Headlines for 09-04-07

Britain warns Iran of new UN resolution British Prime Minister Gordon Brown reiterated Tuesday that London will support a new UN resolution against Iran if Tehran does not curb its nuclear programme.


No proof Iran running 3,000 centrifuges: diplomats Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement that Iran has 3,000 centrifuges running is not backed up by evidence, diplomats familiar with U.N. inspections said.


Selling War with Iran: Next Week at AEI ** It's getting to the point where we may need to be ultra wary of any new threats that would implicate Iran.


Chinese military hacked into Pentagon The Chinese military hacked into a Pentagon computer network in June in the most successful cyber attack on the US defence department, say American ­officials.


Rafsanjani urges Iran to beware of the US "They (the United States) made a big issue of the nuclear issue and they are mobilising public opinion, their Greater Middle East plan is still on the table," Rafsanjani told the opening session of Iran's Assembly of Experts.


Iran builds cultural centre for Jews Iran started building a huge new cultural and sports complex for its Jewish minority in central Tehran on Sunday, billing the project as proof of the freedoms enjoyed by its religious minorities.


Dick Cheney's top aide: "We're one bomb away" from our goal


The next war? ** the Bush administration and Israel are painstakingly fashioning a casus belli with Iran.


War With Iran Looks More Likely **


Israeli pullout means ceding land to Iran's extensions - Netanyahu


EU wants Lebanon presidential poll free of interference European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Tuesday Syria should stand well back from Lebanon's upcoming presidential election which he hoped would be held in line with the constitution.


America's Craig-like credibility gap What further widens the credibility gap is the United States' strong support for authoritarian governments in places such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia. As a result, many Muslims around the world are justifiably cynical when they hear Americans exhort them to become more democratic.


Lebanon army 'killed 222 rebels' Lebanese troops killed at least 222 Islamist militants in three months of fighting at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, the defence minister says.


Danoch makes historic TV outreach to Iranians in Iran Los Angeles' Israeli Consul-General Ehud Danoch made history on Sunday, Sept. 2, by becoming the first Israeli official in more than 25 years to directly address the people of Iran via live television.


Ex-diplomat testifies for Muslim charity Edward Abingdon, who served as U.S. consul-general in Jerusalem during the 1990s, said the Israelis had an "agenda" and provided "selective information to try to influence U.S. thinking."


Arabic school opens in New York amid controversy Critics gathered later on the steps of City Hall. Groups including the Catholic League and Stop the Madrasa accused authorities of stonewalling about the school's curriculum. "At the moment, we have to go on the basis on what we know about the people who have brought us this institution," said Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy, adding that those involved included imams, or Muslim religious leaders.




Mearsheimer, Walt and the Erudite Hysteria of David Remnick Like the tech-bubble and real estate-bubble, Washington?s ?Israel bubble? is unhealthy and dangerous ? in fact, it not only jeopardizes U.S. interests throughout the region and beyond (by serving as Exhibit A for any anti-American element anywhere in the Islamic world to win the political contest with America?s friends), but it is also exceedingly bad for Israel: Particularly over the past decade, the U.S. has essentially enabled Israeli behavior so self-destructive that it may have already precluded any chance of it being able to live at peace with its neighbors.


'Big Brother' was watching Orwell Irony of all ironies.