Monday, August 11, 2008

Headlines for 08-11-08

Iran rebels execute two policemen, capture three Guards: report An Iranian Sunni rebel group claimed on Monday to have kidnapped three Revolutionary Guard officers and executed two policemen captured in June after talks with Tehran failed to secure their release, Al-Arabiya news channel reported.


Iran says to pursue nuclear talks with EU


Georgian exit leaves vacuum near Iranian border


Jordan's king in first Iraq visit


Georgian invasion of South Ossetia sets the stage for a wider war


US stocks rise as oil prices fall Crude was down $US1.77 to $US113.43 a barrel, the lowest in more than three months.


Klein: Neocons think 'it's raining Nazis' in Georgia


'Oil, Israel and Iran' Among Factors that Led to Georgia War Channel 2's expert on the Muslim world, Ehud Ya'ari, told viewers of the central evening newscast that Russia and neighboring countries were vying for control of a strategic oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. This relatively new pipeline passes through Azerbaijan and Georgia to Turkey and is the only pipeline between Asia and Europe that does not pass through Russia or Iran. Israel is expecting to receive oil and gas through the pipeline......The Georgian move against South Ossetia was motivated by political considerations having to do with Israel and Iran, according to Nfc. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili decided to assert control over the breakaway region in order to force Israel to reconsider its decision to cut back its support for Georgia's military. Really now.


Michael Savage rebroadcasts NewsMax extremist Ken Timmerman's warning on Iran


Diplomatic ties to top agenda of Lebanon-Syria summit


We're no friends of Israelis: Iran parliament speaker Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a deputy of Ahmadinejad, has insisted that Iran is "friends with the Israeli people."


Iran VP says Iranians are 'friends' of Israelis


Jordan queen wraps up YouTube plan on stereotypes


No threat from Iran Darwish also refrains from explaining why we should believe that a regime which has done everything to preserve itself over the past three decades should suddenly commit collective suicide by attacking Israel. All in all, it's quite a story.


Israeli Has $1 Billion Invested in Georgia The Jewish state and private investors have provided military assistance and advisors to Georgia, where pipelines pump oil destined for Israel. A new pipeline is being built to bypass Russian territory.

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