The US inches ever closer to attacking Iran

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

News for 05-08-06

05-08-06 - US rejects surprise Iran letter


05-08-06 - Iran Plays Trump Card in Standoff vs. West "It's harder for the Americans to get 15 votes (a unanimous result) in the Security Council if they are seen as not willing to talk to the Iranians," the former State Department official said


05-08-06 - China opposes core of West's resolution on Iran China made clear on Monday it opposed the core of a Western U.N. resolution ordering Tehran to curb its nuclear program but would not use its veto power to kill the measure.


05-08-06 - House Intel Panel Chief Opposes Hayden A leading Republican came out against the front-runner for CIA director, Gen. Michael Hayden, saying Sunday the spy agency should not have military leadership during a turbulent time among intelligence agencies.



05-08-06 - Israel warns Iran against attack Israel's Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres says Iran should understand that it could be destroyed if it were to launch an attack on his country.


05-08-06 - Explosion Hits Office in Southwest Iran A strong explosion injured several people Monday in the governor's office in Kermanshah, a city with a large Kurdish population in southwestern Iran, the Iranian news agency reported.


05-08-06 - Palestinians See No Way Out in Standoff Many Palestinians would likely balk at returning to the polls so soon after the January vote. They have been upset with what they consider the hypocrisy of the West, which they say preached democracy to them, then refused to accept the results.


05-08-06 - Rice Says Iran's Letter Not an Overture


05-08-06 - Blair: Nuking Iran Would Be Absurd


05-08-06 - Straw Canned Over Iran? there is no rational basis for a belief that Iran's nuclear ambitions are a threat to "the world," unless all that is important to you in the world is Israel's regional dominance in the Middle East, or perhaps the continuation of the United States' free hand in the same area


05-08-06 - The Next World War


05-08-06 - Iran's nuclear gambit - the basics Mr. Negroponte, testified to Congress in February that Iran "will likely have the capability" to produce a nuclear weapon within 10 years......Some of the shortest estimates, of less than two years, come from Israel No kidding?


05-08-06 - UK cabinet shuffle may benefit J'lem Israel may have come out the winner following Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet shuffle on May 5. The demotion of Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and appointment of Blair loyalist Margaret Beckett to his post are likely to result in a more unified Anglo-American approach to Iran, Hamas and the Middle East
Britain is ruled by neocons, by proxy. Read between the lines.

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