Thursday, November 15, 2007

Headlines for 11-14-07

US network uncovers 'suicide epidemic' among US veterans The US military is experiencing a "suicide epidemic" with veterans killing themselves at the rate of 120 a week, according to an investigation by US television network CBS.


Iran not in clear if U.N. report only partly good: U.S.


Britain could sleepwalk into conflict with Iran, warns Clegg


Options on Iran nukes are 'limited,' Bolton says The two remaining options for the U.S. to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons are to force a regime change or use military force to take out suspected weapons locations, the White House's former representative to the United Nations said yesterday. Listen Johnboy, why not strap yourself to one of the warheads as a true test of your bravado, what with all of this bellicose blathering you've been doing re Iran. In short: sh#t, or get off the pot.


Turkey sends special forces to Iraqi border


Iran has right to peaceful nuclear energy use: China


Ron Paul: A Republican Takes the Lead Against the War


Why Are They So Afraid of Ron Paul? The wave of support and publicity for Paul has the neocons enraged, and they are busy trying to discredit him with a campaign of unsurpassed villainy. What they have done is actually kind of funny, if you take your humor black: they've simply transferred their usual blather on the foreign policy front to the domestic battlefield.


Oil prices stage modest recovery Oil prices have risen again after falling by $3 a barrel on Tuesday.


Dichter: Syria is Israel's only neighbor that thwarts smuggling Syria is the only country among Israel's neighbors that keeps a quiet border and meets its obligations to prevent smuggling from its side, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter told a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya Tuesday.


Palestinian National and Former Colombian Detective Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Support the FARC and Alien Smuggling Jalal Sadat Moheisen (Sadat), 49, a Palestinian national and resident
of Bogota, Colombia, pleaded guilty in Miami before U.S. District Judge
Joan A. Lenard to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which is a State
Department designated foreign terrorist organization.



'An embarrassment to the rule of law' As it turned out, the only thing these men were guilty of was expressing unpopular views against Israel, and for that our government put them through an unconscionable ordeal.


Livni pressures Solana to consent to new Iran sanctions "I would have thought that your answer would be 'yes' to sanctions on Iran," Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni told EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Wednesday afternoon after the latter attempted to dodge a reporter's question regarding Iran during a joint press conference in Jerusalem.




US, Israel refuse to cooperate with inquest into Syria strike


Oh, the Fun Walt and Mearsheimer Will Have Shockingly, while major Jewish organizations have weighed in heavily in favor of increased sanctions, they have been lukewarm and sometimes hostile to comprehensive and intensive negotiations, silent on military assault. Oh, what fun John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt will have in their next book.


Bush signs defense funding bill President Bush signed a defense funding bill that includes $450 million in cooperative projects with Israel

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