News for 04-28-06

04-28-06 - Of Imperial Presidents and Congressional Cowards by Patrick J. Buchanan It is time for Congress to tell President Bush directly that he has no authority to go to war on Iran and to launch such a war would be an impeachable offense.


04-28-06 - Chinese envoy opposes resorting to Chapter 7 resolution on Iran


04-28-06 - Iran 'flouts UN nuclear demands' President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Iran does not "give a damn" about UN resolutions over its research.


04-28-06 - Iran speeding up nuclear work: IAEA


04-28-06 - US wants UN action on Iran


04-28-06 - House Backs Tighter Iran Sanctions The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Who else? Ros-Lehtinen, an Israel-firster, has proven herself time and again.


04-28-06 - Deeper Than We Know Stewart, a relentless critic of the Iraq War, was left slack-jawed and speechless when the Israeli hero before him said that America largely "got it right" in Iraq...They are different beings, these two communities. One is a sovereign state of enormous vitality and strength. The other is a confident, influential minority within the world's greatest superpower


04-28-06 - Iran Denounces Israel Election to UN Panel Ambassador Javad Zarif accused Israel of "violating every single Security Council resolution that has been adopted about the Middle East." He also lashed out at Israeli criticism of Iran's own election as a vice-chair of the commission, noting the Jewish state has refused to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty but "has the audacity to talk about another country having a seat."


04-28-06 - Bush Rejects Calls for Tax on Oil Profits Bush's remarks suggested the former Texas oilman is unlikely to take harsh action against oil companies despite public anger about the rising cost of fuel....."I have no evidence that there's any rip-off taking place," Bush said.


04-28-06 - US says world safer, despite 11,000 attacks in '05 The State Department said the numbers, listed in its annual Country Reports on Terrorism released on Friday, were based on a broader definition of terrorism and could not be compared to the 3,129 international attacks listed the previous year.


04-28-06 - McCain warns Russia, China on Iran A leading U.S. senator warned Russia and China on Friday of damage to their relationship with the United States if they refused to go along with sanctions against Iran.....He said that military action would be very complicated but the United States could not risk a nuclear Iran exterminating Israel.


04-28-06 - China seeks "strategic partnership" with Africa "China is saying it wants to build a new world order based on consensus and tolerance, not the clash of civilizations," said former foreign minister Bola Akinyemi. And that's how China will win in the end too, I'm sure. For, the warmongering by the neocons in the Bush administration will only generate (more) animosity for America in the world.


04-28-06 - Iran has right to develop civil nuclear industry: Putin


04-28-06 - U.S.: More Than 600 Implicated in Detainee Abuse


04-28-06 - US says Iran top terror sponsor


04-28-06 - Musharraf:'I'm nobody's poodle.' Facing a rising tide of anti-American sentiment in his country, Pakistan leader General Pervez Musharraf says that covert US airstrikes against Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan are "an infringement of national sovereignty."


04-28-06 - Steppingstone to War : House passes 'Iran Freedom Support Act' Passage is a major goal of AIPAC, Israel's premier lobbying organization in the U.S., which for the past two years has featured the alleged Iranian threat to America as its convention theme: this year's conclave featured a multimedia exhibit supposedly dramatizing how Iran is "pursuing nuclear weapons and how it can be stopped." As Middle East expert Trita Parsi, of the John Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, put it: "I don't see any other major groups behind this legislation that have had any impact on it."


04-28-06 - Iraq war set to be more expensive than Vietnam


04-28-06 - NATO Allies Support Tough Line on Iran However, NATO ministers did not offer any specific threat of sanctions against Iran, in part to avoid a rift with Russia and China, which oppose such a move.


04-28-06 - The United States, Israel, and the Possible Attack on Iran I disagree with the author's view that the US is encouraging Israel to attack Iran. IT's quite the other way around. Despite being critical of Israel, Zunes is known for his inability to lay blame at the foot of Israel for its part in the Iraq debacle and now this.


04-28-06 - Ferment Over 'The Israel Lobby' Some measure of Walt's exposure is financial. Bernard Steinberg, director of Harvard's Hillel center, brought this issue up unprompted to me: "I talked to someone in Harvard development and asked what the fallout had been, and he said, 'It's been seismic.'" .....The authors have gotten support from hundreds of e-mails, three-quarters of which congratulate them, Mearsheimer says
An excellent piece and a good look into the making of the Israeli lobby study by Walt and Mearsheimer, and the aftermath, by The Nation. A must read.


04-28-06 - Of the judge's refusal to throw out the case against Libby: 'This is known as graymail.' Libby's lawyers used it successfully in the Oliver North case to get him off.



04-28-06 - Navy charges evangelical chaplain Jewish groups have led the effort to limit proselytizing in the armed forces. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), who has led such efforts in Congress, was informed of the charges Friday.


04-28-06 - China, Russia top blacklist in annual US trade review In addition to China and Russia, the 11 other countries on this year's list are Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela.