Sunday, January 6, 2008

Headlines for 01-05-08

US considers increased powers for CIA in Pakistan: report The United States administration is considering granting the Pentagon and CIA new authority to conduct covert operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan where Al Qaeda is showing new strength, The New York Times has reported on its website.


More Signs of Iran Detente ?From Petraeus


Mideast visit to promote peace, corral Iran: Bush


Bush: We'd defend Israel in event of Iranian strike ** "If Iran did strike Israel," Bush said, "We will defend our ally, no ands, ifs or buts."


Israel to brief George Bush on options for Iran strike ** Ehud Barak, the defence minister, is said to want to convince him that an Israeli military strike against uranium enrichment facilities in Iran would be feasible if diplomatic efforts failed to halt nuclear operations. A range of military options has been prepared.


Arab FMs call for swift consensus on Lebanese presidential election Arab foreign ministers on Saturday evening called for a swift consensus on Lebanese presidential election to choose army chief General Michel Suleiman as president, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported.


Radio Address by the President to the Nation My first stops will be in the Holy Land, where I'll meet with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert and Palestinian President Abbas. I will encourage both leaders to move forward with the peace negotiations they began last November in Annapolis


The Sack of Annapolis If you want to appreciate just how hopelessly entangled America has become in the fate of modern day Israel and Zionism, you may want to take a look at an eye-opening article of December 5th in the Jerusalem Post.


Christian Zionists Gain Israel's Inner Sanctum In addition to raising great sums of money for Israel and devoting two-plus decades to building alliances with Christian Zionists, Eckstein has become an outspoken critic of Iran and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad


For sale: West?s deadly nuclear secrets The Turks and Israelis had planted ?moles? in military and academic institutions which handled nuclear technology. Edmonds says there were several transactions of nuclear material every month, with the Pakistanis being among the eventual buyers. ?The network appeared to be obtaining information from every nuclear agency in the United States,? ......One of the Pentagon figures under investigation was Lawrence Franklin, a former Pentagon analyst, who was jailed in 2006 for passing US defence information to lobbyists and sharing classified information with an Israeli diplomat.

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