The US inches ever closer to attacking Iran

Thursday, May 04, 2006

News for 05-03-06

05-03-06 - UN draft on nuclear Iran tabled Despite objections from Russia and China, the draft falls under Chapter Seven of the UN Charter, which allows for sanctions and even military action.


05-03-06 - Iran Rejects Statement It Would Hit Israel Brig. Gen. Alireza Afshar, deputy to the chief of Iran's military staff, said the statement by Mohammad Ebrahim Dehghani "is his personal view and has no validity as far as the Iranian military officials are concerned," according to the Entekhab News Agency.


05-03-06 - Iraq Seeks Diplomacy to Stop Iran Shelling


05-03-06 - Beirut asks Syria to remove border posts inside Lebanon Lebanon decided to ask Damascus to dismantle military positions and sand berms which Syrian border guards have erected inside Lebanese territory, Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat said.


05-03-06 - Iran Discovers Uranium Ore at 3 New Sites


05-03-06 - Hyde's warning Once the bubble of U.S. power has been pricked, in a global context already tilting in other directions, it could deflate rather more quickly than has been imagined. Hyde's warnings should be taken seriously.


05-03-06 - Congress Says No To Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq; Senate Vote Challenges Bush War Plans, Blocks U.S. Control over Iraq Oil "The Senate vote today sends a clear signal to the people of Iraq, to the international community, and to the people of this country that the United States does not intend to permanently occupy Iraq,"


05-03-06 - Beirut seeks UN extension of Hariri murder inquest


05-03-06 - Cautious Iran There is one reason, however, why we shouldn't worry about a nuclear Iran. The mullahs are not about to give their nukes away to terrorist groups.


05-03-06 - Bush declined to meet Norway's PM: reports Bush's staff would not arrange the meeting because of the Norwegian left-center coalition government's criticism of the war in Iraq, and Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen's support for a boycott of Israeli products, according to Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK).


05-03-06 - War With Iran? It would mean the end of our Republic With the nuke-tracking unit of the CIA put out of commission by Scooter and his friends, the way is opened for various "exile" groups of dubious credentials and ideology to stovepipe phony "intelligence" to the Americans.


05-03-06 - Oil drops $2 as US fuel stocks rise


05-03-06 - Bipartisan support for AJCommitee energy bid The AJCommitee leads the "Set America Free" coalition, which seeks to reduce dependence on foreign oil. More important is the need for America's independence of Israel.


05-03-06 - Al Jazeera polishes its English for new spinoff


05-03-06 - Bush, Merkel hold firm against Iran nuclear program On the Palestinian question, Berlin was a major player in pushing through a European Union boycott of the Hamas-led government, including a freeze on direct funding to the Palestinian authorities worth 500 million euros (630 million dollars) a year


05-03-06 - Impatient Mossad warns of 'monster in the making' Mossad chief Meir Dagan, in Washington last week in preparation for a visit to the U.S. by Olmert on May 23, held secret meetings with U.S. officials to discuss Iran's nuclear program, reports the London Times.


05-03-06 - Israel Marks Independence Day with $1.7 Billion Budget Surplus Is it due to the fact that Israel is withholding millions of dollars in customs levies that it collects on behalf of the Palestinians, perhaps? Either way, Israel clearly does not need the hard-earned tax dollars of the American people. We certainly don't have a budget surplus.


05-03-06 - Update on the AIPAC Espionage Case After receiving numerous examples from IRmep of how Pincus' mistake was being propagated into other stories trivializing AIPAC lobbyistWeissman and Rosen's alleged criminal activities, yesterday the Post finally gave in and committed to a correction of the story.


05-03-06 - From 2004: The Stab in the Back Gee, I thought Israel had nothing to do with this war, and that anyone who said otherwise was merely spreading anti-Semitic canards. Why, in that case, does Israel need "other options," or, indeed, any options at all?


05-03-06 - Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates


05-03-06 - Brandeis removes pro-Palestinian art The Zionist Organization of America condemned the exhibit, and several students lodged complaints with the school.
What happened to the cries of freedom of speech like with the cartoon incident? Total hypocrisy.

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