The US inches ever closer to attacking Iran

Saturday, April 15, 2006

News for 04-14-06

04-14-06 - Iran issues stark military warning to United States Iran's turbaned supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also accused the United States of seeking to place the entire region under Israeli control.


04-14-06 - Britain took part in mock Iran invasion British officers took part in a US war game aimed at preparing for a possible invasion of Iran, despite repeated claims by the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, that a military strike against Iran is inconceivable.


04-14-06 - China says dialogue key on Iran and N.Korea


04-14-06 - US will push for sanctions on Iran Russia and China, key players on the Iran issue with veto rights in the Security Council, strongly oppose sanctions or the use of military force against Teheran. All other council members, including close ally Britain, oppose military action.


04-14-06 - Iran president: "Zionist regime" a threat "Palestine should be returned to the Palestinian nation and the united Palestinian government, elected by all Palestinians, should rule the country," he said.


04-14-06 - Neocons Turn Up Heat for Iran Attack Let the neocons enlist if they feel so strongly about another war in the Middle East. I won't hold my breath.


04-14-06 - Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report, Libby Says


04-14-06 - Judge in CIA Leak Case Threatens Gag Order


04-14-06 - High oil prices threaten global instability: IMF


04-14-06 - US bans dealings with Hamas-led Palestinian Authority The US government has turned the screw on Hamas, banning Americans from dealing with the Palestinian Authority now that the PA is led by a banned "terrorist entity." ...Russia, however, said Friday it was granting "urgent financial aid" to the PA after telephone talks between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Abbas.


04-14-06 - Russia to Host New Round of Iran Talks


04-14-06 - U.S. Building Massive Embassy in Baghdad "The presence of a massive U.S. embassy - by far the largest in the world - co-located in the Green Zone with the Iraqi government is seen by Iraqis as an indication of who actually exercises power in their country," the International Crisis Group, a European-based research group, said in one of its periodic reports on Iraq.


04-14-06 - Oil Prices Rise Above $69 Per Barrel In Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil producer, no oil exports have been disrupted, but some market participants are worried they might be, depending on the U.N. Security Council's response to the Iran's defiance of council resolutions concerning the country's nuclear program.


04-14-06 - More Americans feel US should mind its own business: poll My sentiments exactly.


04-14-06 - End of story: Israel triumphant Beyond these regional equations in the Middle East lies the inner core, the first circle, of the Bush administration's strategy toward Iran. It is, and has always been, securing Israel's regional dominance. Here any unfinished business is simply impermissible since it can have catastrophic effects on Israel's security


04-14-06 - US colonel offers Iraq an apology of sorts for devastation of Babylon


04-14-06 - Palestinians to get Russian aid


04-14-06 - Poll: Americans stung by Iraq, wary of attacking Iran By golly, there's hope for us yet.


04-14-06 - When the Tax Man cometh, they don't answer the bell "In good conscience I cannot pay this money to the US government," Ms. Benn wrote in a letter to the IRS that accompanied a completed, but unpaid, 1040 form. "I do not want my tax dollars to be used for killing and war."


04-14-06 - US spy threatens to squeal if Israel handler joins cabinet Eitan still faces an outstanding Federal Bureau of Investigation arrest warrant for his role as Pollard's handler, making him potentially the first member of an Israeli government sought by US justice.


04-14-06 - Gingrich joins call for Iraq pullback


04-14-06 - Exporting 'Democracy' ? Importing Trouble


04-14-06 - Ex-Professor in Terror Case to Be Deported Sami Al-Arian, who had met with U.S. presidents and other political leaders before his terrorism indictment in 2003, reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to a lesser charge and be deported, two lawyers familiar with the case said Friday. The arrangement requires the approval of a judge

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