Sunday, September 16, 2007

Headlines for 09-15-07

Proxy war could soon turn to direct conflict, analysts warn ** Hawks led by the vice-president, Dick Cheney, are intensifying their push for military action, with support from Israel and privately from some Sunni Gulf states.......Vincent Cannistraro, a former CIA counter-terrorism chief who is now a security analyst, said: "The decision to attack was made some time ago.


Talks with Russia on atom plant row progress:Iran The fuel is ready for Iran's first atomic power plant being built by Russia and talks with Moscow to resolve a dispute that has held up work are moving forward, Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday.


Protesters in Washington demand end to Iraq war


Bush rallies troops to avert revolt in Congress Hours after a televised address in which Mr Bush offered the American public updated reasons for a prolonged military commitment in Iraq, the president took to the road to try to build support for a plan that will pass on the responsibility of the war to the next US president.


Russia rejects tougher stance on Iran


'We Can?t Go Back Until the Shells Stop' A long-running battle in Kurdistan's hills flares up. Will it trigger a larger conflagration between the U.S. and Iran?


Bush administration dogged by NKorea-Syria nuclear links The reports, citing unnamed sources, were based on intelligence information supposedly from Israel's flyover and apparent raid last week on targets inside Syria. There's your problem right there.


Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran? ** The opaqueness surrounding the nature of what may have been hit in Operation Orchard has been compounded by claims that US knowledge over the alleged 'agricultural site' has come not from its own intelligence and satellite imaging, but from material supplied to Washington from Tel Aviv over the last six months, material that has been restricted to just a few senior officials under the instructions of national security adviser Stephen Hadley, leaving many in the intelligence community uncertain of its veracity. Red flag.


Long Division The brewing confrontation with Iran isn?t just about nukes or neoconservative ambition. It?s about regional hegemony.


Palestinians in Lebanon are haunted by history 'Sep 16 marks a black day for us Palestinians in Lebanon. It is today 25 years, but we still live in fear that something like this massacre will take place again after the recent clashes in north Lebanon,' he said.


Lebanon seizes fugitive militants Lebanon's military says it has captured four Islamist militants two weeks after the army stormed a Palestinian refugee camp, ending a bloody 105-day siege.


Syria won't go to war with Israel, Kassem says


Giuliani Advisor: Raze Palestinian Villages Daniel Pipes?who, as I first reported here, has signed on as a foreign policy advisor to Rudy Giuliani?s campaign?essentially argued for war crimes against Palestinians, and there was no cry of protest from the media or anywhere else.


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