Headlines for 04-18-08

Nearly 1 in 5 troops has mental problems after war service


Iran progress on atom centrifuges slow: IAEA


Bush and Brown Share Impatience on Iran


Iran's mission rejects US allegations of role in Iraq Iran's U.N. Mission said allegations by U.S. officials that the country is supporting the insurgency in Iraq are "unfounded" and "baseless."


Pentagon institute calls Iraq war 'a major debacle' with outcome 'in doubt' The war in Iraq has become "a major debacle" and the outcome "is in doubt" despite improvements in security from the buildup in U.S. forces, according to a highly critical study published Thursday by the Pentagon's premier military educational institute.


Report reveals Iran seized British sailors in disputed waters Fifteen British sailors and Marines were seized by Iran in internationally disputed waters and not in Iraq?s maritime territory as Parliament was told, according to new official documents released to The Times.


Brown seeks tighter Iran sanctions British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday called for tightening European sanctions on Iran over its suspect nuclear program, specifically targeting investments in liquefied natural gas.


IAEA official to fly to Tehran for more nuclear talks: spokeswoman The so-called alleged studies are the one outstanding issue that the IAEA insists still needs to be cleared up.


Oil reaches $117 for first time


Rice to shun Iran at meeting of Iraq's neighbors Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she has no plans to meet Iran's foreign minister at a conference of Iraq's neighbors next week, amid increasing U.S. complaints about Iranian support for Iraqi insurgents.


Rice says Arabs must shield Iraq from Iran's sway Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she would press Iraq's Arab neighbors hard next week to do more to support Baghdad's government and shield it from Iran's "nefarious influences."


Clinton vows 'massive' U.S. retaliation if Iran attacks Israel


http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/Netanyahu_Warns_World_/2008/04/18/89102.html


Arrow successfully simulates intercept of mock Shihab missile Israel is talking with Boeing about manufacturing the new and improved Arrow 3. Israel hopes the U.S. Congress will approve funding for the project. US funding?


Rice marks 25th anniversary of Beirut embassy attack Rice used the commemoration to hint at Washington's accusations of interference by Syria into the affairs of neighboring Lebanon, with politicians in Beirut "afraid for their very lives" as the embattled government remains locked in a long-running standoff with the Hezbollah-led opposition.


'Iran smuggling arms into Gaza by sea' Iran has stepped up its efforts to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip by using floatable devices that it drops near the waters off the Gaza coast to be picked up by Palestinian fisherman, senior defense officials have told The Jerusalem Post.




Dude, Where... Is Osama bin Laden? A young Palestinian man laments that "9/11 legitimized the American presence in the Middle East" and insists that "We are fighting to make our homeland. It's none of their [al-Qaeda's] business."


Professor in Deadlocked Terrorism Case Could Face a New Indictment Sami al-Arian, a computer science professor imprisoned for more than five years after pleading guilty to a single terrorism-related charge when his trial deadlocked, is back in legal limbo this week. He faces either deportation or a new indictment that could extend his incarceration for years.


Could Israel use submarines against Iran? Anticipating a showdown with Iran, Israel decides secretly to deploy a submarine off its arch-foe's coast.


Syria and US at Odds Over Hariri Probe In asking the U.N. Security Council for an extension of the mandate of his probe, investigator Daniel Bellemare said recently that evidence pointed to a "criminal network" being responsible for the "politically motivated" killing of Hariri. The network had pre-existed Hariri's murder, Bellemare said, and it continued to exist for some period afterward.