Friday, November 9, 2007

Headlines for 11-08-07

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) speaks with Sgt. Kevin Downs during a visit to the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas


U.S. Says Attack Plans for Iran Ready ** The Army and Marine Corps are under enormous strain from years of heavy ground fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Still, the United States has ample air and naval power to strike Iran if President Bush decided to target nuclear sites or to retaliate for alleged Iranian meddling in neighboring Iraq.


Beijing inches towards tougher stance on Iran


Giuliani: U.S. can't afford to rule out war with Iran **


"Severe" consequences if US bombs Iran -- US Senator Hagel **


West Coast City Formally Rejects Iran Attack ** The eight-member city council of Oakland, home to nearly half a million people, unanimously passed a symbolic resolution opposing any U.S. attack against Iran Tuesday, in a bid to pressure lawmakers in Congress to reestablish their constitutional authority over U.S foreign policy and war policy and funding


Israel minister: Sack ElBaradei Mr ElBaradei has said Iran's nuclear programme is not an immediate threat and if it wanted to build a nuclear bomb it would need years to do so. 'Wahh. He won't say what we want him to (like the Americans do). Wahh.'


New rules make Syrian border a dead-end for Iraqis


US fears Israeli strike against Iran over latest nuclear claim ** The Pentagon is reluctant to take military action against Iran, but officials say that Israel is a ?different matter?.


Iran kills three Kurdish rebels - report Iranian security forces have killed three Kurdish rebels in the country's Kurdistan province bordering Iraq, an official Iranian daily reported on Thursday.


POLL: Views on Iraq Unchanged Despite Better Casualty Reports Fifty-nine percent still don't think the United States is making significant progress restoring civil order there, and a record six in 10 want the level of U.S. forces reduced.


John Edwards Takes on the War Party Who started this war? Who lied us into it? Who wants to escalate it and extend it to Iran?


US debt tops $9 trillion for first time-Treasury


Jewish Dems rally troops with Robertson nod The council's message recalled some of Robertson's controversial statements, including his belief that Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the former Israeli prime minister's Gaza Strip withdrawal, and his comparison of American liberals to Nazis.



US: Syria may interfere in Lebanon vote


Refugees from Lebanon siege camp want EU visas


Lebanese news: IAF runs mock Lebanon raids Israel's jets reached deep into Lebanon's airspace all the way up to the Litani River, the agency claimed.


Interpol warrants decision pleases Israel, angers Iran


The Anti-Americanism of the Israel-Firsters by Michael Scheuer The truth is, of course, that Mr. Schoenfeld and his allies are not dumb people, they are simply anti-American. Their tarting-up of the rendition operation described above is just part of their ongoing attempt to discredit the case and to try to convince Americans that U.S. and Israeli interests are identical, and so spying on America for Israel ? and suborning American citizens to commit treason ? is really an okay and even admirable activity. Michael Scheuer is a former CIA counterterrorism official.

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