Thursday, May 1, 2008

Headlines for 04-28-08

US accuses Iran and Syria of trying to destabilize Iraq


India and Pakistan snub US A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR gas pipeline project linking Iran, Pakistan and India that is bitterly opposed by Washington is set to go ahead after Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a historic first visit to meet leaders of the new coalition government in Islamabad.



Top UN nuclear official in Iran for more talks


Iran tells Russia of plan to solve world problems


Iran discusses package of nuclear proposals with Russia


Iran says Iraq situation makes U.S. attack unlikely Iran said on Sunday a "disastrous situation" facing the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan coupled with Washington's domestic issues made any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic unlikely.


Iran-led radicals getting stronger, Israel warns Mofaz was in Washington as part of the US-Israeli strategic dialogue which meets every six months to discuss common security concerns.


Lebanese army: 12 Israeli jets flew over Beirut The Lebanese army reported that Israeli Air Force jets flew over Beirut on Monday. The army said in a statement that 12 "enemy" Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace before noon Monday by flying missions over Beirut and elsewhere in the country. The IDF said it will not discuss its operational activities.


Assad says facility Israel bombed not nuclear: paper The Syrian site Israel bombed in September was not part of a nuclear weapons program, but was a military facility under construction, President Bashar al-Assad said in remarks published on Sunday.....Assad said it was illogical for Syria to seek a nuclear bomb. "Where would we use it? On Israel it would kill the Palestinians. I do not see this as logical."


Complicity in Acts of Aggression The Israelis ? allegedly the source of this "intelligence" ? apparently believe (and want gullible members of the Best Congress Money Can Buy to believe) that ten-foot tall Korean nuclear scientists and engineers have gone into the nuclear-reactor export business.


Barak defers U.S. trip in wake of CIA briefing over Syrian strike Barak made the decision a few days ago. The postponement is aimed at avoiding the impression that his meetings were in any way connected to the U.S. decision to disclosure information on the Syrian facility


IAF Chief: Hitler wasn't believed, we can't make that mistake with Ahmadinejad Shkedi made these remarks in a special interview with "60 Minutes" in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary, excerpts of which aired on Channel 2 television Sunday.


Is War With Iran Imminent? Standing behind this developing pro-war Popular Front, the central factor in turning the U.S. toward a policy of confrontation rather than constructive engagement with Iran has been the Israel lobby.


The neoconning of a nation Cheney and fellow militarists are pushing hard for attacks on Syria, Lebanon and Iran before President George W. Bush leaves office. Neocons have flocked to Sen. John McCain's banner -- in spite of Hillary Clinton's vow to "obliterate" Iran if it attacked Israel with nuclear weapons. They believe U.S. attacks on Arab states and/or Iran would prove decisive in winning the presidency for McCain this November. A U.S. attack on Syria could well be the first step of a broader air war against Lebanon and Iran.




Spy Games -- Israel Targeted Again The arrest of a New Jersey engineer on charges of conspiracy to pass U.S. military secrets to Israel Tuesday shows a consistent, continued pattern of Israeli spying on its major benefactor, the United States, according to espionage experts


Iran-led radicals getting stronger, Israel warns


Syrian reactor capacity was 1-2 weapons/year: CIA A diplomat close to the U.N. nuclear watchdog and outside analysts have said the U.S. disclosure did not amount to proof of an illicit arms program because there was no sign of a reprocessing plant needed to convert spent fuel from the plant into bomb-grade plutonium.


Syria says US reactor charges as fake as Iraq WMD claims


Hayden: Syrian site could have produced fuel for 2 weapons BS gets thicker...


N.Koreans may have died in Israel raid in Syria: NHK


Running a Risk with Iran Our Israeli friends like to remind us of the danger Iran presents to them, but between the two nations, which one is the more dangerous? Iran is too far from Israel to bring its air, sea or land forces to bear against it. Iran might be able to lob ballistic missiles at Israeli cities, but any warhead it throws at Israel would pale in comparison to what Israel throws back (remember, Israel?s the nation with nukes, not Iran).


Skepticism toward Bush claims about Syria and North Korea


More on the Likudist Fronts

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