The US inches ever closer to attacking Iran

Thursday, September 01, 2005

News for 08-31-05

08-31-05 - Europe to hold off on sanctions if Iran referred to UN over nuclear work Non-aligned states as well as Russia and China oppose a confrontation over Iran, preferring to try to resolve the crisis diplomatically, especially since the Iranians are doing only preliminary fuel work and not yet making the enriched uranium that can power civilian reactors or be the raw material for atom bombs.


08-31-05 - Iran's top nuclear negotiator says committed to international regulations


08-31-05 - Iran eyes Indian support as nuclear row escalates India has so far merely said that Iran should abide by its international obligations but has refused to join Western condemnation of its nuclear program.


08-31-05 - Hariri probe boosts Syria pressure The recent developments led some to predict Washington would use the information to increase pressure on Syria, which the United States claims is supporting Islamic militants battling U.S. forces in Iraq and Palestinian militants in their fight with Israel.




08-31-05 - Conservatism: A house divided by Patrick J. Buchanan The neoconservative position, to make promoting democracy the altarpiece of our foreign policy, to increase U.S. forces in Iraq, and to extend the war to Iran and Syria to win it, appears no longer to be Bush policy.


08-31-05 - Lebanon police raid 'Hariri bomb plot apartment'


08-31-05 - Israel and 9/11: New Report Connects the Dots "Why the Israeli government decided not to share with us all the critical information they had, and the extent of that information, is a subject for the public inquiry. " Must read.


08-31-05 - Bolton Voices Opposition to U.N. Proposals Bolton also pressed for changes in the U.N. document that would ensure that U.S. or Israeli forces would not be exposed to terrorism charges if they killed or injured civilians during military operations. Bolton wrote that the "scope" of the terrorism provision should be limited to "terrorist actions," not "military activities that are appropriately governed by international humanitarian law." Arab governments have insisted for years that the Israeli army has engaged in "state terrorism" against Palestinian civilians. I ask again, just who is Bolton representing?


08-31-05 - Ex-Iraqi Jews want compensation they hope the demand at least can serve as a bargaining chip in future peace talks over compensation for Palestinian refugees who fled during Israel?s 1948 War of Independence.


08-31-05 - Outside View: Women nurturing hope Had they been able, both Palestinian and Iraqi women would have joined Sheehan in her anti-war movement

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home