Headlines for 04-04-08

04-04-08 - Ritter says White House preparing for war in Iran there is an 80 percent chance of war with Iran, he told about 200 people Wednesday at Middlebury College as part of a series of talks facilitated by the Vermont Peace and Justice Center.....Everyone needs to start understanding and caring about their Constitutional rights, and everyone needs to start finding the facts for themselves and taking strong individual stands, Ritter said. If you do nothing but take in what the TV and newspapers tell you, "all you're going to get in return is puke." Right on.


04-04-08 - Iran assembles more advanced centrifuges The diplomats say more than 300 centrifuges have been linked up in two units and a third unit is being worked on. They spoke on condition of anonymity because their information is confidential.


04-04-08 - Ahmadinejad says uranium enrichment 'non-negotiable': report Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview published Friday that he would reject any new incentives offered by world powers in return for suspending uranium enrichment.


04-04-08 - Lawmakers heavily invested in defense


04-04-08 - US defence chief in Oman for talks with sultan US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Oman on Friday for talks with Sultan Qaboos, the ruler of this key Gulf state which faces Iran across the strategic Strait of Hormuz.


04-04-08 - Huge job losses set off recession alarms


04-04-08 - U.K. suspects' videos say attacks on jets would avenge wars in Iraq, Afghanistan


04-04-08 - Pentagon to shut domestic spying office


04-04-08 - Gifts for the Palestinians, and Questions Here's a question for The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs: for whose national security are you working?


04-04-08 - New global push sought to scrap chemical weapons Nations including Syria, Iraq and Israel should join a landmark pact for destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons as they serve hardly any security or strategic purpose, a watchdog agency said on Friday.


04-04-08 - Iran cleric says Israel behind anti-Islam Dutch film


04-04-08 - 40 killed by Israeli cluster bombs in Lebanon Forty people have been killed and 252 wounded by Israeli cluster bombs dropped during the 2006 war in Lebanon, the UN demining organisation said on Friday.


04-04-08 - Israel: Iran listening in on IDF communications from Syria Iran has set up sophisticated listening stations in Syria in recent months to intercept Israeli military communications, Israeli security officials said Tuesday


04-04-08 - Israel's Tehran connection


04-04-08 - Lebanon PM wary of Israeli manoeuvres Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora warned on Friday that Israel could exploit major military exercises to exacerbate tensions along the volatile border between the two countries.


04-04-08 - China to build oil refinery in Syria near alleged nuclear plant bombed by Israel


04-04-08 - Syria: We choose peace, but we're ready for Israeli attack


04-04-08 - 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.