The US inches ever closer to attacking Iran

Saturday, July 08, 2006

News for 07-07-06

07-07-06 - N.Korea envoy says sanctions are declaration of war


07-07-06 - Three held over NY tunnel 'plot' A man accused of masterminding the plan has already been charged in Lebanon


07-07-06 - IAEA chief says ample time for diplomatic solution on Iran The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said that there was still plenty of time to find a diplomatic solution to the the Iranian nuclear crisis and ruled out any military options.


07-07-06 - Seymour Hersh: Senior Pentagon Officials Challenging President Bush's Iran War Plans There?s no secret program that we know of, and we have been looking very hard. Recently the military, aided by some of our allies -- I would presume the Israelis, but I don?t this for sure -- we have, as I?ve written earlier in the New Yorker, we have our forces inside the country. We have intelligence operatives, etc. And we have been unable simply to find -- you know, where?s the beef?,


07-07-06 - US war veterans have tough time finding jobs: survey The CareerBuilder.com survey questioned 1,000 hiring managers and 150 US veterans, a majority of them who had served in Iraq, between June 9 and 16. One in five veterans said it took six months or longer to find a job.


07-07-06 - 24 killed as Israel steps up Gaza assault "I expect the United States to use their veto, but I hope this won't be necessary because a lot of countries, particularly the Europeans, have told us that they cannot accept the text of this resolution," Israel's representative to the UN, Dan Gillerman, told public radio. The US is being used as dupe and fall guy for the war crimes committed by Israel, as usual.


07-07-06 - Iranian negotiator balks at deadlines Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Friday that the West's pressure for a quick response to its offer of incentives for Tehran to halt its nuclear program is not helpful, but insisted the standoff can be resolved through dialogue.


07-07-06 - Bush chides US partners on Iran US President George W. Bush said that he was trying to get some US partners in diplomacy towards Iran and North Korea to see past their "economic interests" and take a harder line.


07-07-06 - EU upbeat on Iran nuclear talks


07-07-06 - Iran to host Iraq security conference Iran will this weekend host a regional conference on security in Iraq, with the Islamic republic likely to use the event to again call for a withdrawal of foreign troops from its neighbor.


07-07-06 - Iraq al-Qaeda chief jail mystery A prominent Cairo lawyer says the Egyptian man identified by the US as the new al-Qaeda leader in Iraq has been in jail in Egypt for seven years.


07-07-06 - "Reckless" US soldiers should stay home - Iraqi PM


07-07-06 - Israel has edge over U.S. in urban combat "They know they have to be prepared for the worse," he said in an interview. "They rely on heavily on armor and don't dismount anyone until they know the area is secure with tanks, large infantry carriers with tracks." Israel avoids casualties by staying in armored vehicles and by firing on EVERYONE. They don't care if they kill civilians - therein lies the difference between the US Army and that of Israel. And this despite the fact that Israelis trained our guys at Fort Bragg. US troops are sitting ducks in Iraq for every two-bit terrorist on the planet - and why? Whose war is this?


07-07-06 - Iran president criticizes Israeli offensive Iran's hard-line president warned Friday that Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip could set off an "explosion" in the Islamic world against Israel and its supporters.


07-07-06 - Secret Service reveals more Abramoff visits The newly released records of Abramoff's access to the White House bring the total number of his known visits to seven


07-07-06 - U.S. expresses condolences to Iraq family


07-07-06 - Defensively, U.S. should be more like Israel By Caspar W. Weinberger, Jr. Yeh that's it. That's sure to win over the hearts and minds of the Arab world and beyond. Let's lob shells at folks on the beach. Or how about some American-only settlements in Iraq, hmm? Let's wall off a few dunams for some American 'settlers'. Mmm k.


07-07-06 - Iran says Israel exploiting World Cup fever to hit Gaza A leading hardline Iranian cleric has accused Israel of exploiting international public attention on the World Cup in order to commit "dastardly deeds" in the Gaza Strip


07-07-06 - The Washington Post's War-mongering Scribe Charles Krauthammer is a signatory of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (group which called for the ouster of Saddam) and the unofficial spokesman for the warmongering neoconservatives. TIME also recently published an article by this repulsive individual.


07-07-06 - Cheney behind turn toward dictatorship


07-07-06 - U.S. silence about Israeli raid: A sign of friendship or weakness? The U.S. response has been to call on both sides to show restraint ? and to make clear that, in U.S. eyes, the party failing to do so is the Palestinians. ...Daniel Fried, the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, told Zaman that Israel's incursions were conducted with a high regard for civilian life. Complete BS. This article goes on describing the kowtowing of American officials to Israel, but yet somehow this still is not to the author's liking. Somehow, it has become OUR job to secure the release of the soldier.


07-07-06 - Mearsheimer-Walt: The Paper That Won't Die

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