Headlines for 09-07-07

US strikes in Baghdad kill 14 civilians: officials


UN nuclear inspection deal with Iran is necessary: ElBaradei The UN atomic agency's deal for inspections in Iran is necessary in trying to defuse a confrontation that could lead to war, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday while answering critics of the plan.


U.N. nuclear head urges Western patience on Iran plan ** "We don't see based on evidence we have that (Iran poses) a clear and present danger requiring you to go beyond diplomacy," he said, alluding to military action mooted by U.S. hardliners. "I see war drums (being beaten) by those basically saying the short solution is to bomb Iran, which makes me shudder because the rhetoric reminds me of pre-Iraq war," he said.



Bin Laden reportedly to release tape by Sept. 11 Uhh, did you happen to notice in the pictures there that Bin Laden's beard is now totally lacking grey hair? Did they give him some 'Just for Men' out there in Pakistan? WTF is up with that? Odd.


DHS Ends Criticized Data-Mining Program The Homeland Security Department scrapped an ambitious anti-terrorism data-mining tool after investigators found it was tested with information about real people without required privacy safeguards.


Bin Laden says US should convert The speaker makes no overt threats to the US and did not directly call for attacks, according to transcripts of the tape obtained by several media organisations in the United States.


US reaffirms commitment to catching bin Laden 6 years later.


NATO head urges closer ties with Russia NATO called for closer ties with Russia on Friday, a day after British warplanes scrambled to intercept Russian bombers on patrol, and said it was up to the Kremlin to spell out whether it had a "different view."


Iran faces $2.65bn US bomb award A US federal judge has ordered Iran to pay $2.65bn (£1.3bn) to the families of 241 marines killed in a 1983 bombing of their Beirut barracks.


A Real Old-Fashioned Debate REP. PAUL: The American people didn?t go in. A few people advising this administration, a small number of people called the neoconservative hijacked our foreign policy. They?re responsible, not the American people. They?re not responsible. We shouldn?t punish them. (Cheers, applause.)


Iran: Israel will be responsible for escalation in region Tehran's ambassador to Damascus says violation of Syrian airspace by Israeli aircraft is 'intolerable attempt to create tension in the region'. He adds that 'Israel must act reasonably and not cause another war'. Syrian vice president: Israel proves it does not want peace


Russia calls on Israel to honor int'l law The country expressed "exteme concern" in the wake of Syrian claims that its military fired on an Israel Air Force warplane that had entered its airspace and "dropped munitions."


Video shows Bin Laden 'in false beard' "It does look oddly as if he is wearing a false beard," Richard Clarke, a former White House counter-terrorism official, said. "If we go back to the tape three years ago, he had a very white beard. This looks like a phoney beard that has been passed on." Ok, glad I wasn't the only one that caught that.


Syria-Israel bombing incident shrouded in mystery "This is the beginning of a Syrian-Israeli conflict," said Sateh Noureddine, columnist with Lebanese newspaper as-Safir. He saw it as a follow-on from Israel's war in Lebanon a year ago.


Syria and Iran: The Threats That Aren't by Michael Scheuer our Israeli friends and their Israel-first American supporters have long harped on the idea ? and thereby have misled Americans ? that Syria is a military threat to the United States..... the threat to the United States comes from two sources. First, the relentless "Iran is the new Nazi Germany" propaganda pushed by Israel and the American citizen Israel-firsters, and, second, the multi-decade failure of the U.S. Congress to seriously address the national-security issues of energy, borders, and immigration.
Michael Scheuer - former CIA counterterrorism official.


Senate passes bill on cluster bomb use The U.S. Senate has moved to restrict the sale or transfer of U.S. cluster bombs, the munitions blamed for the deaths of Lebanese civilians in a conflict with Israel last summer.


In aftermath of Nahr al-Bared battle, Palestinian refugees despair over ruined lives


US markets slump amid job losses US stocks have fallen sharply in response to news that American employers shed 4,000 jobs last month. Let's attack Iran. While we're at it, let's give Israel another 30 billion. Brilliant!


New twist to Syria-Israel tension That it apparently happened in the country's north, close to the Turkish border - and not in the south, where Syria and Israel share a border - has taken many people here by surprise.


AL chief says alleged Israeli violation of Syrian airspace "unacceptable"


UN cartographer to plot disputed Shaba Farms' border boundaries


The Occupation Within


Senate approves aid package The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a foreign aid package that included $2.4 billion in military assistance to Israel.


Kucinich tours south Lebanon Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) toured areas of south Lebanon marked by Israeli cluster bombs that fell in last year's war. ....The candidate, who met with Lebanese and Syrian leaders during his trip this week, also called for a more "even-handed" U.S. approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


Muslim groups want off of indictment Muslim groups asked to be removed as unindicted co-conspirators in the U.S. case against the Holy Land Foundation.


U.S. may cut off aid to UN rights group Since its creation last year, the council has only criticized one country ? Israel, for its military actions in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon


Lebanese army kills militant near battle camp