Posted on 01/11/2007 1:10:16 PM PST by DoctorZIn
Top News Story
Arabs see no choice but to prep for war
- Amir Taheri, The New York Post reported that the Arabs are increasingly worried because Iran's new leadership under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad refuses even to consider their concerns over its nuclear ambitions. During the 2005 presidential campaign, Ahmadinejad described the GCC states as "gas stations, not countries."
- Adnkronos International reported that there is widespread fear among Persian Gulf nations over Iran’s nuclear program in light of the fact that Iran is considered a highly seismic country and thus prone to devastating earthquakes.
What exploded in Central Iran?
- Fars News Agency reported that an Unidentified Flying Object crashed in Barez Mounts in the central province of Kerman Wednesday morning.
Russian Admiral Predicts Impending US Strike Against Iran
- Kuwait News Agency reported that former Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Admiral Edward Baltin said Tuesday that the presence of so many nuclear submarines in the Arab Gulf waters pointed to likely plans for a US attack against Iran.
To Counter Iran’s Role in Iraq, Bush Moves Beyond Diplomacy
- The New York Times reported that President Bush returned Wednesday night to a strategy of confrontation in dealing with Tehran, casting aside what had been a limited flirtation with a more diplomatic approach toward it.
- The White House published the full text of President Bush's speech on Iraq with excerpts on Iran noted.
Khamenei: Color Me Agnostic, But it's Hell over There
- Michael Ledeen, Faster Please reported on a conversation with a senior Western intelligence official who said: “It seems pretty clear that Khamenei is either dead or dying.
Why A nuclear Iran will change everything.
- S. Enders Wimbush, The Weekly Standard argued that many European strategists speak of "managing" a nuclear Iran, as if Iran and the new nuclear actors that will emerge in Iran's wake can be easily deterred by getting them to sign documents and by talking nicely to them. This is a lethal naiveté.
U.S. Treasury Escalates Financial War on Iran
- Eli Lake, The New York Sun reported that the Treasury Department barred Iran's oldest bank from American financial markets yesterday, escalating America's financial war on Iran.
- The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. government's attempt to isolate Iran's economy will get a significant boost this month when the last European bank known to be clearing large volumes of that country's dollar transactions in the U.S. halts the practice.
Here are a few other news items you may have missed.
- The Telegraph reported that Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, is to fly to Latin America this weekend in search of new international allies.
- Iran Press News reported that the Hamas terrorist group has just taken delivery of advanced communications equipment in the Gaza strip.
- Iran Press News reported that members of the Jordanian parliament in a letter have demanded Amman cut off diplomatic relations with Tehran’s regime.
- Google Video published a video of drug addiction In Shiraz In Farsi with English subtitles.
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Who will the saudis get to fight for them? Most of the arabs from these countries always believe any form of manual labor is beneath them, including serving in the military or fighting in combat.
Has he postponed the trip?
Good point. They do live in ivory towers. Literally.
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Yahh, like the self-annointed sultans buying all those luxury condos in Dubai are going to fight. Puh-leaze. They can't flush a toilet without a crew of servants.
Well, let them gird their loins or whatever they gird. Looks to me that at the moment they're killing eachother instead of us. And that, in the words of Martha Stewart "is a good thing."
Go Ahead Arabs, attack Iran, You don't need our permission.
And these people want A-Bombs for what? To kill each other - sunni vs shiite? A good idea, for sure, but that's not their stated purpose.
These barbarians can't even make a deal amongst themselves in regard to their own religion except to kill Jews and Christians and anyone who isn't a muzzie. And they'll then kill the muzzies that they don't like!
Send jimmah-carter over to talk with them. Then leave him there.................FRegards
Looks almost like you've been reading the Three Conjectures.
Well, I've read it now, Duncan. Hell, I think I wrote it, or could have.
Thanks for the link, pal. Stay safe .......... FRegards
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