Headlines for 02-07-08

Mullen: US troops are tired It is long past time to bring them home.


Order given to fire on Iranian speedboat, but it turned away: Mullen


Angelina Jolie calls for aid to refugees on Iraq visit UN goodwill ambassador and Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie visited Iraq on a humanitarian mission on Thursday and met top officials to demand help for people displaced by the war.


American Jewish leader: Don't rule out Bush on Iran US President George W. Bush is committed to dealing with the Iranian nuclear program even as he enters his last year of office, a senior American Jewish leader said Wednesday.


Iraq?s Tragic Future By Scott Ritter This situation is troublesome in the extreme. The collective refusal of any constituent in this complicated mix of political players to confront Bush on Iraq virtually guarantees that it will be the Bush administration, and not its successor, that will dictate the first year (or more) of policy in Iraq for the next president. It also ensures that the debacle that is the Bush administration?s overarching Middle East policy of regional transformation and regime change in not only Iraq but Iran and Syria will continue to go unchallenged.


U.S. heading to war in Iran, says former inspector The White House is using outright fabrications and exaggerations to persuade the American public that Iran has an active nuclear weapons program, Ritter and Peck claimed. The ultimate goal, they said, is overthrow of Iran?s Islamic theocracy.


Analyze This: Why 'maverick' McCain is likely to follow consensus when it comes to Israel policy For many on the Right, especially the so-called Jewish neo-conservatives, a US administration that dedicates itself too fervently, and involves itself too directly in a negotiating process between Israel and the Palestinians, is bound to end up pressuring Jerusalem to make concessions on such matters as West Bank settlements and tough security measures that impact on the general Palestinian population. This is the path the current Republican administration has followed in recent months, and one that fits less with the neo-conservative outlook evident in the early years of the Bush White House, and more with the mainstream of US policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict over the past two decades.



One Internet cut explained, but four others still a mystery


Lebanon's Hariri blasts Syria and Iran, calls for mass rally


Syria says Golan Heights the key to peace with Israel


Top Spies To Be Called in Aipac Trial The use of these witnesses appears to be part of an unexpected strategy on behalf of the prosecution ? to show that the former lobbyists not only broke the law but also exposed America to a real national security threat More power to 'em (prosecution).


Cable Cutting Mayhem: 5th Undersea Internet Cable Cut The fifth cable which has been cut was a major undersea link to Iran and caused initial panic that the country had been entirely cut off from the internet, this was since proved false however their were widespread outages and those able to access internet services through alternative routing had services slow to a crawl.




A Silly Pretext No Arab or Islamic country armed even with the smallest of atomic bombs will be ready to hit Israel. And that, is because Israel is a small country interwoven and surrounded by Palestinian and Arab nations.


India to Pay a Price For Launching Israeli Spy Satellite Besides the much-touted "strategic partnership" with the US, India has also developed a close political and military relationship with Israel, with which it established full diplomatic relations only in 1992. This has entailed a huge shift away from India's traditional support for the cause of Palestinian nationhood.


UN officer reported Israeli war crimes before deadly bombing: widow A United Nations military observer sent e-mails home to Canada reporting that Israel was bombing schools and waging "a campaign of terror against the Lebanese people" shortly before he was killed by an Israeli bomb in Lebanon, said his widow. Israel has committed war crimes against US military and our government let them get away with it.