News for 11-09-05

11-09-05 - Blast bloodies wedding reception The head of the Palestinian intelligence services, Bashir Nafeh, was among those killed in the blasts


11-09-05 - Syria invites UN investigator for Hariri talks


11-09-05 - Iran warns of 'consequences' over nuclear issue


11-09-05 - Senate asks Pentagon to probe Feith role on Iraq The Pentagon's inspector general has been asked to investigate the prewar intelligence role of a planning office headed by former U.S. defense policy chief Douglas Feith, a main architect of the Iraq war, officials said on Tuesday Feith was one of the Spies Who Pushed for War.


11-09-05 - Is US planning an Iraq-style 'regime change' in Syria? Mr. Arkin writes that internal intelligence documents and conversations with military officers involved in the planning show that US Central Command was directed last year to prepare a "strategic concept" for Syria, "the first step in creation of a full fledged war plan. "


11-09-05 - US, Iraqi forces secure border town US and Iraqi forces have secured the restive town of Husayba on the Syrian border after several days of


11-09-05 - FBI may be checking on you, but you have no way to know


11-09-05 - Jordan hotel blasts kill dozens


11-09-05 - Syria bans officials cited by UN Syria has imposed a travel ban on officials named in a recent United Nations report on the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
A spokesman said officials had already started questioning the six men.



11-09-05 - 'Nine lives' Chalabi resurfaces in Washington Chalabi, in his latest incarnation as an Iraqi deputy prime minister, is due to meet Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday, and deliver his first speech in the US capital for two-and-a-half years


11-09-05 - Lies of the Neocons: From Leo Strauss to Scooter Libby


11-09-05 - Syria talks to foreign firms for oil projects Syria is engaged in negotiations with French, Chinese and Russian firms for oil projects worth 4.4 billion dollars, a Syrian government minister said during a conference in Manama


11-09-05 - Fake Al Qaeda


11-09-05 - The Return of Chalabi


11-09-05 - U.S. and Britain Lied to Justify Iraq War, Say Americans


11-09-05 - Israelis evacuated from Amman hotel hours before bombings A number of Israelis staying on Wednesday at the Radisson hotel were evacuated before the bombing by Jordanian security forces, apparently due to a specific security alert. They were escorted back to Israel by security personnel Watch this story disappear/metamorphasize, which is why I archived it.


11-09-05 - Congress May Curb Some Patriot Act Powers


11-09-05 - Israel Used White Phosphorous Lest We Forget


11-09-05 - Israel in talks to give troops for UN peacekeepers Israel can't keep the peace in its own backyard, how do they expect to do so somewhere else?


11-09-05 - Interfaith group rallies against Iranian pres. American Jews and leaders of other faiths demanded that Iran?s president be held accountable for calling for Israel?s destruction.


11-09-05 - Report: Israeli may help build security barrier for Russia


11-09-05 - Saudis Urge More U.S. Mideast Diplomacy Saudi Arabia's ambassador prodded the Bush administration Tuesday to step up its Mideast diplomacy, saying the Arab-Israeli conflict was an "open wound" and the biggest cause for the hatred that leads to terrorism.



11-09-05 - Israel Waits for Diplomacy to Work on Iran Nuclear Threat while Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is careful to say Israel is not considering any military option "today," he does not rule out a military strike in the future if diplomacy fails. ..."Israel has good levers for applying pressure on Iran," he says, "for example, by aiding the Kurds and the mujahedin who oppose the regime.''