Headlines for 09-10-07

US plans base on Iraq-Iran border ** The US military is planning to build its first base near Iraq's border with Iran in order to curb the alleged flow of weapons to Shia militants in Iraq.


UN chief: Iran has to meet all demands U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday Iran had to meet Security Council demands to suspend its enrichment programs and not only cooperate with U.N. nuclear inspectors.


FBI cast wide net when targeting phone records The Federal Bureau of Investigation used national security letters to request information on the wider ?community of interest? linked to individuals under suspicion, according to the documents.


Rogue Regulator? members of the Cheney Cabal ? in and out of government ? have charged that Iran?s roadmap agreement with ElBaradei is "a transparent attempt to distract from its true intentions and from its continued development of the capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon."


Colin Powell: Terrorists are not greatest threat to nation "What is the greatest threat facing us now? People will say it's terrorism. But are there any terrorists in the world who can change the American way of life or our political system? No. Can they knock down a building? Yes. Can they kill somebody? Yes. But can they change us? No. Only we can change ourselves. So what is the great threat we are facing?"


Netanyahu: We can't wait for Iran to obtain nuclear weapons


Turkey demands Israeli answers on flyover Israel agreed to investigate charges that its air force illicitly entered Turkish territory.


Syrian paper says U.S. silence over Israeli overflight encourages Jewish state A Syrian government newspaper accused the U.S. on Saturday of encouraging Israel's reported violation of Syrian airspace by remaining silent on the issue.


Israel wants US pension funds to shun Iran-linked firms: Netanyahu Israel is aiming to get powerful US pension funds to sell their holdings in European companies doing business with Iran as a way to pressure Tehran over its nuclear programme, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.


Lebanon militant 'escaped siege'


Clinton commits on borders, Jerusalem Hillary Clinton committed to an Israel with "defensible borders" and "an undivided Jerusalem as its capital" in her Israel position paper......Clinton also said the United States should "do everything it can to deny nuclear weapons to Iran" and that "no option can be taken off the table."



Hezbollah could attack US if it felt threatened: spy chief ** "We assess Lebanese Hezbollah, which has conducted anti-US attacks outside the United States in the past, may be more likely to consider attacking the homeland over the next three years if it perceives the United States as posing a direct threat to the group or Iran," Doubtful. Hezbollah only attacked US forces when we were on Lebanese soil, as horrible as that attack was. Hezbollah, like Hamas, is largely a territorial-based organization. I think that this may be an effort to set the stage for the three-pronged US attack on Iran/Syria/Lebanon(South).


Rabbis see Clinton as top Israel backer A plurality of rabbis named Hillary Clinton as the presidential candidate most supportive of Israel.


On two fronts, Israel faces prospect of military escalation In the North, Syria has warned that
it will retaliate at a time of its choosing against the alleged Israeli penetration of its airspace on the night between Sept. 5 and 6.



In the South, Defense Minister Ehud Barak says a major Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip is "only a matter of time."


Why Did Israeli Planes Enter Syria? "There seems to be a consensus here that the Israelis were testing Syrian air defense systems," Andrew Tabler, Damascus-based editor of Syria Today, told TIME.


Life Sentence Urged in Hamas Funding Case Abdelhaleem Ashqar, 49, who once ran for unsuccessfully for president of the Palestinian Authority while under house arrest in Virginia, was convicted of criminal contempt and obstruction of justice earlier this year following a trial in Chicago.


Donors offer $20m to Palestine refugees International donors have pledged about $20 million to help Palestinian refugees made homeless by a 15-week battle between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants holed up inside their refugee camp.


Norway gives 1.46 million dollars to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon Norway said Monday it would give 10 million kroner (1.26 million euros, 1.46 million dollars) to help Palestinian refugees who have fled a camp destroyed by fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamists.


US aid to Israel clears Senate Moran reportedly told Tikkun Magazine that the pro-Israel lobby pushed for the war in Iraq, saying, "AIPAC is the most powerful lobby and has pushed this war from the beginning ? because they are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful - most of them are quite wealthy - they have been able to exert power." Forman called on Moran to retract the "irresponsible" and "dangerous" false statements.
Go get 'em, Moran.