Headlines for 11-28-07

Six powers to meet in Paris on Iran nuclear issue


Russia: Iran merits U.N. nod on nukes Russia criticized the United Nations for its failure to recognize Iran's cooperation on its controversial nuclear program.




Saudi foils oil attack, detains 200 militants


Ahmadinejad offers to be an observer at US presidential election


Iran leader dubs summit a failure "Soon, even the most politically doltish individuals will understand that this conference was a failure," said a scornful Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, the Iranian president.


Road to Empire Is the U.S. going to occupy Iraq indefinitely, or will we withdraw our troops within the next year or so, as the majority of Americans would have it?....This agreement formalizes Iraq's status as a de facto U.S. protectorate, a province of the empire ? an American beachhead in a radically destabilized Middle East that could easily be used as a launching pad for future (and even more ambitious) wars of "liberation."


Iran's Ahmadinejad: Israel will not last Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday predicted that Israel would not survive, as he lashed out at the US-hosted conference seeking to relaunch the Middle East peace process.


The 'Triumphant' Neocons Casting aside the image of the war as a bloody quagmire, the neocons are again selling Iraq as a vital beachhead in the Middle East from which the United States can project power throughout the region and achieve victory over Islamic militants hostile to Israel.


Is Rudy Running for Editor of the Weekly Standard, or President of the United States? Giuliani assembled a world class cadre of extremists to staff his foreign policy team, including David ?End to Evil? Frum, Norman ?I Hope and Pray that President Bush Will Bomb Iran? Podhoretz, Michael ?The Case for Assassinating Foreign Leaders? Rubin, and a host of others.


FBI: Widely reported terrorist threat to Fort Huachuca unfounded


Impending Destruction of the US Economy The US dollar has lost 60% of its value during the current administration.


Doctored Paul At 11 a.m. today, one of FoxNews.com's top stories was an article about a Nevada brothel owner endorsing Ron Paul. But the story wasn't written by Fox News; it was a tweaked version of an Associated Press story that hit the wires early Monday. And, to make matters even more muddled, that story was taken from a Reno Gazette-Journal piece. Something was lost in translation.


Remarks on the Middle East and Freedom Agenda by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley


Fashion items or dangerous terrorist images? T-shirt trial divides a nation Seven face long jail terms for plan to donate to groups in Palestine and Colombia


Peres: Israel maintains secret contacts with Syria all the time Israel conducts secret contacts with Syria all the time, but serious negotiations cannot begin until Syria stops supporting terror and removes itself from involvement in Lebanon, said President Shimon Peres on Tuesday while touring the Negev.


Olmert speaks to presidential hopefuls Ehud Olmert spoke with the major candidates for the U.S. presidency


Woman jailed for Hezbollah ties An Israeli Arab woman was jailed for contacts with Hezbollah.


Civil Libertarians Warn of 'PATRIOT Act Lite'


Iranian threat a danger to entire Mideast: analyst Israel, with its stockpile of hundreds of nuclear weapons, and being a non-signatory of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and its proven track record of violating international and humanitarian law, is the biggest threat to the Middle East. No, Israel doesn't threaten to 'wipe nations off the map', it just does it. Where is the Palestine that existed on maps one hundred years ago? What did they do to Lebanon in the summer of 2006?...


UN keeps Hariri probe secret over security fears


Pro-Palestinian groups threaten Israeli water company's activity in Scotland According to the Scottish daily, various local groups are calling to boycott the company, which is based in the Golan Heights, a disputed region Israel captured from Syria in the Six-Day War in 1967. 'Disputed' only by Israel. All the world knows that the Golan Heights is Israeli-OCCUPIED territory, not Israeli-owned.


?U.S. must immediately withdraw from Iraq? The resolution noted with ?deep concern? the U.S. ?bullying and threat? to Lebanon?s sovereignty. It condemned the ?forcible encroachment? of Palestine by the ?ruling clique of Israel,? aided by the U.S.


Jordan asked Nixon for help against Syria Documents also detailed U.S. efforts to persuade Saudi Arabia to move away from Fatah, the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization, because American officials believed the PLO supported the terrorist group Black September, CNN reported.



Why the Left is Singin' Gospels... last night in a packed church in New York, Norman Finkelstein called on the Jewish community in the U.S. to separate itself from Israel, and I think that is slowly happening Norm Finkelstein = brave soul.


Syria a nation of contradictions Although allied with Iran, its people admire the West. Damascus has its own agenda for peace talks.