Thursday, February 7, 2008

Headlines for 02-06-08

Russia says Iran rocket raises nuclear suspicions


IAEA chief warns against military action to solve Iranian nuclear issue


Ahmadinejad withdrawing nuclear proposal Iran's president says he is withdrawing a proposal made in 2005 for an international consortium to enrich uranium ? the fuel for both nuclear bombs and power plants ? inside his country.


Intelligence Chief Cites Qaeda Threat to U.S. Al Qaeda is gaining in strength from its refuge in Pakistan and is steadily improving its ability to recruit, train and position operatives capable of carrying out attacks inside the United States, the director of national intelligence told a Senate panel on Tuesday.


Powell?s UN Fiasco: Fresh and Festering


Ron Paul Stands Out Among Republicans as a Man of Change


'Message' candidate doesn't plan to drop out The 72-year-old doctor-turned-politician says he has no plans to quit no matter how everything shakes out today after the Super Tuesday votes are counted.


Iran annoyed with India's launch of Israeli spy satellite Iran has expressed its concern over India's helping Israel launch a spy satellite and has asked New Delhi to refrain from allowing other countries to launch spying operations from its territory, officials said Tuesday.


A pre-election attack on Iran remains a possibility


Demand answers about the Liberty incident More recently, reporter John Crewdson, in the Chicago Tribune, reported that the National Security Agency intercepts of the Israeli pilots? communications during the attack left no doubt that Israel knew that it was attacking an American ship. Crewdson, relying on recently declassified NSA records and interviews with people with first-hand knowledge of the intercepts, tells a story that backs up the survivors? long-dismissed claims.



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