Saturday, February 9, 2008

Headlines for 02-08-08

No need for more Iranian nuclear plants: US US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns says he sees no need "at all" for Iran to build additional nuclear power plants.


Iran to hold Iraq talks with US


US sees attacks by Iranian-backed groups up in Iraq


US Needs No 'Permission Slips,' Bush Tells CPAC Removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq was the right decision when it was made and remains the correct call to this day, President Bush told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday. Instead of taking cues from international agencies and self-described peace activists, the administration put America's national security needs first in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the president told the conference in Washington, D.C. Uh huh. But, Saddam had nothing to do with 911 or Al Qaeda. Go figure.


Spies' Battleground Turns Virtual "Unfortunately, what started out as a benign environment where people would congregate to share information or explore fantasy worlds is now offering the opportunity for religious/political extremists to recruit, rehearse, transfer money, and ultimately engage in information warfare or worse with impunity."


Berlin rally to protest Iran performance Protest organizers said he should be criticizing the anti-Israel statements and Holocaust denial of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and standing up for the rights of oppressed women and homosexuals in Iran.


Clinton wins tacit support of Israeli establishment


What did Israel bomb in Syria? by Seymour M. Hersh The former U.S. senior intelligence official told me that, as he understood it, America's involvement in the Israeli raid dated back months earlier, and was linked to the Administration's planning for a possible air war against Iran. Last summer, the Defense Intelligence Agency came to believe that Syria was installing a new Russian-supplied radar-and-air-defense system that was similar to the radar complexes in Iran. Entering Syrian airspace would trigger those defenses and expose them to Israeli and American exploitation, yielding valuable information about their capabilities. Vice-President Dick Cheney supported the idea of overflights, the former senior intelligence official said, because "it would stick it to Syria and show that we're serious about Iran.".....There is evidence that the preƫmptive raid on Syria was also meant as a warning about?and a model for?a preƫmptive attack on Iran


The Cable-Cutter Mystery Given the context in which these cable cuts are occurring ? heightened tensions in the region, and not only with Iran ? I think it is probable that they are deliberate, and that the diversion of internet traffic for purposes of eavesdropping is clearly the intent.

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