Headlines for 09-12-07

2 soldiers who wrote op-ed died in Iraq Two sergeants who helped write a New York Times op-ed article sharply critical of the Pentagon's assessment of the Iraq war were killed in a Baghdad crash this week, and one grieving mother wants the Army to explain their deaths.


Brown faces domestic pressure over 'proxy war' ** Gordon Brown faces anger over the deployment of UK troops to Iraq's border with Iran and warnings that the strategy could drag Britain into confrontation with Tehran.


Iranian FM, Russian nuclear chief hold talks on Bushehr


Iran dismisses US Iraq report and wants serious talks Iran on Wednesday dismissed the latest US strategy report on Iraq as "unrealistic" and warned it would not take part in future talks on Iraqi security unless Washington was serious.


U.S. Officials Begin Crafting Iran Bombing Plan ** A recent decision by German officials to withhold support for any new sanctions against Iran has pushed a broad spectrum of officials in Washington to develop potential scenarios for a military attack on the Islamic regime, FOX News confirmed Tuesday. Thus does the neocon-led administration attempt to extort European support for more Iran sanctions.


EU and U.S.: Iran's IAEA deal may be recipe for delay


Iran warns nuclear cooperation at risk if sanctions Iran warned on Wednesday that its policy of increased cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog would be at risk if a third set of UN sanctions were imposed on the Islamic republic.


US accuses Iran over Iraq attacks US President George W Bush is due to address the nation on Thursday evening.


GOP's Ron Paul wants all troops home "We should only send U.S. forces abroad when our security is directly threatened. Right now, nobody threatens our national security."


U.S. urges Iran to cooperate with probe The U.S. urged Iran on Monday to cooperate with a probe into past suspicious nuclear activities but said even full compliance would not be enough to ease international concerns over Tehran's possession of bomb-making technology.


Powers to hold Iran nuclear talks


Baghdad residents protest at wall Many Iraqis reacted angrily in April when US troops began building a barrier around the Baghdad Sunni enclave of Adhamiya to prevent it being attacked by Shia militants.


Oil hits record on supply fears Oil prices have risen above $80 a barrel for the first time, a day after Opec moved to boost its output of crude in an effort to ease cost pressures.


Daily Telegraph: US Officers Have Regular Meetings with PKK Terrorists


Surging Toward Iran ** A proxy war is being fought in Iraq, but it isn't one pitting the Iranians against the Iraqis: the U.S. is the proxy, fighting on behalf of Israel against Iran and Syria.


US Govt mislead Americans over Sept 11 attacks: Castro


Chertoff: We're Preparing for Nuclear Attack


Kurds Launch Secret War In Iran


U.S. officials confirm Israel strike on Syria "They saw a weapons flow," one official said, referring to weapons caches intended for Hezbollah, which fired thousands of rockets into Israel during a 36-day conflict last year.


Israel keeps up blackout on mystery Syria air strike


UN experts enter Lebanon battle camp The group visited Nahr al-Bared refugee camp to assess damage to buildings of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) inside the shantytown still off-limits to civilians and the media, Hoda Samra said.


Whose Human Rights Matter? NYT on Hezbollah and Israeli Attacks On Civilians The Times' news judgment also fails to reflect the civilian death toll on each side. Human Rights Watch estimated that Israel killed about 900 Lebanese civilians, out of about 1,200 total Lebanese deaths, while Hezbollah killed 43 Israeli civilians along with about 80 Israeli military personnel. It is difficult, then, to avoid the conclusion that Israeli lives are considered significantly more important by the Times than Lebanese lives.


Advocacy Corner the Jewish Policy Center has organized a panel of experts -- including Daniel Pipes, Cliff May and David Horowitz, and moderated by radio commentator Michael Medved -- to address "The Fight Against Radical Islam and the New Anti-Semitism on Campus." The event will take place at 7 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Temple Beth Hillel/Beth El in Wynnewood.


AIPAC lobbies for Iran sanctions About 100 top AIPAC activists lobbied Congress to pass Iran sanctions bills.



The 25th Anniversary of the Massacre at Sabra-Shatilla I am sorry to report that today in Lebanon, the families of the victims of the Massacre daily sink deeper into the abyss. No where on earth do the Palestinians live in such filth and squalor. ?Worse than Gaza!? a journalist recently in Palestine exclaims.


Remembering Sabra and Shatila We might have accepted evidence of a few murders; even dozens of bodies, killed in the heat of combat. Bur there were women lying in houses with their skirts torn torn up to their waists and their legs wide apart, children with their throats cut, rows of young men shot in the back after being lined up at an execution wall. There were babies - blackened babies babies because they had been slaughtered more than 24-hours earlier and their small bodies were already in a state of decomposition - tossed into rubbish heaps alongside discarded US army ration tins, Israeli army equipment and empty bottles of whiskey. ......When is a massacre not a massacre? When the figures are too low? Or when the massacre is carried out by Israel?s friends rather than Israel's enemies?


Israel, China form strategic forum


Report: Israel spots nuclear installations in Syria Washington official says Israeli surveillance shows possible Syrian nuclear installation stocked by North Korea, Israeli Arab newspaper claims target of alleged raid last week was Syrian missile base financed by Iran Suurrre.