News for 01-30-06

01-30-06 - Straw says Iran to be sent to UN


01-30-06 - Political row erupts as ExxonMobil posts record profit IS YOUR BLOOD BOILING YET, AMERICA?


01-30-06 - Iran's answer on nuclear dispute not good enough: Rice


01-30-06 - New Patriot Act Provision Creates Tighter Barrier to Officials at Public Events A new provision tucked into the Patriot Act bill now before Congress would allow authorities to haul demonstrators at any "special event of national significance" away to jail on felony charges if they are caught breaching a security perimeter.


01-30-06 - Permanent five say IAEA must report Iran to U.N.


01-30-06 - Iran lets UN inspectors see Lavisan ex-atomic site Iran has allowed U.N. nuclear inspectors to check equipment from a former military site in an apparent effort to avert a crackdown by the U.N. atomic watchdog (IAEA) this week, a senior diplomat said on Monday.


01-30-06 - Iran Says Talks, Not Threats, Are Key


01-30-06 - Polls Find Bush, Congress Tarnished Over Lobbying, Integrity


01-30-06 - Official Warned Abramoff, Filing Alleges


01-30-06 - US and EU try to convince Russia on Iranian nuclear program


01-30-06 - Democracy is like a box a chocolates


01-30-06 - Does Democracy Boulevard Lead to Islamism? by Patrick J. Buchanan The neoconservatives who dreamed up the Bush Doctrine ? promoting "democracy" would be the U.S. mission in the Middle East ? may be about to hold yet another "Seconds Thoughts" conference.


01-30-06 - US urges Arab states to fund Palestinians after Hamas victory The US plea to the Arab world is because it does not want the West Bank and Gaza to descend into chaos as a result of choking off aid. It also fears that if it stops funding the Palestinians, countries such as Iran or Syria could step into the breach, enhancing their image in the Islamic world just as Washington seeks to isolate them.


01-30-06 - Bush Opposes Palestinian Gov't With Hamas Whatever happened to that push for democracy for the Middle East? The only 'democracy' that the neocon-propelled Bush administration wants, is the 'democracy' that elects Israel-friendly regimes, or so it would seem.

News for 01-29-06

01-29-06 - Army forces 50,000 soldiers into extended duty The U.S. Army has forced about 50,000 soldiers to continue serving after their voluntary stints ended under a policy called "stop-loss," but while some dispute its fairness, court challenges have fallen flat.


01-29-06 - Force against Iran seen as perilous last resort The United States should reserve the option of bombing Iran's nuclear program into oblivion, but it would be a massive military venture that would invite heavy retribution from Tehran.


01-29-06 - Major powers try to close ranks over Iran nuclear program The United States and three major European powers Britain, France and Germany have been pushing for a UN Security Council meeting, which could lead to sanctions against Iran.


01-29-06 - Audit: U.S.-Led Occupation Squandered Aid


01-29-06 - Pentagon Can Now Fund Foreign Militaries But it has drawn warnings from foreign policy specialists inside and outside the government, who say it could lead to growth of a separate military assistance effort not subject to the same constraints applied to foreign aid programs that are administered by the State Department. Such constraints are meant to ensure that aid recipients meet certain standards, including respect for human rights and protection of legitimate civilian authorities. Israel has an atrocious human rights record, but our aid has never stopped flowing to their military establishment.


01-29-06 - Singh says India won't be pressured into voting against Iran at IAEA


01-29-06 - EU hosts last-ditch talks on Iran


01-29-06 - Mystery Surrounds Dead U.S. Contractor


01-29-06 - Wolfowitz honeymoon at World Bank appears over A neocon for every corner.


01-29-06 - West has few options in preventing a nuclear Iran, experts say


01-29-06 - ABC Anchor, Cameraman Stable After Attack ABC "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured Sunday when the Iraqi Army vehicle they were traveling in was attacked with an explosive device.


01-29-06 - Iran to hold Holocaust conference despite furor


01-29-06 - Why Bush may avoid fiery words on Iran


01-29-06 - Abramoff and al-Arian: Lobbyist's "Charity" a Front for Terrorism Abramoff, a legendary lobbyist particularly close to DeLay, is also a fierce supporter of Israel?"a super-Zionist," one associate says


01-29-06 - ABC's Bob Woodruff Reluctant to Label Hamas a Terrorist Group Old Bob fell afoul of the pro-Israeli community.


01-29-06 - U.S. Jews start thinking seriously about the AIPAC case Regardless, some U.S. Jewish leaders convened this week and decided that the time has come for action. For some time now they have felt uncomfortable with the way the case is being conducted. Many thought that the prosecution was not justified and that its motivations are extraneous - the power wars of Washington and perhaps also a bit of anti-Semitism, or at least a desire to humiliate the pro-Israel lobby and damage its power.....Therefore, said the head of one of the major Jewish organizations, it is not AIPAC that should be attacked. A large majority of the Jewish community is interested in defending it, even if it is sometimes not pleased with its policy. "It is necessary to attack the prosecution and the case," It couldn't be that somebody broke the law? It has to be anti-Semitism!!


01-29-06 - Palestinians Unite Again to Appeal for the Release of the Peace Activists held Hostage in Iraq


01-29-06 - FBI conducting more investigations into AIPAC The FBI is conducting a second round of investigation concerning the Franklin-Aipac case and has interviewed in the past weeks several Jewish leaders and former Aipac officials.


01-29-06 - U.S. Jewish leaders consider financially assisting fired AIPAC officials


01-29-06 - Mock trial of Bush, Blair and Sharon planned The prosecution will be headed by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who sits on Saddam's defense team, according to one of the organizers.

News for 01-28-06

01-28-06 - Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Four Activists Kidnappers threatened in a new videotape broadcast Saturday to kill four Christian peace activists unless all Iraqi prisoners were released, saying they were giving the U.S. and Iraqi governments a "last chance" to save the hostages.


01-28-06 - Iran Claims U.S., Britain Fomenting Unrest


01-28-06 - U.N. Chief Asks U.S. to Give Iran Reactors


01-28-06 - US plans to 'fight the net' revealed A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks.


01-28-06 - Iran vows missile retaliation to any attack


01-28-06 - Iran-Russia reach 'nuclear agreement' Iran says it has reached agreement with Russia on some aspects of a plan for Tehran to enrich uranium for its nuclear program in other countries.


01-28-06 - Iran wants 'more time' for Russia nuclear talks


01-28-06 - Iran to send Britain documents on bomb attacks Iran's foreign minister has said that Britain would be sent intelligence documents on a series of bombings in the oil city of Ahvaz which officials have blamed on London


01-28-06 - Iran, Russia to Expand Enrichment Plan


01-28-06 - Documents show U.S. Army seized Iraqi wives as tactic


01-28-06 - German intelligence informed US on Iraq: report German intelligence officials informed the United States at least 15 times on developments in Iraq following requests by Washington, a news report said amid controversy over Germany's role in the conflict to which it was officially opposed.


01-28-06 - UN lawyer meets Lebanon officials on Hariri court


01-28-06 - Border Badlands The Syrians say they have repeatedly asked the Americans and the Iraqis to form a joint security command to help avoid future problems, but say that so far, their offers have been refused.


01-28-06 - Syria on the Brink


01-28-06 - Bush claims authority on war, eavesdropping


01-28-06 - Screw the Photos: Bush, Abramoff Smoking Gun is W Removing Prosecutor Twice

News for 01-27-06

01-27-06 - US Senate passes resolution condemning Iran The resolution, approved by a voice vote, cites Iran's "many failures ... to comply faithfully with its nuclear non-proliferations obligations."


01-27-06 - US audit finds 'spectacular' waste of funds in Iraq The BBC reports that the audit said one reason for the accounting system's problems was that "US postwar planning was limited by a desire for secrecy."


01-27-06 - Iran says Russian nuclear proposal not good enough "The Russian proposal is not sufficient for Iran's nuclear energy needs,"


01-27-06 - UN steps up probe into Hariri killing


01-27-06 - West wants UN to urge suspension of Iran nuclear activity: draft


01-27-06 - US wants end to Syrian 'bullying' I'm betting Syria wants an end to US bullying.


01-27-06 - Iran Atomic Program Called Major U.N. Test The U.S. has been working toward a diplomatic solution, and Bolton has repeatedly stressed the need for the issue to receive the U.N.'s immediate attention, calling it "a classic threat to international peace and security." John Bolton, Israel's unoffical ambassador to the UN, is giddy with excitement at the prospect of more wars on behalf of Israel.


01-27-06 - Bush urges authorities step up probe to find Hariri killers Bush never demanded one iota of justice for the killing of this AMERICAN. Strange how justice for the Lebanese would come first to this administration.


01-27-06 - U.S. tells India to back off Syria oil deal Taking strong exception to India's recent decision to buy a Syrian oilfield in partnership with China, the United States has asked the Manmohan Singh Government to "reconsider" its proposed investment.


01-27-06 - US propaganda aimed at foreigners reaches US public: Pentagon document


01-27-06 - Iran promises access to Lavizan nuclear site in Iran


01-27-06 - Halliburton Plans to Sell Stake in KBR


01-27-06 - Domestic Spying Hurts Our National Security


01-27-06 - Hawking Iran In September 2004, United Press International reported that the Special Operations Command of the U.S. military had conducted war games to practice regime change in Iran. The plan involved not full-scale war, but precision strikes combined with U.S. special forces? collaboration with Iranian dissidents?including the Mujahadeen e-Khalq (MEK) opposition group, which was reportedly dropped from the State Department?s list of terrorist organizations only two months earlier. If all this sounds like "déjà vu all over again," it is: it's essentially a scaled-back variation of the war plan for Iraq, with the MEK in place of the Iraqi National Congress


01-27-06 - Hamas Upset Rattles Bush Strategy


01-27-06 - Iran Says UN Is Being 'Manipulated' in Holocaust Observance "Regrettably, the Zionist regime has routinely attempted to exploit the sufferings of the Jewish people in the past as a cover for its crimes being perpetrated today against Palestinians in the occupied territories, including massacre,"


01-27-06 - Neoconservatives Here To Stay To date, none of the neoconservatives who cherrypicked the intel to make a case for war in Iraq have been brought to justice.

News for 01-26-06

01-26-06 - China opposes sanctions to resolve Iran dispute


01-26-06 - Iran 'feeling heat' on nuclear issue: Rice Separately, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said on CNN: "The Iranians have been very effective in using their oil and natural gas to persuade China, India and other countries to their side. We have to correct that."


01-26-06 - China backs Russian plan to resolve Iranian nuclear standoff


01-26-06 - Former Pentagon chief sees damage to U.S. military The U.S. military's ground forces are so stretched by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that potential adversaries may be tempted to challenge the United States, a group headed by former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry said on Wednesday.



01-26-06 - Storm Clouds Over Iran *


01-26-06 - Iran: Israel will be put in 'eternal coma' if it attacks nuclear sites Were Israel to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, Iran would respond so strongly that it would put the Jewish state into "an eternal coma" like Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's, the Iranian defense minister said Wednesday


01-26-06 - US envoy's comments on Iran nuclear vote 'inappropriate': India India has described as "inappropriate" comments from the US ambassador to New Delhi linking a historic nuclear deal with the United States to India's stance on Iran's nuclear program.


01-26-06 - Iran, a major player in the global oil market


01-26-06 - Eye on Iran as US shapes alliances in Iraq


01-26-06 - Bush backs Russian nuclear plan for Iran


01-26-06 - Fitzgerald Probes Niger Forgeries


01-26-06 - Gen. William Odom on Iraq The way to regain our influence would be "resolving the Israel-Palestinian conflict."


01-26-06 - Israel tried to kill bin Laden in 1996: paper


01-26-06 - Spy With a Heart of Gold? Was an American spy for Israel trying to "help" his country?


01-26-06 - Intellectuals on the run The FBI?s file on Edward Said, which began in 1971 after Said co-delivered a lecture on the topic of ?Culture and the Critical Spirit,? was partly released at the request of Counterpunch.com. Despite Said?s death in 2003, the FBI is withholding parts of the 238-page document


01-26-06 - Russia marvels at high-tech British "spy stone"

News for 01-25-06

01-25-06 - Iran Blames Bombings on U.S., Britain


01-25-06 - Nuclear dispute, purge to hit EU exports to Iran European Union diplomats said other EU states could expect sales of their wares to the Islamic republic to plummet too as Tehran stepped up its punishment of countries that oppose its plans to develop a full-scale nuclear programme.


01-25-06 - Many in Congress Hawkish on Iran AIPAC has our Congress in their back pocket.


01-25-06 - US Orders Syria to Do the Impossible Bolton is Bush's unconfirmed ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton, a neoconservative warmonger, has managed to get the UN Security Council on Jan. 23 to instruct Syria to disband and disarm the Lebanese militias. He most certainly is not our ambassador. For I have not seen him do a thing for America. All Bolton has done, is shill for Israel.


01-25-06 - Russia plan may resolve Iran nuclear row: Straw


01-25-06 - Iran Welcomes Russian Nuke Offer "Our view of this offer is positive, and we tried to bring the positions of the sides closer," Larijani said a day after talks with Russian Security Council chief Igor Ivanov, which included discussion of the plan.


01-25-06 - US watchdog says millions wasted in Iraq reconstruction


01-25-06 - UN sending legal experts to help Lebanon in Hariri murder probe


01-25-06 - US has military options against Iran - but also risks backlash the United States had "no way of predicting the long-term strategic impact of such a strike Get ready to pay astronomical prices at the gas pump to protect 'our ally'.


01-25-06 - Bush's Dilemma: Iran vs. Israel by Patrick J. Buchanan In short, if Bush does not confront Iran on the nuclear issue with sanctions or air strikes, he may find himself confronted by Israelis and their U.S. auxiliaries


01-25-06 - Iran ready to send 'investigators' to Nazi death camps Iran says it is willing to send a team of "independent investigators" to visit former Nazi deaths camps across Europe -- but not President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has described the Holocaust as a "myth".


01-25-06 - Senators Say Ethics Beyond Lobbying Reform lobbyists and those who sponsor trips for lawmakers warned against overreacting to the headlines on the influence peddling activities of Jack Abramoff. In particular, they said, banning all privately funded travel could isolate lawmakers from the knowledge they need to write law. AIPACers scared American interests might actually be put on top for a change.


01-25-06 - Sentence in Franklin case sends chill through free-speech community Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, told the Jerusalem Post that the climate in Washington was "unacceptable." That "two patriotic American citizens who are working for Jewish organizations who did nothing to violate American security should have to stand trial and be subject to the public scrutiny and public humiliation, frankly I find very disturbing, and a matter that we all have to look at in a much more serious way," Some people feel that they are above the law. It looks like the law just him square in the ass, rightly so.


01-25-06 - Israel-Egypt Trade Soars on U.S. Deal Israel-Egypt Trade Soars, Thanks to United States Deal

News for 01-24-06

01-24-06 - Bombs kill eight in Iranian oil city


01-24-06 - Unfathomed Dangers in PATRIOT Act Reauthorization A provision in the "PATRIOT Act" creates a new federal police force with the power to violate the Bill of Rights


01-24-06 - US officer reprimanded for Iraqi interrogation death


01-24-06 - Investigator: U.S. 'Outsourced' Torture The head of a European investigation into alleged CIA secret prisons in Europe said Tuesday that evidence pointed to the existence of a system of "outsourcing" of torture by the United States, and that it was highly likely European governments were aware of it.


01-24-06 - Russia, Iran Want Nuke Issue Kept in IAEA


01-24-06 - Iranian official: UN sanctions may lead us to seal off Persian Gulf A senior Iranian official threatened that Tehran may forcibly prevent oil export via the Straits of Hormuz if the UN imposed economic sanctions due to Iran's nuclear program, an Iranian news Web site said on Monday


01-24-06 - Report: Army could be near breaking point


01-24-06 - Duke Professor Skeptical of bin Laden Tape Lawrence believes faulty Pakistani intelligence led to the strike and the civilian deaths, and the tape was leaked by Pakistani authorities to divert attention from their mistake.


01-24-06 - Senior UN nuclear inspector leaving for Iran


01-24-06 - Iran Defends Planned Holocaust Conference


01-24-06 - Russians: British Spied Using Fake Rock


01-24-06 - How Cheney Used the NSA for Domestic Spying Prior to 9/11


01-24-06 - Legislators urge Presbyterians to shun Hezbollah


01-24-06 - Abbas to Syria: Shut down terrorists the U.S. State Department said.

News for 01-23-06

01-23-06 - Iran nuclear plans may pose energy threat - U.S. Iran's nuclear programme may pose a danger to international energy security over time and must be halted, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said on Monday.


01-23-06 - Libby Wants to Use Classified Evidence Lawyers for a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday made their first request to use classified evidence at his trial, launching a highly secretive court process that could bog down the case


01-23-06 - Sympathy for al-Qaida Surges in Pakistan Sympathy for al-Qaida has surged after a U.S. airstrike devastated this remote mountain hamlet in a region sometimes as hostile toward the Pakistani government as it is to the United States.


01-23-06 - Iran Threatens Full-Scale Enrichment Iran upped the ante Monday in its nuclear standoff, warning that it will immediately begin developing a full-scale uranium enrichment program if it is referred to the U.N. Security Council.



01-23-06 - Iran stands by threat of retaliation Iran will carry through its threat to end tough UN nuclear inspections and resume ultra-sensitive uranium enrichment on an industrial scale if it is hauled before the UN Security Council, a national security spokesman told AFP.


01-23-06 - Joe Lieberman: U.S. Prepared for Iran Strike Asked about reports that the U.S. would let Israel take the lead in any attack against Iran, the Connecticut Democrat told CBS: "The United States is a strong enough country that we never want to be in a position to have to essentially contract out protection of our national security, vis-a-vis Iran, to another country like Israel."
The only problem here Joe, is that our national security isn't being threatened by Iran. Israel's is.


01-23-06 - Cheney does not believe in close ties between Iran, Al-Qaeda US Vice President Dick Cheney has said he does not believe there are close relations between Iran and Al-Qaeda, seeming to distance himself from some earlier US administration charges.


01-23-06 - Iraqi Cleric: Militia Would Defend Iran The comments could be seen as a message that Tehran has allies who could make things difficult for U.S. forces in the region if Iran's nuclear facilities are attacked.


01-23-06 - Bush warns Iran on Israel US President George W. Bush said that the United States would defend Israel against any Iranian threat and that the world could not risk being "blackmailed" by a nuclear-armed Tehran.


01-23-06 - Syria must help Lebanon restore full authority over its territory -- UN


01-23-06 - Saddam blasts 'Iranian meddling' in Iraq


01-23-06 - UN critical over Lebanon militias The UN Security Council has criticised Syria for failing to move towards disbanding militias in Lebanon.


01-23-06 - New appeal for Norman Kember highlights health concerns


01-23-06 - Rice: Time Is Now to Take Iran Before U.N.


01-23-06 - Cheney's War Workshop Plots Another Attack Israel, however, and its neocon allies in the Bush administration, claim without any evidence that Iran is making a bomb.


01-23-06 - ADL chief: Franklin affair could pose threat to Jewish lobbyists Some American Jewish leaders are concerned by the influence the trial could have on the relations between Jewish groups and the administration


01-23-06 - Challenging a sacred American institution The Washington museum is a sacred institution in America, certainly in Jewish America, but it is not without controversy. Now its opponents are taking it to task for what they see as its failure to tackle Arab-Muslim anti-Semitism.
The anti-Semitism by Israelis won't be getting any mention though, I'm guessing.


01-23-06 - From 2004: US thought control of Middle East studies Having failed in their first effort, the neo-cons are now attempting to assert political control over teaching, research and public programs of the international area studies centers


01-23-06 - US likely to reschedule Israeli weapons payments Israel pays US arms suppliers with the annual military aid that it receives from the US. US regulations for financing cash flow allow Israel to base its financing for multi-year procurement on the military aid that it is expected to receive in the future.


01-23-06 - Hillary Clinton, War Goddess It is the task of Israel's amen corner in the U.S. to convince the American public, and especially to prevail upon their elected representatives, that Israel's interests and our own always coincide.

News for 01-22-06

01-23-06 - Iran nuclear plans may pose energy threat - U.S. Iran's nuclear programme may pose a danger to international energy security over time and must be halted, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said on Monday.


01-23-06 - Libby Wants to Use Classified Evidence Lawyers for a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday made their first request to use classified evidence at his trial, launching a highly secretive court process that could bog down the case


01-23-06 - Sympathy for al-Qaida Surges in Pakistan Sympathy for al-Qaida has surged after a U.S. airstrike devastated this remote mountain hamlet in a region sometimes as hostile toward the Pakistani government as it is to the United States.


01-23-06 - Iran Threatens Full-Scale Enrichment Iran upped the ante Monday in its nuclear standoff, warning that it will immediately begin developing a full-scale uranium enrichment program if it is referred to the U.N. Security Council.



01-23-06 - Iran stands by threat of retaliation Iran will carry through its threat to end tough UN nuclear inspections and resume ultra-sensitive uranium enrichment on an industrial scale if it is hauled before the UN Security Council, a national security spokesman told AFP.


01-23-06 - Joe Lieberman: U.S. Prepared for Iran Strike Asked about reports that the U.S. would let Israel take the lead in any attack against Iran, the Connecticut Democrat told CBS: "The United States is a strong enough country that we never want to be in a position to have to essentially contract out protection of our national security, vis-a-vis Iran, to another country like Israel."
The only problem here Joe, is that our national security isn't being threatened by Iran. Israel's is.


01-23-06 - Cheney does not believe in close ties between Iran, Al-Qaeda US Vice President Dick Cheney has said he does not believe there are close relations between Iran and Al-Qaeda, seeming to distance himself from some earlier US administration charges.


01-23-06 - Iraqi Cleric: Militia Would Defend Iran The comments could be seen as a message that Tehran has allies who could make things difficult for U.S. forces in the region if Iran's nuclear facilities are attacked.


01-23-06 - Bush warns Iran on Israel US President George W. Bush said that the United States would defend Israel against any Iranian threat and that the world could not risk being "blackmailed" by a nuclear-armed Tehran.


01-23-06 - Syria must help Lebanon restore full authority over its territory -- UN


01-23-06 - Saddam blasts 'Iranian meddling' in Iraq


01-23-06 - UN critical over Lebanon militias The UN Security Council has criticised Syria for failing to move towards disbanding militias in Lebanon.


01-23-06 - New appeal for Norman Kember highlights health concerns


01-23-06 - Rice: Time Is Now to Take Iran Before U.N.


01-23-06 - Cheney's War Workshop Plots Another Attack Israel, however, and its neocon allies in the Bush administration, claim without any evidence that Iran is making a bomb.


01-23-06 - ADL chief: Franklin affair could pose threat to Jewish lobbyists Some American Jewish leaders are concerned by the influence the trial could have on the relations between Jewish groups and the administration


01-23-06 - Challenging a sacred American institution The Washington museum is a sacred institution in America, certainly in Jewish America, but it is not without controversy. Now its opponents are taking it to task for what they see as its failure to tackle Arab-Muslim anti-Semitism.
The anti-Semitism by Israelis won't be getting any mention though, I'm guessing.


01-23-06 - From 2004: US thought control of Middle East studies Having failed in their first effort, the neo-cons are now attempting to assert political control over teaching, research and public programs of the international area studies centers


01-23-06 - US likely to reschedule Israeli weapons payments Israel pays US arms suppliers with the annual military aid that it receives from the US. US regulations for financing cash flow allow Israel to base its financing for multi-year procurement on the military aid that it is expected to receive in the future.


01-23-06 - Hillary Clinton, War Goddess It is the task of Israel's amen corner in the U.S. to convince the American public, and especially to prevail upon their elected representatives, that Israel's interests and our own always coincide.

News for 01-21-06

01-21-06 - Pakistan Tells U.S. Not to Repeat Attack Pakistan's president told a senior American official Saturday the United States must not repeat airstrikes like the one that apparently was aimed at al-Qaida but killed civilians in a remote village, as officials sought to soothe public outrage over the attack.



01-21-06 - Iran says not planning to move its money to Asia


01-21-06 - IAEA chief holding off Iran report until March: diplomats UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei wants to give Iran until March to comply with international inspections, despite an emergency meeting set for February that could bring Tehran before the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, diplomats told AFP


01-21-06 - Syria decries Hariri probe 'bias' In a speech in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad said the investigators had reached their conclusions first, and looked for the evidence afterwards


01-21-06 - Iran wants China in on Russian uranium enrichment plan


01-21-06 - US will help Israel in case of war with Iran? If Israel is attacked, the United States will ?obviously? militarily support its close Mideast ally, US Vice President Dick Cheney said in interview with CNBC television Thursday.



01-21-06 - McCloskey Says He's Running for House He also was prompted by what he described as Pombo's close ties to Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a growing corruption scandal.


01-21-06 - Iran faces 'destruction' - Israel warns


01-21-06 - Israeli Hints at Preparation to Stop Iran


01-21-06 - Experts: 'Decapitation' May Not End Terror "Decapitation just fuels the movement itself," says Jenna Jordan, a University of Chicago scholar who has closely studied the historical record of such antiterrorist tactics.
"I think that is the lesson of the Israeli efforts over the years,"



01-21-06 - Assad Indicates Rejection of U.N. Request President Bashar Assad indicated Saturday he was rejecting a second request by U.N. investigators to interview him about the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, declaring that Syria would not bow to international pressure.


01-21-06 - Israel assassinated Arafat: Syria Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused Israel of assassinating former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whose death 14 months ago remains a mystery.


01-21-06 - Revisiting a Pre-War Warning Ignored Johnson noted that Saddam's support for terrorism were "to groups that have attacked Iran and Israel," then named and described the six groups -- none of them Al Qaeda


01-21-06 - Softer Iran draft needed to win over Russia: diplomat


01-21-06 - Respect our sovereignty, defiant Assad tells UN


01-21-06 - UCLA students urged to expose 'radical' professors


01-21-06 - Israel warns Iran on nuclear work


01-21-06 - Iran rejects Israel's accusation on Tel Aviv bombing "Iran's support to the Palestinians is merely a moral support,"


01-21-06 - Japan pushes for UN seat


01-21-06 - Franklin's fate If he goes to court and tells Americans what AIPAC has been up to, that will be the end of the 'special relationship' between Israel and the United States. It goes without saying that he can't be allowed to go to court. So what will it be, 'accident' or 'suicide'?


01-21-06 - Mystery firm linked to US lobbyist scandal


01-21-06 - Paul Wolfowitz Busy Neo-Conning the World Bank: Staff Rebellion Brewing Wolfowitz is forcing a political appointment at the "director level" of the bank -- which is never done.


01-21-06 - Iran's Bomb One thing the Iranians might do is wreck the oil facilities in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as well as closing the valves on their own oil. This would throw the world oil market into chaos, and the world economy would quickly follow.

News for 01-20-06

01-20-06 - Iran may have received advanced centrifuges: diplomats


01-20-06 - Syria promises cooperation with UN probe: Annan Syrian officials have agreed to fully cooperate with the United Nations probe in to the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said.


01-20-06 - Iran seeks 1 million bpd OPEC quota cut Talking to CNBC television on Friday, the United States Vice President Dick Cheney said that an oil crisis would be coming as a repercussion of Iran's nuclear standoff and said that such a crisis would not be worse than seeing Iran equipped with atomic weapons.


01-20-06 - Bin Laden Returns


01-20-06 - Ex-Pentagon Analyst Sentenced to 12 Years The judge also agreed to let Franklin remain free while the government continues with the wider case. His prison time could be sharply reduced in return for his help in prosecuting two former members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Franklin better watch his back. It would appear that this would put him in a rather unfavorable position to say the least.


01-20-06 - Israel Blames Iran, Syria for Bombings Coincidently, Israel has called for us to change the regimes in both of those countries after we are finished in Iraq, and these countries are both on the neocon hitlist.


01-20-06 - Iran shifting foreign assets to Asia


01-20-06 - Iran calls on UN nuclear watchdog to remain 'impartial'


01-20-06 - Ahmadinejad meets radical Palestinian chiefs in Syria


01-20-06 - Germany denies spies helped US in Iraq


01-20-06 - Iran releases Iraqi coastguards


01-20-06 - ElBaradei rejects EU?s request to condemn Iran


01-20-06 - Israelis would back attack on Iran nuclear sites: poll


01-20-06 - Iran ready for talks on Russian uranium offer


01-20-06 - Syrian official: Syria not involved in TA bombing Syria "had nothing to do with the operation."


01-20-06 - State Dept. to Iran, Syria: Get in Step Our government takes its cue from Israel, as per usual.


01-20-06 - On A7radio: Military Attack against Iran Now Imminent US and Israel will destroy Iran's nuclear facilities in less than 10 weeks from now


01-20-06 - Pentagon man jailed over spying It has made American officials more sensitive than ever about what they say on the subject of foreign policy and to whom they say it, and it has raised the question of just how much Israel conducts espionage against its greatest ally, the US, our correspondent adds.


01-20-06 - Siniora to ask for Arab help on Palestinian weapons issue Lebanon's Premier Fouad Siniora is set to send a letter to Arab states "soon" urging them to exert pressure on the Palestinians in order to put an end to Palestinian weapons outside refugee camps.



01-20-06 - Syria supports Iran in standoff with West Ha'aretz reports that Russia rejected a proposal put forward by Israel this week to place immediate sanctions on Iran because of its refusal to abandon its nuclear program.


01-20-06 - German FM: Israeli nukes don?t justify Iran


01-20-06 - Russian minister condemns Jackson-Vanik Russia has sought an end to the restrictions ? a step that has garnered some Jewish support ? but Congress has yet to act


01-20-06 - U.S. to push for Hizbullah disarmament The United States is set on Monday to present to the United Nations Security Council a draft resolution calling on Lebanon to implement a past resolution demanding Hizbullah and other militias be disarmed.
Yet, no one asks Israel to implement the numerous UN resolutions that it is in violation of.


01-20-06 - ?We Are Citizens of This Country? You know, you do a great job bringing a human face to those in the Middle East, thereby undoing some of the harsh depictions that are routinely put forth in the mainstream American media.
Posted by dirtyharriet0 on Wed, Jan 18, 2006 9:47 PM ET
Vanity op :) My comment was chosen.

News for 01-19-06

01-19-06 - Bin Laden threats may boost Bush The White House will also cite the tape when trying to convince allies abroad that the use of tough tactics is justified - even when civilians are killed, as in last week's air raid in Pakistan.


01-19-06 - Syria criticizes US move against Damascus official


01-19-06 - 2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim


01-19-06 - China urges restraint in Iran nuclear crisis


01-19-06 - Iran warns on oil prices, French FM urges Russia to toughen stance


01-19-06 - Rice demands quick U.N. action on Iran dispute


01-19-06 - US-led terror war fuelling human rights abuses across globe: HRW US disregard for basic human rights standards in the name of combating terrorism had triggered a "copy cat phenomenon around the world," Kenneth Roth, the executive director of the independent US monitor told a media conference while launching an annual report documenting rights issues in 68 nations


01-19-06 - 'We Are Citizens of this Country' In Iran, an Islamic theocracy, Christians and Jews occupy an unusual place. But it's not necessarily uncomfortable.


01-19-06 - Saudi plan for Beirut-Damascus thaw falls short: MP Lebanon said a Saudi plan aimed at defusing tensions between Beirut and Damascus falls short of expectations as the pro-Syrian Hezbollah movement appealed for Arab help in ending the crisis


01-19-06 - Iranian president wins Syrian support on atomic row Assad renewed Syria's call for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons and said "the beginning should be with Israel." The Jewish state is widely believed to have nuclear weapons.


01-19-06 - Germany: Iran Solution Is Still Possible


01-19-06 - Senator seeks to stop gasoline exports to Iran


01-19-06 - US advances Mideast trade goals with Oman pact As part of the agreement, Oman agreed not to enforce Arab boycott calls against Israel. America's job: making the Middle East a better place for Israel both economically and securely, one country at a time. There was a similar agreement that had this clause with Bahrain and possibly others recently.


01-19-06 - UN says Syria promises to cooperate with Hariri probe


01-19-06 - Spreading War, Not Democracy The Bush Administration and their Democratic allies believe that the war in Iraq and now Iran is in Israel?s interest.


01-19-06 - Hillary Clinton Calls For U.N. Sanctions Against Iran


01-19-06 - Hizbollah: missing Israeli airman probably dead


01-19-06 - German spies see Iran 3-4 yrs from A-bomb: source Israel, which Iran's president has said should be "wiped off the map," believes the earliest Iran could get an atomic weapon is 2008. The United States believes Iran could get the bomb in the next decade.


01-19-06 - U.S. ambassador not satisfied with response to complaint that U.N. used Palestinian map that ignored Israel


01-19-06 - Ohio Senate condemns Iranian?s comments Ohio?s state Senate condemned recent Holocaust-denial comments by Iran?s president.


01-19-06 - Official: Attack worth 20,000 dollars Suddenly Iran, not Saddam's Iraq, is funding the suicide bombers. This is the very reason Cheney gave days ago for our war on Iraq.


01-19-06 - The west has picked a fight with Iran that it cannot win

News for 01-18-06

01-18-06 - Human rights group report slams US torture, abuses


01-18-06 - US ties Syrian official to Iraq insurgency The White House on Wednesday for the first time named a Syrian official as having "directly contributed" to support for the insurgency in Iraq, as the United States moved to freeze his assets. The BS-o-meter just broke.


01-18-06 - China, Russia would fight Iran oil sanctions: experts


01-18-06 - Iran 'wants nuclear compromise'


01-18-06 - US freezes assets of Syrian intelligence chief


01-18-06 - Iran says stopped Iraq vessels in Gulf dispute Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stepped in to cool tempers on Tuesday, conceding the nine Iraqis might have strayed across the border in the shifting tidal shoals of the Shatt al-Arab and calling their arrest a "mistake" that would soon be sorted out.




01-18-06 - Iran confident of escaping Security Council referral


01-18-06 - Iran president to visit Syria in show of support


01-18-06 - White House Silent on Abramoff Meetings


01-18-06 - Iran Crisis: Cheney Plays the Egypt Card Cheney was expected to broach the possibility of Egypt?s sending troops to Iraq--as a last resort--along with other units from countries in the Arab League. Cheney is expected to raise the same idea in Saudi Arabia. The thinking is that Egypt can be drawn into a confrontation with Iran because of its close proximity and because Egypt's leaders would be happy to come down hard against any Shiite radicals working out of Iran and bent on causing trouble in Egypt.



01-18-06 - Another Undeclared War? by Patrick J. Buchanan McCain and Bush both emphasized the threat to Israel. And all the usual suspects are beating the drums for war. Israel warns that March is the deadline after which she may strike


01-18-06 - Lebanon wants UN force in South for another year Assaf's letter made no mention of Hizbollah but accused Israel of repeatedly violating Lebanese airspace and failing to respect its sovereignty.


01-18-06 - Israel in talks with U.S., EU over sanctions Israel is in advanced talks with the United States and European countries over a package of sanctions that would be applied against Iran should it continue its nuclear program.


01-18-06 - Bolton: Remarks on Cote D'Ivoire, Haiti, Iran, UN REPORTER: No, actually, the situation in Cote D'Ivoire has deteriorated rapidly in the last 48 hours. The Secretary General has asked for a (inaudible) increase in the peacekeeping mission and the French are circulating a resolution (inaudible).



AMBASSADOR BOLTON: Well, I think we will wait and see what the resolution says, basically.



01-18-06 - Jordan keeping out Orthodox Jews Jordan is preventing Orthodox Jewish Israelis from entering the country, ostensibly for fear they could be attacked, Israel?s Foreign Ministry said.


01-18-06 - Limits on trips for U.S. lawmakers would affect Jewish, Israel lobbies Jewish groups have used trips to Israel as a key tool to help lawmakers, especially non-Jewish members of Congress, understand the significance of the Jewish state and its need for political support. Such trips have helped the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and other groups sensitize Congress to Israeli concerns. "sensitize", more like INFLUENCE.

News for 01-17-06

01-17-06 - U.S.: 'Very high' chance of WMD terror strike There is a "very high" probability that a terrorist group will strike using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official said in comments published Tuesday Playing the terror card to stampede the sheeple into another war.


01-17-06 - Russia, China want talks not sanctions on Iran Russia and China made clear on Tuesday they did not favor U.N. sanctions to induce Iran to scale back its nuclear program, and Tehran urged the European Union to return to the negotiating table.


01-17-06 - Defiant Iran could withdraw oil in nuclear row


01-17-06 - US refuses new talks with Iran


01-17-06 - Iran 'detains' Iraqi coastguards


01-17-06 - Mideast Asks Cheney for Patience With Iran The Arab world's two major powers urged Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday to give negotiations more time in the growing diplomatic conflict over Iran's nuclear program.


01-17-06 - World can't afford to lose Iran's oil: US EIA


01-17-06 - Iran coastguard kill Iraqi, Basra governor says


01-17-06 - Cheney holds Syria crisis talks


01-17-06 - Thousands of Lebanese Protest Against U.S.


01-17-06 - Iran lifts CNN ban after apology


01-17-06 - Report: Germany provided passports to Mossad agents A spokesman for the BND confirmed that his organization is cooperating with the Mossad, but refused to respond to the reported information that the organization supplied the Mossad with passports

News for 01-16-06

01-16-06 - Big Security Council Members Agree on Iran The Foreign Office said all five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council - the U.S., Britain, France, Russia and China - and Germany had shown "serious concern over Iranian moves to restart uranium enrichment activities."




01-16-06 - Europe urges emergency Iran talks After talks in London on Monday, the European powers said they would ask the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to meet on 2-3 February.


01-16-06 - Two Syrian officials give more evidence to Hariri probe Two Syrian intelligence officers gave more evidence in Vienna to the UN commission investigating the murder last year of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, a Syrian diplomat said.


01-16-06 - Iran Sets Aside $215M for Nuclear Plants


01-16-06 - West seeking Russian and Chinese help against Iran's nuclear program The West wants Russia and China to sign on to a hard line against Iran's nuclear program but the most expected at a meeting in London would be agreeing on a special session of the UN's atomic agency.


01-16-06 - Vice President Dick Cheney Lands in Cairo Vice President Dick Cheney began a Mideast visit Monday to confer with the United States' top allies in the region - Saudi Arabia and Egypt - on the political process in Iraq and on the West's standoffs with Syria and Iran.


01-16-06 - Putin urges caution on Iran Russian President Vladimir Putin warned against taking "abrupt" steps over Iran's nuclear ambitions and said Tehran had not ruled out a Russian proposal to enrich uranium for Iran on Russian territory.


01-16-06 - Top Republican raises impeachment over surveillance flap


01-16-06 - Pakistanis Decry U.S. After Deadly Strike


01-16-06 - CNN journalists banned from Iran Journalists from CNN have been banned from working in Iran because of a mistranslation of the president's comments, the culture ministry says.


01-16-06 - Israel will not agree to Iran nuclear capability: president


01-16-06 - Tears of a Neocon And Now the Good News, From Daniel Pipes


01-16-06 - How to buy friends and influence politics "Now here's the thing," commented Iraq expert Juan Cole. "If a Palestinian-American had diverted $140,000 from a Muslim charity to ?security equipment' and ?sniper lessons' for Palestinians on the West Bank, that individual would be in Gitmo so fast that the sonic boom would rattle your windows...


01-16-06 - Iran nuclear bid 'fault of West' Saudi Arabia has said the West is partly to blame for the current nuclear stand-off with Iran because it allowed Israel to develop nuclear weapons.


01-16-06 - Mother of Missing Palestinian Still Adamant Son is Innocent in Hariri Murder The mother of Ahmad Abu Adas, the Palestinian who claimed responsibility for the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in a videotaped message shown on al Jazeera in February last year, was surprised to discover her son?s name was mentioned in relation to a suspected terrorist cell.


01-16-06 - AIPAC Sponsored Trips Should be Made Illegal The overreaching of lobby groups such as AIPAC and the power it exerts on US foreign policy prompts a need for regulation and transparency. The Council for the National Interest is promoting a Foreign Lobby Registration Act, and those interested in signing the act may read it on CNI?s website.

News for 01-15-06

01-15-06 - U.S. senators support penalizing Iran even if they drive up oil prices


01-15-06 - UN Security Council powers meet on Iran atom crisis The United States and European Union hope to enlist Russian and Chinese support for robust diplomatic steps against Iran over its contentious nuclear program when the U.N. Security Council powers meet on Monday


01-15-06 - US, EU meet to speed up Iran's referral to UN Iran has warned any sanctions imposed on it because of its disputed nuclear program could drive up world oil prices.


01-15-06 - Senators Support Penalties Against Iran Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), R-Ariz., said sanctions will be tough but that Iran poses a greater danger to the United States than Iraq at this point and must be contained.


01-15-06 - Iran wants OPEC output cut


01-15-06 - Iran wants diplomacy not threats in nuclear impasse Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Sunday the United States may ultimately have to undertake a military strike to deter Iran.


01-15-06 - Laundering Casino Cash For NeoCon Politicians The pattern that is emerging is that Abramoff and his criminal associates not only used various casinos around the world to enrich themselves but also used them to launder money into right-wing/neo-con political campaign coffers in the United States, Israel, and other countries.


01-15-06 - Abramoff Scandal Could End Netanyahu's Likud Takeover Although Netanyahu criticized the Oasis casino as providing funding for Palestinian terrorists, investigators are looking at Netanyahu's involvement in helping to steer $140,000 in tribal casino money away from Abramoff's Capitol Athletic Foundation (CAF) charity in Washington, DC to right-wing West Bank settlers in Beitar Illit on the West Bank so they could buy "security equipment" and sniper lessons


01-15-06 - Newt's New Con Gingrich is now puffing out his chest and telling everyone what a bad guy he supposedly thinks Jack Abramoff is--but he is noticeably silent when it comes to how he was Abramoff's prime sponsor, the one who helped the GOP lobbyist ascend to power in the first place.


01-15-06 - Iran says to hold conference on scale of Holocaust "It is a strange world ... It is possible to discuss everything but the Holocaust," Asefi said, adding there were unanswered questions about the scale of Holocaust which Europeans should answer.


01-15-06 - Political rows sink Lebanon deeper into crisis


01-15-06 - German ex-minister denies agents in Iraq helped US


01-15-06 - EU over-reacted to Iran's nuclear move: minister


01-15-06 - Israel can't live with Iran's bomb, and can't stop it If Israel senses a direct threat from the extremist regime in Tehran and feels the need to do so, it can severely punish Iran and cause a significant delay in its military nuclear development project. But I do not believe it can put a complete stop to the project by military means. Undoubtedly, the U.S. has a far greater military capability



01-15-06 - Mossad works with German passports According to these data Israeli agents camouflage themselves with delicate employments in Middle East crisis areas also with German passports and German legends. At present use the Mossad German travel documents for instance with employments in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

News for 01-14-06

01-14-06 - Iran Air Strikes 'Under Consideration'


01-14-06 - Iran 'does not need nuclear arms'


01-14-06 - Syria's former VP prepares government in exile: press


01-14-06 - US urges Syria cooperate with UN probe "The United States calls upon Syria to respond positively to the requests of this investigation commission. If Syrian obstruction continues we will not hesitate to refer this matter back to the Council for further action."


01-14-06 - Iran says UN referral will not end nuclear plans


01-14-06 - Government urged to ban Galloway's Big Brother charity On each occasion it found no evidence of links to terrorism. Despite this, President Bush recently blocked the charity's bank account and declared Interpal a "specially designated global terrorist" organisation.


01-14-06 - Proof Bush Deceived America


01-14-06 - MI5 will get new powers to bug MPs Furious cabinet revolt as Blair gives green light for security services to spy on elected representatives


01-14-06 - E.ON plans to cooperate with Iran on gas German energy giant E.ON plans to work with Iran on gas projects, despite opposition from Europe and the US to Tehran's nuclear activities which may come to a showdown at the UN Security Council.


01-14-06 - Lebanon's Aoun in savage attack on Khaddam Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun launched a scathing attack on Syria's exiled former vice-president, accusing him of bearing responsibility for a string of assassinations.


01-14-06 - Lebanese police clash with anti-US. protesters Some of the protesters, waving Lebanese flags and carrying placards protesting against U.S. influence in Lebanon and the Middle East, pelted police with stones


01-14-06 - Remarks by Vice President Cheney at a Rally for the Troops


01-14-06 - Push for Middle East democracy benefiting Islamists


01-14-06 - Pentagon grilled over database on war critics

News for 01-13-06

01-13-06 - Iran threatens to curb some UN atomic inspections


01-13-06 - British troops could be victims of Iran's nuclear stand-off with West Iran could take retribution against British troops in Iraq if the British government continues with its leading role in the campaign against the country's nuclear programme Our men in Iraq would also be in grave danger, moreso than they are now.


01-13-06 - Syria says U.N. murder team cannot question Assad


01-13-06 - Iran could have bomb by 2009: study David Albright and Corey Hinderstein of the Institute for Science and International Security, a U.S. think-tank, said successfully operating small cascades of centrifuges, which purify uranium by spinning at supersonic speeds, would give Tehran the know-how eventually to mass produce atomic fuel.




01-13-06 - Sanctions might not work on Iran in nuclear confrontation Iran could retaliate for any interruption of its gasoline imports by shutting off its oil exports, which total about 2.7 million barrels per day, according to the Energy Information Administration. With spare world oil production capacity virtually non-existent, that could send oil prices close to $100 per barrel. Thursday, prices briefly topped $65 before ending unchanged at $63.94


01-13-06 - Iran nuclear impasse could hurt US-India atomic deal A landmark U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation deal could be hampered by India's reluctance to refer Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council and to open enough of its own atomic facilities to inspection, U.S. officials and experts said on Friday.



01-13-06 - Syrian arrested in Lebanon over Hariri probe


01-13-06 - War, Lies, and Videotape They fabricated the case against Iraq ?
now they're moving on Iran


01-13-06 - Lebanon charges 'terror suspects'


01-13-06 - The Bush Who Cried Wolf The fact that John Bolton, the belligerent, war-mongering neoconservative who serves as U.S. ambassador to the U.N., takes over as president of the Security Council in February doesn?t help That's one of the reasons why he was put there in the first place.


01-13-06 - Defendant in Florida Jihad case seeks wiretap info A co-defendant of a former Florida professor in a recent terrorism trial has asked federal prosecutors to disclose if he was wiretapped without a warrant, a court clerk said on Thursday


01-13-06 - Bush: Iranian bomb could destroy Israel "I want to remind you that the current president of Iran has announced that the destruction of Israel is an important part of their agenda, and that?s unacceptable," What did Bush say just day's ago about war critics who bring up the Israel issue? . Both Bush and Cheney have admitted that Israel was one of the reasons for the attack on Iraq. Just yesterday Cheney said the war on Iraq was because Saddam supported Palestinian terrorists. Bush is just reiterating what some war critics know to be true: the real reason we are in the Middle East is to make it a safer place for ISRAEL.


01-13-06 - Israel Urges Sanctions Against Iran they warned a military strike led by others against Iranian nuclear facilities may be necessary.



01-13-06 - Bush, Merkel Take United Stance on Iran


01-13-06 - More UK vigils keep focus on Norman Kember


01-13-06 - Bayern Munich deny backing Iran German football club Bayern Munich has rejected criticism from politicians for playing a friendly match in Iran against the Persepolis Tehran.


01-13-06 - Bolton Scores U.N. on Stance Toward Israel The American ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, upped the ante in an escalating confrontation between America and Turtle Bay on the issue of Israel's place at the world body. In a sharply worded letter to Secretary-General Annan, Mr. Bolton threatened to cut funding to the United Nations if it continues to promote anti-Israel events. Bolton=Israel's new ambassador to the UN.


01-13-06 - Strategic talks held Israeli and U.S. defense officials held a new round of strategic talks.


01-13-06 - Bolton confronts Annan on Palestine The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations reportedly asked Secretary General Kofi Annan to explain why he posed in front of a map that leaves out Israel. Bolton proves once more that he is ISRAEL'S new ambassador to the UN.


01-13-06 - Galloway goes on Big Brother "for Palestine" Galloway's support for Palestine is the reason why he is reviled by the neocons who have tried to implicate him in the Oil for Food scandal.

News for 01-12-06

01-12-06 - Cheney Reiterates Iraq Terror Connection "The fact is we know that Saddam Hussein and Iraq were heavily involved with terror," Cheney told Snow. "They were carried as a terror-sponsoring state by our State Department for many, many years." He cited two terror organizations in particular -- Abu Nidal and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad - that operated out of Saddam's Iraq. He also noted that Saddam was making payments to families of suicide bombers. "All of this is very well established," Cheney said. Cheney reiterates what we already know to be true: our 'war on terror' is to take out enemies of ISRAEL.


01-12-06 - Syria In Their Sights Three years ago, the U.S. invasion of Iraq was widely viewed as the first chapter of a region-wide strategy to redraw the entire map of the Middle East. After Iraq, Syria and Iran would be the next targets, after which the oil-rich states of the Arabian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, would follow. It was a policy driven by neoconservatives in and out of the Bush administration, and they didn?t exactly make an effort to keep it secret


01-12-06 - Iran oil jitters strain markets There is concern there could be significant supply cuts if sanctions are applied to Iran over its resumption of nuclear development. Think gas prices are high NOW?


01-12-06 - US rules out Iran military action But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the US will not rule out using force to stop what Washington says is Iran's pursuit of a nuclear bomb if diplomacy fails


01-12-06 - British officer slams US military tactics, attitudes in Iraq In a stinging indictment of the US military, a senior British officer has accused the US military of a cultural insensitivity that amounts to "institutional racism" in dealing with Iraqis See what an American soldier in the IDF had to say in this article. Explains a lot. Ever since our 'special relationship' with Israel began, Arabs have been portrayed as subhuman or terrorists by our media, by no coincidence. The proof of this characterization is in the fact that when I first saw a Palestinian dressed in Western wear pictured in Yahoo News photos, and who looked no different than any American as far as I could see, I was shocked. For, we are only ever shown Palestinians as masked jihadis and terrorists.


01-12-06 - Russia Won't Block U.S. on Iran Russia's pledge was good only for when a vote takes place inside the IAEA. U.S. officials said they remain uncertain as to how Moscow, a traditional ally of Iran's, would react if the issue gets to the Security Council, where Moscow is one of five countries with veto power


01-12-06 - US seeks to turn heat further up on Iran


01-12-06 - US has "intensive diplomacy" under way on Iran


01-12-06 - Europe Says Iran Nuke Talks Have Stalled


01-12-06 - Syrian president may meet UN team


01-12-06 - An e-mail trail of money and influence


01-12-06 - Internet Clamp Down is Tightening! But let's look at the real reason behind this police state type legislation. First, if people can't voice their opinions without fear of reprisal, the hope is that they just won't voice their opinion. Secondly, if a blogger can't tip off the public to what is going on in Washington without identifying himself, that helps to curtail the revelation of truth because they don't want Uncle Vito (formally Uncle Sam) paying them a visit for exposing their corruption.




01-12-06 - 'I'm a door kicker-inner,' one young Marine blurted out - to the dismay of his superiors ?WHY can?t we live together in peace??, read the graffiti written on a wall in Fallujah by a weary American soldier. Next to it a colleague had scrawled: ?Die ragheads die!?


01-12-06 - Israel could launch air strikes if talks fail Israel has drawn up plans for strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities with bunker busting bombs supplied by the US, but analysts say it has no intention of carrying them through while diplomatic pressure is growing on Tehran.


01-12-06 - Iran: The nuclear nightmare Sounds familiar?


01-12-06 - German spies aided Iraq war effort: report


01-12-06 - Lebanon calls on Syria to cooperate with UN Hariri murder probe Siniora stressed the need for "an end to Syrian support for Palestinian gunmen outside the camps" if Damascus was truly concerned about Lebanon's stability and wanted to see and improvement in relations


01-12-06 - IOF Soldier: "You are disgusting Arabs and you should be beaten like animals and stay in jail." it was an American guy who was serving in the Israeli military


01-12-06 - 103 Congress members to Israel in 2005 "The legislative branch has maintained its unique and long-standing status as a stronghold of support for Israel, transcending party lines and Congressional houses," he said


01-12-06 - Bush signs pact with Israel clause The American Israel Public Affairs Committee helped shepherd the agreement through Congress in hopes it would set a precedent for other Arab nations angling for free trade pacts with the United States.



01-12-06 - Iran and Israel will be kings of the Middle East jungle

News for 01-11-06

01-11-06 - EU-3 foreign ministers to meet in Berlin over Iran nuclear crisis


01-11-06 - US tells Iran this time it may have gone too far


01-11-06 - Iran stands firm on its nuclear right despite sanctions risk


01-11-06 - UN appoints new Hariri probe head


01-11-06 - Iran Scoffs at Nuke Sanction Threat


01-11-06 - US goes back to Plan A in Iran nuclear row


01-11-06 - US threatens to take Syria to UN over Hariri murder inquiry US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice threatened new UN Security Council action against the Damascus government and said "The United States has grave and continuing concerns about Syria's destabilizing behavior and sponsorship of terrorism".


01-11-06 - Britain urges UN to consider action on Iran German Deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler said the "EU3" had no choice but to end talks with Iran unless it promised not to begin enriching uranium


01-11-06 - Israel demands swift Security Council referral for Iran


01-11-06 - Watchdog Says He Can't Probe Spy Plan The Justice Department's independent watchdog says it does not have jurisdiction to open an investigation into the legality of the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program.



01-11-06 - DeLay Tried, Failed to Aid Abramoff Client


01-11-06 - Abramoff and the Israeli Connection The "dirty rats" are Palestinians: according to fanatical Zionist ideologues like Abramoff, Ben-Zvi, and the "Christian" dispensationalists who make up the activist wing of the neoconized Republican Party ? e.g., Abramoff associate and former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed ? the Palestinian people are a subhuman species who must be ethnically cleansed from the Biblically defined land of Israel. All of the pieces of this website come together like a puzzle, the more you read the material herein.


01-11-06 - Leading candidates for high post in House are both strong on Israel DeLay was known for his affection for Israel and its settlement movement. Boehner and Blunt don't have the same closeness to Israel's right wing, but both men have records that please the pro-Israel community."Both have traveled to Israel, their voting records are very strong, both are great candidates," said an official of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, who asked not to be identified because it's AIPAC's policy not to comment on political races. George Washington is rolling in his grave.

News for 01-10-06

01-10-06 - Iran has built 5,000 centrifuges, says opposition The claims by opposition figure Alireza Jafarzadeh could not be independently verified This story starts to sound familiar...


01-10-06 - Oil rises to $64 on Iran nuclear concerns If you think it's high now, imagine how much gasoline will cost when the neocons/AIPACers get their war on Iran.


01-10-06 - Iran plans 'small scale' nuclear fuel work: IAEA


01-10-06 - Russia 'concerned' by Iran's nuclear program is worried about Iran's decision to resume sensitive nuclear research and will try to dissuade Tehran from doing so during negotiations which are in progress, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said


01-10-06 - US lobby firm to shut down over corruption scandal A top US lobby firm will close down shortly because of its ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay, ex-leader of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, a newspaper report said


01-10-06 - Iran Says Nuclear Program for Energy


01-10-06 - Iran prompts international outrage over resumed nuclear activity


01-10-06 - Straw rules out military action on Iran, but warns on UN referral


01-10-06 - Syria can no longer act with impunity in Lebanon: Chirac


01-10-06 - EU leaders consider Iran action


01-10-06 - As Abramoff case plays out, his Jewish ties come to fore Reading the indictment against Jack Abramoff, one might not know that he was prominent in Washington Jewish circles. But in coming months, his ties with Jewish and Israeli organizations may play a large role in the web of illegal activity to which the lobbyist has pled guilty.


01-10-06 - Bush to Democrats: Don't Slam Iraq Policy he termed irresponsible the "partisan critics who claim that we acted in Iraq because of oil or because of Israel or because we misled the American people," as well as "defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right." With that description, Bush lumped the many Democrats who have accused him of twisting prewar intelligence with the few people, mostly outside the mainstream, who have raised the issues of oil and Israel


01-10-06 - Australian Muslim seeks freedom for Christian Peacemakers


01-10-06 - US Jews ask exiled Iranian media to carry Holocaust message


01-10-06 - Abramoff Corruption Scandal: Will more probes follow? He has strong and extensive ties with Jewish settlers in illegal settlements in the Occupied West Bank


01-10-06 - Syrian former VP 'convinced' Assad ordered Hariri killing


01-10-06 - Al Qaeda Moving Closer to Major Attack on Israel, Expert Says In general, the policy and strategy of al Qaeda is eventually to carry out attacks against Israel. "It's a matter of time. Now it's closer than before," said Dr. Yoram Kahati of the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center near Tel Aviv.


01-10-06 - Might the Arabs Have a Point? by Patrick J. Buchanan Though per capita income in Israel is probably 20 times that of the Palestinians, Israel gets the lion?s share of economic aid. And though they have flipped off half a dozen presidents to plant half a million settlers in Arab East Jerusalem and the West Bank, have we ever imposed a single sanction on Israel? Has Bush ever raised his voice to Ariel Sharon? And when you listen to the talking heads and read the columns of the neocon press, is it unfair to conclude that, yes, they would like to dump over every regime that defies Bush or Sharon?


01-10-06 - Spy suspect says charges are false Acting as his own lawyer, Shaaban Hafiz Ahmad Ali Shaaban, 53, told a jury of seven women and five men that he never met in 2002 with Iraqi intelligence agents while Saddam Hussein ruled that Arab nation.