News for 09-21-05

09-21-05 - Russia, China may force EU retreat on Iran: diplomats The EU's three biggest powers are considering backing down from a demand that the U.N. nuclear watchdog report Iran to the U.N. Security Council due to fierce opposition from Russia and China, diplomats said on Wednesday.



09-21-05 - Pentagon blocking September 11 inquiry: senator one official, Army Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, has also said publicly that Able Danger members tried to pass the information along to the FBI three times in September 2000 but were forced by Pentagon lawyers to cancel the meetings Pentagon = neocon country.


09-21-05 - Iran Gets Reprieve in Nuclear Standoff


09-21-05 - US claims growing support against Iran; Iran rallies its side


09-21-05 - Senate introduces Iran restrictions


09-21-05 - Hezbollah won't comply with disarmament, commander says


09-21-05 - Saudi: Conflict divides Muslims, U.S. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the main factor dividing the Muslim and Arab world and the United States, Saudi Arabia?s foreign minister said.


09-21-05 - Israel seeks seat on Security Council The highest profile foreign figure to back the bid is the controversial US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton. What a shocker.


09-21-05 - Year was political thriller for U.S. Jews ''You have to screen out the background noise and see whether the basics have changed," he said. ''Jewish Americans have a pretty good position. When Democrats are in charge, they automatically have a lot of influence. And when Republicans are in charge, they have a lot of influence because Republicans have to be responsive to their fundamentalist Christian constituency. In that ideology, Israel is very important. Abe Foxman calls this kind of talk by anyone else about the purported overwhelming influence of Jewish groups as propagating 'anti-Semitic canards'