Sunday, September 9, 2007

Headlines for 09-08-07

Officials: Sen. Hagel will not run again The officials also said Hagel does not plan to run for the White House in 2008, despite earlier flirting with a candidacy. Bummer. Hagel is one of the good guys.


EU ministers duck Iran nuclear issue for now The United States has begun to signal impatience with the Europeans' patience with Iran.


Bin Laden video 'may signal new attacks' Osama bin Laden's latest video message makes no specific threats, but security analysts warn that it may be a signal for new Al Qaeda attacks.


Outside View: A Sept. rollout for Iran war ** On Sept. 10 the American Enterprise Institute, a sort of neoconservative administration-in-waiting, will debut the newest book by its ?Freedom Scholar? Michael Ledeen, one of the foremost proponents of the military adventure in Iraq. Titled ?The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots? Quest for Destruction,? it is a rehash of neocon arguments for ?regime change? -- by military force, if necessary -- in Tehran.


Rafsanjani urges talks with West The former President of Iran, Hashemi Rafsanjani, has called on the West to engage in talks on the nuclear issue.


Spy Satellites Turned on the U.S. Let's all collectively moon them.


US troop numbers in Iraq at all-time high US force levels in Iraq had grown to an all-time high of 168,000 troops, a senior Pentagon official said today as the US administration geared up to defend its surge strategy before Congress.


Iran Nuke Moves Hint at Interest in Deal


It's Iran we're fighting, says Basra commander British forces in southern Iraq have been fighting a "proxy war" against Iran, the commander of the troops who withdrew from Basra Palace has said.


German suspects had deadline for attacks: report


Iran rejects U.S. ruling on 1983 attack Iran on Saturday rejected a U.S. federal judge's ruling that the Islamic Republic must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut.


National Academy of Sciences Member Calls for New 9/11 Investigation


Ron Versus the Huckster By the way, thanks to Fox News for their brazen hostility to Paul, which blew right back in their faces. The refusal to even acknowledge him until a good twenty minutes into the debate, and Chris Wallace's consistently sneering tone when a question finally came Paul's way, didn't stop the Texas troublemaker from stealing the show anyway.


Turkey quizzes Israel on warplane fuel tanks Turkey has asked Israel for clarification after finding two fuel tanks on its territory near the Syrian border allegedly belonging to Israeli warplanes, a diplomatic source said on Saturday.


Israeli Jets Run Iran Attack Drill ** Israeli warplanes may have been testing air routes for a possible attack against Iran when they were fired on by Syrian forces, experts said yesterday. Israeli psyops.


Donors to meet on rebuilding of destroyed Lebanon camp Prime Minister Fuad Siniora is to chair a meeting of donors on Monday for the reconstruction of a Palestinian refugee camp destroyed in 15 weeks of battle between the Lebanese army and Islamists.


Lebanon tensions rise as siege ends most Lebanese see the fight in Nahr al-Bared as a betrayal of support for Palestinian rights and expect the long-simmering tensions to reignite.

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