December 2005 archive
12-31-05 - German media: U.S. preparing Iran strike The Bush administration is preparing its NATO allies for a possible military strike against suspected nuclear sites in Iran in the New Year, according to German media reports, reinforcing similar earlier suggestions in the Turkish media.
12-31-05 - Syrian Bill Seeks Ex-VP Trial for Treason
12-31-05 - Pluses but Mostly Minuses
12-31-05 - Profile: Abdul Halim Khaddam Born in 1932, he was one of the longest-serving veterans in Damascus' Baathist regime
12-31-05 - American Jews' split personality The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which mounted a similar offensive, refrained from directly criticizing the president and called on its member groups to exert pressure on Congress and foreign governments, and to send letters to top administration officials
12-30-05 - Justice Dept. Probing Domestic Spying Leak
12-30-05 - Russian nuclear agency head to visit Iran in February Sergei Kirienko will "visit the reactor at Bushehr that is being built by Russian specialists and will also hold talks with the directors of the Iranian nuclear programme,"
12-30-05 - Assad threatened Hariri: Khaddam
12-30-05 - 2006: The Year of Revelation? There are indications, too, that the neocons are simply becoming unhinged. Those "weapons of mass destruction" that somehow went missing in Iraq, are, you see, carefully hidden away in Damascus and/or Tehran. Or at least that's the latest War Party line in the Bizarro World fantasy-land of the neoconservatives
12-30-05 - Rights group slams Jordan's expulsion of Syrian workers "More than a thousand Syrian workers have been expelled from Jordan in recent weeks. They were all summoned by judicial authorities who demanded their immediate and simultaneous departure,"
12-30-05 - Flashback Sept. 2004: Pentagon leaks might link Israel and Chalabi
12-30-05 - Nuclear Clouds Gather "What all this highlights is the potential for a dangerous conflict in the Middle East,"
12-30-05 - Millions of Syrians sign anti-US petition The petition rejected "everything that is mentioned in the two reports" because they lack "objectivity and impartiality in order to serve the United States and Israel's greed, which threatens peace and international security."
12-30-05 - AJC Launches International Campaign to Stop a Nuclear Iran
12-30-05 - Washington poised for revelations from top lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a Republican activist for 20 years and a generous donor to President George W. Bush's election and reelection campaigns, is accused of fraud in a criminal trial due to begin in Miami, Florida, on January 9.
He was found to have given money to radical settlers in the Occupied Territories.
12-29-05 - Let's Stop a US/Israeli War on Iran* The peace movements of the entire world should be in crisis mode right now, working non-stop to prevent the U.S. and Israel from starting a war against Iran.
12-29-05 - Sharaa underlines Syria's cooperation with new UN investigator to Hariri murder Syria's Foreign Minister Farouq al-Sharaa said on Wednesday that Syria has underlined she will cooperate to the largest extent with the UN Investigation on the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri and its new head.
12-29-05 - Europeans criticize U.S. sanctions as potential risk to Iran talks EU officials said an increase in U.S. pressure on Iran could complicate the diplomatic efforts of the Union, which is trying to end the nuclear standoff with Iran while also acting as a mediator between Tehran and Washington.
12-29-05 - Iran, Russia to discuss uranium enrichment: diplomat in a sudden change of tone, a senior official said on Wednesday Tehran would "seriously and enthusiastically" study the Russian plan.
12-29-05 - Group Claims Rocket Strike on Israel Al-Qaida in Iraq said Thursday that it fired a barrage of rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel this week, in a rare claim by the group of a direct attack against the Jewish state. The statement, on an Islamic Web forum where al-Qaida in Iraq often posts statement, could not be independently verified.
12-29-05 - Pentagon Shakes Up Emergency Hierarchy
12-29-05 - Israel army chief rules out early strike on Iran Halutz however said he did not believe Iran would actually complete manufacturing a bomb "before the start of the next decade."
12-29-05 - Farkash: "Hezbollah is using weapons Syria purchased from Russia"
12-29-05 - Arab MK: Syria will hasten Palestinian J'lem
12-29-05 - Palestinians in Iraq Pay the Cost of Being 'Saddam's People' Hussein made world headlines by promising a house and $25,000 to each Palestinian family in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that had a member killed while attacking Israel
12-29-05 - The Two Faces of Hezbollah "Hezbollah is Hezbollah," he says, "there's no change in its definition. It's a political, religious party created as a reaction to Israel's invasion [of Lebanon] in 1982. Politically it's represented in both cabinet and parliament, and considered by all to be a legitimate party. But if you're against Israel, the U.S. administration labels you as they want."
12-28-05 - Newspaper: Killers of Lebanese editor threaten to kill new chief of U.N. probe on Hariri
12-28-05 - Lebanon Condemns Rocket Attack on Israel "These acts _ the firing of rockets and the Israeli raids and air violations _ are eventually aimed at undermining stability in Lebanon and distracting attention from efforts to continue internal dialogue on major issues,"
12-28-05 - Iran sounds positive note on Russian atomic plan Iran said on Wednesday it would "seriously and enthusiastically" study a Russian proposal aimed at reducing international fears about its nuclear programme, the ISNA students news agency reported.
12-28-05 - Israeli planes attack in Lebanon
12-28-05 - Terrorism cases in US may be reopened after wiretap scandal
12-28-05 - Locked in Limbo Along with employment restrictions, there are also legal codes that prevent Palestinian children from attending Lebanese schools. With their concentration in these refugee ghettos, most Palestinians here live in limbo, caught between the dream of returning to their Palestinian homeland and the nightmare of their current status as non-citizens. Strange how our government doesn't give one rat's about these people, and bringing 'democracy' to them.
12-28-05 - Guide tracks US reps' votes on Israel The decision to include legislator's voting records on Israel in the Christian Voter's Guide was arranged at the urging of the Knesset's increasingly-influential 'Christian Allies Caucus,' and comes at a time of increasing cooperation between Israel and Christian supporters of Israel worldwide, a goal the cross-party parliamentary lobby works to further.
12-28-05 - Syria wants new rules for cooperation on UN probe
12-28-05 - Top Jewish group 'terror' apology Washington said it would freeze any assets of the charity in the US and banned US nationals from having any dealings with the organisation.
The Charity Commission, the UK watchdog, froze the charity's accounts and launched an investigation. It later cleared Interpal, saying Washington had not been able to substantiate the claim.
The US Treasury has however kept Interpal on its list of suspected organisations, a situation that continues to infuriate many British Muslims. Ever wonder why politics in Britain (our best ally) are so profoundly different than they are here? Is there an AIPAC in Britain?
12-28-05 - Israelis Born in Iraq Plan Visit to Area Now the Mosul Jewry Heritage Center in the Israeli port city of Haifa is organizing tours to northern Iraq, where Kurds, traditionally friendly to Jews, are in control, said Aharon Efroni, chairman of the center
12-28-05 - Nuking Iran With the UN's Blessing As for how it will all get started, there is room for speculation. One possibility is that Israel will pull the trigger, with a surprise (conventional) bombing of Bushehr and other facilities, which could "force" the U.S. to join in to protect Israel and U.S. forces in Iraq from Iranian retaliation. Recent statements by Israeli officials hint at this possibility,
12-27-05 - US sanctions nine firms for Iran arms-related deals
12-27-05 - Lebanon detains Syrian suspect in Tueni's killing
12-27-05 - Question the PATRIOT Act Now ? Before It's Too Late by Rep. Ron Paul The rule of law is worthless if we ignore it whenever crises occur If only more of our representatives would be so honest and so full of integrity.
12-27-05 - Israeli jets hit militant base in Lebanon
12-27-05 - US embassy close to admitting Syria rendition flight
12-27-05 - Iran could have bomb in two years: Israeli intelligence "One or two years from now at the latest, Iran will have the fissionable material to make a nuclear bomb. From then on, producing the bomb is just a straightforward technical process," Two years? Not so long ago they said six months.
12-27-05 - Three rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israel
12-27-05 - Democracy and Iran tension to test Russia's G8 lead
12-27-05 - Mossad warns of Iranian atomic arsenal
12-27-05 - Patriot Gifts Under
12-26-05 - Iran says does not need permission for nuclear work
12-26-05 - No Date Is Set for Troop Withdrawal From Iraq
12-26-05 - Christian communities in Syria celebrate the Christmas
12-26-05 - "Israel is the reason behind Iraq war"
12-26-05 - 'Democracy,' Iraqi-Style
12-26-05 - How Stands the Empire? by Patrick J. Buchanan
12-26-05 - Israel's War Deadline Iran in the Crosshairs All top Israeli officials have pronounced the end of March, 2006, as the deadline for launching a military assault on Iran. The thinking behind this date is to heighten the pressure on the US to force the sanctions issue in the Security Council. The tactic is to blackmail Washington with the "war or else" threat, into pressuring Europe (namely Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia) into approving sanctions.
12-26-05 - Report: Shin Bet sets up 'Chinese unit' An academic paper submitted by a senior Shin Bet official studying at Derby University revealed that Israel?s internal intelligence agency has launched a unit specializing in China.
12-26-05 - U.S. national menorah lit The U.S. homeland security secretary helped light the National Menorah in Washington. So it's only the Christmas symbols that can't be displayed on govt property?
12-26-05 - Israel, Arab World Engage in Hidden Trade Experts say the camouflaged trade, with just a small portion receiving publicity, has been going on for years between Israel and its officially hostile Arab neighbors.
12-25-05 - Christmas appeal for release of Iraq hostages
12-25-05 - US general admits Iraqis want troops out
12-25-05 - Russia deploys new nuclear missiles THE chief of Russia's strategic forces attended the deployment of a new set of state-of-the art intercontinental ballistic missiles today, boasting of their capability to penetrate any prospective missile defence
12-25-05 - Powell: 'Nothing Wrong' With Eavesdropping "My own judgment is that it didn't seem to me, anyway, that it would have been that hard to go get the warrants. And even in the case of an emergency, you go and do it."
12-25-05 - Iran rejects Russian nuclear offer Iran rejected an offer from Russia for the Islamic republic to conduct uranium enrichment activities on its soil, foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said.
12-25-05 - More Americans growing weary of civil liberties sacrifices
12-25-05 - Arab League chief denies deal to clear Syria over Hariri murder
12-25-05 - Pro-Israel Group Criticizes White House Policy on Iran the news releases mark the first major criticism of the Bush White House Because everything that Bush has done thus far has been done in accordance with their agenda.
12-24-05 - U.S. Airstrikes Take Toll on Civilians
12-24-05 - Russia to honor Iran arms deal despite US objection The official said delivery of the 30 Tor-M1 systems will begin in January and be completed by the end of next year.
12-24-05 - Iraqi captors can't miss ads about Western hostages, friend says
12-24-05 - Moscow again offers to process uranium for Iran
12-24-05 - Florida peace group could sue over Pentagon spying
12-24-05 - NYT: NSA Spying Broader Than Bush Admitted
12-23-05 - Daschle: Congress Didn't OK Spying Authority
12-23-05 - Families of four foreign hostages in Iraq issue joint appeal
12-23-05 - U.S. Resurfaces Opposition to International Court
12-23-05 - Iranian official proposes int'l committee to clarify Holocaust
12-23-05 - Showdown over Iran atom drive looms despite new talks
12-23-05 - UN reaches budget deal clearing way for reforms Neil also insisted there was no linkage in the deal between implementing reforms and U.N. funding for the second half of 2006. The additional funding would depend on Annan's recommendation, he said.
But Bolton insisted the linkage, though not in writing, would be clear if reforms were not enacted and U.N. funding ran out.
12-23-05 - Syria "terrorising" Arab regimes: Lebanese Druze leader
12-23-05 - Iran sees 'diplomatic victory' in nuclear talks
12-23-05 - FBI Talks to Muslim High School Student about "PLO" Initials on His Notebook "the agents asked the student to recount an incident that had occurred two years earlier in a math class. He told the agents that his teacher had reprimanded him for having scrawled the letters ?PLO' on his binder. The teacher said that anyone who supported the PLO was a terrorist."
12-23-05 - Congress gives Israel defense money The allocation, $150 million more than the White House request, passed the House of Representatives Thursday as part of the Defense Appropriations Bill. The measure passed the Senate Wednesday. The earmark includes $133 million for the Arrow Anti-Ballistic Missile System, $37.4 million for the LITENING Targeting and Navigation Pod, $22 million for Reactive Armor tiles for Bradley fighting vehicles and $17 million for the ITALD aircraft decoy system.
12-23-05 - Report: IDF doctor says Dirani rape claim backed by evidence Channel 1 television on Wednesday reported than Israel Defense Forces doctor who examined kidnapped Lebanese guerrilla leader Mustafa Dirani found physical evidence to back his charge that he was raped.
12-22-05 - House OKs Five-Week Patriot Act Extension
12-22-05 - Rumsfeld vague on Iraq deployment cuts
12-22-05 - US lawsuit could dent global war-contractor boom
12-22-05 - US raises pressure on UN to change Bolton, an outspoken critic of the UN, has suggested adopting an interim three-month budget that would keep the pressure on for a package of changes. True to Bolton's Israel-first agenda, some of the changes involve doing away with Palestinian Human Rights Committees, as well as others devoted to Palestinian issues.
12-22-05 - US judge resigns over Bush's domestic spying authorization: report
12-22-05 - Group meets to discuss North African Jews A group that is pushing for restitution for Jews who fled Arab countries wants to preserve Jewish sites in the Muslim world.
12-22-05 - UK seals $90b jet fighter deal with Saudi Arabia
12-22-05 - Israel trusts in BMD against Iran threat Israeli military commanders are confident their multi-arrayed anti-ballistic missile defense system can shoot down any nuclear-armed Iranian missiles aimed at their country.
12-22-05 - US halts Arabic magazine meant to boost US image the efforts have been hampered because many Arabs strenuously object to U.S. foreign policies, particularly over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraq war.
12-22-05 - Egypt Opposition Leader Denies Holocaust
12-21-05 - Iran wants Saddam tried for gassing Iranians
12-21-05 - Ukrainian Cruise Missiles Transported Via Russia to Iran ? Israel
12-21-05 - Russia to take Syria's side if conflict with U.S. arises - Russian MPs Russia will take Syria's side if charges against Syrian officials with involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri cause a conflict between the United States and Syria, two Russian parliamentary members said Tuesday.
12-21-05 - Iranians, Europeans Agree to More Talks
12-21-05 - Donors Underwrite DeLay's Deluxe Lifestyle
12-21-05 - Investigator: Killings in Lebanon Linked
12-21-05 - Syria said mulling plan to cede Shaba Farms to Lebanon If the Shaba Farms are considered Lebanese territory, Israel will be asked to withdraw from the region. Failure to do so will provide Hezbollah with justification to act in South Lebanon and call the Israeli occupation ongoing.
12-21-05 - Syria says too early to discuss borders with Lebanon
12-21-05 - Lebanon questions US demand to hand over hijacker
12-21-05 - MI head Ze'evi warns of northern border escalation Making his final appearance before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Ze'evi said the risk of the northern border heating up stems from Iranian-Syrian influence on Hezbollah to initiate action against Israel.
12-21-05 - Senate imposes budget cuts - barely - that trim Medicaid and student loans Vice President Cheney cast deciding vote, but Democrats force delays that will cause GOP to take up the bill in '06.
12-21-05 - Rice: Talk of Israeli strike on Iran ?unhelpful?
12-21-05 - IDF: Iranian threat on Israel substantial IDF Intelligence Chief says Iran's threat on Israel growing due to U.S.'s deep involvement in Iraq
12-21-05 - Republicans fear lobbyist's plea bargain Abramoff was also found to be giving money to extremist Israeli settler groups.
12-21-05 - Poll: Most U.S. Jews oppose Iraq war, have never visited Israel This poll is further evidence of a concerted effort by the pro-Israeli groups to back away from their support of the Iraq war in light of the current political climate. This poll may have been valid if they had done it in the run-up to the Iraq war, and not after the fact.
12-21-05 - Israel's special forces at the "highest stage of readiness"
12-21-05 - U.S. Terror Victims' Families Sue Italy The families of three Americans killed in Palestinian suicide bombings have accused the Italian government of siding with Iran in a legal battle to collect damages from the Islamic regime's assets in Italy More legislation in US Congress to be passed in light of these recent events, news at six.
12-20-05 - U.S. Warns Turkey Of Air Strike On Iran And Syria Goss also asked Ankara to be ready for a possible US air operation against Iran and Syria
12-20-05 - Exiles say Iran uses tunnels to hide atomic work And we all know how much we can trust those exiles...
12-20-05 - 150 Pounds of Explosives Missing in N.M
12-20-05 - Bill Would Allow Arrests For No Reason In Public Place The lengthy piece of legislation would let police arrest people in public places who will not give their names, address and birth dates, even if they are not doing anything wrong
12-20-05 - The Forgotten Anthrax Attacks of 2001 Sept. 11, 2002, rolled around amid weeks of ceremonies and rites, interviews with survivors, and memorial articles galore, while TV shows and books poured out. But where were the survivor interviews with those victimized by the anthrax killer(s)? Where were the books, the dramas, the movies, the TV shows?
12-20-05 - EU-Iran nuclear dialogue to resume but hopes dim
12-20-05 - Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax among group released by US Reuters reports that the two women were also released following the US failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. While both admitted to working on these programs in the past, they had told US authorities that the weapons had been destroyed long before the US invasion.
12-20-05 - Congress pushes back, hard, against Bush
12-20-05 - Lawmaker Wants Bush and Cheney Censured Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich., called Tuesday for Congress to censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney, saying they misled lawmakers on the decision to go to war in Iraq.
12-20-05 - Syria says will work with new investigator
12-20-05 - Mixed results in legal fight against terrorism "What's the most remarkable fact is that we have yet to see any al Qaeda terror cell uncovered in the United States," The Feds are too busy hunting down Israel's enemies in the U.S., it would seem.
12-20-05 - Germany frees jailed Hizbollah man wanted by US At his trial, he confessed to helping stage the 17-day hijacking to help win the release of 700 Lebanese detainees held by Israel
12-20-05 - Report: Russian Official Worried Over Bases
12-20-05 - Bush Says Faulty Iraq Data Makes Case Against Iran Tougher
12-20-05 - Elite US soldiers jailed for Iraqi prisoner abuses
12-20-05 - Who Are the War Criminals? Naming Names If we look at the neoconservatives as a parasitic infestation, we can see that the American body politic is reacting as any healthy organism would: it is rejecting the invaders and expelling them
12-20-05 - N.Korea says to build light-water nuclear reactors But neocons save their bellicosity for enemies of Israel (Syria, Iran).
12-20-05 - Bush tells Sharon: Exercise and watch what you eat U.S. President George W. Bush advised Israel's hefty Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday to watch what he eats and get more exercise after wishing him speedy recovery from a mild stroke 'Don't die on me yet oh weighty wonder, who will replace you as my puppeteer?'
12-20-05 - MI chief: Int'l pressure delayed Iran's nuclear bid by two years
12-20-05 - Senate passes Iran condemnation More legislation for Israel. We are now up to a resolution a week.
12-20-05 - Ze'evi: US-Iran diplomatic process 'stuck in the mud' He warned that Iran posed a substantial threat to Israel's security, and that the United States was "stuck in the mud" in dealing with the situation.
12-20-05 - Foxman: Spielberg's 'Munich' treats Israel fairly Moreover, he said, the film "shows with respect and understanding ... the need to respond to terrorism." In that sense, he added, the movie could even be seen as a defense of America's actions in Iraq
12-19-05 - Diplomats say Iran laying groundwork for uranium enrichment
12-19-05 - Lebanon shuts special border crossing with Syria The move comes amid tension between the two neighbours following the murder in Lebanon on Monday of prominent anti-Syrian journalist Gibran Tueni.
12-19-05 - Iran president bans Western music
12-19-05 - Anti-Syrian Lebanese brace against Damascus 'terrorism'
12-19-05 - Gulf summit raps Israel, not Iran on nuclear issue
12-19-05 - Little optimism ahead of EU-Iran nuclear talks
12-19-05 - Gulf Arab leaders talk tough on Iran and Syria
12-19-05 - European-Israeli honeymoon this change also stems from - perhaps mainly from ? the fact that European governments now face the same terrorist threats and violence at home and abroad. This has caused them for the first time to feel some solidarity with Israel.
12-19-05 - Holocaust II and the neocon conspiracy
12-19-05 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Israel next month German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to visit Israel next month, the government said Sunday, on a trip meant in part to signal solidarity following recent anti-Israel outbursts by the president of Iran.
12-18-05 - Lawmakers Demand Domestic Spying Probe
12-18-05 - Is Lebanon Heading for Catastrophe? All this suggests that a new phase of the 'struggle for Lebanon' is taking place, which bears a marked resemblance to the crisis of the early 1980s when, following Israel's invasion of 1982, a concerted attempt was made to remove Syrian influence from Lebanon and substitute that of Israel and the United States. Syria fought back and the attempt failed.
12-18-05 - Powell: U.S. Will Stay in Iraq for Years
12-18-05 - Iran cannot be trusted with nuclear technology: Rice
12-18-05 - Iran tells West to be tolerant of Holocaust views
12-18-05 - Lebanon to complain to UN of Israeli land, sea, air space violations It would be the second such complaint in just over a month. Israel is quite bold now that Syria is out of Lebanon.
12-18-05 - Families of Jordanian prisoners protest
12-18-05 - Bush pressed on Saudi aid Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) authored language in this year?s Foreign Operations Appropriations bill that prevents the united States from sending money to Saudi Arabia unless the president can ascertain that the country has cooperated in the war against terror. Last year, the president waived the ban.
Weiner is staunchly pro-Israel.
12-18-05 - Remarks by the Vice President at a Rally for the Troops They've made clear, as well, their ultimate ambition: to acquire weapons of mass destruction, to destroy Israel, to intimidate all Western countries, to cause mass death in the United States Israel cited again as the reason why we are in 'war on terror'.
12-18-05 - Germany to ask UN to censure Iran over president's Israel remarks
12-17-05 - Iran law threatens to block nuclear inspections The new law obliges the government to "stop voluntary and non-legally binding measures and implement its scientific, research and executive programmes" if the Iranian case is taken up in the Security Council.
12-17-05 - U.N. investigator says Syria behind Hariri murder
12-17-05 - White House never told of pre-Iraq war intelligence doubts: Powell "What really upset me more than anything else was that there were people in the intelligence community that had doubts about some of this sourcing, but those doubts never surfaced to us,"
12-17-05 - Scooter Libby, Neocon Martyr
12-17-05 - China bids to revive mega Iran energy deal If signed, the China-Iran deal would not only mark China's biggest deal ever with Iran but may also yield political benefits for the Islamic republic far sooner than commercial ones, as Iran is courting China's favor on the UN Security Council.
12-17-05 - Iran, Syria standoff with West focus of Gulf summit
12-17-05 - U.S., Europe step up planning on Iran
12-17-05 - Bush Raps Senators Over Patriot Act
12-17-05 - Gulf Arabs warn against regional nuclear arms race
12-17-05 - Israeli cluster bombs found in southern Lebanon
12-17-05 - Former Head of the Intelligence Branch of the Israel Defense Forces and Chief of Staff Charged in U.S. Court with War Crimes for Shelling of U.N. Compound Pro-Israeli influence in America will likely see to it that this gets thrown out, despite all of the newfound 'concern' for the Lebanese in the Bush admin
12-17-05 - Bush Says Iraq War Is Good for Israel Senator John Warner of Virginia, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently argued in an interview with MSNBC that a premature American pullout would "put Israel in a very tenuous and vulnerable position." And a GOP activist, Bruce Blakeman, told the Forward that Israel's security has always played a key role in the president's thinking on Iraq. Pro-Israeli groups are now backpeddling away from their critical support of the Iraq war.
12-16-05 - Shocked Lawmakers Demand Spy Program Probe
12-16-05 - Pentagon admits keeping database on US civilians deemed suspicious The database is made up of unverified reports of suspicious activities filed by "concerned citizens" and Defense Department personnel as well as by law enforcement, intelligence, security and counterintelligence organizations,
12-16-05 - Senate Rejects Extension of Patriot Act The Senate on Friday refused to reauthorize major portions of the USA Patriot Act after critics complained they infringed too much on Americans' privacy and liberty "They that would trade a little liberty for security deserve neither liberty nor security" - Ben Franklin
12-16-05 - Bush 'backed spying on Americans'
12-16-05 - Nuclear Deployment for an Attack on Iran *
12-16-05 - UN extends Hariri killing inquiry
12-16-05 - EU Protests Russian-Iran Missile Deal
12-16-05 - Syria 'boosts accuracy' of Scud D Quoting unidentified "Western missile experts", Zeev Schiff, military analyst of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, has reported that this evaluation was based on an examination of fragments of an errant Syrian 'Scud D' that broke up over the Turkish province of Hatay, which borders northern Syria, on 27 May 2005.
12-16-05 - Six Syria critics on 'hit list'
12-16-05 - Iran vows "destructive" response to any Israeli attack
12-16-05 - Syria welcomes UN resolution on Hariri murder probe
12-16-05 - Israeli navy fires at Lebanese fishermen
12-16-05 - EU Threatens Sanctions Over Holocaust Flap Denying the Holocaust - in which 6 million Jews died at the hands of the Nazis - is a crime in several European nations.
12-16-05 - Harvard Urged To Return $20M Gift Representative Anthony D. Weiner (D-N.Y.), wrote a letter to University President Lawrence H. Summers on Tuesday urging him to return the recent $20 million gift for Islamic Studies given by Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud. You had to know this was coming, and from the usual corners. Weiner couldn't be any more of an Israeli shill if he tried.
12-16-05 - Influential congresswoman faults Bush on Iran Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is an Israel-firster, judging by the amount of legislation she proposes to our Congress on behalf of Israel.
12-16-05 - Most Israelis oppose strike against Iran: poll
12-16-05 - Bolton: Israel treated unequally at U.N. ?I want to make it clear that we are not finished with the issue,? he said. The only issue John Bolton has dealt with to date at the UN is Israel. John Bolton = ISRAEL'S new ambaassador to the UN.
12-16-05 - Iran Could Be Sanctioned for Riling Israel
12-16-05 - Abramoff ex-partner pleads guilty in Florida case
12-16-05 - Growing al-Qaida threat to Jordan worries Israel
12-16-05 - Al-Arian acquitted of terror; experts ponder why The American Jewish Committee urged the government to retry Al-Arian and his remaining co-defendant
12-16-05 - Egypt's Muslim Brothers brand Israel a 'cancer'
12-15-05 - Bush: Saddam ouster was correct, despite bad info
12-15-05 - EU Grows Impatient With Iran Over Nukes
12-15-05 - Failed Iran-EU nuclear talks could get Russian to back hardline
12-15-05 - UN struggles to complete text on Lebanon murders
12-15-05 - UN Mulls Resolution to Expand Hariri Probe
12-15-05 - Congress Expects Up to $1B Wartime Request The Pentagon is in the early stages of drafting a wartime request for up to $100 billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan, lawmakers say, a figure that would push spending related to the wars toward a staggering half-trillion dollars.
12-15-05 - Lebanese Shout Insults at Syria
12-15-05 - Probe of Ex-Lebanon PM's Death Extended U.S. Ambassador John Bolton praised the resolution, which was adopted unanimously, saying "the United States believes it sends a strong signal to Syria that we still require full and unconditional compliance." ...Under pressure from Moscow, Beijing and Algiers, the co-sponsors backed away from their original resolution that would have immediately expanded the investigation to include a series of other terrorist attacks
12-15-05 - Syria's cooperation with UN probe improved -Mehlis
12-15-05 - American victims of Beirut blast to seek redress in Europe American victims of the 1983 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut said on Thursday they were planning to take legal action against Iran through European courts following a similar case that has already resulted in the freezing of Iranian assets held in a Rome bank account.
12-15-05 - Film relives horror of Lebanese camp massacres Several mention that Israeli army officers conferred with the militia's leaders in Beirut on the eve of the massacres. Unlike massacres in some other conflicts, the perpetrators of Sabra and Shatila have not been brought to justice.
12-15-05 - Malaysian: U.S. Scheming on Iran, Syria Malaysia's former prime minister accused the U.S. Thursday of scheming to invade Iran and Syria, and said the Iranian president's recent statements against Israel are providing Washington the excuse.
12-15-05 - Pentagon accused of spying on Americans ?It means that they?re actually collecting information about who?s at those protests, the descriptions of vehicles at those protests,? says Arkin. ?On the domestic level, this is unprecedented,? he says. ?I think it's the beginning of enormous problems and enormous mischief for the military.?
12-15-05 - Jewish charity never got Abramoff gift The gift was reported in 2002, the newspaper reported. Abramoff faces a multitude of investigations, some of them checking allegations that he laundered political gifts through charities.
12-15-05 - Search goes on for missing Christian peace workers
12-15-05 - Hamas says will step up attacks if Israel hits Iran
12-15-05 - Israel Fears It Is Zarqawi's Next Target
12-15-05 - Busharon The Israelis have also obliged recently, providing legal advice to the U.S. State Department on how to justify assassinations. Israeli military trainers have passed on the lessons of Jenin and Nablus to the Marines in Falluja. Lest you think the Israelis stingy, they don't limit their largesse to the federal government. They are now spreading their anti-terrorism gospel to every town and city police chief in the U.S. Charleston, South Carolina breathes easier, thanks to the knowledge gleaned from Israel by their Sheriff Cannon (I did not make that up), who is in charge of port security there.
12-15-05 - Saddam's WMD Moved to Syria, An Israeli Says Saddam Hussein moved his chemical weapons to Syria six weeks before the war started, Israel's top general during Operation Iraqi Freedom says. The BS-o-meter just broke.
12-15-05 - Hawke urges US to address Palestinian statehood Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke on Thursday said that the fight against terrorism will not succeed unless the United States leads efforts to create a viable Palestinian state.
12-15-05 - Civil Rights Groups Question FBI Interrogation of Muslim Student A pair of area civil rights groups are angry after discovering a Muslim Elk Grove high school student was taken out of class and questioned by FBI agents over a doodle on his binder two years ago
12-15-05 - The Mid-East's beleaguered Christians Though they have made few converts in the Middle East, the evangelical churches are an influential part of President Bush's political constituency in the United States.
12-15-05 - Israel Troubled by Bush's Priorities The Israelis and their supporters in the U.S. fear that Washington's need for Tehran's cooperation in stabilizing Iraq and thus permitting most U.S. forces there to withdraw over the next year has weakened the administration's leverage to push for stronger action against Iran on the nuclear issue, even as it continues to insist that Iran's acquisition of a nuclear weapons capability is "unacceptable."
12-15-05 - Russia Blasts Iranian Remarks on Holocaust, Israel
12-15-05 - Former Israel Chief of Staff sued in U.S Courts
12-15-05 - Former IDF chief sued in U.S. court for his role in Kafr Kana shelling Ya'alon is currently in Washington D.C. as a research fellow at the Washington Institute. He is scheduled to give a lecture on lessons learned during the war against terror at a conference on Thursday night.
12-14-05 - Bush takes blame for Iraq war on bad intelligence
12-14-05 - US counts on Iraqis to rebuff Iran 'meddling'
12-14-05 - Bush says Iran a 'real threat'
12-14-05 - US wants to work with EU on broader Iran agenda The United States and Europe should advance an agenda for Iran in 2006 that includes more funding for civil society groups and other initiatives to reach out to the Iranian people, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
12-14-05 - Iran dismisses idea of US security guarantees
12-14-05 - US' Rice says Iran is a problem that must be dealt with Iran has become a problem for Middle East stability on several fronts that the international community will have to address, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
12-14-05 - UK rejects independent inquiry into July 7 bombs The Home Office said an independent probe could prejudice continuing investigations into the attack and that the government had to focus first on thwarting future threats
12-14-05 - New document suggests Pentagon spying on peace activists
12-14-05 - Lieberman's 'War Cabinet' Forget partisan loyalties: the neocons are loyal to one thing and one thing only
12-14-05 - 100,000 gather for funeral of murdered editor in Beirut Game theory: divide peoples of nation-states and keep them at brink of civil war so that they are less of a threat. See this happen in Iraq, Palestine, now Lebanon and possibly Syria.
12-14-05 - Posters call for race riots Inflammatory posters calling for New Zealanders to show "white power" and riot Australian-style are being pasted up at Wellington railway stations.
12-14-05 - Bush can settle CIA leak riddle, Novak says
12-14-05 - Syrians defiant as accusations mount
12-14-05 - Bush: Don?t blame Israel for Iraq Days ago, Bush himself cited Israel's security as the reason for the push for democracy in the ME.
12-14-05 - Documentary explores Iraq-Nazi link "Saddam and the Third Reich," which will first be broadcast Sunday on the History Channel, will be repeated throughout the Saddam Hussein trial.
12-14-05 - Iranian President Calls Holocaust a 'Myth'
12-14-05 - Preach Peace, Sami; Get Truthful, Tribune and Prosecutors Much more important: Is it just a little bit possible that if some of the oceans of money and time you federal hot-shots wasted chasing Al-Arian had been spent looking for real terrorists, maybe 9/11 wouldn't have happened? My sentiments exactly.
12-14-05 - Al-Arian's Near Total Acquittal Raises More Questions Than It Answers Evidence that the prosecution and media persecution of Al-Arian was an Israeli operation from the get-go continues to mount. In reporting the verdict, the Jerusalem Post wrote, "Israel has played a major role in the prosecution, providing countless documents regarding the conduct of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad... ."
12-14-05 - Hannity?s Hypocrisy: Criticizing Colleges For Taking Money From Saudi Prince Who Funds Fox
12-14-05 - President of European Jewish Congress Calls for Sanctions Against Iran
12-13-05 - U.N. Considers Expansion of Hariri Probe Mehlis' statements apparently did not persuade diplomats on the 15-nation council to seek sanctions against Damascus. Instead, the council was considering two Lebanese requests: to widen the probe into former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's death to include other political killings; and to form an international tribunal that would try suspects in his death
12-13-05 - US wants UN to increase pressure on Syria And bears * in the woods, news at six.
12-13-05 - Syria on the offensive over UN report "Syria has new testimony, which has not been made public, that refutes the Detlev Mehlis report," Fayez Sayegh told AFP
12-13-05 - Syria denies U.N. charge of slow cooperation To avert a showdown with the world body, Syria has allowed U.N. investigators to question five officials in Vienna
12-13-05 - UN: Hariri probe could take years if Syria stalls U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Washington was still working out its response to sanctions but called Syria's cooperation "grudging at best" and carried out at the "lowest common denominator to see what they can get away with." "Syria is not going to get away with obstructing this investigation and it is not going to get away with the consequences,"
12-13-05 - Murder polarizes Lebanon The crisis is pitting Lebanon's Shiites, who remain deeply suspicious of Western influence in internal affairs, against other sects who seek international support against the alleged destabilizing tactics of Syria.
12-13-05 - State Dept. Rules Out Guarantee on Iran
12-13-05 - ACLU Opposes Patriot Act Provision The American Civil Liberties Union raised objections yesterday to a little-noticed provision of the latest version of the USA Patriot Act bill, arguing that it would give the Secret Service wider latitude to charge protesters accused of disrupting major events including political conventions and the Olympics.
12-13-05 - Iran could have nuke bombs in three years - Israeli army
12-13-05 - An 11th-hour drive to amend Patriot Act Within the Senate, a bipartisan group of lawmakers looking to tighten privacy protections wants to put off the vote for three months. (Parts of the Patriot Act are set to expire this month.) If these concerns aren't met, some, including Sens. Russell Feingold (D) of Wisconsin and Larry Craig (R) of Idaho, threaten to filibuster the bill. "This coalition on the conservative side and the progressive side in support of civil liberties is one of the best things that has happened since 9/11 in protecting our rights,"
12-13-05 - Police look for answers in text messages "You are getting text messages from people you don't even know," he said. "The next day I would ring the number and it was disconnected. [I have] no idea where it came from. I don't know where they're getting my number."
12-13-05 - Police seek to stop third night of Sydney unrest Racial violence erupted at Sydney's Cronulla Beach on Sunday when some 5,000 people, some yelling racist chants, attacked youths of Middle Eastern background. Police said white supremacists incited it.
12-13-05 - Australian Unrest Spreads to Other Cities The racial unrest that broke out in Sydney's beachside suburbs over the weekend has spread to two other large Australian cities, where people of Middle Eastern descent were assaulted by whites
12-13-05 - Israelis Grow Troubled by Bush Priorities In spite of their gradual decline in influence in the Bush administration since the Iraq invasion, neo-conservatives have been lobbying hard for the past two years for a policy of "regime change" in Syria....In the past year, neo-conservatives have also argued that overthrowing the Baathist regime in Syria would add momentum to U.S. efforts to spread democracy in the region,
12-13-05 - Suppose Israel were to give up nuclear weapons President Kennedy dispatched inspectors to the Dimona generating plant in Israel's south, and he cautioned Israel against developing atomic weapons. Anticipating the 1962 visit of American inspectors, Israel reportedly constructed a fake wall at Dimona to conceal its weapons production. Since then, no U.S. administration has effectively pressured Israel to either halt its program or to submit to inspections under the International Atomic Energy Agency
12-13-05 - Saudi Prince Gives Millions to Harvard and Georgetown
12-13-05 - Italian court orders Iran asset freeze A court in Italy has ordered the freezing of an Iranian government account held in a Rome bank in what lawyers say represents an unprecedented legal victory for three US families seeking compensation from Iran for its alleged support of Palestinian suicide bombings that killed their relatives. Meanwhile, Palestinian and American victims of Israeli violence get no justice or redress.
12-13-05 - Iran leader says Palestinian struggle must go on
12-13-05 - Jewish group meets with Berlusconi Anti-Defamation League officials met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to discuss how to fight anti-Semitism and terrorism.
Italian court orders Iran asset freeze
12-12-05 - Syria Eyed in Death of Lebanese Editor A previously unknown group claimed responsibility, but suspicion quickly settled on Syria Imagine, an anti-Syrian Lebanese journalist gets car-bombed on the very day that the UN report on the Hariri assassination is to be delivered, what a coincidence! Either the Syrians are REALLY REALLY stupid, and want further action taken against them by the US, OR they are being set up.
12-12-05 - Beirut car bomb kills MP Tueni and three others
12-12-05 - Diplomats seek clues on hostages Diplomats in Iraq are trying to discover the fate of British hostage Norman Kember and his three colleagues.
12-12-05 - New evidence implicates Syria in Hariri death: UN "That is not cooperation," the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, told reporters, after reading sections of the report. "That is obstruction of justice by the government of Syria." He said no decision had been made on further action in the council. Neocon Bolton gets to decide these matters?
12-12-05 - Poll: Most Iraqis Oppose Troops' Presence
12-12-05 - Syria says Lebanon blast aimed at damaging Damascus "Syria is pained over the bombings and assassinations that target the security of Lebanon," the statement on SANA said, describing allegations that Damascus had a role in the attacks as a further attempt to strain Syrian-Lebanese relations.
12-12-05 - The Syrian Gambit Unravels The utter absurdity of UN Security Council resolution 1363 ? which calls on Syria to cooperate fully with an international commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri or face possible "further action" ? can be easily seen if we imagine that the UN had taken a similar interest in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Picture Lyndon Baines Johnson and top members of the U.S. government being called in by a United Nations "prosecutor" for questioning. It's interesting that the same American "conservatives" who waste no opportunity to show their disdain for the UN and would have risen in armed revolt if the UN had intervened in the Kennedy affair, are now upholding the UN's authority to "investigate" the murder of Hariri and pin it on Syria.
12-12-05 - ElBaradei Urges Iran Security Guarantee
12-12-05 - Battle brews over a bigger military role
12-12-05 - Bush admits Israel is the reason why we are 'spreading democracy' in the Middle East "Israel's long-term survival depends upon the spread of democracy in the Middle East."
Bush confirms what I know to be true: we are in the Middle East, under the pretext of spreading democracy, for the benefit of Israel.
12-12-05 - Republican Jews to show war support
12-12-05 - A war and its fearsome consequences: How the world has changed post-Iraq President Bush said yesterday that 'the year 2005 will be a turning point in the history of freedom'. But since the start of the war the days have been littered with unintended consequences.
12-12-05 - Pro-Israelis love Bolton He's the best friend they could have. Too bad he doesn't appear to be working for America, eh?
12-12-05 - A dust storm over the Holocaust Mohamed ElBaradei, acknowledged during an address at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London last week that most of the issues on the Iran nuclear file have been resolved and "after three years, we need to bring this to a close". He expressed the hope that the IAEA's Iran file could be "concluded by next year".
12-12-05 - Defense Min. official: No plan to attack Iran 'at the moment'
12-12-05 - Iranian president sticks by anti-Israel comments
12-12-05 - Reporter's presence at interrogation session cited in terrorism case Judith Miller- she's everywhere neocons want to be
12-12-05 - 290,000 Israelis Eligible to Vote in Iraqi Elections According to Hamida Al-Husseini, who is in charge of absentee ballots in the coming elections, even Iraqi Jews holding Israeli citizenship can vote
12-11-05 - New Hariri report 'blames Syria' The chief UN investigator has indicated it will confirm the findings of the first extensive report, but it will also include more concrete evidence.
12-11-05 - UN chief investigator delivers Hariri probe report to Annan
12-11-05 - Assad to punish any Syrian "proven" guilty on Hariri
12-11-05 - Iran Offers U.S. Share in Nuclear Plants
12-11-05 - Bush Says Congress Needs to Act Quickly to Extend Patriot Act U.S. President George W. Bush called on Congress to quickly renew the USA Patriot Act, saying that the law's expiration at the end of this month might lead to terrorist violence
12-11-05 - French spy service warned US about bogus Niger uranium claim: ex-official
12-11-05 - Bush urges Syria to release prisoners
12-11-05 - Israel accuses EU of breaching international terror law Israel has accused the European Union of breaching international laws against terrorism by maintaining contact with the radical Islamist groups Hamas and Hizbollah, in a sign of new tension between Israel and Europe. Pot, this is the kettle calling
12-11-05 - Israel denies Iran attack plans
12-11-05 - Racial tensions spark Sydney beach violence The France riots, in reverse.
12-11-05 - Germany warns of fallout over Iranian leader's anti-Israel remarks
12-11-05 - Israel may strike Iran
12-11-05 - Reaction to remarks on Israel surprises Iran
12-11-05 - Al-Arian retrial? Prosecutors in tough spot Federal Public Defender R. Fletcher Peacock, whose office represented Fariz, said any retrial would be a waste of tax money. But Bob Leventhal, a former prosecutor, says the government doesn't give up so easily
12-10-05 - Concern grows for Iraq hostages
12-10-05 - Israel readies forces for strike on nuclear Iran Cross-border operations and signal intelligence from a base established by the Israelis in northern Iraq are said to have identified a number of Iranian uranium enrichment sites unknown to the the IAEA.
12-10-05 - Report: Israel prepares to strike Iran PM Sharon orders IDF to prepare for attack on Iran's nuclear facilities by end of March 2006, British newspaper Sunday Times reports; intelligence officials say Iranian uranium enrichment facilities already active See the four day war scenario in this article posted last year by the American Conservative.
12-10-05 - Syria Slows Sanctions Momentum at U.N. And the United States, preoccupied with Iraq, does not seem to be eager to push Damascus too hard, fearing the destabilization of yet another Middle Eastern country.
12-10-05 - Syria says has completely cooperated with Hariri probe
12-10-05 - UN wants to question more Syrians in Hariri probe Mehlis said he would ask Syria in the next few days if U.N. investigators could question new Syrian witnesses in Vienna, but did not identify them.
12-10-05 - Iran's Plans to Enrich Uranium Draws Heat
12-10-05 - Israel expands war arsenal to deal with Iranian nuclear threat
12-10-05 - US warned Saudis of Qaeda threat to aircraft before 2001: cable
12-10-05 - British Islamic group pleads for life of pensioner hostage
12-10-05 - Mehlis says will submit Hariri report next week "In the past months we have gathered a considerable amount of evidence as we pointed out in our last report and will point out in the next report. I am happy with the evidence we have."
12-10-05 - UK 'covered up' Israeli nuke deal
12-09-05 - Pentagon sticks with 2-war plan
12-09-05 - Qaeda-Iraq Link U.S. Cited Is Tied to Coercion Claim
12-09-05 - US investigates Iraq gunfire film
12-09-05 - Germany summons Iran envoy over Holocaust remarks German Jewish leaders called for political sanctions against the Islamic republic over Ahmadinejad's remarks. Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany...."Political instruments ranging from political and economic sanctions to expulsion from the United Nations must finally be seriously looked at and used,"
12-09-05 - Saudi Official: War in Iraq Sparked Terror
12-09-05 - US terror watchlist 80,000 names long
12-09-05 - President Carter doubts U.S. military will ever leave Iraq
12-09-05 - Rummy exit expected; Lieberman eyed for job
12-09-05 - Iraqi Sunnis Appeal for Hostages' Release
12-09-05 - US invasion has turned Iraq into terrorist training ground: Turkish PM
12-09-05 - Iraq hostage deadline approaches
12-09-05 - ElBaradei: World Losing Patience With Iran
12-09-05 - Israel blamed for failed assassination Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrilla group accused Israel of carrying out a failed attempt to kill one of its officials on Friday and said it would do "what is necessary" to defend itself.
12-09-05 - EU should offer Iran more for nuclear deal: ex-IAEA chief
12-09-05 - IAEA chief warns against military strike on Iran in nuclear row Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said earlier Friday that while diplomatic channels remained the best way to deal with the Iran issue, "it is necessary to also prepare the other means." Israel has repeatedly said it will prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons by whatever means necessary.
12-09-05 - US signals possible contacts with Muslim Brotherhood members The United States signaled the possibility of making contact with members of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood after the opposition group's stunning success in parliamentary polls.
12-09-05 - Embattled Hezbollah backs Iraq 'doves of peace'
12-09-05 - U.S. looking to thwart $1 billion Israel-South Korea arms deal Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Elta have proposed selling the Koreans four early-warning aircraft (EWA) for $1.25 billion. In efforts to thwart the deal, the Americans have argued that part of the system includes U.S.-made parts, which require an export license.
12-09-05 - Britain Accused of Israel Nuclear Cover-Up The revelation is potentially embarrassing for the British government at a time when London is heavily engaged with its European Union partners in trying to persuade Iran - a nation hostile to Israel - to give up its nuclear ambitions.
12-09-05 - Iranian artifacts sought "Since they can't get the Iranian government to pay up, what they're going to do is cast out to seek any kind of Iranian property that can domesticate the judgment."
12-09-05 - U.S. Official Says Iran 'Very Aggressive' He cited, as an example, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement that Israel should be "wiped off the map."
12-09-05 - Iran Leader's Remarks Draw Ire From Saudis
12-09-05 - Damascus denies talks on Israel Syria said the claims had been spread by Israel to deceive the world into thinking Syria was bowing to pressure.
12-09-05 - Israeli Aides Warn U.S. Not To Drop Ball on Iran This view, according to a senior official with a major Jewish organization, is shared by many in the Jewish community. "Frankly, as I hear from many Israeli officials: America picked the wrong adversary to fight in the Gulf, and the war against Iraq is now restraining it from leading a diplomatic campaign ? let alone a military one ? on Iran," the Jewish communal official said. Oh the irony and the audacity.
12-09-05 - UN blasts Iranian president's anti-Israel remarks
12-09-05 - Mofaz: Prepare for Iran threat Israel's defense minister said his country should prepare non-diplomatic solutions to Iran?s threat.
12-09-05 - Iraqi 'code' bans Israel A "code of honor" binding a number of Iraqi parties vows never to normalize relations with Israel.
12-09-05 - Israel calls Iran's president 'very dangerous' During their 1933-45 rule, the Nazis killed some six million Jews. Religious hardliners in Iran do not publicly deny the Holocaust occurred but say its scale has been exaggerated to justify the creation of Israel.
12-08-05 - Iraq Conflict Wrong for Majority of Americans 54 per cent of respondents think going to war with Iraq was wrong,
12-08-05 - FBI donates one million dollars to Beirut forensics
12-08-05 - Syria Attacks Evidence as U.N. Case Turns More Bizarre The United Nations investigation into the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri, is beginning to show some cracks: one witness is dead, another is in jail and still another has recanted his testimony with a fantastic story of abduction, drugging and bribery.
12-08-05 - Syrian Forces Kill Eight Militants
12-08-05 - Iran won't halt drive for nuclear fuel: Ahmadinejad
12-08-05 - Iranian president condemned over Israel comments
12-08-05 - AJC: World Must Act on Iran's Vow to Destroy Israel AJC is asking the United Nations to take appropriate action against Iran, a UN member, for openly calling for the destruction of another member state, Israel.
12-08-05 - House, Senate Agree to Extend Patriot Act But a Democratic senator threatened a filibuster to block the compromise.
"I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report, which does not include adequate safeguards to protect our constitutional freedoms," said Sen. Russ Feingold
This is probably why the Sami Al-arian verdict was hush-hushed in our media - so as not to influence this vote. The fact is, if you have probable cause, then you shouldn't need to circumvent the checks and balances put in place by our forefathers.
12-08-05 - Iran's Ahmadinejad casts doubt on Holocaust Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday expressed doubt that the Holocaust occurred and suggested Israel be moved to Europe.
12-08-05 - Memo shows US general aware of Iraqis' jail abuse
12-08-05 - US military continues Iraq propaganda operation despite probe
12-08-05 - 'Righteous anger' drives activist
12-08-05 - CPTs effective in reducing violence
12-08-05 - ZOA Praises U.S. Ambassador To U.N. John Bolton "Ambassador Bolton's recent efforts on the Netanya bombing and Hezbollah follow a long, principled record of support for Israel .....The ZOA calls on all Jewish organizations to publicly praise John Bolton for his great work and to thank President Bush for this splendid appointment."" John Bolton = ISRAEL'S new ambassador to the UN.
12-08-05 - Death Penalty is Major Contributor to Anti-American Sentiment in Europe American policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 57%
12-07-05 - Russia hits back at US criticism of Iran arms deal
12-07-05 - China, U.S. in new round of strategic talks Iran, a major energy supplier to China which is locked in an impasse with United States and Europe over its suspected nuclear weapons program, would be raised as "an example of the dangers of proliferation," Ereli said. He said Washington would explain to Beijing "how we see China playing a positive role in that area, and how China might be willing to consider how the rest of the world sees it."
12-07-05 - Iraqi Kidnappers Extend Deadline Two Days
12-07-05 - Major arms cache unearthed in Syria
12-07-05 - Iran nuclear stance invites UN action: EU diplomats
12-07-05 - Syria wants those who misled Mehlis panel to be brought to justice -- envoy
12-07-05 - Britain says it cannot meet Iraq kidnappers' demands
12-07-05 - Syria ready to reopen Israel peace talks
12-07-05 - U.S. gives Israel a large new camp Nachshonim, which covers almost 400 acres, is the third base the United States has built for Israel under an agreement reached during the 1998 Wye River talks with the Palestinian Authority
12-07-05 - Lieberman Calls For Formation Of 'War Cabinet'
12-07-05 - Fitzgerald Back Before CIA Leak Grand Jury
12-07-05 - Algeria angers US for blocking UN statement condemning Jihad bombing
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton criticized Algeria for blocking a U.N. Security Council statement blaming Islamic Jihad for a suicide bombing in Israel and urging Syria to shut the militant group's offices in Damascus.
12-07-05 - Government loses key court test of Patriot Act CNN reports that the government had taken separate cases against Arian, including a "years-long secret foreign intelligence probe of the professor's activities," and combined them into one case against him
12-07-05 - Failed case seen as blow to terror war Many Muslim-Americans are hailing the acquittal of former college professor and Palestinian activist Sami al-Arian as a vindication of the US system of justice.
12-07-05 - House urges U.N. to curb Israel-bashing It passed 400-1, with only Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), a vocal critic of Israel, voting against. More legislation for Israel.
12-07-05 - Eric Boehlert: Sami Al-Arian: The Terror Verdict TV Networks Ignored
12-07-05 - Expert: Patriot Act No 'Magic Bullet' The Patriot Act was manufactured to conduct witchhunts for, you shouldn't need anything more than what was already in place if you had probable cause. Those that have embarked on these witchhunts are learning that real Americans (sitting on juries) still need EVIDENCE. Find out who is being prosecuted the most using the PA and you find who is conducting the witchhunts. Hint, haven't seen too many Al Qaeda cases in the US in a long time, eh? Mostly cases having to do with a certain foreign country.
12-06-05 - ElBaradei plays down concern on Iran
12-06-05 - UN probe halts quizzing Syrians Three Syrians will be interviewed on Wednesday after two others were questioned on Monday and allowed to fly back to Syria.
12-06-05 - IAEA can solve Iran's nuclear row with West: Putin "We consider the potential of the IAEA (the International Atomic Energy Agency) to resolve all the problems of the Iranian nuclear dossier to be far from exhausted," Putin told reporters after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
12-06-05 - Mehlis to step down from UN Hariri probe soon: aide "He will certainly be available if required but not as a full-time commissioner."
12-06-05 - A week of Palestinian calls for the release of the CPT hostages in Iraq
12-06-05 - Keep quiet about secret flights to secret jails, Rice tells Europe
12-06-05 - Scores die in Iranian air crash
12-06-05 - CIA moves its prisoners from Europe to North Africa
12-06-05 - Ex-professor cleared on some terror charges In a stinging defeat for prosecutors, a former Florida professor accused of helping lead a terrorist group that has carried out suicide bombings against Israel was acquitted on nearly half the charges against him Tuesday, and the jury deadlocked on the rest.
I wonder if our government could now start spending taxpayer money on hunting down and prosecuting OUR enemies?
12-06-05 - Findley Calls for US Exit from Iraq, New Direction in Middle East Policy
12-06-05 - U-S heightens rhetoric against Syria That accusation comes today from the U-S State Department, which is linking Syria to a Palestinian group that says it's responsible for five terror attacks on Israel.
12-06-05 - Syria boosts accuracy of its Scud D missile
12-06-05 - Red Cross deal on Israel nears but Syrians unhappy However, Syria said it wanted an agreement with the Israelis allowing its first aid teams to operate inside the occupied Golan Heights, indicating it might try to hold up a quick accord by asking the conference to vote on the new emblem.
12-06-05 - New German government opens up to Israel The Bush administration has made every effort to block the German initiative to win a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council based on Schroeder?s categorical refusal to use, even if justified, preemptive military force.
Merkel?s government has shown more openness to discussing ?all options? available ? including the one of using pre-emptive military force, the observers said. In other words, Merkel is willing to shill for the neocons.
12-05-05 - Russian Foreign Minister Acknowledges Growing Divergence With U.S
12-05-05 - Iran Plans to Build a Second Nuclear Plant
12-05-05 - U.S. presses Russia on Iran missile deal The United States on Monday said Russia's plans to sell $1 billion in tactical missiles and other arms to Iran would not serve U.S. or regional interests.
12-05-05 - Russia defends Iran missile sale
12-05-05 - Russia Makes Deal to Sell Missiles to Iran
12-05-05 - Syrians quizzed in Hariri probe
12-05-05 - Britain seeks dialogue with Iraq kidnappers
12-05-05 - U.S. not 'well-prepared' for terrorism We're too busy fighting wars on behalf of another nation.
12-05-05 - Drudge, Jerusalem Post sensationalize story about nuclear Iran
12-05-05 - Press Conference of Palestinians Calls for Release of All Civilian Hostages in Iraq; More Solidarity Demonstrations Planned
12-05-05 - 'Urban Myth' ? or Treason? The AIPAC case, however, seems the more likely source, in part because its central figure ? Larry Franklin ? pops up in the Niger uranium narrative at a highly auspicious point in the timeline: according to the Italian daily La Repubblica, he was present at a December 2001 meeting in Rome with the head of Italian military intelligence and two Americans, Michael Ledeen and Harold Rhode, both of whom might be called "instigators" when it comes to the invasion of Iraq ? a meeting previously reported in The Washington Monthly.
12-05-05 - Israel orders two submarines at discount They said despite deep cuts foreseen for Israel?s defence budget, top brass decided the new Dolphin-class submarines were needed to counter long-range threats like Iran, whose nuclear programme has raised fears it is seeking atomic weapons.
12-05-05 - Hostage hopes to be home soon In contrast, retired British professor Norman Kember, 74, and American Tom Fox, 54, are standing chained together, grim-faced, in long-sleeved overalls.
12-05-05 - Iran warns Israel after Netanyahu attack threat
12-05-05 - Netanyahu Backs Pre-Emptive Strike on Iran
12-05-05 - U.S. Army report: Israel can't stop Iran nukes
12-05-05 - Iran, Israel and nukes Given the complete failure of Western diplomacy to halt Iran's march toward development of an atomic bomb, it should come as no surprise if Israel has decided to make surviving a nuclear first strike a top priority. The Washington Times is clearly a non-biased source for news, eh?
12-05-05 - Jewish Groups: Time For A Full Accounting of Meetings With Hezbollah Presbys now answer to Jewish groups?
12-05-05 - U.S. presses Palestinians, Syria act on militants Remember this story from 2 days ago -America, Israel Bracing for Violence From Syria? What a coincidence!
12-05-05 - "Getting in the way": Christian peacemakers from the West Bank to Iraq John Lynes was born into a Jewish family in 1928, but had been a committed Quaker for more than fifty years. In Hebron, he said, the CPT was acting as both a witness to the conflict, and a go-between for anyone on either side willing to talk to the others. Lynes conceded that in Hebron such people were not always in ready supply. "The settlers have called me a Nazi", he smiled, "and I'm old enough to remember what a real Nazi was".
12-04-05 - US Army admits Iraqis outnumber foreign fighters as its main enemy Iraqis, rather than foreign fighters, now form the vast majority of the insurgents who are waging a ferocious guerrilla war against United States forces in Sunni western Iraq, American commanders have revealed.
12-04-05 - US preparing non-UN sanctions on Iran American officials told their Israeli counterparts recently that the US would take the Iran issue to the UN only if it is sure that the case is "veto proof," meaning that it has assurances from the permanent members in the Security Council not to use their veto power to bloc a resolution against Iran The title for this article has since changed, I have kept the original. Say, I wonder who would be behind this sudden push anyway?
12-04-05 - FBI reopens Niger probe
12-04-05 - Russia planning war games with India, China China, along with Russia, is a founding member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) that also includes Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. India joined it as an observer last July, along with Pakistan and Iran.
12-04-05 - Iran says not interested in talks with US
12-04-05 - Israeli Military Doubts Pressure on Iran Israel's military chief of staff said Sunday he did not believe diplomatic pressure will put a halt to Iran's nuclear ambitions.
12-04-05 - Syrian officials leave for Austria Hariri probe Five Syrian officials summoned by a U.N. inquiry into the killing of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri for questioning in Austria have left for Vienna, diplomatic sources said on Sunday
12-04-05 - Iran buying, developing missile defence system: official The United States has said it is unhappy with the deal -- which comes amid unease in the West over Russia's role in helping Tehran develop nuclear energy.
12-04-05 - US does not send suspects abroad for torture: Hadley
12-04-05 - Russia Mulls Military Supply Base in China ? Defense Official
12-04-05 - Netanyahu urges bold Israeli action on Iran nukes
12-04-05 - Iran's patience running out over nuclear issue
12-04-05 - Third mass grave uncovered in Lebanon The find has come a day after they unearthed 25 decomposed corpses in an eastern town that was the headquarters of Syrian intelligence for three decades.
12-04-05 - Palestinians to Hold Press Conference to Call for Release of the Four CPT Hostages in Iraq
12-04-05 - U.S. policy on Iran called ineffective After new Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last month called for Israel's destruction, the leading pro-Israel lobbying group -- the American Israel Public Affairs Committee -- took the unusual step of publicly faulting the U.S. approach. My but how they do whine when America doesn't do Israel's bidding to their liking.
12-04-05 - Iran won't talk to US about Iraq security
12-04-05 - Israel scorns Iran nuclear talks
12-04-05 - Israel voices worry over Iran-Russia missile deal Israel has lambasted Russia over the sale of anti-missile systems to arch-enemy Iran, the latest round of what the local press has dubbed the Iranian-Israeli arms race
12-04-05 - World Prays as Kidnappers Threaten Lives of Christian Peacemakers in Iraq
12-04-05 - Syrian forces clash with militants
12-04-05 - Canada makes an about-face on Mideast "Canada does not share common values with some countries, like Israel, who disregard international law, whose human rights record is clearly questionable and who constantly disregard UN resolutions.
U.N. resolutions are not a buffet where we can pick and choose what suits us. Why are U.N. resolutions regarding the Palestinian-Israeli issue not implemented?"
12-03-05 - An Urgent Appeal To add your name to this statement and to see the full list of initial
signers: http://www.freethecpt.org
12-03-05 - Russia seeks to calm US over arms sales to Iran The Foreign Ministry on its Web site www.mid.ru confirmed the deal had been signed but added it did not violate any international laws in doing so.
12-03-05 - Lebanese find 20 bodies in grave The remains of at least 20 bodies have been found in a grave in east Lebanon, near the former headquarters of the Syrian army intelligence, police say.
12-03-05 - Iran Moves Closer to Blocking Inspections
12-03-05 - Iran watchdog approves uranium enrichment bill
12-03-05 - Former U.S. Congressman Paul Findley Calls for a U.S. Exit from Iraq, New Direction in Mideast Policy Also, in a question and answer session at the end of the hearing, Ambassador Moustapha said that Syria had cause to fear Israel's nuclear capability. In fact, Syria has supported the drafting of a United Nations resolution calling for the international community to declare the entire region as a nuclear-free zone. However, its proposals have always been shot down by the United States.
12-03-05 - Iran ready to resume nuclear talks with Europeans: Russian FM
12-03-05 - Iraqi groups condemn kidnappings
12-03-05 - Leak Ruling Has Mystery, 8 Blank Pages
12-03-05 - Neo-Crazies Already Planning Beyond Iran
12-03-05 - Arab World Remains Hostile, Fearful Toward US
12-03-05 - Muslim leader seeks release of hostages
12-03-05 - Israeli-Arab leaders support Syria Local Arab leaders gathered to form pro-Syria committee, call Israeli-Arab public to oppose 'American aggression, Israeli occupation'
12-03-05 - America, Israel Bracing for Violence From Syria Proxy Attacks Seen as Lebanon Probe Heats Up
12-03-05 - The Putsch at Public Broadcasting CPB's new chair, Cheryl Halpern, together with her husband, as Mother Jones reports, contributed a total of $81,800 to Bush and other Republicans
12-03-05 - FBI mishandled Florida terror investigation: NYT
12-03-05 - A frightening "Strategy for Israel" The basic premises of the plan are these: In order to survive Israel must become an imperial regional power and must also ensure the break-up of all Arab countries so that the region may be carved up into small ineffectual states unequipped to stand up to Israeli military might.
12-03-05 - Iraq Sinks into the Gap between US Strategy and Reality DEBKAfile?s sources learned that President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, during his acclaimed visit to Tehran last week secretly signed an agreement for the oil pumped in the fields of Kurdistan near the northern city of Kirkuk to be piped 500km to Iran?s southern refineries at Abadan.
Israelis are helping the Kurds in Kurdistan and Northern Iraq.
12-03-05 - Hizbollah meeting prompts US Presbyterian guidelines The Rev. Robert Reynolds, chief of the Chicago Presbytery, released a letter he had sent to the Jewish group saying he had made the trip for educational purposes and not in any official capacity.
12-03-05 - Israel, US disagree on post-Assad Syria The fact that Israeli and American officials were discussing "day after" scenarios for Syria does not indicate that the US has a plan for regime change in Syria, however. Riiiight.
12-03-05 - Groups call for Arab anti-terror front
12-02-05 - Flight logs reveal hundreds of CIA flights to Europe: report
12-02-05 - Hostages will be killed on Thursday unless Iraqi prisoners are freed, say kidnappers
12-02-05 - Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Iraq Hostages
12-02-05 - Hariri probe is stacked against Syria: ambassador
12-02-05 - US government misled over Vietnam War incident
12-02-05 - US lobbies to keep German prosecutor on Hariri case
12-02-05 - Iran and Russia sign $1 bln defense deal: reports The Vedomosti business daily cited military sources as saying Iran would buy 29 TOR-M1 systems designed to bring down aircraft and guided missiles at low altitudes.
12-02-05 - White House CIA leak investigation still ongoing, prosecutor hints Another twist in the case last weekend dented White House hopes the agony could soon be over when Time Magazine said another of its reporters had been called to testify.
12-02-05 - Russia said capable of untouchable missile
12-02-05 - State Department using ideological litmus tests to screen speakers
12-02-05 - Peace Activists Appeal for Release of Abducted Christians in Iraq
12-02-05 - Relations with Syria at 'point of no return': Lebanese MP
12-02-05 - Israel: We prefer Assad Israel told the United States it fears the outcome of regime change in Syria. The United States is given its orders with regard to Syria.
12-02-05 - Canada continues shift toward Israel Upholding international law at the UN = "Israel-bashing", evidently. Israel is above the law and criticism.
12-02-05 - Effort for review of anti-Semitism on campus meeting new resistance The Senate language, inserted in the Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005 and passed by the Senate on Nov. 3, would gut plans to make universities that receive federal funds accountable to the Education Department to the degree that some Jewish groups have sought. They seek to legislate pro-Isreal views on campus.
12-02-05 - AIPAC raps US handling of Iran nukes
12-02-05 - From 1996: Defense Memo Warned of Israeli Spying; 'Ethnic Ties' Charge Draws ADL Rebuke; Drawing on the example of the Pollard case and four other Israeli espionage operations in the United States, the memo said that the country's recruitment techniques include "ethnic targeting, financial aggrandizement, and identification and exploitation of individual frailties" of U.S. citizens. "Placing Israeli nationals in key industries . . . is a technique utilized with great success," the memo said.
12-02-05 - Israel Successfully Tests Missile Defense Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said an effective shield is needed in light of Iran's threats against Israel and efforts to develop non-conventional weapons.
12-02-05 - Deep Middle East distrust of US, says poll
12-01-05 - Bush concern at Iraq 'propaganda' The White House has expressed concern over reports that the US military is planting favourable stories about Iraq in the Baghdad press.
12-01-05 - Analysts Foresee Bleak Road Ahead in Iraq
12-01-05 - US to pull out most of National Guard
12-01-05 - How They Lied Us Into War: Closing in on a 'Funky' Forgery The neocons are crying "McCarthyism" in response to demands that Congress investigate charges that we were lied into war
12-01-05 - Lebanon Wants Assassination Probe Extended
12-01-05 - Syria Demands New Hariri Inquiries
12-01-05 - Iran offers cold comfort for renewed EU nuclear talks Iran's hardline leaders appear more determined than ever to resist Western pressure over their disputed nuclear drive, raising the question of what any new talks with the European Union could actually achieve
12-01-05 - Mehlis slams 'Syrian propaganda'
12-01-05 - Palestinian committees OK?d at U.N. Israel, its supporters and Jewish leaders have also called for the committees to be abolished. "Israel, its supporters" = John Bolton, ISRAEL'S new ambassador to the U.N.
12-01-05 - Sharon hints at Iran strike
12-01-05 - Palestinians offer their help to gain freedom for kidnapped CPTers
12-01-05 - Palestinian bishop seeks mercy for Iraq peace workers "They represent no government; they stand only on their faith and on their refusal to be silent in the face of injustice."
12-01-05 - Former covert Israeli forces 'training Kurds in Iraq' Involvement in the region also gave Israel better access to intelligence from Syria and Iran, particularly Iran's nuclear programme
12-01-05 - Hariri inquiry to question Syrian officials next week: UN official
12-01-05 - Palestinians demonstrate for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq
12-01-05 - Israelis trained Kurds in Iraq But that?s not all. Leading Israeli companies in the field of security and counter-terrorism have set up a training camp under the codename Z at a secret location in a desertic region in northern Iraq, where Israeli experts provide training in live fire exercises and self-defense to Kurdish security forces.....Motorola Israel said it is a U.S. company that operates in over 70 countries throughout the world, including in Iraq where it helped set up a cellular phone network and provided communications systems and equipment to Iraqi security forces. See yesterday's article - here and we wonder why Iraqis didn't welcome us with the red carpet treatment.
12-01-05 - Israel will not accept Iran nuclear weapons: Sharon "We must do everything possible to prepare for such a situation. But Israel is not spearheading any campaign" " But Israel is not spearheading any campaign" " - AHHHAHAHAHAHA. That's hilarious.
12-01-05 - Israel to Pressure Iran on Nuke Issue Israel is pressuring US to pressure Iran via AIPAC. See this from yesterday's news.
12-01-05 - THE AIPAC INDICTMENT
12-01-05 - The withdrawal from Iraq is coming Whiners complaining of our forthcoming troop withdrawal from Iraq. Watch out for any thing that may prevent this from happening and note who benefits.
12-01-05 - Bolton Says Palestinian Resolutions Demonstrate UN Irrelevance ''If the UN is not in the business of upholding international law, we want to know what kind of business it is involved in,'' Neocon John Bolton is ISRAEL'S new ambassador to the U.N.
12-01-05 - Galloway Under Fire After TV Slur He added: "Almost all politicians in Washington blindly support Israel. Senator Norman Coleman, the senator who was accusing me is the closest friend of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee."
12-01-05 - US calls on Iran to return to nuclear talks Israel says 'jump', our government replies 'how high?'.
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