2005 archive
05-31-05 - "Some progress" in Iran nuclear talks: Bush
05-31-05 - New US push to isolate North Korea The deployment last week of 15 stealth fighters to South Korea, along with the severing of the US military's only official interaction with North Korea, appears to be part of a new push by the Bush administration to further isolate Pyongyang despite China's hesitation to join the effort.
05-31-05 - Iran makes ballistic missile breakthrough Iran announced it had successfully tested a new solid fuel motor for its arsenal of medium-range ballistic missiles, a technological breakthrough that sparked fresh alarm in Israel.
05-31-05 - Syria denies helping insurgents cross into Iraq
05-31-05 - Iraqi minister asks Syria to watch its border
05-31-05 - Israel can defend itself if Golan Heights are returned "But I insist on the word 'peace' and the need for a serious Syrian leadership in the peace process,"
05-31-05 - Israeli planner says don?t rule out Osiraq-like strike on Iran
05-31-05 - State of the State Secrets The crime committed in this case involves not only the theft of vital U.S. secrets but a concerted effort to influence American foreign policy on behalf of a foreign power.
05-31-05 - Perle's pogrom Richard Perle spoke to the AIPAC conference and proclaimed, to loud hosannas, that the United States must start dropping bombs on Iran to stop its dangerous nuclear program
05-31-05 - With Hand on Heart: Pelosi Admits Israel Comes First
05-30-05 - Syria Tries to Tackle Foreign Fighters Much of the criticism of Syria appears to be political. The foreign fighters issue has been a favorite Washington pressure point, even though U.S. military and intelligence officials in Iraq have long played down Syria's role. The insurgency, they have said, is overwhelmingly Iraqi. The foreign infiltrators have their choice of Iraq's six international borders, not just the frontier with Syria
05-30-05 - The Non-Prosecution of AIPAC The prosecution appears to be bending over backwards to keep AIPAC out of court, and AIPAC is doing all it can to help its supposedly rogue employees - employees who had to be fired because their unauthorized actions so embarrassed AIPAC - while appearing not to
05-30-05 - IS ISRAEL PREPARING TO USE US TROOPS AS HUMAN SHIELDS?
05-30-05 - Franklin admits he disclosed classified information in AIPAC affair
05-30-05 - AIPAC Seeking to Distance Itself from Possible Spy Trial
05-30-05 - Why Did Feith Resign? Could it have had something to do with the Larry Franklin spy scandal?
05-29-05 - Musharraf denies Iran bomb remark Pakistan has denied that President Pervez Musharraf told a German magazine that Iran was "very anxious" to have a nuclear bomb.
05-29-05 - Iran Demands Pakistan Head Explain Remarks The German news weekly also quoted Musharraf as saying a pre-emptive attack by the United States against Iran would be "a disaster."
05-29-05 - Justice Dept. to indict two AIPAC staffers under U.S. Espionage Act Sources involved in the case confirmed that the Espionage Act is on the agenda. However, there is also the possibility that the Justice Department is raising the intention to use that law with the purpose of reaching a plea bargain concerning a lesser offense, albeit one that is still covered by anti-espionage legislation in the U.S.
05-29-05 - Opposition claims Beirut election A leading opposition bloc in Lebanon says its candidates have won all the seats in the capital, Beirut, in a landmark parliamentary election.
05-28-05 - Syrian missile may have exploded over Turkey: claim "An investigation by military units in the region assessed that the parts in question could possibly belong to a missile originating from Syria,"
05-28-05 - US warns Syria to stem flow of insurgents into Iraq
05-28-05 - Lebanon votes in first polls of post-Syria era
05-28-05 - Law Compels Iran to Pursue Nuclear Goals
05-28-05 - BREAKING NEWS: IRAN TO RESUME ENRICHMENT/RETURN OF THE MILITARY DRAFT
05-28-05 - Iran says U.S., Israel are the real nuclear threats
05-28-05 - Pelosi Gives a Pep Talk to AIPAC According to Pelosi, the biggest danger to Israel today comes from Iran, whose nuclear ambitions, though still unproved, also threaten the US. Her perspective contains the seed of ominous things to come, because, after all, something will have to be done about Iran, right? Yes, and soon
05-27-05 - Is Iran telling the truth about nuclear program?
05-27-05 - Iran slams US nuclear policies at non-proliferation conference
05-27-05 - When the Jews take Washington AIPAC is regarded as one of the most influencial Jewish lobbies in Washington, if not the most influencial one. This means that whenever Congress approves the transfer of USD 2.5 billion in military aid to Israel, or when the U.S. supports Israel during a U.N. vote, the lobbyists have something to do with it.
05-27-05 - US forces kill human 'shield' child in Iraq "Israel is secretly playing a key role in US preparations for possible war with Iraq, helping to train soldiers and Marines for urban warfare,"
05-27-05 - Iran, EU give themselves two months to find final accord on nuclear crisis
05-27-05 - UN investigator in Beirut to probe Hariri killing
05-27-05 - Public broadcasting more balanced than major networks "While NPR's Mideast coverage has frequently been criticized by pro-Israel partisans, research and analysis by FAIR has found a strong and consistent slant on NPR toward an Israeli perspective on the conflict,"
05-27-05 - Nuclear treaty talks end without result Egypt also played a prominent role in the bickering by insisting on sanctioning Israel for not declaring its alleged atomic weapons and not joining the NPT.
05-27-05 - Protests in Middle East over US Koran abuse report
05-27-05 - New York Times Publishes CNI Foundation Ad The Council for the National Interest Foundation (CNIF) placed a full-page advertisement, titled AIPAC's Agenda is Not America's, in today's edition of the New York Times
05-27-05 - AIPAC has been given the go ahead to replace the U.S. congress
05-27-05 - The Neocons' Second Front
05-27-05 - Mr. Sharon goes to Washington Israel?s true power lies with Jewish lobby in U.S.
05-27-05 - Israel dismisses Hezbollah rocket threat as mere electioneering
05-27-05 - From 'Balance' to Censorship: Bush's Cynical Plan for NPR How terrible and how self-defeating it would be for American Jews, among the most enthusiastic practitioners and consumers of journalism in this country, to help wreck one of their exemplars, National Public Radio
05-26-05 - Iranian ongoing suspension of uranium enrichment 'positive development': Rice
05-26-05 - WTO agrees entry talks with Iran, U.S. drops veto The U.S. decision appeared to be the first tangible reward for Iran after it agreed Wednesday to maintain its suspension of all nuclear activities in a deal with the European Union.
05-26-05 - Syria Arrests 1,200 Headed for Iraq Mekdad denied any Syrian involvement with al-Zarqawi.
05-26-05 - Pakistan helps Iran nuclear probe Pakistan has sent parts of its nuclear centrifuges to the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna
05-26-05 - Vote to end debate on Bolton fails Senate move delays decision on controversial U.N. nominee
05-26-05 - Kicking the Can With Iran
05-26-05 - Public Broadcasting: Bias OK, as long as taxpayers don?t fund it Privatization will not only not solve the problem - it will play square into the neocon's hands.
05-25-05 - Iran in new nuclear arms pledge Iran has renewed its pledge not to seek nuclear weapons during talks in Geneva with European Union countries
05-25-05 - EU, Iran to continue nuclear program talks
05-25-05 - 5 ships ordered to ''surge'' to support war on terror The deployments are in response to requests from the European Command and the Central Command and are not exercises
05-25-05 - Heat turns up on US rights abuses
05-25-05 - FBI Records Cite Quran Abuse Allegations
05-25-05 - U.S. Troops Launch New Offensive in Iraq Wednesday's offensive, the second on a road to Damascus in less than a month, came as the Iraqi government demanded that Syria block insurgents from crossing the border
05-25-05 - Amnesty International Urges Washington To Shut Down Guantanamo 'Gulag'
05-25-05 - Bringing the Arab Street to Power by Patrick J. Buchanan But with their campaign for global democracy, Bush and his neocon auxiliary may have created the vehicle Islamists will ride to power across the Middle East, preparatory to telling us to go home.
05-25-05 - Israelis weigh Iranian nuclear threat Israel has been encouraging other countries to try and curb Iran
05-25-05 - Perle Calls for Invasion of Iran
05-25-05 - Hizbollah says will fight to keep its arms Under mounting international pressure to disarm, Lebanon's Hizbollah said on Wednesday it had more than 12,000 rockets that could strike anywhere in northern Israel and would fight anyone who tried to take them away.
05-25-05 - The Franklin Affair: A Spreading Treason If we observe how we were lied into war with Iraq, and by whom, the whole affair looks more like an Israeli covert operation by the day. U.S. soldiers in Iraq are taking bullets, RPG attacks, and plenty of casualties, while Ariel Sharon ensures the stillbirth of a Palestinian state and takes a good part of the West Bank.
05-25-05 - THE NEOCON POWER GRAB AT NSA AND AN ATTEMPT TO STIFLE THE PRESS What has some NSA officials worried is that with pro-Israeli neocons now engrained within the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), State Department, and National Security Council, NSA is ripe for penetration by Israeli intelligence.
05-25-05 - AIPAC's Big, Bigger, Biggest Moment Perle provoked cheers from the crowd when he favored a military raid on Iran, saying that "if Iran is on the verge of a nuclear weapon, I think we will have no choice but to take decisive action." When Harman said the "best short-term option" is the U.N. Security Council, the crowd reacted with boos
05-24-05 - Syria severs military cooperation with U.S. - NYT
05-24-05 - Syria says it ends military cooperation with U.S. "We do not want to be cooperating with the Americans on one front while being lambasted and attacked by the Americans on the other front,"
05-24-05 - Pentagon not aware of any change in relationship with Syria
05-24-05 - EU trade sanctions against Iran will raise oil prices
05-24-05 - Iran's elections cast a shadow on nuclear talks
05-24-05 - High risk of deadlock in EU-Iran nuclear talks: negotiator
05-24-05 - US accuses Syria of undermining Mideast peace process
05-24-05 - Syrian reformers try to keep the pressure on many here now believe that US aims in Syria are moving toward destabilizing the regime - a policy that even the most adamant opposition leaders and activists say would be dangerous and could lead to civil strife
05-24-05 - Syria quashes last dialogue forum
05-24-05 - Return of the Red Card: Israel-China-U.S. Triangle
05-24-05 - Ex-Analyst Is Expected to Face New Charges A former Pentagon analyst, already accused of illegally disclosing military secrets, will be charged as early as Tuesday with illegally keeping classified documents at his home in West Virginia
05-24-05 - Lookout, France! Google hires neo-con headbanger
05-23-05 - UN verifies Syrian troop withdrawal from Lebanon
05-23-05 - Syria Stops Cooperating With U.S. Forces and C.I.A. Mr. Moustapha said he believed that the Bush administration had decided "to escalate the situation with Syria" despite steps the Syrians have taken against the insurgents in Iraq, and despite the withdrawal in recent weeks of Syrian troops from Lebanon, in response to international demands.
05-23-05 - EU urges Iran to stick with nuclear suspension In Washington, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice emphasized the hard line being taken by the United States before the EU-Iran talks in Geneva.
"Along with our allies, we are working to gain full disclosure of Iran's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons. The world must not tolerate any Iranian attempt to develop a nuclear weapon," she said in a speech to an influential pro-Israel lobby group, the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee.
05-23-05 - Syria 'a step away' from facing US military action THE US economic sanctions on Syria are a step away from US military action on the middle eastern country, a US congressman said here during a conference on reform in the Arab world. "Sanctions are one step below a military confrontation, and sanctions are preferable to military confrontation, frankly," said US Rep. Christopher Shays, a Republican from Connecticut. ...Mr Shays and another US congressman, Sen. Gordon Smith, said that America's top commitment in the region is to Israel.
The Road to Damascus Runs Through Baghdad
05-23-05 - Lebanese army kills man as rival Christians clash
05-23-05 - Speaker Hastert Address to American Israel Public Affairs Committee Annual Policy Conference We must demand that Syria remove all its forces, both military and intelligence assets, out of Lebanon. We must cooperate to end Iran's continued financial support of Hezbollah. We must cautiously support European efforts to cease Iranian plans to develop nuclear weapons.
Whose war is this?
05-23-05 - Who's To Blame For Anger At U.S.?
05-23-05 - AIPAC vows all employees will obey U.S. laws Kohr said that the strong attendance at the convention proved how great the support for it was in the American Jewish community and sent a message to Israel's and AIPAC's opponents as well as the Jewish community that "we are here to stay."
05-23-05 - Possible Bush Pick Irks Neocons Gray's deeper problem appears to be his alignment with Republicans from the so-called "realist" school of foreign policy. The realist school, often associated with Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to the senior Bush, opposes the neo-conservatives' vision of projecting American force in order to bring democracy to the Middle East.
05-23-05 - AIPAC Strikes Back In what seems to be AIPAC's answer to the latest Star Wars theme, an interactive display on Iran's nuclear program has been set up this week in our nation's capital.
05-22-05 - For Arab press, Hussein photos reinforce view of US
05-22-05 - Iran Warns Europe to Make Nuke Talks Work Iran's foreign ministry said Sunday that Europe has more to lose than Tehran if the Western countries ask the U.N. Security Council to take action on its nuclear program.
05-22-05 - U.S. doesn't have needed support in U.N. to punish Iran, official says Though the United States and its European allies are united, Burns said, China has not agreed with their approach. China, which has a veto on the Security Council, has growing economic ties with Iran.
05-22-05 - Wife of Syrian president promises "prosperity for all"
05-22-05 - Protesters Heckle Laura Bush in Jerusalem
05-22-05 - Galloway Senate testimony PDF goes AWOL
05-22-05 - Leaders of Palestinian factions in Syria hold talks on truce
05-22-05 - Best Policy: Talk Tough with Israel Why is there no action from the president? Is it because he remembers when his father, back in 1991, did something similar by suggesting to delay the $10 billion loan guarantee to Israel as long as it continued to build illegal settlements on the West Bank only to see his father have to apologize a few days later for suggesting such a move?
05-22-05 - No agendas at the Agency helm People with an extreme right-wing agenda, who are unwilling to tolerate any compromise with the Arab world and the Palestinian people in an effort to obtain peace agreements, figure prominently among Sharansky's supporters in the Jewish world
05-22-05 - George Galloway Receives A Hero's Welcome Home Galloway also announced that a Respect victory at Tower Hamlets would result in it being twinned with Jenin in occupied Palestine and that he would fly the Palestinian flag from the town hall, an echo of his campaign in Dundee, Scotland.
05-22-05 - Impacting on AIPAC A survey recently commissioned by the National Journal magazine among members of Congress ranked AIPAC second on a list of the most effective lobbies in Congress. What does that mean? That even under investigation, AIPAC still has immense power and that members of Congress are not unnerved by the rumors and reports.
05-21-05 - Attacks 'delay' Iraq rebuilding More than two years since the war, Iraqis still suffer from daily power cuts, and - in some areas - from contamination of drinking water by sewage.
05-21-05 - Iran douses hope of compromise in nuclear talks Iran said on Saturday it had not considered a proposal that Russia enrich uranium for it -- an idea floated as a way out of a deadlock in talks with the EU over Tehran's nuclear program.
05-21-05 - EU aims to avert Iran nuclear crisis-diplomats
05-21-05 - Wolfowitz says economy is the key weapon in war on tyranny
05-21-05 - Lebanon condemns foreign intervention in internal affairs
05-21-05 - Iran deplores US, Israeli policies
05-21-05 - US Jews plan show of support for PM While AIPAC publicly touts its strengths ? with some 5,000 people expected, this conference may be the biggest in the organization's 51 years, it draws more members of Congress than nearly any other non-government event and it culminates in a massive show of lobbying for Israel on Capitol Hill
05-21-05 - Hezbollah fires rockets on Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms Lebanese militiamen fired rockets on the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms district causing no casualties, in response to Israeli warning fire at shepherds who had entered prohibited territory, officials on both sides said
05-21-05 - More Manly Galloways, Fewer Slimy Colemans Long before Iraq became an issue, the outspoken Galloway was a gallant defender of Palestinian rights. Both in England and the U.S., to speak up for Palestinians will get you on the s-list right away. Fanatical supporters of Israel are well-entrenched in both the British and American establishments.
05-21-05 - Laura Bush urges Arab women role
05-20-05 - Rice Broadens Indictment of Syria After a meeting with Iraq's planning minister, Barham Salih, Rice again accused Syria of supporting terror. To that, she added an allegation that Syria may also be providing financial support for insurgents as well as "allowing its territory to be used to organize terrorist attacks against innocent Iraqis." Moreover, Rice said, Syria was supporting Palestinians trying to undercut cooperation with Israel on a projected withdrawal from Gaza.
05-20-05 - Afghan prisoners were 'tortured to death' by American guards
05-20-05 - Iran Said to Be Smuggling Nuclear Matter
05-20-05 - Pull out your spies from Lebanon, U.S. tells Syria Scott Carpenter, deputy assistant secretary of state, said Syria was still meddling in Lebanon despite the pullout
05-20-05 - US generals say Iraq outlook 'bleak' an analysis piece for the The Washington Times, Martin Seiff, United Press International senior news analyst, says that it was a "bad week" for US policy in Iraq. Not only did you have the US military saying that troops would be in the region for years, but the new government of Iraq gave a warm welcome to the Iranian foreign minister.
... the strongest sign yet that Iraq won't stay in Washington's pocket. This also signals the danger of a huge Iraqi Shiite reaction against US forces if the United States ever clashes with Iran over its nuclear program.
05-20-05 - Iran flexes its 'soft power' in Iraq "For US policy, it's going to be difficult to forge a strong alliance with Iraq, while at the same time antagonizing Iran,"
05-20-05 - Iraqi PM urges Syrian action against insurgents, says security talks planned
05-20-05 - From 1998: 'Undercover Mossad agents' in UN team
05-20-05 - Angry Mideast Muslims protest alleged US Koran abuse
05-20-05 - Saddam to sue over prison photos Khaled al-Maeena, the editor of Saudi Arabia's Arab News told the BBC the photos would be seen as "an insult and an affront
05-20-05 - CNIF Ad Calls for AIPAC to Register as the Agent of a Foreign Government
05-20-05 - Republicans threaten to starve UN of funds The bill targets programmes, including the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, which the Israeli government has been campaigning against.
05-20-05 - Hall of Mirrors "If I am the prosecutor, what I really want to prosecute is not AIPAC," says Rishikoff. "I want to start prosecuting anyone who thinks they can give information to AIPAC. I want to use this as a test case, to stop people feeling the US has a special relationship with this group."
05-20-05 - Israeli Arsenal Vexes Nuclear Negotiators ''The world does well to remember that most Middle East weapons programmes began as a response to Israel's nuclear weapons,''
05-20-05 - US tells Syria: stop meddling in Lebanon, Iraq And the world could say the same to America and Israel.
05-20-05 - U.S. Pressures Mideast on Peace Washington will provide grant money and diplomatic support for reformers, bankrolling grass-roots projects it deems worthwhile, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said in a keynote speech at a World Economic Forum conference on the Middle East at this Dead Sea resort.
05-20-05 - May 23rd AIPAC Protest (with Three Speakers)
05-20-05 - US first lady starts Mideast tour citing image woes Laura Bush said she hoped her five-day mission to Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Egypt, on which she will stress the importance of giving more political freedom to women, will help repair that damage.
05-19-05 - Iran seeks Russian help in nuke dispute -diplomats "Iran has proposed that Russia enrich the uranium that Iran has converted,"
05-19-05 - U.S. says Syrian meeting plotted recent Iraqi attacks In the Perle-Feith-Wurmser strategy, Israel?s enemy remains Syria, but the road to Damascus runs through Baghdad. Their plan, which urged Israel to re-establish ?the principle of preemption,? has now been imposed by Perle, Feith, Wurmser & Co. on the United States.
05-19-05 - Ex-Shin Bet chief Carmi Gillon: Temple Mount attack would trigger 'total war' An attack by extreme-right Jews on the Temple Mount would trigger a large-scale war between Israel and the Muslim world, former Shin Bet chief Carmi Gillon told Haaretz.com readers yesterday. Neocons want this 'clash of the civilizations'
05-19-05 - US: Syria must help fight against Iraq insurgents
05-19-05 - Syria should reform before change imposed from outside: opposition chief
05-19-05 - U.S. Claims Over Siege Challenged
05-19-05 - GOP Aides Say New Patriot Act Obliges Bush
05-19-05 - US Doubts Iran Canceling Nuclear Program
05-19-05 - Iran urges US to take first steps to end enmity
05-19-05 - AIPAC Will Focus on Policy at Gathering Israel has suggested that resettlement costs could run as high as $3.5 billion. AIPAC will be charged with laying the groundwork for pushing through any additional aid packages. In addition to direct aid, that could mean new U.S. loan guarantees for Israel. Another crucial plank at the conference is backing for the Iran Freedom Support bill, a measure to strengthen sanctions against Iran by penalizing foreign countries that invest in Iran?s energy sector and to provide funding to democratic groups in the Islamic republic.
05-19-05 - Rice: Iran out of step with Mideast change
05-19-05 - Probe of former AIPAC staffers centers around Iraq information garnered during the investigation into alleged leaks from a Pentagon analyst to the two former AIPAC staffers suggests the FBI began probing AIPAC officials just before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
05-19-05 - Palestinians in Iraq call on the PLC to protect them
05-19-05 - World Bank to set up liaison office for Israeli cos World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute director Yechiel Assia last week signed an agreement to set up a Private Sector Liaison Office (PSLO) in Israel that will help Israeli companies participate in World Bank projects in third countries.
05-19-05 - NPR Mideast coverage may be monitored
05-19-05 - AIPAC claims to have fired employees being investigated by FBI but continues to pay attorney fees
05-18-05 - The rising economic cost of the Iraq war One estimate of the military pricetag: $5 billion each month.
05-18-05 - Syrian Paper: Rice Accusations Baseless
05-18-05 - Official: Iran Won't Give Up Nuke Program
05-18-05 - Iraq veterans' unspoken epidemic
05-18-05 - EU-Iran to hold new nuclear talks
05-18-05 - Syria on Edge Over U.S.-Iraq Fighting
05-18-05 - What's 'American' About the American Israel Public Affairs Committee?
05-18-05 - Israeli and Syrian officials may meet Representatives of Syria and Israel, including Vice Premier Shimon Peres, could meet discretely at World Economic Forum
05-18-05 - Iran boasts of quick defeat of Israel
05-18-05 - Pulling US strings on Israel
05-18-05 - Better Communications Efforts Can Significantly Improve America's Image in the M Rather than trying--and failing--to persuade Muslims to support American policies in Iraq or Palestine, the report says that the United States should publicize its significant development aid to their lands
05-18-05 - White House hits out at Newsweek The White House has urged Newsweek to take the lead in repairing the US' image among Muslims after its retracted report about desecration of the Koran.
05-17-05 - Syria cracks down on 'Islamists'
05-17-05 - Iran says will block militants from entering Iraq
05-17-05 - Iran sanctions no sure bet in UN Security Council Some council members including China and Russia were likely to strongly question the need for sanctions if not block them, and others would be in no hurry to act
05-17-05 - First PBS, Now NPR In 2002, NPR won an Overseas Press Award for its seven-part series, "The Mideast: A Century of Conflict," which, predictably, drew fierce criticism from the right-wing pro-Israel lobby. "It made me wonder what kind of world we want, what kind of media we want, if news organizations become afraid to do a series like this because the ground is so treacherous politically," Bruce Drake, NPR's vice president for news and information, told AJR.
05-17-05 - Israelis 'hopeful' on release for U.S. spy Pollard
05-17-05 - Guantanamo prisoner tells of Koran abuse, US apology
05-17-05 - 'Sickened' Israel spy meets envoy in jail
05-17-05 - Spy Pollard Denounces Ambassador's Visit
05-17-05 - High-speed intrusion under investigation
05-16-05 - Rice: U.S. to Put More Pressure on Syria
05-16-05 - Iran, EU to hold talks on May 23: FM
05-16-05 - Rice points finger at Syria on Iraq violence Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice revived U.S. allegations on Monday that Syria had allowed foreign fighters to cross into Iraq and fuel the Iraqi insurgency
05-16-05 - Support for U.S. Sanctions for Iran Grows The legislation is expected to get a boost when one of the most influential lobbying groups, the American Israel Political Action Committee, holds its annual meeting in Washington this month. AIPAC has made the bill a high priority
05-16-05 - Annan warns U.S. on Iran China and Russia, which have strong economic ties to Iran, might veto any push to sanction Iran, Annan suggested in interviews with USA TODAY
05-16-05 - Newsweek withdraws Koran report
05-16-05 - The deserters: Awol crisis hits the US forces "We were told that we would be going to Iraq to jack up some terrorists. We were told it was a new kind of war, that these were evil people and they had to be dealt with ... We were told to consider all Arabs as potential terrorists ... to foster an attitude of hatred that gets your blood boiling."
05-16-05 - Lugar expects Bolton to be confirmed for U.N. post
05-16-05 - Speed Bumps on Democracy Boulevard by Patrick J. Buchanan In brief, our friends do not want free elections held on schedule this July, because they are afraid they will lose
05-16-05 - FBI questions four reporters in AIPAC case the indictment could be expanded to include additional charges. In that event, pressure would increase on Franklin to cooperate with the prosecution and provide them with incriminating information about two former senior officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
05-16-05 - Hardliners reject Koran apology Hardline Islamic parties in Pakistan say an apology by a US magazine over a story about a desecration of the Koran is a crude bid to ease Muslim anger.
05-16-05 - Russians accused over Iraqi oil Russia is an oil exporter, and therefore would have been unlikely to need the oil, the report says
05-16-05 - UNSC: US warns India not to seek veto power
05-16-05 - A small matter of Crusader history
05-16-05 - Sources: Iraq's Talabani met "Israeli military official" at undisclosed location; exchanged letters with Sharon
05-15-05 - Iran bill urges more nuclear work Nonetheless, Iranian officials say France, Germany and the UK will be given a "last chance" in talks to be held before the fuel cycle is resumed.
05-15-05 - Iran delays threatened resumption of nuclear activities Iran's top nuclear official Hossein Moussavian, said on Saturday that a meeting with the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany could take place in Europe within days.
05-15-05 - John Bolton's Yellowcake Bolton ordered and received updates on the notorious "Fact Sheet" of Dec. 19, 2002, that claimed Iraq had been trying to procure uranium "yellowcake" from Niger
05-15-05 - The Bush-Bolton Plan to Bomb Bushehr (for Israel) If a month or two from now you are advised by President Bush that it is necessary to take out Bushehr to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, you would have to wonder if the neo-cons and their Likud allies in Tel Aviv aren't simply threatening World War III on a faulty premise. Wouldn't you. The situation now is quite different, with Bushehr a Russian project in Iran.
05-15-05 - Koran abuse report 'may be wrong'
05-15-05 - The world versus a nuclear Iran
05-14-05 - Iran: near deal with EU on resuming nuclear work
05-14-05 - AIPAC spurring Congress to pass sanctions bill against Iran The legislation would put the United States on a more confrontational course than the one pursued by President George W. Bush's administration
05-14-05 - Fighters Remain in Iraq-Syria Border Town
05-14-05 - 7 more die as protests spread over reported Quran defiling
05-14-05 - Syrians fearful amid US border offensive
05-14-05 - A New York Detective's Tricky Beat in Israel
05-14-05 - UN, US express concern over Israel-Lebanon border flare-up
05-14-05 - Israel PM rules out new Lebanon reprisals after US warning
05-14-05 - Galloway hounded by AIPAC cell within U.S. Congress; Bolton tied to same cell
05-14-05 - Protests across Muslim world over Koran report
05-14-05 - Only Russian citizens will henceforth head the country?s cabinet - State Duma The Russian State Duma passed a law on Thursday, stipulating that only citizens of the Russian Federation, who have no dual citizenship, will henceforth be entitled to head the country?s cabinet.
05-14-05 - Bush Administration Vows To Boycott Hamas Militants Elected in Territories "You can't have a free country if a group of people are like an armed militia," Bush said, adding, "citizens' groups that are armed, trying to impose their will on a free society, is just not the definition of a free society." They'd rather have the voting done under the barrel of a foreign occupying power, I guess?...
05-13-05 - US told to act as desecration reports inflame Afghan riots At least 16 people were killed and 100 injured as violent protests spread across Afghanistan after reports that US interrogators in Guantanamo Bay had desecrated copies of the Koran.
05-13-05 - Douglas Feith Bares His Soul to Jeffrey Goldberg
05-13-05 - Hizbollah, Israeli forces clash in border area
05-13-05 - Jewish groups support Bolton as UN diplomat Major Jewish organizations are strongly supporting the nomination of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a fact that has flown under the public radar.
05-13-05 - Bolton brouhaha bruises Bush
05-13-05 - Israel says Iran will have nuclear bomb knowledge
05-12-05 - Russia says Iran's nuclear conversion plan is 'legitimate' "This does not threaten international security because this uranium will be used for peaceful ends and under the strict IAEA control,"
05-12-05 - U.S.-Iraq Battle Touches on Syria Border
05-12-05 - EU warns Iran of 'consequences' over nuclear resumption
05-12-05 - Bolton's nomination heads to full Senate without recommendation it betrayed unease among senators on both sides of the aisle over Bolton, a hard-charging senior State Department official whom Democrats have accused of mistreating subordinates and trying to manipulate intelligence
05-12-05 - Blasts in Shebaa Farms border area -Israel "These are presumed attacks from Lebanese territory," an army spokeswoman said. But she said that the exact cause of the explosions could not be confirmed until searches were conducted.
05-12-05 - Quality of Life Deemed Poor in Iraq
05-12-05 - Syria's Assad makes first visit to Egypt since Lebanon pullout
05-12-05 - Syrian leader wants reform, suspects U.S. motives Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is committed to reform but fears U.S. calls for democratic change mask a desire to destabilize a staunch foe of Israel, Syria's ambassador to Britain said on Thursday.
05-12-05 - Israel to demand UN action over rocket attacks Israel said it would lodge a complaint at the United Nations calling on Beirut to disarm all militias after a Katyusha-type rocket fired from southern Lebanon hit the Jewish state.
05-12-05 - Israel chief of staff warns Iran over nuclear 'threat' As the world's only superpower, the United States had a duty to see the matter brought before the Security Council, Mofaz continued, saying Israel was sharing intelligence with Washington and other governments over Iran.
05-12-05 - UN nuclear talks break deadlock over Israeli arms The U.N. Security Council has long called for the Middle East to be transformed into a nuclear-free zone, and Egyptian U.N. Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz said the United States and European powers had assured the Arab world that they would work to bring the Jewish state into the NPT.
05-12-05 - Israeli Government Donates Land for a Evangelical Christian Centre A US-based evangelical Christian group has received a donation of 35 acres of land beside the Sea of Galilee from the Israeli government, according to the Associated Press. The land will be used for building an evangelical Christian centre to boost Christian tourism.
05-11-05 - North Korea says it pulled fuel rods at nuclear site
05-11-05 - Syria's opposition wants Syrian-made reform "We refuse a forced change of the regime by a foreign power."
05-11-05 - Israeli pesticides destroy Lebanese tobacco crop
05-11-05 - Ridge reveals clashes on alerts The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level,
05-11-05 - Hezbollah confident of poll boost
05-11-05 - Battle Near Border Puts Pressure on Syria
05-11-05 - EU leader to block Wolfowitz appointment
05-11-05 - U.S., UN mull international force at Shaba The United States and UN are looking into the possibility that an international force would replace Israel in the Shaba Farms area in exchange for Hezbollah's disarming and becoming a political party.
05-11-05 - Arabs and South Americans back Iraq and Palestinians
05-11-05 - Lebanese rocket lands in northern Israel
05-11-05 - Ex-AIPAC man expects indictment,
05-11-05 - America's Pro-Israel Lobby Holds Its Annual Policy Conference in Washington D.C. Consistently ranked as the most influential foreign policy lobbying organization on Capitol Hill Look what's first on their agenda, what a surprise
05-10-05 - U.S. Marines Push Toward Syrian Border
05-10-05 - Iran nuclear talks near collapse, UK warns
05-10-05 - S Americans attack US sanctions against Syria
05-10-05 - Abbas offers Mikati support on 1559
05-10-05 - Halliburton gets $72 mln bonus for work in Iraq
05-10-05 - State Dept. Withholds Bolton Papers Democrats want to know if Bolton was spying on other government officials he suspected of disagreeing with or undermining his views on sensitive topics such as Cuban and Syrian weapons capabilities.
05-10-05 - UN's Annan: Israel, Lebanon must respect border
05-10-05 - IAF to keep its eye on Iranian Revolutionary Guards
05-10-05 - Israeli Spy Scandal: Bloggers in the Dock? Gorilla in the Room blog was mysteriously deleted days ago, and resurrected from the cache by a fan or two
05-10-05 - Israelis fire artillery shells into Southern Lebanon the Lebanese police force said that the Israeli Army had fired eight artillery shells into Southern Lebanon near the disputed border region of the Shebaa Farms, causing damage but no casualties.
05-09-05 - Mass Deaths In US Attack On Insurgents Troops have killed 75 insurgents in an operation on Iraq's border with Syria
05-09-05 - Iran 'to resume nuclear activity' Iran says it will resume uranium enrichment activities within the next few days, in a move which could put talks with Europe in jeopardy.
05-09-05 - North Korea has plutonium 'to make six nuclear bombs'
05-09-05 - America's shame, two years on from "Mission Accomplished" A vast quantity of evidence has now been built up on the system which the Americans have created for mistreating and torturing prisoners. I have interviewed a Palestinian who gave me compelling evidence of anal rape with wooden poles at Bagram - by Americans, not by Afghans
05-09-05 - Ex-Mossad chief: U.S. may be in Iraq for years U.S. military forces may remain in Iraq for much longer than most Americans believe, and those forces may yet uncover weapons of mass destruction, the former Mossad intelligence chief Ephraim Halevy said yesterday.
05-09-05 - A new 'Mecca of Arabic studies'? Hundreds of Western students are living and studying in Damascus
05-09-05 - Syria gets first media watchdog
05-09-05 - Misfired shell hits Lebanon
05-09-05 - Washington Continues to Pressure Syria Despite Appeals for Talks "next they will accuse us of having caused the tsunami in Asia." I was thinking more along the lines of being behind the grassy knoll, myself.
05-09-05 - AIPAC Espionage and Abu Ghraib/Gitmo Torture discussed on 'Capital Gang' NOVAK: The other -- the other question is -- is the fact that this was obviously a part of the new neocon thing which is connected with Iran. And it is to show that our great danger now comes from Iran, and that's what all this information with Franklin is involved, and Franklin is supposed to be upset that we are not being attentive enough to Iran. And I have talked to some neocon people in the last week, and they say that we went in the wrong place in Iraq. We should have gone into Iran.
05-09-05 - From Uncle Sam to Gaza Abramoff is suspected of transferring USD 140,000 to the West Bank settlement of Beitar Elite from a fund he had established to support poverty-stricken children in the U.S., the report said.
05-09-05 - Goal for Gorilla in the Room Gorilla in the Room blog gets deleted under mysterious circumstances.
05-08-05 - Iran has 'legitimate right' to nuclear technology: Kharazi
05-08-05 - Iranians Call for End to Nuke Negotiations
05-08-05 - Syria says U.S. sanctions 'unfair and illogical' Washington accuses the Arab state of supporting terrorism, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and undermining efforts to stabilize Iraq. Syria denies the charges.
05-08-05 - Crown Prince Abdullah on reconciliation visit to Syria
05-08-05 - 54 arrested in Iraqi raid near Syrian border
05-08-05 - The push for regime change in Iran and a hypocrite pushing
05-08-05 - Jonathan Pollard
05-08-05 - India to go ahead with Iran gas pipeline despite U.S. reservations: FM
05-08-05 - Bush Thanks Putin for Help in Mideast "They talked about the need that one cannot flirt with terrorism or terrorists," Rice said. "I think that was really the essential issue here because they're very concerned about the Palestinian situation."
05-07-05 - Iran warns its nuclear threats not empty
05-07-05 - Iran denounces US pressures for preventing purchase of Basell
05-07-05 - Beirut cheers on returning exile
05-07-05 - Sen. Biden Asks Rice for Bolton Documents In a curt letter to Rice, Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record), D-Del., reiterated his requests for State Department documents related to charges that Bolton tried to bend or ignore government intelligence findings that did not suit his hard right ideology
05-07-05 - Hizbollah expects arms talks after Lebanese polls Hizbollah guerrilla group said on Saturday it expected to engage in heated debate over demands to disarm after Lebanon's elections, but insisted it would keep its weapons as long as Israel posed a threat to the country.
05-07-05 - PBS evolving into Propaganda Broadcasting Service? the last legs of objectivity in our media is being whittled down to a neoconservative flute.
05-07-05 - Lobbyist Had Close Contact With Bush Team
05-07-05 - Pentagon Seeks Greater Immunity from Freedom of Information Act The Department of Defense is pushing for a new rule that would make it easier for the Pentagon to withhold information on United States military operations from the public.
05-07-05 - Abramoff's Jewish World Abramoff did, on his own, advocate for some Jewish issues, including Israel, in private conversations with lawmakers and political players, sources said.
05-06-05 - Two dead in blast in Lebanese Christian town
05-06-05 - North Korea 'closer than ever' to a nuclear test
05-06-05 - Is Syria In Danger? In short, according to Leverett, the neo cons believe that, if sufficient pressure is exercised on Damascus, Bashar will fall from the inside.
05-06-05 - Annan reiterates call for all Lebanon militias to disarm But Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati told reporters after the meeting that he did not consider Hezbollah to be a militia.
05-06-05 - Iran wants to continue nuclear talks with EU
05-06-05 - Larry Franklin and the Axis of Espionage
05-06-05 - Israeli linked to AIPAC probe to leave post
05-06-05 - Syria blames US pro-Israeli stance for sanctions renewal "Syria makes a difference between terrorism and resistance to the occupation of Palestine. It seems that the Syrian position doesn't please the neo-conservatives in Washington."
05-06-05 - U.S. Suspends Cooperation With Israel on Fighter Jet An upcoming Pentagon report, described last month in the Boston Globe, is expected to claim that China will soon have the capacity to block American forces from defending Taiwan, partly thanks to its military cooperation with Israel,
05-05-05 - Tehran says determined to enrich uranium -- and negotiate
05-05-05 - Syria ignoring calls to stop Iraq infiltration: Abizaid
05-05-05 - Bush extends economic sanctions on Syria President Bush on Thursday extended economic sanctions on Syria imposed last year and said the Arab country supported terrorism and was undermining efforts to stabilize Iraq.
05-05-05 - The unholy trinity of electronic snooping: Bolton, Negroponte and Hayden
05-05-05 - Iran says Shahab-3 missile entirely Iranian, production ongoing
05-05-05 - Saudi leader to prod Syria to help regional stability The Saudi sources said that after his talks with Bush, Abdullah believes that Washington is now prepared to focus on the Palestinian issue.
05-05-05 - Senate Probes Bolton's Pro-Israel Efforts In Israel, Bolton reportedly met with officials of the Mossad intelligence agency without seeking "country clearance" from the State Department's Office Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
05-05-05 - Israel denies involvement after arrest of Pentagon expert They denied the Lavon Affair for a time too.
05-05-05 - A Break in Intelligence Touches AIPAC for the First Time
05-05-05 - Analysis: Effects of Sharansky resignation feared Sharansky remains impressively well connected. Not only Bush but also Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the neo-conservative intellectuals who man their staffs and implement their policies think the world of him.
05-05-05 - Lebanese eye Palestinian posts
05-05-05 - More charges to come in Pentagon analyst affair? Inquiry into leaked classified documents has 'cast a cloud' over pro-Israel lobby group.
05-05-05 - Israeli Spy Ring Busted! Developing ... what we are looking at is a longstanding conspiracy by Israeli agents inside the U.S. government to not only funnel classified materials to Tel Aviv, but to manipulate and bend U.S. foreign policy to serve Israeli interests
05-05-05 - Planned US-Israeli Attack on Iran
05-05-05 - Neocons Lay Siege to the Ivory Towers The campaign for academic "rights" actually originated with organizations and individuals committed to defending Israel from criticism, and whose interest in curtailing academic freedom dovetails with those of conservatives
05-05-05 - Israel's Amen Corner silent on AIPAC-Franklin spy scandal
05-04-05 - UN says satisfied with Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon so far
05-04-05 - Rice reiterates Iran should not seek nukes
05-04-05 - US warns Syria over militant financing
05-04-05 - Security Council presses Lebanon on vote, observers
05-04-05 - 1st strike on Iran 'gaining traction' The official said Israel would prefer that the U.S. carry out any military action. "It's more acceptable diplomatically for America to act. We will take more heat. Also, the missions are difficult for us. It's further, we have problems of refueling in the air. American controlled aircraft carriers are much closer, and the U.S. has a launching base [from Iraq.]"
05-04-05 - Breaking the UN's Anti-Zionist Resolution So Bolton successfully lobbied to reverse UN resolution 3379, and this has benefited America how?
05-04-05 - Israel plans air strikes on Iran's nuclear sites
05-04-05 - The Larry Franklin / AIPAC Case -- A Memo to the Media The reason Franklin (and possibly whoever at a higher level sent him) wanted AIPAC to know about the draft directive was to coordinate pressure on Congress and the Bush Administration to back military strikes on Iran, a major policy goal of the Israeli government.
05-04-05 - Could the US military handle another war? Media reports in the US and around the world have taken note of a new classified report from the top US military adviser, which indicates that the US military's current commitments overseas may prevent it from adequately fighting future conflicts.
05-04-05 - Palestinians halt UN inspectors at Lebanon base
05-04-05 - Lebanese PM, Assad look to future ties afer Syria pullout
05-04-05 - Pentagon analyst charged with disclosing secrets Franklin arrest = red herring, to hide the larger issue; AIPAC's control over Capitol Hill, et al.
05-04-05 - THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2005 But the Syrians have every right, quite frankly, not to have the Israeli pilots buzzing the palace of their president
05-04-05 - Bye-Bye, Bush Doctrine It's back to deterrence
by Patrick J. Buchanan
05-03-05 - UN team starts verifying Syria pullout from Lebanon
05-03-05 - Lebanese border town awaits train to whisk away Syrian soldiers
05-03-05 - Lebanese border residents dispute Syria troop post
05-03-05 - Iran vows to pursue nuke plans, slams US and Israel
05-02-05 - Talks on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty 'deadlocked' US wants to talk about Iran and North Korea, but world wants to talk about US and other nuclear powers.
05-02-05 - Iranian uranium enrichment would torpedo talks with EU - Fischer
05-02-05 - McCloskey, other GOP elders seeking opponent for DeLay "Tom DeLay is an embarrassment to the Republican Party," said McCloskey, who represented Northern California from 1967 to 1983.
05-02-05 - Lebanese PM says Syrian army maintains position on Lebanese soil
05-02-05 - Syria brings in new banking laws to stamp out terror funding
05-02-05 - SYRIA'S SPY LIE pro-Israeli pundit not satisfied with Syrian pullout.
05-02-05 - Aipac Shakeup Hurts Advocates of Tough U.S. Stance on Iran Nukes Pro-Israel activists in Washington are privately worrying that the shakeup at Aipac, as well as Bolton's troubles, will make it even harder for Jerusalem to convince the White House that quick action must be taken against Iran.
05-02-05 - FBI questions ex-Mossad official in AIPAC probe
05-02-05 - Lebanese villagers want pro-Syrian Palestinian military bases out
05-02-05 - What Does 'Democracy' Mean ? Over There? by Patrick J. Buchanan
05-01-05 - Reports: N.Korea May Have Launched Missile Near Japan
05-01-05 - US determined to keep up heat on Syria "The Americans will make what trouble they can for the Syrians, presuming that this will at least reduce Syria's ability to make trouble for anyone else," Professor Sadowski commented. "If, at some future date, this should trigger political changes in Syria, Donald Rumsfeld [defence secretary] will remind us all that 'democracy is messy'."
05-01-05 - Iran's Khamenei to US: nuclear programme is none of your business
05-01-05 - Bolton at the UN: Palestinians Have Reason to Worry
05-01-05 - U.S. Targets Iran, North Korea at Nuke Arms Talks
05-01-05 - Syria Signals Change in Iraq Policy
05-01-05 - Syria welcomes Putin's proposal for Middle East peace conference
05-01-05 - Is the Golan next? After dealing with Syria, Bush may turn his attention to Golan Heights
05-01-05 - Wash. Post: Iraq War Kept U.S. Safe Because now terrorists need only go to Iraq to attack us; our troops are sitting ducks.
05-01-05 - Secret documents show UK's war footing: report Britain's spy chief, Sir Richard Dearlove, fresh from a trip to Washington, had concluded that war was "inevitable" because "Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action", and "intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy".
05-01-05 - How important is the Saudi oil to Bush's administration?
05-01-05 - Losing the war on terror? The invasion of Iraq and U.S. policies in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute have given disaffected Muslim communities excuses to take up arms against the U.S. and its allies and provided rationalizations for extremist groups like al-Qaeda.
04-30-05 - French UN communique condemns Lebanon France has circulated a draft UN communique criticising that the Lebanese government has yet to exert full control over all its territory after Syria's military withdrawal and the lack of progress in disarming "what it terms as "militia" groups in Lebanon
04-30-05 - Analysis / Syria's still there The withdrawal of the Syrian army from Lebanon is seen by Israel as a first and important step, but behind the scenes Damascus will continue to control intelligence, including within the Lebanese army.
04-29-05 - Rafsanjani says Iran will pursue nuclear progamme 'at all costs'
04-29-05 - Rafsanjani: Iran to Pursue Nuclear Fuel Cycle
04-29-05 - North Korea Reactor Shut-Down Problematic, U.S. Says
04-29-05 - Putin seeks role as 'honest broker'
04-29-05 - Syrian president could be toppled: Israeli spymaster
04-29-05 - "The Coming Pax Americana"
04-29-05 - AIPAC Investigation Hinders Push for War with Iran?
04-29-05 - Pollard and AIPAC
04-29-05 - Iraq and Palestine are two sides of the same coin
04-28-05 - Iran threatens to restart enrichment if talks fail
04-28-05 - Annan warns against strike on Iran
04-28-05 - Expected Iran-EU showdown should not threaten nuclear talks - diplomats
04-28-05 - Official Says N.Korea Can Make Nuclear Missile
04-28-05 - Lebanon Gov't Removes Pro-Syrian Officials
04-28-05 - Terror Attacks Increased Sharply in 2004
04-28-05 - Putin opposes Iranian nuclear bomb
04-28-05 - UK report shows Iraq war illegal: former defence chief
04-28-05 - One year on, Amnesty International blasts US for Abu Ghraib failings
04-28-05 - What they said about ... Putin's trip to Israel
04-28-05 - Israeli protests fail to block Russian arms sales to Syria
04-28-05 - US to sell bunker bombs to Israel The sale has gone ahead despite concern that Israel might use the weapon for a unilateral attack against Iran.
04-28-05 - Putin struggles to allay Israeli fears over Syria, Iran deals
04-28-05 - Russia backs off Middle East conference plan
04-28-05 - Palestinians in Lebanon Won't Disarm "We did not fight to become Lebanese, Syrians or Jordanians," he said. "We fought to protect our Palestinian identity."
04-28-05 - AIPAC Faces Staff Questions Iran's threat to Israel, his top priority in recent years, is to be the centerpiece of this year's AIPAC's policy conference, which begins May 22
04-27-05 - Diplomats: U.S. Alone in Fight to Oust UN's ElBaradei The U.S. official denied there was any link between Bolton's nomination difficulties and ElBaradei's re-election.
04-27-05 - Lebanon rejects calling Hezbollah "militia" group
04-27-05 - Annan's report to UN comes under scrutiny Annan said there had been "no progress to date" made on fully implementing the resolution. This was a clear reference to the failure of Lebanese authorities to disarm either the militias inside the Palestinian refugee camps or the Lebanese resistance group Hizbullah.
04-27-05 - Israel to purchase American-made 'bunker-buster' bombs
04-27-05 - Russia asserts itself in Mideast
04-27-05 - Analysis: Russia seeks Mid-East role
04-27-05 - Lebanon confirms election on time
04-27-05 - Iran wants clear response from Europe on nuclear proposal Iran has attributed the international pressure to what it sees as "double standards", given that it has signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) while arch-enemy Israel -- an undeclared nuclear power -- has not.
04-27-05 - Putin Finds Egypt Firmly Allied With U.S.
04-27-05 - Russian missiles in Syria pose risk for Israel civil aviation Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has said military experts had "proved concretely that this equipment cannot be used in man-portable mode and Israeli military personnel acknowledged this."
04-26-05 - Iran Not Worried Over Threat of Sanctions Even if Iran's case is brought before the Security Council, China's energy interests in Iran coupled with its veto power could be a formidable force to overcome
04-26-05 - Report Finds No Evidence Syria Hid Iraqi Arms
04-26-05 - US cautiously welcomes Syrian pullout
04-26-05 - UN examines Syria pullout claims
04-26-05 - Ex-Diplomat: Bolton Lacks Needed Qualities
04-26-05 - Putin kicks-off Middle East tour On Wednesday, Mr Putin will also become the first Russian leader to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories.
04-26-05 - Fallout for Syria's Assad Could Be Brutal
04-26-05 - Russia Fugitives Mar Putin's Israel Visit
04-26-05 - Qatar draws up plan to sell off al-Jazeera Washington objects to some of al-Jazeera's coverage, including that of al-Qaida, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iraq.
04-25-05 - Syrian troops vacate Lebanese HQ
04-25-05 - UN team due in Lebanon as last Syrian troops leave
04-25-05 - Cheney made bigger bucks than Bush in 2004 Cheney's tax return includes his 203,000-dollar government salary and 194,852 dollars in deferred compensation from Halliburton
04-25-05 - Bolton Urged to Withdraw As U.N. Nominee
04-25-05 - Syria 'can?t ignore' any threat against Lebanon The Syrian official said that despite the biased policies of the US, ?especially the double-standard on implementing UN Security Council resolutions,? dialogue between Damascus and Washington is continuing ?in one way or another.?
04-25-05 - Iran plans to knock out Joseph Farah is an End Times Christian Zionist. Enough said.
04-25-05 - Russia's Putin Heads Off for Tense Mideast Tour Israel, a quarter of whose population have roots in Russia, is expected to press Putin to sever growing nuclear and military links with Iran and Syria
04-25-05 - Israel hopes Syria exit could lead to peace with Lebanon "Now that Lebanon is being liberated, there exists the possibility that the authentic national forces in this country will see that it is in their interests to live in peace with Israel," What a coincidence.
04-24-05 - Official: Iran to Resume Nuke Enrichment The United States, backed by Israel, believes Iran is using a civilian nuclear development program as a cover to make atomic weapons.
04-24-05 - UN investigator who exposed US army abuse forced out of his job
04-24-05 - Syrian Troops Head Out of Lebanon as Deadline Nears
04-24-05 - Rice changed terrorism report A state department report which showed an increase in terrorism incidents around the world in 2004 was altered to strip it of its pessimistic statistics, it emerged yesterday.
04-24-05 - Investigators Probing Abramoff's Finances Have Found That Some Money Meant for His Charity Went to Fight the Palestinian Intifada More than $14,000 of foundation funds were actually sent to the Israeli West Bank where they were used by a Jewish settler to mobilize against the Palestinian uprising...Abramoff, a legendary lobbyist particularly close to DeLay, is also a fierce supporter of Israel -- "a super-Zionist," one associate says. That may explain why Abramoff's paramilitary gear ended up in the town of Beitar Illit, a sprawling ultra-Orthodox outpost whose residents have occasionally tangled with their Palestinian neighbors
04-24-05 - Syria's Opportunity in Lebanon
04-24-05 - India's 'lost tribe of Israel' awaits a second exodus On Thursday, a call from Israel said a place had been put aside for him, his wife, Leora, and his 12-year-old son, Sampson, in a Golan Heights settlement.
04-24-05 - Rosen and Weissman Refuse to Take the Fall for AIPAC
04-24-05 - Israel?s Sharon Not to Extradite Russian Oligarchs
04-23-05 - Iran accuses West of bullying over nuclear programme
04-23-05 - Syrian troops on last stage of Lebanon pullout: senior officer
04-23-05 - Bolton 'would bang on my door and shout'
04-22-05 - Iran honoring safety regulations in building Bushehr power plant: UN agency
04-22-05 - Lebanon Security Chiefs Step Aside for UN Probe
04-22-05 - Russia to sell air defense systems to Syria so that Syrian president may sleep well
04-22-05 - Lebanon security chiefs step down Two top Lebanese security officials have resigned, a move that meets a main demand of the anti-Syrian opposition.
04-22-05 - The 5-Minute Briefing: What next for Lebanon?
04-22-05 - U.S. Sees Nothing Definitive on N. Korea Nuke Tests I include articles on North Korea to demonstrate the hypocrisy of the neocon-driven Bush administration.
04-22-05 - Hizb Allah threat to Israeli soldiers
04-22-05 - Putin reassures Israel over Iran Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the nuclear collaboration between his country and Iran is merely for "peaceful uses" of atomic energy
04-22-05 - Shaking Up Israel's Spy Nest it's no accident that the core of this espionage cell is located in the policy department of the Pentagon, formerly overseen by Douglas J. Feith, who resigned earlier this year. Why did he resign so suddenly?
04-22-05 - Putin confirms sale of short-range air defense missiles to Syria
04-22-05 - Putin moves to calm Israeli fears over missiles sale to Syria
04-22-05 - The coming Pax Americana Read the article. The title should be duly changed to 'The coming Pax Israel, at America's expense'.
04-22-05 - Analysis / AIPAC institutes its own 'disengagement plan' One surmise is that AIPAC insisted on presenting their departure as a dismissal in order to convey the message that it takes resolute action against officials who do not abide by regulations and that the lobby itself is not a problematic body.
04-21-05 - Iran says EU nuclear agreement 'probable'
04-21-05 - Rumsfeld Seals The Deal On Military Bases To Launch Attack On Iran
04-21-05 - Analysis: Israel expects full-scale Mideast war in 2006 possibly following the expected US withdrawal from Iraq in 2006.
In other words, our troops should stay over there so Israel can continue to do what it wants while big brother plays the strongman
04-21-05 - Russia will sell antiaircraft missiles to Syria But Ariga.com, an Israeli opinion and news site, notes that Sharon believes he cannot press Putin too hard because it might "open the way for others to intervene in Israeli arms sales."
04-21-05 - Israel lobby in US 'fires staff' Israel has regularly warned the US it fears Iran is developing nuclear weapons and could use them to destabilise the region
04-21-05 - AIPAC fires two senior employees The move is a significant turnaround from AIPAC's adamant defense of the two men when they were first accused
04-21-05 - Marines storm ashore in Nitzanim Hundreds of US Marines riding hovercrafts stormed ashore the beaches of Nitzanim Wednesday as part of joint maneuvers being quietly held between the US and Israeli militaries.
04-21-05 - Sharon Criticizes Russia on Syria Missile Deal Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Thursday Russia's plan to sell anti-aircraft missiles to Syria posed a danger to Israel and he intended to bring it up during President Vladimir Putin's historic visit next week.
04-21-05 - Sharon Says Worried World Accepting 'Nuclear' Iran Calling on the United States "to stand at the head of an international coalition" to stop Iran, Sharon also spoke in the radio interview of the possible prospect of Iranians rising up against their government.
04-21-05 - International pressure needed to stop Iran: Sharon
04-21-05 - Sharon rules out Iran military action - for now
04-20-05 - Police: Bomb Injures Three in Beirut
04-20-05 - Hariri's son takes father's role
04-20-05 - Iran-EU talks making progress: Iranian official
04-20-05 - Annan Tells U.S. He Delayed Syria Report
04-20-05 - White House hits back over Bolton 'bullying'
04-20-05 - Israel Warns U.S. Of Rising Prospect Of Middle East War In 2006 But officials said most of the U.S. intelligence community does not share the Israeli assessment of either an imminent Iranian nuclear threat or the prospect of a regional war in 2006. They said U.S. intelligence does not envision an Iranian nuclear bomb until at least 2010.
04-20-05 - Putin: Sale of missiles to Syria will block Israeli flyovers "It will make flying low difficult," implying what has long been believed to be the reason for the sale of the anti-aircraft missiles: Syrian embarrassment over Israeli air force planes "buzzing" presidential palaces in Syria to issue warnings to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
04-20-05 - AIPAC staffers under investigation negotiate departures, severance pay
04-20-05 - Hundreds of would-be 'martyrs' gather in Iran
04-20-05 - Four missing as Syrian cargo ship sinks off Israeli coast
04-19-05 - Laying the Groundwork for War With Iran
04-19-05 - Five die in Iran ethnic clashes It is unclear who circulated a forged letter calling for modifications to the ethnic composition of Khuzestan that incited the violence, says the BBC's Frances Harrison in Tehran.
04-19-05 - Rice criticises 'Kremlin power'
04-19-05 - Bush renews call for Syria to quit Lebanon
04-19-05 - Al-Jazeera temporarily barred from reporting in Iran until an investigation is held into allegations that the station provoked recent clashes in the mainly Arab south-west of the country.
04-19-05 - Pressure builds for US to brand China unfair partner China has nothing to do with the neocons but related matters of China and Russia (where/if I find them) will be logged here due to their importance to the American people
04-19-05 - Lebanon PM forms new government The 14 ministers represent the two political camps that have been in a stand-off for weeks - the pro-Syrians and the opposition
04-19-05 - Iran warns Europe to heed its proposal or face collapse of nuclear talks
04-19-05 - Exiled Syrian Coup Leader Returns After 40 Years
04-19-05 - Europe pushing Iran to give up uranium enrichment, US watching warily
04-19-05 - Israel guns for Iran the sites shown in Sharon's photos have already been visited by IAEA inspectors, with nothing found.
04-19-05 - Russia offers choppers to PA Russia has reportedly offered to donate to the Palestinian Authority two Mi-17 transport helicopters for VIP use to replace the choppers Israel destroyed in 2001.
04-19-05 - Bush adamant on Hizbullah disarmament He stressed: "Hizbullah is trying to destabilize the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. It is a dangerous organization."
04-19-05 - Dangerous democracy an Israel whose influence on US policy has reached unprecedented levels. In fact, the rationale for Arab democracy comes partly from Israel itself, in the person of the rightwing zealot Natan Sharansky, whose thinking, says Bush, is "part of my presidential genes"
04-18-05 - Hundreds arrested in Iran clashes He said many of those arrested had ties to foreign groups or TV networks aiming to overthrow Iran's Islamic government
04-18-05 - Pakistan Gets F-16s in Exchange for US Bases to Attack Iran
04-18-05 - Bolton Often Blocked Information, Officials Say John R. Bolton -- who is seeking confirmation as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations -- often blocked then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and, on one occasion, his successor, Condoleezza Rice, from receiving information vital to U.S. strategies on Iran
04-18-05 - Hariri bombing claims 20th victim
04-18-05 - Lebanon PM vows to form cabinet in time for promised polls
04-18-05 - Seoul Confirms Suspension of N. Korean Reactor a possible step toward reprocessing spent fuel for atomic weapons
04-18-05 - IAF beefing up surveillance over Lebanon According to military sources, reserve units have been training in the North to prepare for possible confrontation with Hizbullah
04-18-05 - Oil falls back below $50 a barrel The demand for oil from China, whose output has expanded at 9% a year since 2003, and from India had come as a surprise for which oil producers were unprepared,
04-18-05 - Virginia Offers Incentives to Lure Israeli Companies
04-17-05 - Economy wobbles under cost of oil
04-17-05 - Jumblatt stresses importance of Taif Accord and rejects 1559 Chouf mp says UN resolution 1559 is an american-israeli plan
04-17-05 - Intelligence reports undercut US claims of Iraq-Qaeda link: top US senator
04-17-05 - U.S. curbs Israeli role in F-35 development "Technology has made its way inappropriately to China via Israel," the official said. "There have been many violations of technology transfer agreements."
04-17-05 - Ex-deputy FBI chief: Israel leads world in counter-terrorism Pomerantz, who headed a delegation of acting US law-enforcement officials brought to Israel by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA),
04-17-05 - Tehran says Israel in no position to threaten action against Iran
04-17-05 - MEK Event in Washington, DC nice,
English-speaking men and women who come to Washington
to tell American politicians what the Israel lobby
wants them to hear
04-17-05 - Battlespace America all over America, law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been making information about the public available to a Pentagon power center most people have never heard about: U.S. Northern Command
04-17-05 - Israelis: U.S. Derailed Jet Development
04-16-05 - Bush administration eliminating 19-year-old international terrorism report The State Department decided to stop publishing an annual report on international terrorism after the government's top terrorism center concluded that there were more terrorist attacks in 2004 than in any year since 1985, the first year the publication covered.
04-16-05 - Conservative Lawmaker: DeLay Should Quit
04-15-05 - Lebanon names pro-Syrian as PM
04-15-05 - Europe "rock-solid" that Iran cease enrichment ahead of new talks
04-15-05 - U.S. Suspends Israel from Warplane Project - Paper Israel went ahead and upgraded those Chinese planes, despite our vehement opposition
04-15-05 - Child's death highlights refugees' plight on Iraq-Jordan border
04-15-05 - Sidon, Palestinians honor Rafik Hariri Palestinian and local figures praised former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's continuous support for the Palestinian cause during a conference Friday
04-15-05 - Israeli shells found in south Lebanon
04-15-05 - Ukraine may deploy troops to Golan President Viktor Yushchenko asks parliament to endorse deployment of troops to U.N. observer mission in northern Israel
04-15-05 - Home Office says sorry to suspects for ricin blunder
04-14-05 - US give EU-Iran nuclear talks until the summer The United States is giving European efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program a few more months before considering tougher measures, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
04-14-05 - North Korea to Increase Nuclear Deterrent The United States has repeatedly said it has no intention to invade despite an ongoing standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program
04-14-05 - Iran FM holds talk in Damascus visit with Lebanon, Iraq on agenda
04-14-05 - Iranian opposition challenges Bush to keep his word, drop terror label
04-14-05 - Syria willing to try for peace with Israel
04-14-05 - Hizbullah ready to back Palestinian struggle against Israel
04-14-05 - Underlings Paint Poor Picture of Bolton
04-14-05 - Right-wing Jews Rally to Defense of Embattled DeLay "DeLay is arguably the best friend Israel has in Congress,"
04-13-05 - Lebanese cabinet talks collapse Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister has said he is stepping down after failing to form a new government
04-13-05 - Iran nuke commercial
04-13-05 - Rushdie Says Bush Policies Help Islamic Terrorism
04-13-05 - Iran Denies Smuggling Uranium from Monitored Site
04-13-05 - Bush Says Diplomacy With Iran Is Best
04-13-05 - Turkish president boosts ties with Syria in defiance of US
04-13-05 - Israel, Iran, and nuclear weapons programs As Sharon renews warnings to Bush about Iran's nuclear program, the US may be ready to turn up the heat on Israel's nukes.
04-13-05 - Lebanese factions unite
04-13-05 - Sharon taking steps to avoid Israeli civil war over Gaza settlements the Israeli leader also added his country's military was not planning to attack Iran unilaterally.
"It should be a coalition of democracies who believe in the danger, led by United States, in order to put pressure upon Iraq -- upon Iran," Sharon said.
04-13-05 - Sharon Presses U.S. to Act Against Iran "There has to be immediate action taken against Iran," a senior Israeli official traveling with Sharon said
04-13-05 - Sharon Rules Out Attacking Iran Over Nukes Sharon aides presented evidence, including satellite reconnaissance, about the Iranian nuclear program, but the Americans did not see anything that would influence them to stick to diplomatic efforts to control Iran.
04-13-05 - US says Iran at least five years away from nuclear arms The United States, responding to reported Israeli fears Iran was near "a point of no return" in its nuclear program, said Tehran was at least five years away from developing nuclear arms.
04-13-05 - Israel Says Iran Reaching Nuclear Point of No-Return
04-12-05 - Iran Denies Buying Missiles From Ukraine
04-12-05 - Syrian Troops in Lebanon Down to 4,000 Lebanon can envisage an imminent era without foreign armies on its soil for the first time since the war, which was sparked by an April 13, 1975, shooting in which Christian gunmen killed 27 Palestinians on a bus.
04-12-05 - Senate panel hears criticism of Bush's choice for U.N. post
04-12-05 - Iranian nuke threat takes center stage Prime Minister Ariel Sharon discusses Teheran?s nuclear program with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney Tuesday; Sharon also expected to discuss sale of Gaza homes to World Bank with Paul Wolfowitz
04-12-05 - Sharon urged Bush: Step up pressure to prevent Iran getting nukes
04-12-05 - PM calls on Bush for more pressure against Iran
04-12-05 - Israel hands Bush documents of Iran nuclear sites
04-12-05 - Sharon warns US of Iran's nuclear threat Sharon told US President George W. Bush on Monday that Iran was only one technological step away from enriching uranium and, from that point, achieving nuclear capability was just around the corner, Channel 2 reported.
04-12-05 - Israel plays down dispute with US over settlements as Sharon meets Cheney
04-12-05 - Sharon Pressed to Discuss Iran Options with Bush -Radio
04-11-05 - Tehran to take legal action against US for funding Iran opposition
04-11-05 - No hidden nuclear agenda: Iran
04-11-05 - Russia Delays Nuke Fuel Shipments to Iran -Source
04-11-05 - Audit probes Halliburton overcharging in Iraq US oil services giant Halliburton may have overcharged by at least $US212 million to get fuel to Iraqi civilians under a no-bid deal with the US military, Pentagon audits said
04-11-05 - Turn of the tide as Syria exits Lebanon
04-11-05 - Iraqi Boy Gets New Legs in America
04-11-05 - As Syria pulls out, Lebanon again in flux The political upheaval caused by an end to 15 years of Syrian domination continues to paralyze the creation of a new government
04-11-05 - Hezbollah drone flies over Israel Hezbollah says the flights are to retaliate for repeated violations of Lebanese airspace by Israel
04-11-05 - Lebanon struggles to form cabinet
04-11-05 - Bolton fights for UN nomination, promising American leadership
04-10-05 - Iran says it will never give up uranium enrichment
04-10-05 - Syrian trade pact still in EU sights but Lebanon pullout a must An EU-Parliament member said a controversial billion-dollar trade agreement between Syria and the EU should go forward if Syria withdraws from Lebanon
04-10-05 - Syria and Iran's last option is to create an anti-U.S. alliance
04-10-05 - New Lebanese cabinet today
04-10-05 - Hezbollah Seeks Legitimacy
04-10-05 - Marines cobbled armor together more quickly The armoring portion of the job was delegated to Armor Holdings, an American company, which in turn subcontracted $100 million of the work to Plasan Sasa in Israel.
04-10-05 - Hizbullah will emerge a political winner
04-09-05 - Anti-US protest marks anniversary of Saddam's overthrow
04-09-05 - Syrian Tanks Roll Out of Lebanon; New Govt Monday
04-09-05 - U.S. army pays Halliburton US$1.18 billion for dining services overseas
04-09-05 - Coming Sooner Than You Think The Economic Tsunami
04-08-05 - Group Says Pentagon's Plan Would Expand Its Enemy List
04-08-05 - Bush's choice for UN faces bullying claims
04-08-05 - Analysis: Syria Eyes Reform to Deflect U.S. Pressure
04-08-05 - Peres Inquires About U.S. Support in Gaza In meetings Thursday, Peres also raised with Vice President Dick Cheney and Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick prospects for development of the Galilee and Negev areas of Israel, an Israeli diplomat said.
04-08-05 - Israel Goes Extremist How, then, do we explain the Israeli government's recent decision to honor nine of its agents arrested and jailed in the infamous Lavon affair?
04-08-05 - Israel, Palestine And The 'Samson Option' In reference to strategies of preemption, Israeli preparations for a Samson Option, again purposely recognizable, could convince Israel's own leadership that defensive first-strikes would be adequately safe to undertake.
04-08-05 - Hezbollah hints at disarmament Hezbollah has signalled that it may be ready to disarm if Israel withdraws from a disputed strip of land near the Lebanese-Israeli border
04-07-05 - Iraq is becoming 'free fraud' zone A former senior advisor to the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which ran Iraq until the election of an interim Iraq government last January, says that the US government's refusal to prosecute US firms accused of corruption in Iraq is turning the country into a "free fraud zone."
04-07-05 - Syria begins final pullout from Lebanon
04-07-05 - UN opens inquiry into death of Lebanon's Hariri
04-07-05 - Backlash yields tense times for Syrian workers in Lebanon The Lebanese media have reported that as many as 30 Syrians have been murdered in recent weeks.
04-07-05 - Israel: Syria Still Harbors Terror Training Camps
04-07-05 - Jewish replacement for Feith President George W. Bush has nominated a Jewish career diplomat as undersecretary of defense for policy. Eric Edelman, currently ambassador to Turkey, will replace Douglas Feith, who had already announced his plans to retire this summer
04-07-05 - JINSA (Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs) Israel firsters: 'IRAQ DOWN, IRAN LEFT TO GO':
04-07-05 - US unready for rising threat of 'moles' Just last week, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with Israel's defense minister, Shaul Mofaz, and reportedly made it clear that Israel was to stop selling US-originated weapons systems, like the HARPY unmanned aerial vehicle, to China.
04-07-05 - US legal legacy for Iraqi economy Little foreign aid pledged to reconstruction has been disbursed, and few reconstruction contracts are going to Iraqi businesses who employ Iraqi workers, he adds.
04-06-05 - Hezbollah probe confirmed The FBI has confirmed assertions in a new book that agents have been targeting Boston-area supporters of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah for a decade and that in 1996 the agency urged officials at Logan International Airport to fire a baggage handler with suspected links to the group
04-06-05 - Wolfowitz appointment ? a victory for Israel and Wall Street What Wolfowitz's appointment means to Tel Aviv is that the World Bank will foot the bill and rebuild what the Israeli Defense Forces have destroyed over the years
04-06-05 - Outside View: The view from Hezbollah Hamas and Islamic Jihad are another story. We have friendly relations with them, but nothing more. There are things we do not agree on with them. We believe that the bombings should be taken out against military individuals, but not civilians.
04-06-05 - Sharon wants Russia ?more objective? on ME issues
04-06-05 - UN shelves Hezbollah disarmament despite US pressure Lebanese officials have considered that the disarming of Hezbollah could not be implementated as long as Lebanese territory was occupied by Israel.
04-05-05 - UN envoy sees Assad keeping word on Lebanon pullout
04-05-05 - IDF: Hezbollah not pressing Palestinians to carry out attacks
04-05-05 - U.S.-Israeli soldiers in joint war games
04-05-05 - Arab Report Sees Little Reform, Faults U.S. Action The most controversial sections described the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and the occupation of Iraq by the United States and its allies as violations of freedom and obstacles to development
04-04-05 - Iran hopes for EU nuclear accord Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has said he is hopeful a solution can be found with the EU over the issue of Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
04-04-05 - Lebanon pressed on Hizbollah disarmament
04-04-05 - 66 Former Officials Line Up Behind Bolton Neocons backing a fellow neocon.
04-04-05 - Hamas, Hezbollah sign accord
04-04-05 - Give Israel equal treatment and representation ongress is currently engaged in a detailed and comprehensive review of the United Nations with the goal of recommending reforms that will ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency in all U.N. operations. A critical component of this effort must include measures to ensure that Israel is afforded equal treatment and representation while addressing the anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic component that is pervasive in many U.N. bodies and affiliated agencies.
04-04-05 - China's Report on Human Rights Violations in the US (Pt. 3)
04-04-05 - Horowitz vs. John Paul II
04-03-05 - Neoconservatives and their blueprint for US power
04-03-05 - Top Iranian deputy challenges US to join nuclear negotiations
04-03-05 - All Syrian Forces to Leave Lebanon by April 30
04-03-05 - BUILT TO BLAST Mistral is headed by politically connected Israeli businessman Eyal Banai. Banai told The Post that his cans were tested by two labs in Maryland, the site of Mistral's U.S. headquarters, and by the U.S. Army.
04-03-05 - Mass call to outlaw Jewish groups Over 5,000 known public activists and members of the clergy in Russia have sent a petition to the state prosecutor's office in which they demand to outlaw Jewish groups.
04-02-05 - TV ads warn of Iran nuke attack The newly formed Iran Freedom Foundation has launched two television commercials warning that American cities are vulnerable to attack by an improvised nuclear device detonated by Iranian-backed terrorists.
04-02-05 - Syria to announce Lebanon pullout plan
04-02-05 - Iran FM voices concern about Lebanon after Syria talks
04-02-05 - World Bank may boost security under Wolfowitz The board official said the unease was that bank staff and operations, many in far-flung locations, could become possible targets because of Wolfowitz's role in the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq
04-02-05 - Junblat rejects any foreign plans that target Syria The Lebanese opposition Druz leader Walid Junblat stressed his rejection to any Israeli-Western project or non-Israeli one aiming at attacking Syria's stability
04-02-05 - Golan elephant and the Lebanese crisis
04-02-05 - Why American neocons are out for Kofi Annan's blood The eccentric selection of John Bolton as Bush's ambassador to the UN is consistent with such a strategy of sabotage rather than reform.
04-02-05 - American Jewish Congress Lauds Wolfowitz Appointment to World Bank Wolfowitz was the Jerusalem Post's Man of the Year in 2003 for his role in the Iraq war
04-02-05 - Wolfowitz Approved as World Bank Chief; Groups Protest 'One-Horse Race'
04-02-05 - Hezbollah says blasts serve Israel
04-01-05 - Five wounded in bomb attack, Lebanon's political crisis drags on
04-01-05 - Exiles: Iran Seeks to Obtain Nuclear Warheads
04-01-05 - Ukraine leader confirms missile sales to Iran President Viktor Yushchenko confirmed Thursday that nuclear-capable cruise missiles were illegally sold to Iran and China under Ukraine?s previous government.
04-01-05 - Doubts on Weapons Were Dismissed
04-01-05 - Lebanon PM urged to form cabinet Pro-Syrian politicians rejected Omar Karami's plan to resign after failing to form a unity cabinet.
04-01-05 - US has limited intelligence on Iran, N. Korea: panel
04-01-05 - Pat Buchanan Doused With Salad Dressing
04-01-05 - Major work left to fix US intelligence
04-01-05 - 'Dead Wrong'- or Outright Deception? The AIPAC investigation is the key to all this: what is involved here is nothing less than the extensive penetration of the Defense Department by agents of a foreign power with a very specific agenda.
04-01-05 - Moscow tells Damascus to smooth way for Lebanese elections
04-01-05 - Conservative 'Academic Bill of Rights' Picks Up Steam the bill would potentially allow students in Florida to sue if they feel that a university is not providing "balanced exposure to significant theories and thoughtful viewpoints." Another clause restricts the ability of professors to introduce "controversial material" into the classroom
04-01-05 - Bush Democracy Guru Takes Hits Over Jerusalem Deal The Times and many other media outlets reported that Sharansky had recommended the Israeli government seize Palestinian-owned land in East Jerusalem by using a long-neglected absentee property law. According to most reports, Sharansky's decision was made behind closed doors, and would have allowed the Israeli government to seize land in East Jerusalem that was owned by Palestinians who live just a few miles away in the West Bank
03-31-05 - The gates of hell are open in Iraq
03-31-05 - Hizbollah Challenges U.S. to Take Away Its Weapons
03-31-05 - US intelligence "dead wrong" on Iraq weapons: panel
03-31-05 - Three Join Opposition to Bolton Nomination
03-31-05 - Beirut street signs give thumbs down to UN resolution
03-31-05 - Jet logs back Arar claims After a year in confinement in Syria, Arar was released without any charges in October 2003. His complaints of brutality and torture while in Syrian custody have been the subject of a yearlong inquiry in Canada, but U.S. authorities have refused to participate
03-31-05 - A Special Investigation In 1985, he resigned his major?s commission with the Israeli army and emigrated to South Africa to work for a Jewish charity serving the Orthodox community in Cape Town. Karni?s ?rst four years in the country were spent educating Jewish youth and encouraging them to relocate to Israel, according to an article the Israeli newspaper Ha?aretz published shortly after his arrest
03-31-05 - Syria working to keep stealth influence in Lebanon: report
03-31-05 - Bank probe reaches Russian mogul Israel has had a chequered reputation in dealing with dirty money, and till 2002 was on an international blacklist of money laundering havens.
03-31-05 - Mofaz hints UAV deal with China may be dropped He did not rule out that the Harpy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) deal with China might be abandoned under US pressure.
03-31-05 - US army to produce Mid-East comic
03-31-05 - US calls Iran tour a media stunt
03-31-05 - FBI at crossroads in probe of pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC
03-31-05 - Sharansky's right wing politics paraded as "Democratic" Avnery records that earlier as Housing Minister, Sharansky had ?systematically enlarged the settlements on expropriated Arab land in the West Bank, trampling on the human and national rights of the Palestinians.?
03-31-05 - Pro-Syrians 'seek poll sabotage' Lebanon's opposition has accused the outgoing pro-Syrian government of trying to sabotage elections.
03-31-05 - The Guardian profile: Paul Wolfowitz
03-31-05 - Syria urges Muslims and Arabs to unite against Israel's conspiracies Syria on Thursday called on Islamic and Arab states to maintain vigilance and unity against Israel's conspiracies to divide them
03-30-05 - Iran opens secret nuclear plant
03-30-05 - Behind diplomacy, Iran sees a fight coming "They see a fight coming, regardless of what they do, so they are getting ready for it," says a European diplomat in Tehran, referring to ideologues who think a US invasion is a "very real prospect."
03-30-05 - Wolfowitz Gets EU Blessing for World Bank Job
03-30-05 - U.N. May Probe Hariri Assassination Again
03-30-05 - Syria protests televised confessions of 'agents' in Iraq Ahmed Farra and Mohammed Abdul Rahman "were forced under duress to say they were Syrian army intelligence officers, whereas they are leather merchants who went to Iraq several times to buy merchandise," said Sana.
03-30-05 - Sleepwalking to disaster in Iran John Bolton has made a career out of alienating the Russians.
03-30-05 - Lebanon PM postpones resignation
03-30-05 - U.S. Congress delegation insists on timely elections
03-30-05 - Children 'starving' in new Iraq When Saddam Hussein was overthrown, about 4% of Iraqi children under five were going hungry; now that figure has almost doubled to 8%
03-30-05 - Mofaz trying to rehabilitate defense industry relations with US Minister of Defense Shaul Mo