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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
By Jake Tapper |
One day before Pennsylvania primary voters go to the polls, Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., spent the day trying to reach undecided voters, and rally their supporters to the polls.
For the last six weeks they have battled and bickered and both have unleashed a barrage of negativity in television ads that have aired thousands of times in the ...
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Bush Hypes Threat from Iran
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Matthew Rothschild The Progressive In his speech on Thursday, Bush wasted little time before getting to the ominous subject of Iran. Time and time again, he lumped the alleged threat from Iran in the same breadth as the one from Al Qaeda, once again fusing enemies in the minds of the American people. “Serious and complex challenges remain in Iraq, from the presence of Al Qaeda to the destructive influence of Iran,” ...
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Fisk: Hizbollah turns to Iran in war on Israel
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008By Robert Fisk in Teir Dibba, south Lebanon Tuesday, 8 April 2008 The Shia "martyrs" of this hill village are normally killed in the dangerous, stony landscape of southern Lebanon, in Israeli air raids or invasions or attacks from the sea. The Hizbollah duly honours them. But the body of the latest Shia fighter to be buried here – from the local Hashem family – was flown back ...
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Israel threatens Iran with destruction
Monday, April 7th, 2008An Israeli minister has threatened Iran with destroying the country if the Islamic Republic launches 'an attack on the regime'. "An Iranian attack against Israel would trigger a tough reaction that would lead to the destruction of the Iranian nation," National Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said, AFP reported Monday. The minister, a member of prime minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet, stressed however that Iran was unlikely ...
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Iran torpedoes US plans for Iraqi oil
Sunday, April 6th, 2008In the highly competitive world of international politics, nation states very rarely miss an opportunity to crow about success stories. The opportunity comes rare, mostly by default, and seldom enduring. By any standards of showmanship, therefore, Tehran has set a new benchmark of reticence. By all accounts, Iran played a decisive role in hammering out the peace deal among the Shi'ite factions in Iraq. A bloody week of human killing on ...
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The Secret American-Iranian Security Deal In Iraq
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Arab online newspaper published in London, is the only newspaper to report this a week ago but I waited few days to see if there is any development provides evidence to the newspaper claims, and the military campaign in Basra was what i am waiting for.Arab online says that there are secret Iranian – American negotiations at Ahmadinejad’s visit to ...
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Bush Still Spinning Nukes in Iran
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008The unanimous conclusion of the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, that Iran ceased pursuing a program of nuclear weapons in 2003, has dealt a severe blow to the Bush-Cheney agenda of forcible regime change in Iran. For several months, the rhetoric emerging from the White House escalated to the point that many observers predicted Bush would attack Iran before he leaves office. But although the new National Intelligence Estimate ...
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Calls for Admiral to “blow whistle” on Iran strike
Monday, March 17th, 2008Calls are growing on Admiral William Fallon and other senior military officers to make a public stand against the Bush administration’s alleged plans to attack Iran. Admiral Fallon's resignation last week from his position as head of the US Central Command is seen as a blow for those seeking a diplomatic resolution to the current standoff with Iran. His resignation has drawn demands that he “come clean” as to his ...
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UK: Attack on Iran, big mistake
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008British lawmakers say 'Washington and allies' should not use force on Iran cautioning it could 'provoke an extremely violent backlash'. "Any military strike against Iran would have 'grave repercussions' for the Middle East," The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee said in a Sunday report. In its 'Global Security: Iran' report, the select committee also warned that the use of force on Iran's nuclear facilities ...
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Does the US fund energy projects in Iran?
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008The World Bank is reportedly using US monetary contributions to help Iran build up and develop its various industries and gas sector. The World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has issued $122.2 million in guarantee coverage for three foreign companies which have in turn invested a total of $42.8 million in Iran's Mehr Petrochemical Company, Fox News reported. The three companies are Cementhai Chemicals Company ...
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Turkey rejects US bank request on Iran
Thursday, January 31st, 2008A Turkish official has refused a US request to scrutinize and then suspend the activities of the Turkey-based Iran's Bank Mellat. “What binds Turkey are the resolutions of the UN and not US presidential decrees or Congressional decisions,” a Turkish diplomat told the Turkish Daily News. US officials have told bankers around the world that Iran is funding terrorists and seeking nuclear technology. Banks such as ...
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New US plot against Iranian banks
Monday, January 28th, 2008In its bid to halt Iran's nuclear program, the US has called on Turkey to be 'vigilant' over financial operations with Iranian banks. The US Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart A. Levey called on Ankara to be 'vigilant' over financial operations with state-run Iranian banks, AP said. Levey said Ankara should scrutinize activities of Turkish-based branches of Mellat Bank since Washington arbitrarily blacklisted Banks ...
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Israeli satellite to spy on Iran
Monday, January 21st, 2008Israel has successfully launched a spy satellite which will be used to gather intelligence on Iran's activities, a new report says. The TECSAR satellite is particularly important for Israel since it can be used to 'keep tabs on Iran's nuclear program', the report said citing unnamed Israeli officials. The officials revealed that the TECSAR satellite operates with an enhanced footage technology, allowing it to transmit images ...
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‘Pray next US president bombs Iran’
Sunday, January 20th, 2008A senior advisor to Rudy Giuliani says the next US president must discharge President Bush's 'responsibility' of waging war on Iran. Writing for the February edition of Commentary, Norman Podhoretz said if the next US president doesn't have the 'courage' to attack Iran, the outcome will be catastrophic for Washington. "We had all better pray that there will be enough time for the next president to ...
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Iran says Bush’s accusations “words without value”
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran denounced on Monday as "words without value" President George W. Bush's remarks that the Islamic state was threatening security around the world by backing militants. Speaking in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, Bush said Iran was the world's top sponsor of terrorism and accused it of undermining peace by supporting the Hezbollah guerrilla group in Lebanon, Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Shi'ite militants in Iraq. "Bush ...
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