News for 04-13-06
04-13-06 - Divided UN council in wait-and-see mode on Iran A senior State Department official said a Chapter 7 resolution was the "logical next step" in Washington's view. But he also said European Union member nations, as well as other countries, could take unilateral actions against Iran if the Security Council cannot agree on such a step.
04-13-06 - Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away Still, nuclear analysts called the claims exaggerated. They said nothing had changed to alter current estimates of when Iran might be able to make a single nuclear weapon, assuming that is its ultimate goal. The United States government has put that at 5 to 10 years, and some analysts have said it could come as late as 2020.
04-13-06 - Iran dismisses UN's nuclear deadline
04-13-06 - US blocks UN draft pressing Israel to end attacks U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the draft, even after three days of intense negotiations, "was disproportionately critical of Israel, and unfairly so, and needlessly so." John Bolton proving once again - he's ISRAEL's ambassador to the U.N.
04-13-06 - Report: US soldiers 'unlawfully' shot Reuters cameraman
04-13-06 - Iraq unrest forces 65,000 to flee Some displaced Iraqis, the Red Crescent says, are hesitant to move to camps, concerned that the camps will become the target of attacks.
04-13-06 - US in warning to 'defiant' Iran
04-13-06 - Iran Rebuffs Request to Suspend Enrichment
04-13-06 - Court martial highlights importance of legality of the war Among those who believe the 2003 conflict to be unlawful are some of the world's leading experts on international law, who maintain that without a second UN resolution the American and British forces lacked the authority to invade Iraq.
04-13-06 - Lebanese PM wants to visit Syria as soon as possible
04-13-06 - Now Powell Tells Us On Monday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told me that he and his department's top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but that the President followed the misleading advice of Vice President Dick Cheney and the CIA in making the claim. Now he tells us
04-13-06 - US drops library gag order in Patriot Act dispute
04-13-06 - Egypt urges diplomatic solution to Iran nuclear crisis US ally Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East, but has campaigned tirelessly for Iran to be brought before the UN Security Council and face sanctions for its nuclear activities.
04-13-06 - AT&T, Group Challenge U.S. Spy Program "It appears the NSA is capable of conducting what amounts to vacuum-cleaner surveillance of all the data crossing the Internet, whether that be people's e-mail, Web surfing or any other data," whistle-blower Mark Klein, who worked for the company for 22 years, said in a statement released by his lawyers.
04-13-06 - Syria slams U.S. 'double standard'
04-13-06 - Criticism of Rumsfeld grows as retired generals call for his dismissal The latest to demand that Mr Rumsfeld go is Army Major-General John Batiste, former commander of the first infantry division in Iraq. He says that the Defence Secretary, convinced he knew best, sent too few troops to Iraq and was unprepared for what most senior commanders believed would be a difficult and complex occupation.
04-13-06 - Behind Bush's hard line on Iran The threat is greatest for Israel at the moment, and that, too, creates unique pressures for an administration that has firmly backed Israel. Analysts agree that, for now, the US is out of range of Iranian missiles. But that might not always be true, and Israel is well within range now The CSM now relies on Richard Perle's expertise in foreign policy matters of the United States, despite the fact that he's a known neocon (fourth picture in the top row).
04-13-06 - If ever there was a nation not to drive to extremes, it is Iran The US and Britain are goading Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, while Blair's jihadist rhetoric is inciting a fourth crusade
04-13-06 - America?s Secret Police? Intelligence experts warn that a proposal to merge two Pentagon intelligence units could create an ominous new agency.
04-13-06 - Soldier jailed for refusing orders to go to Iraq A British Air Force doctor who refused to go to Iraq was found guilty of disobeying orders by a court martial, and sentenced to eight months in jail.
04-13-06 - General: No Air Force Planes Lost in Iran Spy planes that Iran claims to have shot down over its territory were not operated by the U.S. Air Force, a top American general said Thursday. Maj. Gen. Allen G. Peck also played down Pentagon planning for air strikes on Iran, calling it routine.
04-13-06 - Credits for illegal-alien rally irk some parents Mohammed Hasanian, a Vienna-based Realtor with Long and Foster, is not able to relate to the plight of illegal aliens, perhaps because he followed the immigration laws before becoming an American citizen.
"I guess I should be trying to smuggle my brothers into this country illegally," the Palestinian from Jordan said. "I am pro-immigration, but legal immigration. If you broke the law when you entered this country, you should be deported. It is that simple."
04-13-06 - Cyprus mulls proposal to host Hariri trial: source Cyprus is considering a proposal to host a UN-backed international court to try suspects accused over the murder of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, a diplomatic source said.
04-13-06 - Group urges Olmert to ask U.S. for Jonathan Pollard's release A committee working for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard asked Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert and the leaders of other Kneset parties on Wednesday to submit an additional formal request asking the United States government to grant Pollard clemency.
04-13-06 - U.S. evangelical groups establish pro-Israel lobby About 400 Christian evangelical leaders met in Texas in February to establish the lobby. In addition to the Dallas-based Hagee, its leaders include evangelist George Morrison, Baptist minister Jerry Falwell, and former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer, president of the American Values Coalition, which claims to protect marriage, family and faith. All are well-known supporters of Israel.
04-13-06 - From the China Lobby to the Israel Lobby Whether an American citizen supports close ties with Israel depends on whether he or she perceives that to be in line with U.S. interests and/or values, not on whether he or she is pro- or anti-Semitic. I do not agree with the author's conclusion. Though once in a while US interests may prevail, President Bush has in the past attempted to 'rein in Israel' but was later cowed to silence by the Israeli lobby (evangelical Christian Right).
04-13-06 - McCarthyism: Standard Operating Procedure In fact, there was no "blog," but a column I wrote on MSNBC years ago. And while it's years old, it has never been refuted. No one has been able to find anyone I listed among the pundits who has taken the Palestinian side against the Israelis on absolutely anything
04-13-06 - Wicked lessons on WMD we are teaching the world Meanwhile, Israel has the bomb in defiance of international rules, yet retains the support of America despite the indiscriminate killing of Palestinian civilians, or even western peace activists
04-13-06 - LRB Letters Re The Israel Lobby
04-13-06 - Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away Still, nuclear analysts called the claims exaggerated. They said nothing had changed to alter current estimates of when Iran might be able to make a single nuclear weapon, assuming that is its ultimate goal. The United States government has put that at 5 to 10 years, and some analysts have said it could come as late as 2020.
04-13-06 - Iran dismisses UN's nuclear deadline
04-13-06 - US blocks UN draft pressing Israel to end attacks U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the draft, even after three days of intense negotiations, "was disproportionately critical of Israel, and unfairly so, and needlessly so." John Bolton proving once again - he's ISRAEL's ambassador to the U.N.
04-13-06 - Report: US soldiers 'unlawfully' shot Reuters cameraman
04-13-06 - Iraq unrest forces 65,000 to flee Some displaced Iraqis, the Red Crescent says, are hesitant to move to camps, concerned that the camps will become the target of attacks.
04-13-06 - US in warning to 'defiant' Iran
04-13-06 - Iran Rebuffs Request to Suspend Enrichment
04-13-06 - Court martial highlights importance of legality of the war Among those who believe the 2003 conflict to be unlawful are some of the world's leading experts on international law, who maintain that without a second UN resolution the American and British forces lacked the authority to invade Iraq.
04-13-06 - Lebanese PM wants to visit Syria as soon as possible
04-13-06 - Now Powell Tells Us On Monday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told me that he and his department's top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but that the President followed the misleading advice of Vice President Dick Cheney and the CIA in making the claim. Now he tells us
04-13-06 - US drops library gag order in Patriot Act dispute
04-13-06 - Egypt urges diplomatic solution to Iran nuclear crisis US ally Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East, but has campaigned tirelessly for Iran to be brought before the UN Security Council and face sanctions for its nuclear activities.
04-13-06 - AT&T, Group Challenge U.S. Spy Program "It appears the NSA is capable of conducting what amounts to vacuum-cleaner surveillance of all the data crossing the Internet, whether that be people's e-mail, Web surfing or any other data," whistle-blower Mark Klein, who worked for the company for 22 years, said in a statement released by his lawyers.
04-13-06 - Syria slams U.S. 'double standard'
04-13-06 - Criticism of Rumsfeld grows as retired generals call for his dismissal The latest to demand that Mr Rumsfeld go is Army Major-General John Batiste, former commander of the first infantry division in Iraq. He says that the Defence Secretary, convinced he knew best, sent too few troops to Iraq and was unprepared for what most senior commanders believed would be a difficult and complex occupation.
04-13-06 - Behind Bush's hard line on Iran The threat is greatest for Israel at the moment, and that, too, creates unique pressures for an administration that has firmly backed Israel. Analysts agree that, for now, the US is out of range of Iranian missiles. But that might not always be true, and Israel is well within range now The CSM now relies on Richard Perle's expertise in foreign policy matters of the United States, despite the fact that he's a known neocon (fourth picture in the top row).
04-13-06 - If ever there was a nation not to drive to extremes, it is Iran The US and Britain are goading Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, while Blair's jihadist rhetoric is inciting a fourth crusade
04-13-06 - America?s Secret Police? Intelligence experts warn that a proposal to merge two Pentagon intelligence units could create an ominous new agency.
04-13-06 - Soldier jailed for refusing orders to go to Iraq A British Air Force doctor who refused to go to Iraq was found guilty of disobeying orders by a court martial, and sentenced to eight months in jail.
04-13-06 - General: No Air Force Planes Lost in Iran Spy planes that Iran claims to have shot down over its territory were not operated by the U.S. Air Force, a top American general said Thursday. Maj. Gen. Allen G. Peck also played down Pentagon planning for air strikes on Iran, calling it routine.
04-13-06 - Credits for illegal-alien rally irk some parents Mohammed Hasanian, a Vienna-based Realtor with Long and Foster, is not able to relate to the plight of illegal aliens, perhaps because he followed the immigration laws before becoming an American citizen.
"I guess I should be trying to smuggle my brothers into this country illegally," the Palestinian from Jordan said. "I am pro-immigration, but legal immigration. If you broke the law when you entered this country, you should be deported. It is that simple."
04-13-06 - Cyprus mulls proposal to host Hariri trial: source Cyprus is considering a proposal to host a UN-backed international court to try suspects accused over the murder of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, a diplomatic source said.
04-13-06 - Group urges Olmert to ask U.S. for Jonathan Pollard's release A committee working for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard asked Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert and the leaders of other Kneset parties on Wednesday to submit an additional formal request asking the United States government to grant Pollard clemency.
04-13-06 - U.S. evangelical groups establish pro-Israel lobby About 400 Christian evangelical leaders met in Texas in February to establish the lobby. In addition to the Dallas-based Hagee, its leaders include evangelist George Morrison, Baptist minister Jerry Falwell, and former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer, president of the American Values Coalition, which claims to protect marriage, family and faith. All are well-known supporters of Israel.
04-13-06 - From the China Lobby to the Israel Lobby Whether an American citizen supports close ties with Israel depends on whether he or she perceives that to be in line with U.S. interests and/or values, not on whether he or she is pro- or anti-Semitic. I do not agree with the author's conclusion. Though once in a while US interests may prevail, President Bush has in the past attempted to 'rein in Israel' but was later cowed to silence by the Israeli lobby (evangelical Christian Right).
04-13-06 - McCarthyism: Standard Operating Procedure In fact, there was no "blog," but a column I wrote on MSNBC years ago. And while it's years old, it has never been refuted. No one has been able to find anyone I listed among the pundits who has taken the Palestinian side against the Israelis on absolutely anything
04-13-06 - Wicked lessons on WMD we are teaching the world Meanwhile, Israel has the bomb in defiance of international rules, yet retains the support of America despite the indiscriminate killing of Palestinian civilians, or even western peace activists
04-13-06 - LRB Letters Re The Israel Lobby
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