Anti-Iran nuclear move 'dropped' Diplomats speaking anonymously to news agencies said Western states had scrapped the plans in the face of opposition led by China and Russia.
Insurgents 'took a break' during Ahmadinejad visit A top US general says Iranian-backed insurgents took a couple of days off during the recent visit to Baghdad by Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran wants world ban on nuclear weapons
Long-range rockets fired from Gaza are Iranian: Israel army BS alert.
Opec dashes oil supply rise hopes
PM: Israel has strength, might to defend itself against Iran "Israel definitely sees itself threatened by Iran," Olmert said in a tour of northern Israel. "Israel has the might and power to defend itself against any threat."
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But he quickly added, "I don't think the Iranian matter is primarily Israel's responsibility. It is the responsibility of the United States and the leading countries in the international community that are convinced Iran constitutes a threat."
Oohh, I see. So it's OUR responsibility to deal with Israel's primary threat (just like Iraq was).
The Bush Doctrine in Embryo Among other things, the document illustrates the important role played by Scooter Libby, as well as Paul Wolfowitz (who is generally given credit or blame for the document) in coordinating the project, an additional piece of evidence that Libby, rather than Wolfowitz or Elliott Abrams, was probably the most important and influential neo-conservative in the current administration.
Olmert in Tokyo makes case for joint ventures with Japan He didn't specify which defense concerns Israel and Japan share, but his comment came during a news conference that dealt in part with potential nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea.
U.S. warship stirs Lebanese fear of war. While the US State Department says the Cole and other warships are being sent to the eastern Mediterranean to support regional stability amid Lebanon's political crisis, the move seems to have embarrassed the besieged Western-backed administration of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and provided ammunition for the pro-Syrian opposition, led by the militant Shiite Hizbullah, to accuse the government of being a US pawn.
U.N.: Hezbollah not rearming in Lebanon U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says the organization's Interim Force in Lebanon has found no basis for claims by Israel that Hezbollah is rebuilding its military presence, The Daily Star reported.
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