The US inches ever closer to attacking Iran

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

News for 04-03-06

04-03-06 - British consider consequences of attack on Iran The CSM takes the lead in its reporting of events that the rest of the MSM chooses to ignore.


04-03-06 - US plays down Iran ship visits to India The United States on Monday confirmed that two Iranian navy ships had visited Indian ports last month, but played down the contact as the Bush administration struggles to win congressional approval for a landmark U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal.



04-03-06 - Iran test fires new torpedo in key Gulf oil nexus Iran test fired a new torpedo in the Strait of Hormuz off its south coast, the world's main nexus for shipping oil, state television reported on Monday.


04-03-06 - Blix: Iran Years Away From Nuclear Bomb "But there is a chance that the U.S. will use bombs or missiles against several sites in Iran," he was quoted by Norwegian news agency NTB as saying. "Then, the reactions would be strong, and would contribute to increased terrorism." The Bush admin didn't listen to him about Iraq's WMD program. They likely won't start now.


04-03-06 - US 'intoxicated' by power: Gorbachev "I think some people may be pushing president Bush in the wrong direction," Those people would be the neocons.


04-03-06 - Former US general says Rumsfeld should quit over Iraq A former senior US military commander, Anthony Zinni, called for the dismissal of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over critical mistakes made in the Iraq war


04-03-06 - Australia Signs Sensitive Deal to Sell Uranium to China


04-03-06 - Russians Sense the Heat of Cold War The specter of a U.S. nuclear first strike even resurfaced this month. An article in Foreign Affairs magazine, published by the Council on Foreign Relations, suggested that the United States could hit Russia and China without serious risk of retaliation. That sent heads spinning here with visions of Dr. Strangelove.


04-03-06 - If one side in a conflict goes nuclear, the other is bound to follow suit Yet, in nuclear terms in the Middle East, Israel is the original sinner. Non- proliferation must be universal: if, in any zone of potential conflict, one party goes nuclear, its adversaries can't be expected not to. No matter how long ago it was, by violating that principle Israel would always bear a responsibility for whatever happened later.


04-03-06 - Syria demands probe into deaths of workers in Lebanon


04-03-06 - German FM begins US visit with Iran, Mideast on agenda Steinmeier is to meet with White House National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley


04-03-06 - McCain Suggests Bush Re-Evaluating Putin


04-03-06 - Britain, U.S. may have detained men illegally to use as informants A review of hundreds of pages of documents recently released by the U.S. Defense Department, a British court and the men's attorneys illustrates how the U.S., British and Gambian governments worked together in an operation that circumvented their judicial systems and, through a process known as extraordinary rendition, incarcerated two men who had not been charged with breaking any law.


04-03-06 - Bush sticks to neo-conservative course on Israel The group, which is headed by Clifford May, a former New York Times reporter and communications director for the Republican National Committee, originally evolved from another organization called Emet: An Educational Initiative Inc. It was created in early 2001 by a number of wealthy Jewish philanthropists, including Dalck Feith, the father of Pres. Bush?s former undersecretary of defense for policy, and Perle protégé Douglas Feith. Its purpose, according to a 2003 article in The American Conservative, was to bolster Israel?s image among U.S. university students and faculty in the face of the Palestinian intifada. After 9/11, Emet was transformed into FDD with Clifford May at its helm and a former Israeli Embassy official, Nir Boms, as its vice president.


04-03-06 - Israel and Moral Blackmail Fear prevents debate ? and a real debate is what the Lobby can least afford.

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