Thursday, March 6, 2008

Headlines for 03-05-08

Iran rejects new EU nuclear talks


Iran says will hold nuclear talks only with IAEA


Russian bomber shadows US Navy ship A Russian jet bomber has approached a US aircraft carrier off the Korean coast and was intercepted by American fighter jets - the second such incident in less than a month, US defence officials said.


US urges West to follow through on Iran sanctions The White House on Tuesday urged the international community to implement the tough new sanctions against Iran approved one day earlier by the United Nations Security Council.


Iran 'may not have ended search for nuclear bomb' A senior British diplomat has for the first time challenged the findings of a crucial American intelligence report which was considered to have removed the justification for military strikes against Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. Why, it's so unlike the British to parrot the Bush administration..


Iran may be biggest threat to Iraq - U.S. general The Iraqis are laughing their collective balls off at that notion.


US cannot confirm talks with Iran on Iraq security


Iran, US to hold talks on Iraq Thursday Iranian and US officials will hold their fourth round of talks on security in Iraq in Baghdad on Thursday, the ISNA news agency quoted the head of Iran's delegation Reza Amiri Moghaddam as saying.


Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers meet in Cairo


US denies new Iraq talks with Iran


Vermont towns vote to arrest Bush and Cheney The nonbinding, symbolic measure, passed in Brattleboro and Marlboro in a state known for taking liberal positions on national issues, instructs town police to "extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them."




Straight Talk, No Chaser The stall tactic we know as the "surge strategy" has a clear and definable objective. No, it's not to create sufficient security in Iraq for political reconciliation to take place. It's to keep the war's critics at bay until the neoconservatives can slip John McCain into the White House.


Patience Is the Best Iran Policy by Scott Ritter


France bolsters military ties with Gulf United Arab Emirates (AFP) - France concluded on Wednesday war games with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the first since it struck a deal in January to set up a military base in the UAE.


New FBI privacy violations confirmed Mueller says the report focuses on national security letters issued only in 2006 ? a year before the FBI enacted sweeping new reforms to prevent future lapses.


Hezbollah says it is prepared for war


Cole replaced off Lebanon by two US warships: official Two US warships have taken up position in the eastern Mediterranean off Lebanon, replacing the USS Cole, a US Navy official said Wednesday.


US warship leaves Lebanon for Gulf AFTER providing Israel with cover to massacre many Palestinian civilians - including children.

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