Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Headlines for 02-26-08

Iran says opposition group lies on nukes Iran's ambassador to the United Nations said Monday that an Iranian opposition group is feeding fabricated evidence to Washington that purports to show the Tehran government tried to produce nuclear weapons.


Nuclear program no threat: Iranian ambassador


France, Gulf states begin war games France, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have begun joint military drills in the shadow of the crisis over neighboring Iran's nuclear program.


Khamenei hails Iran 'nuclear win'


Iraq condemns Turkey military incursion Iraq's government has demanded Turkish troops leave its northern region immediately, saying the offensive launched against Kurdish rebels last week violates Iraq's sovereignty


British watchdog orders gov't to release Iraq war documents


Iran to sign gas deal with China on Wednesday


McCain Further Distances from '100 Year' Remark, Says 'War Will Be Over Soon'


Neocons Fine-Tune Iran Angle


Jewish Dems, GOPers trade Nader barbs Republican and Democratic Jews traded barbs over Ralph Nader's characterization of Barack Obama's Israel policy.


McCain lobbyist advocated for Israeli MIAs The lobbyist at the center of impropriety allegations targeting John McCain once advocated for Israelis missing in action.


Iran and North Korea a threat to Asia stability: Olmert


Syrian defends Hezbollah The Bush administration ignored concerns by Syria five years ago that invading Iraq would further destabilize the Middle East, and briefly reached out to the nation in the fall to ensure its participation in a peace conference, a top Syrian diplomat said Monday......"It's incredible: Israel occupies Lebanon. (Hezbollah fights) against Israel in their own Lebanon, and you consider them terrorists!"


The Clinton Years Revisited - Philip Giraldi


Slain militant was organizer in 2006 war The 2006 war came after Hezbollah fighters captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. Israel retaliated with a massive bombardment, then ground incursions, in a 34-day war that devastated south Lebanon.

Notice in the paragraph reflecting casualties of that war, the Associated Press does not break down the civilian/militant kill ratio like it did for Israel. That would be because most of the 1000+ Lebanese that were killed by the Israelis were civilians.


Iran must pay for '92 bombing A U.S. judge ordered Iran to pay $33 million to the family of a U.S.-born Israeli diplomat killed in a 1992 bombing. Why was this tried in the US?

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