anti-terror official talks Iran sanctions in Israel Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met the US Treasury's top anti-terrorism official Stuart Levey on Thursday for talks on economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, an Israeli spokesman said. ...."Israel supports a hardening of sanctions already imposed" on the Islamic republic, Regev said. "Diplomacy must be firm and speak with one voice in order to succeed. Thus does America get more orders from Israel.
08-09-07 - Why The Dems Are Not Much Better Than the GOP on Foreign Policy And that especially applies to the Middle East where neocon orthodoxy governs our Israel-Palestinian policy as well as our policies on Iran and Iraq. (Along these lines, read this and this about Steny Hoyer's current visit to the Middle East).
08-08-07 - President Bush promises 'justice' for Iranians interfering in Iraq in Fox interview ** When Neil Cavuto, host of Fox News' Your World asked if the President included a military attack on Iran among the 'consequences,' Bush gave a cryptic answer. "They will be brought to justice," he said.
08-08-07 - Bush levels dubious Iran nuclear arms charge US President George W. Bush charged Monday that Iran has openly declared that it seeks nuclear weapons -- an inaccurate accusation at a time of sharp tensions between Washington and Tehran.
08-08-07 - Iran tells PM Maliki it is helping secure Iraq
08-08-07 - Iran sees US plot to topple its leadership An Iranian minister said he believed the United States had dropped the idea of attacking Iran but wanted to topple its leadership through what he called a ?soft revolution?.
08-08-07 - US raid kills 30 Iraq 'militants' The US military said the dead were part of a network that was smuggling weapons from Iran, but witnesses said women and children were among those killed.....On Wednesday, Lt Gen Raymond Odierno said "explosively formed penetrators" increasingly supplied by Iran were responsible for a third of US combat deaths in July. Making the case for war.
08-08-07 - Iran rejects face-to-face talks with U.S. over nuclear issue Iran on Tuesday rejected UN nuclear chief's proposal for direct talks with the United States over Tehran's nuclear issue, the official IRNA news agency reported
08-08-07 - Iran, North Korea eye energy cooperation Iran and North Korea on Wednesday agreed to step up cooperation in the energy sector as the reclusive Asian state's trade minister paid a visit to the fellow arch foe of the United States.
08-08-07 - Neocons aiding '08 Republicans "Because Republicans are supportive of the president and the war, that doesn't necessarily mean they are supportive of a policy that embraces continuing the war and continuing nation-building," said Philip Giraldi, the former CIA counterintelligence official who is the Francis Walsingham Fellow for the American Conservative Defense Alliance. "It's a misreading of the Republican electorate." They were responsible for dragging us into Iraq. It's unfathomable that they would still be advising anyone, least of all presidential candidates. It's baffling when folks suggest that neoconservatism is on the decline or that the neocons have fallen. They are still here, and still influential. IMO, they are the gravest threat to the American national interest - moreso than Al Qaeda ever could be.
08-08-07 - Studies: Suicide bombers in Iraq are mostly foreigners Hafez, whose new book is "Suicide Bombers in Iraq ," has identified the nationalities of 124 bombers who attacked in Iraq . Of those, the largest number- 53- were Saudis. Eight apiece came from Italy and Syria , seven from Kuwait , four from Jordan and two each from Belgium , France and Spain . Others came from North and East Africa , South Asia and various Middle Eastern and European countries. Only 18- 15 percent- were Iraqis........There's widespread agreement that Saudis are represented more heavily than any other nationality among the bombers, said Assaf Moghadem, a research fellow at Harvard University who studies suicide bombers' motivations Sweet Jesus, no Iranians among them? Cheney's going to be pissed!
08-08-07 - Prospects of Armageddon ** The same camp whose vocal endorsement led to the present catastrophe in Iraq are now hawkishly gazing at Iran. The same absurd and dangerous logic that defends the nuclear atrocities of 1945 can now be used to support the pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons against Iran - the threat of which in turn makes the idea of a conventional attack appear more palatable.
08-08-07 - Anti-Saudi tide rises in Iraq The Saudi backlash is being fueled by Iraqi media reports and Shiite leaders' condemnations of apparent fatwas, religious rulings by Saudi muftis calling for the destruction of Shiite shrines in Iraq.
08-08-07 - India feels heat over Iran The comments were aimed at the strategically significant Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline deal that is being negotiated by the three powers despite opposition from the Bush administration.
08-08-07 - Cheney says 'main battle in Iraq' against al Qaeda Nitwit.
08-08-07 - Poll: Iraqis Oppose Oil Privatization
08-08-07 - 1.4 Million Iraqis Push Syria to Edge
08-08-07 - Book Reveals Details of Iran?s Diplomatic Outreach to Israel Both Flynt Leverett, who was the senior Middle East official in Bush?s National Security Council until 2003, and Lawrence Wilkerson, who was chief of staff to then-secretary of state Colin Powell, have stated publicly that it was neoconservatives in the administration who nixed the proposal. Parsi echoed those assertions, claiming that Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice favored a positive response but were thwarted by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, leading the State Department to rebuke the Swiss ambassador for overreaching his mandate. Cheney and the neocons.
08-08-07 - Sub-prime superpower by Patrick J. Buchanan We are committed to police the world ? yet we have an Army that is "breaking," as presidential candidates bray about attacking Iran, a nation three times as large and populous as Iraq, and invading Pakistan, a Muslim nation of 170 million, with atom bombs. Whom are we kidding? U.S. foreign policy is bankrupt. We can't cover our commitments with the ground forces we have. And a world watching America thrash about in Mesopotamia is beginning to recognize it and act upon it.
08-08-07 - Siren Song of Elliott Abrams The Israeli-U.S. strategy for Palestine is now crystal clear: overturn the will of the people (in this case as expressed through democratic elections), kill off any resistance (Hamas in this case, along with any civilians who might get in the way), co-opt a quisling leadership (Fatah and Mahmoud Abbas), push out and kill if necessary as many people as international opinion will allow, ultimately rid Palestine of most Palestinians. The cast of characters and organizations has changed from earlier times, but this has essentially been Israel's strategy from the beginning....
08-08-07 - Syrian Amb.: Russia Won't Build Ports Here Ja'afari also explained that Damascus was ready "to resume" a dialog with Israel, but under a multi-national format as outlined in the historic Madrid Agreement.
08-08-07 - Holy Land defense attorney questions FBI agent On Thursday, an Israeli government agent is expected to testify about his government?s seizure of evidence from Hamas offices implicating Holy Land. The agent will testify under a pseudonym amid heightened security at the downtown Dallas federal courthouse. During his testimony, the courtroom will be cleared of spectators, who must go to an overflow courtroom with a video monitor that will not show the agent?s face in order to protect his identity.
08-08-07 - Administration's Prosecution of Muslim Group Brings Charges of Bias Thus far, the courthouse has drawn a steady stream of protesters who have said that prosecutors and Jewish organizations are singling out Muslim charitable organizations It would be interesting to know exactly how many of these 'terror' trials have to do with ISRAEL'S enemies, and how many have to do with Al Qaeda. My bet is that there are infinitely more of the former than of the latter. Cui bono? Who benefits? is a question that must ever be asked about Middle Eastern terror - Patrick J. Buchanan. Note the fourth and fifth paragraph up from the bottom. If we're basing our prosecutions on Israeli testimony - by agents in disguise and using pseudonyms - and LOSING those cases, that ought to tell you something right there.
08-08-07 - Frank Talk About Iran Reut?s conclusion is that Jerusalem must begin speaking to Washington frankly about the areas where the two nation?s interests converge and where they do not. Israel must focus its efforts on ensuring that America does not take Israel for granted, or ignore it altogether, as contacts with Iran proceed.......... Here, too, Israel must assess its strategic needs in light of the chaos in Iraq, and sit down for some straight talk with its American ally, as opinion columnist Yossi Alpher argues on the opposite page. This will require nimble, open-minded tactics on the part of Israel?s friends in America. It is in Israel?s interests to ensure that Washington is under pressure to lean on Iran with every available tool, in order to rein in its mischief-making, its nuclear ambitions and its continued backing of terrorism. They want to make Israel's problems OUR problems.
08-08-07 - UN soldier's widow still seeks 'the truth' More than a year after Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener was killed when Israeli forces struck a UN observation post in Lebanon, his widow says too many unanswered questions surround his death. Hey, if it was 'pro-Syrians', well sheeit, you'd be getting your very own UN resolution (which the US would NOT veto). But if Israel does it, you're SOL, lady!
08-08-07 - Fatah Islam No. 2 killed in Lebanon
08-08-07 - Four Islamists, 2 troops killed in Lebanon camp
08-08-07 - UN food agency to help farmers in southern Lebanon The munitions dropped by Israel included more than a million cluster bomblets, around 40 percent of which failed to detonate on impact, according to the United Nations. The ordance has wounded more than 200 people since the end of the conflict last August 14, according to the UN Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC), and at least 27 people have been killed, according to an AFP tally.
08-08-07 - Senior Shiite Cleric says U.S. desperate Lebanon's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric Tuesday called U.S. intervention in Lebanon part of a desperate attempt for victory in the region after its "failures in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine."
08-08-07 - Israel to institute new wartime measures Prime Minister Ehud Olmert convened top Cabinet colleagues and security chiefs Wednesday to decide on a response to the findings of a commission of inquiry into last year's Lebanon war
08-07-07 - Officials: Russia ups pressure on Iran Russia is increasing pressure on Iran to be more open about its nuclear program, threatening to indefinitely withhold fuel for a Russian-built reactor unless Tehran lifts secrecy shrouding past nuclear activities, diplomats said Tuesday.
08-07-07 - Iran says 'terror plot' foiled in restive province "They were aiming to carry out a terrorist act in the south of the (southwestern) Khuzestan province but they were arrested before carrying out any action,"
08-07-07 - Iran aims to avoid sanctions with atomic openness
08-07-07 - Al-Qaeda threatens US diplomats A NEW video from a wanted American member of Al-Qaeda has been broadcast on the internet, according to an American site that monitors terrorist groups, and it contained a warning that American diplomatic missions were "legitimate targets."
08-07-07 - Iraq vows to oust Kurdish rebels Turkey and Iraq have agreed to "expend all efforts" to oust a Kurdish separatist group from northern Iraq.
08-07-07 - One year on, war pollution still stains Lebanon's shores Many of these sites lie north of Beirut, in a 30 kilometre stretch between Byblos and Enfe. The clean-up work is being financed to the tune of 4.7 million dollars by the US government's international development agency, which admits the daunting and long-term nature of the work. American taxpayers are cleaning up a(nother) mess that Israel made. How much is Israel contributing to the cleanup? My money's on ZERO.
08-07-07 - Lebanon says top Fatah al-Islam member killed
08-07-07 - Burns to hear Israeli take on Saudi arms deal While Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel did not in principle object to the arms sale to the Saudis, and although AIPAC is not expected to actively oppose it, the deal has still not been presented to Congress. Officials involved in the issue said Burns would listen to Israeli concerns.
08-07-07 - The Last Jews In Baghdad The eight Jews, belonging to four families, are all that is left in Iraq from the world's oldest Jewish community, dating to the 6th century B.C. when the Babylonians conquered ancient Palestine and exiled its people as slaves. Over the centuries the Jews flourished, and Baghdad became a center of Jewish culture and learning.
08-06-07 - Veterans' Rare Cancers Raise Fears of Toxic Battlefields "Between the chemicals in the air overseas, the shots they give you, and not eating well or sleeping more than four hours a day ? your body just isn?t strong enough to fight anything off. "Right now, it's cancer, cancer, cancer. A lot of these kids, 21 years old, are coming back with cancer. How did they get it? How did it happen to me when I was healthy?"
08-06-07 - Warrantless wiretaps expanded The US government now has greater authority to eavesdrop without warrants on American citizens' telephone calls and e-mails after President Bush signed new surveillance legislation into law on Sunday
08-06-07 - Obama speech sparks anti-US rally
08-06-07 - Russia Plans ICBM to Counter US Missile Shield
08-06-07 - Pentagon admits 190,000 weapons missing in Iraq Some 190,000 assault rifles and pistols supplied by the US to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005 have gone missing, according to a report issued here yesterday, and may have fallen into the possession of insurgents.
08-06-07 - UN nuclear experts in Iran to discuss inspections
08-06-07 - Republican candidates stick with Bush on Iraq Republican presidential candidates are starting to put some distance between themselves and unpopular President George W. Bush but on the main issue confronting Americans, Iraq, they are hewing closely to him.
08-06-07 - Bill Kristol and the Stink of Fear What rises up out of Kristol's piece is the stink of fear ? fear that the neocons are being abandoned by their erstwhile hosts, fear that anger over the war will boil over into their political and personal ruination, fear that their game has finally been exposed, and fear that Americans are bound and determined to take their country back. Their fears are our hopes.
08-06-07 - Barak upbeat on Lebanon war's fallout Barak said he believed the fact that Israel was not an occupying force gave it legitimacy when it responded to a deadly Hezbollah border raid on July 12, 2006 with a massive offensive in Lebanon. He also argued that the war had boosted Israel's regional deterrence.
08-06-07 - Agent: charity leaders attended meeting of Hamas supporters War on Terror. Cui Bono?
08-06-07 - AEI: Caught Between Its Likudist Heart and Its Corporate Head
08-06-07 - MI: Syria increases military activity for fear of an Israeli attack The head of the research division of Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz, told lawmakers Sunday that Syria believes that Israel is planning to attack, and has therefore increased its military activity.
08-06-07 - A borderless state is no solution Tackling Iran's nuclear ambitions may be a higher priority in Washington than ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, but the two are inseparably linked. The support of Saudi Arabia and other Arab states against Iran still requires movement on Palestine.
08-06-07 - Study: Israel must initiate talks with U.S. on conflicting Iran interests ** Israel must prepare for the possibility that the United States will try to resolve the Iranian nuclear question by reaching an accommodation with Tehran, which will not include Israel. In such an event, the document notes, Israel must ensure that "the essential interests of the State of Israel are preserved." .....The document points out that Israel assumes that its interests and those of the United States on the Iranian nuclear question are identical.....The Reut researchers also point to a lessening likelihood of American military action against Iran, and growing support for dialogue with Tehran.
08-06-07 - No home play for Iraq in World Cup qualifiers Afghanistan and the Palestinian team were also barred from playing home matches for security reasons, AFC tournament director and assistant general secretary Carlo Nohra told reporters.
08-06-07 - How to Deal with The Lobby
08-06-07 - The road to peace runs through Jerusalem Now that the US is well on the way to failure in Iraq a new theory is doing the rounds. This time, "the road to Jerusalem runs through Tehran." It is the rising power of Iran ? fostered by the war in Iraq ? that may create the conditions for peace between Israel and Palestine.
08-06-07 - Robert Fisk: Lebanese strike a blow at US-backed government They've done it again. The Arabs have, once more, followed democracy and voted for the wrong man.
08-06-07 - Israel warns against travel in Mideast Israelis anywhere in the world should also be alert to the danger of being kidnapped by operatives from Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, according to the announcement from Israel's National Security Council.
08-05-07 - Iraq air force wants Iran to give back its planes Iraq's air force commander said on Sunday he hoped Iran would return some of the scores of Iraqi fighter plans that flew there ahead of the Gulf War in 1991, but conceded many of them were probably beyond repair
08-05-07 - Iran says atomic work has not slowed down
08-05-07 - Iran shows off homegrown fighter jet Iran on Sunday showed off for the first time a new fighter jet said to be modelled on the American F-5 but built using domestic technology, state media reported.
08-05-07 - Iran appoints new Anglican bishop In what is seen as a sign of growing religious tolerance in Iran, church services have been held in Tehran to mark the installation of a new Anglican bishop. Oh the horror. First, we hear there are Iranian Jews (who refuse to emigrate to Israel, despite potential cash), now there's Iranian Anglicans too? What's next? BUDDHISTS. Holy sheeit. Those Iranian Nazis!
08-05-07 - Iran a helper, not a threat: Karzai Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a key US ally, contradicted US assessments of the threat posed by Iran and insisted in an interview that Tehran played a beneficial role in his region. Another load of feces that the Bush admin neocons flung but can't get to stick. Where will it be launched next? Stay tuned...(Every Which Way But Loose, You Turn Me Every Which Way But Loose...)
08-05-07 - In Amman, resentment builds against refugees "The Iraqis have the most sectarian tensions of any Arabs, and we worry that could happen here," he said. "If they keep coming in big numbers, then there will be fighting here, too. They have a huge hate between them, and this is dangerous for Jordan."
08-05-07 - ABC Reset Republican Debate Tally After Ron Paul Win?
08-05-07 - The Illegal - and Immoral - Option
08-05-07 - The Abu Ghraib whistleblower's ordeal "I really find it hard to believe that the secretary of defence of the United States has no idea about the star witness for a criminal case being anonymous."
08-05-07 - Signs of faltering US economy surface
08-05-07 - Palestinian Imam calls on Taliban to free Korean hostages "In the name of Islam and its principles of forgiveness, we appeal to you (Taliban) to stop killing the Korean hostages because this contradicts with the rule of Islam," Tamimi said in a statement sent to reporters.
08-05-07 - 150 American youths to join IDF "All of them heard about last summer's war in Lebanon and they want to contribute to Israel's security." Something wrong with joining the AMERICAN military? Have they not heard of IRAQ? Wow.
08-05-07 - Kucinich: Executive Order on Lebanon Undermines The Middle-East Peace Process ?If the Administration continues these policies which undermine the sovereignty of Syria and Lebanon, the United States risks more violence in the Middle East, further isolation from the international community, and the continued sacrifice of our pressing domestic needs.
08-05-07 - Attack on ship never probed June 8 was the 40th anniversary of the attack on the USS Liberty, an American naval intelligence ship sailing in international waters with her flag displayed on a clear day. The result of the attack was 34 dead and 171 injured. The event is the only U.S. naval attack never formally investigated by Congress.
08-05-07 - ANALYSIS: Jerusalem lowering expectations over peace talks Jerusalem was busy lowering expectations, and Olmert's bureau said the leaders were not seeking to formulate an "agreement of principles," but rather "agreed-on principles" - which is the same thing, but less frightening. The bureau cautioned diplomatic correspondents not to get their hopes up. evertheless, Rice heard a different tune this week in Jerusalem and Ramallah. Translation: The Israelis are going to walk the walk and talk the talk, to get America to attack Iran. Then, it's back to the same ole, same ole.
08-05-07 - Lebanon vote widens gap among divided Christians Michel Aoun, a Christian leader from the Syrian-backed opposition, said his faction had defeated the candidate of the Western-backed ruling majority by a close margin in the by-election in the Metn mountains northeast of Beirut.
08-05-07 - Lebanese army still battling Islamists at refugee camp The Lebanese army on Sunday pushed forth with its offensive against Islamists besieged in a refugee camp in the north of the country as the battle entered its 12th week.
08-05-07 - Muslims gaining strength in United States - cleric "I deal with a woman whether she wears a hijab or not, that's my position. Maybe some of you will disagree," he said. "There is no need for labels -- 'you're an infidel, Muslim, Islamist, you'll go to heaven'. I deal with citizens whoever they are and God is the judge."
08-05-07 - Record oil prices deepen rich-poor divide, say analysts
08-05-07 - Lebanese girl 'raised from dead' back home "It was one o'clock. Dalia had gone with her father, her brother and her sister to buy some yoghurt for lunch from a shop in the village," recalls her mother, Alia Deeb. "Just when they got back home, they were cut down by an Israeli shell. I saw my husband and my son cry out, their faces all bloodied. Dalia didn't move. Everybody thought she had been killed outright."
08-05-07 - She takes flight to Israel ? one way she announced she would follow in the footsteps of her older brother, Gabi, who joined the Israeli army a little more than two years ago, except that she might go into the Israeli navy instead. Something wrong with serving in the AMERICAN military?
08-05-07 - A wedding's irresistible momentum Displaced by Islamic militants and short on food, refugees in Lebanon find a way to wed.
08-04-07 - Ahmadinejad says Iran won't give up nuclear plans
08-04-07 - Iran-U.S. to hold Iraq talks on Monday: Iran envoy Iran, the United States and Iraq will on Monday discuss details of a committee they agreed to set up in July to help restore security in Iraq, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Saturday.
08-04-07 - US soldier gets 110 years in rape, killing of Iraqi girl A US soldier was sentenced Saturday to 110 years in jail for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and slaying her family, the army said.
08-04-07 - Civilian Deaths Reported During US Airstrikes in Southern Afghanistan
08-04-07 - US Demanding Iran Restrain Shi'ite Groups
08-04-07 - Wounded veterans learning to water ski
08-04-07 - The calamity of disregard It is now chillingly clear: MI6's pre-Iraq warnings were swept aside by an obsessed White House
08-04-07 - Onward - into Waziristan! by Patrick J. Buchanan On to Tehran. On to Pakistan. Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
08-04-07 - Sloganeering Troubles Diplomatic Pros Traditionally silent during presidential campaigns filled with divisive foreign policy debates, the department on Friday delivered a rebuke to would-be nominees of both parties whose recent comments have complicated U.S. efforts to overcome deep suspicion about the war on terrorism in the Muslim world.
08-04-07 - Inside Track: More Surveillance, More Often by Philip Giraldi On the domestic front, FISA only relates to communications involving U.S. residents. The president is clearly seeking open-ended authority to intercept communications without any due process, and he apparently intends to do so in the United States, not in Iraq and its neighboring countries where he already has that ability.
08-04-07 - As Iraq Costs Soar, Contractors Earn Record Profits
08-04-07 - Judge Backs C.I.A. in Suit on Memoir Valerie Wilson may be the best known former intelligence operative in recent history, but a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that she was not allowed to say how long she worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in the memoir she plans to publish this fall.
08-04-07 - Congressman Ron Paul's Secret Revealed What most people do not know, because the mainstream press is doing its best to manipulate support away from Dr. Paul, is that he won the first debate, he came in second in the second debate, and he came in first in the third debate.......over and over we are subjected to articles that say he has no chance.
08-04-07 - Iran's president tells Israel to find a new home Iran's outspoken President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Israel to "go find somewhere else" for its state and leave its territory for the creation of a Palestinian state, according to an interview published Saturday.
08-04-07 - US Marine sergeant sentenced to 15 years for killing Iraqi A US Marine sergeant convicted of killing an Iraqi civilian was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday, the toughest sentence of the eight US servicemen who took part in the war crime, a military source said. Whereas the IDF get 'reprimanded' and 'remanded' to their base for unlawfully shooting Palestinian Arabs, the US military sentences their own for unlawfully shooting/killing Iraqi Arabs; another stark difference between the US and Israel.
08-04-07 - Canada allows false terrorism case to be made public Mr Arar was detained by the US in New York and removed to Syria, where he was tortured.
08-04-07 - Lebanese soldier killed in battle at camp
08-04-07 - UN council troubled over Lebanon arms The presidential statement expressed "deep concern at the increase in Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace and appeals to all parties concerned to respect the cessation of hostilities and the blue line in its entirety."
08-04-07 - Researcher's Analysis of al Qaeda Images Reveals Surprises -- UPDATED
08-03-07 - New U.S. carrier in Gulf region as force reduced The U.S. Navy, scaling back its force in the Gulf, said on Wednesday it had sent a fresh aircraft carrier to the region to replace two carriers deployed there since early this year amid tension with Iran.
08-03-07 - Court secretly struck down Bush spying: report The intelligence-court judge, who remains anonymous, concluded that the government had overstepped its authority by monitoring overseas communications that pass through the United States, the Post said, citing anonymous government and congressional sources.
08-03-07 - Congress Estimates U.S. Will Spend $1 Trillion On Iraq War
08-03-07 - Iran 'not worried' by US arms sales Iran is not worried by US arms sales in the Middle East, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reported as saying by the ISNA news agency on Friday.
08-03-07 - Al-Qaeda urges Pakistanis to overthrow Musharraf
08-03-07 - Congress curbs power of the lobbyists after series of scandals
08-03-07 - Why Do They Hate Us? Start With John Bolton
08-03-07 - The Cheney-Edelman Connection Edelman, who replaced Douglas Feith in 2005, is a career foreign service officer with neo-conservative views, albeit not as radical as those of his ultra-Likudist predecessor. It's a neocon presidential administration, evidently.
08-03-07 - Democrats Scrambling to Expand Eavesdropping
08-03-07 - Ron Paul remains longshot for GOP nom We'll see about that.
08-03-07 - Hoyer leads Israel trip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, is leading a group of freshman Democratic lawmakers on a tour of Israel.
08-03-07 - The Case for an America-First Foreign Policy
08-03-07 - New bill would enable terrorism suits The Justice for Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act introduced Thursday tightens loopholes in the Flatow Amendment of 1996, named for Alisa Flatow, a 20-year old New Jersey student killed in a 1995 Gaza Strip attack carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an Iran-backed group.
08-03-07 - Israel seeks two-stage prisoner exchange deal with Hezbollah
08-03-07 - New report documents past quarter century of Israeli attacks on Lebanese civilians
08-03-07 - Lebanon braces for key elections Lebanon is stepping up security ahead of two by-elections, one a key test of support among the deeply divided Christian community.
08-03-07 - Careful: The FB-eye may be watching Reading the wrong thing in public can get you in trouble
08-03-07 - Romney backs Saudi deal with conditions Mitt Romney said the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia should depend on its support of Israeli-Palestinian peace among other conditions.
08-03-07 - Hikind sees Pollard New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind led a delegation that met with Jonathan Pollard.....Hikind said the U.S. Jewish community has not done enough to free Pollard Say, I wonder, where does this AMERICAN assemblyman's loyalty lie? Pollard committed TREASON.
08-03-07 - Syrians seek seat at Mideast peace table As the prospect of peace talks loom, Syria is also warning that an "arms race" could be ignited by the Bush administration's plan to beef up its military support to Sunni Muslim-ruled Gulf States, Egypt and Israel, Reuters reports.
08-03-07 - US Evangelicals at Odds on Embracing Israel "The support of Christian Zionists is critical to Israel's security and strength," Lieberman said, "and to America's security and strength." Surrre it is, Joe. Your true colors are showing (blue and white).
08-03-07 - U.S. Arms Sales Preserve Israel's Edge "the administration is buying off Israel by increasing its military aid to more than 30 billion dollars over the course of the next decade."
08-03-07 - Israel's Jewish Problem in Tehran There is an interesting problem with selling the "Iran as Nazi Germany" line. If Ahmadinejad really is Hitler, ready to commit genocide against Israel's Jews as soon as he can get his hands on a nuclear weapon, why are some 25,000 Jews living peacefully in Iran and more than reluctant to leave despite repeated enticements from Israel and American Jews?
08-03-07 - Hezbollah says U.S. trying to intimidate Lebanese "Bush ... considers the Siniora government part of American national security and part of American policy. Oh Lebanese, we are demanding a government which (represents) Lebanese national security and not American national security."
08-03-07 - Syria lets in four sick Palestinians from Iraq -U.N Syria has allowed four seriously ill young Palestinians stranded in a desolate camp in the Iraqi desert to enter the country for urgent medical treatment, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
08-03-07 - Hezbollah vows not to use arms against Lebanese foes
08-03-07 - Fierce fighting between Lebanese army and Islamists An AFP correspondent saw two Katyusha rockets being fired from within Nahr al-Bared camp north of Tripoli by the militants, with one projectile hitting a nearby power station.
08-03-07 - Lieberman defends CUFI speech "I know that they were very supportive of Israel, as I am," Lieberman, who is Jewish, told Salon on Friday, referring to his speech last month at the annual Washington assembly of Christians United for Israel
08-03-07 - Bahrain says Mideast conference should be inclusive "All countries which have a conflict with Israel must be present in order to resolve the conflicts. Israel has disputes with Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians, and we want this conference to discuss all (contentious) issues between Israel and the Arabs," Sheikh Khaled added.
08-02-07 - Europe warns US on Iran sanctions
08-02-07 - U.S. military sees 'marked and increasing Iranian influence' among extremists in Iraq
08-02-07 - US marine guilty of Iraq murder
08-02-07 - Gates ends Mideast tour with call for pressure on Iran Gates said measures to enforce UN financial and trade sanctions were one avenue to squeeze Iran, but he also explored ideas for expanded military cooperation during three days of talks in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
08-02-07 - Lawmakers line up against Saudi deal More than 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter warning President Bush that they would try to stop his proposed sale of arms to Saudi Arabia.
08-02-07 - Murdoch?s Expanding Empire Seen as ?Ominous? ?Murdoch has a long and sordid history of discarding the accepted norms of honest journalism in order to advance his own political and corporate agenda,?
08-02-07 - Bush Officials May Face New Subpoenas Having the most senior members of the administration testify under oath about conversations with lobbyists in regard to classified information could shatter what is left from the anti-leak posture the administration has adopted in its early years.
08-02-07 - Black investigator has own shadowy past as a spy This isn't the first time that Juval Aviv, whose affidavit was the focus of much of yesterday's hearing for Conrad Black, has been caught up in larger-than-life events.
08-02-07 - Washington's Orwellian foreign policy maneuver
08-02-07 - Ageing infrastructure under scrutiny after bridge collapse The American Society of Civil Engineers warned in a report two years ago that between 2000 and 2003, more than 27 per cent of the nation's almost 600,000 bridges were rated as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
Hey I know. Let's attack Iran. Brilliant.
08-02-07 - Surplus aircraft parts sold Surplus parts for fighter jets used only by Iran were sold after the Pentagon supposedly had halted the sales.
08-02-07 - Romney backs away from Hezbollah citation Mitt Romney's campaign said Hezbollah was not a proper model for his vision of U.S. diplomacy, addressing a controversy arising from his earlier remarks.
08-02-07 - Edwards, Obama question Saudi arms sale Obama, like Edwards a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Israel's security was "paramount" in considering such a sale
08-02-07 - House: Press warrants in AMIA case A U.S. House of Representatives resolution called upon Interpol to implement the arrest warrants of six suspects in the deadly attack on the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires.
08-02-07 - Two troops killed as Lebanese army battles Islamists
08-02-07 - Lebanon cleric bans honor killings Religious condemnation of the practice is rare and the office of Lebanon's top Sunni cleric said he did not recall any such fatwa being issued in the past. Religious leaders in neighboring Jordan have also remained silent on the issue
08-02-07 - Bush slaps assets ban on 'Lebanon's enemies' American President George W Bush has ordered a freeze on the US assets of anyone Washington accuses of undermining the Lebanese Government. Including Israel? Right.
08-01-07 - The Fear Factor by Rep. Ron Paul the loss of liberty resulting from the social psychology to which we continue to subject ourselves is not easily reversed. People who would have previously battled against encroachments on civil liberties now explain the "necessity" of those "temporary security measures" Franklin is said to have railed against.
Ron Paul is on par with the founding fathers of this nation. His candor and his refusal to pander to lobbies/special_interests makes him a true candidate of the people, a rarity in the good ole USA.
08-01-07 - US cuts Gulf aircraft presence
08-01-07 - Third of Iraqi children malnourished HUNGER and disease are spreading in Iraq as violence masks a deepening humanitarian crisis, British charity Oxfam said in a report today.
08-01-07 - White House says spying broader than known: report The Bush administration's top intelligence official has acknowledged that a controversial domestic surveillance program was only one part of a much broader spying effort, The Washington Post reported in its Wednesday edition.
08-01-07 - Murdoch: Bad for Journalism, Bad for Democracy With the purchase of the Dow Jones Co. and its flagship Wall Street Journal another vital voice is brought under the umbrella of one conglomerate ? and one man ? that already controls too much of what Americans see, hear and read every day.
08-01-07 - Army's 'Debt Of Service' Leaves Vets Perplexed
08-01-07 - The NYT's New Pro-War Propaganda "It would free up Washington's 'foreign policy agenda,' presumably allowing it to invade another country or two where American vital interests would be discovered. [Pollack's] narrative ? in essence an Israeli one ? is quite simple: deprived of the support of one of the Arab world?s most powerful nations, the Palestinians would be further weakened in their struggle against Israeli occupation." [See Robert Fisk's The Great War for Civilization] Neocon predicts consequences of his coveted war on Iraq before we went in.
08-01-07 - Oil prices pull back from record The price of a barrel of US light, sweet crude surpassed the previous high of $78.40 a barrel, seen in July 2006, before falling back to $76.53.
08-01-07 - German bank breaks ties with Iran Deutsche Bank joined the ranks of financial institutions breaking ties with Iran.
08-01-07 - Secretary Rice's Mideast mission: contain Iran
08-01-07 - Terrorists Are Everywhere by Philip Giraldi One of the most troublesome aspects of the Bush agenda is the conflation of a whole basket of groups with the terrorism menace even if they pose no actual danger to the U.S......there is no intelligence that suggests that al-Qaeda has any group or organization currently in place in the U.S. that might be capable of carrying out a major terrorist attack......Hezbollah and Hamas likewise do not threaten the United States and almost certainly have little to no capability to carry out an operation on this side of the Atlantic Ocean Philip Giraldi is a former CIA counterterrorism official. His Deep Background columns in The American Conservative make that mag well worth its weight in gold.
08-01-07 - Rice-Gates visit shows how much U.S., Saudi Arabia have drifted apart
08-01-07 - Syrians support helping end Iraq war Most Syrians favor working with the United States to seek an end to the Iraq war, yet also support financing Iraqi fighters and other Middle East groups the U.S. considers terrorists, according to a rare poll of Syrians released Wednesday.
08-01-07 - Iran says Israel abuses human rights Israel's "futile" attempt "to raise allegations against others' human rights situation is nothing but a preposterous, and indeed tired, practice to distract the international community's attention from its shameful human rights record," he said.
08-01-07 - Withdrawal from Iraq = Second Holocaust? The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is a neocon "thinktank", one of many.
08-01-07 - The $63 Billion Sham Under the president, 80 percent of nations that received arms from America in 2003 were classified by the State Department as being either undemocratic or having a poor human rights record, which covers all the Arab countries in the new deal. Israel is a democracy, but in its 2006 country profile, the State Department cites a source that determined that 322 of 660 Palestinians killed by the Israeli military ?were not engaged in hostilities when killed and 141 were minors.?
08-01-07 - Cheney tells CNN he makes Bush's decisions And the "No Shit, Sherlock" award goes to...
08-01-07 - Romney cites Hezbollah as a model
08-01-07 - Syria's Assad repeats call for return of Golan Heights from Israel
08-01-07 - DOJ defends statute used in AIPAC case The Justice Department defended prosecutions under a statute it is using for the first time against two former AIPAC staffers.
08-01-07 - House passes Iran sanctions bills The American Israel Public Affairs Committee applauded its passage
08-01-07 - Netanyahu: Golan ours forever Keep dreaming. Sooner or later, the law will catch up with Israel. Won't be pretty.
08-01-07 - 51% of Syrians in favour of peace with Israel in exchange for Golan withdrawal
08-01-07 - Lebanese troops kill 4 militants Lebanese troops have battled al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, killing at least four.
08-01-07 - Lebanese soldier killed as country marks Army Day A Lebanese soldier was killed Wednesday in battles with die-hard Islamists besieged in a seaside Palestinian refugee camp as the military marked Army Day.
08-01-07 - Israel ranks the US Presidential Candidates... Ron Paul evidently doesn't rank. That might be because Ron Paul is truly a representative of the AMERICAN people.
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