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Smile when you hear Death to Israel "'We will never recognize Israel, and in the end the [fate of] Zionists will be like that of the Crusaders, the Persians and the English, who left,' said Zahar, a founding father of Hamas.. 'This regime, thanks to God, has lost the reason for its existence,' [Iranian President] Ahmadinejad told thousands at a Death to Israel pep rally in Tehran. 'Efforts to stabilize this fake (Israeli) regime, by the grace of God, have completely failed... You should believe that this regime is disappearing,' he said ..[contradicted by] the Herzl Inversion Principle, which states: If you dream it, it will boomerang" & Four detained in Saudi Arabia for supporting Hezbollah "eastern region.. home to the kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim minority.. peaceful demonstrations backing Hezbollah during its war with Israel ..Saudi Arabia regards itself as the bastion of Sunni Islam" haaretz.com Oct06 IDF deputy chief of staff Major General Moshe Kaplinsky: Iran will have nuclear arms capability 'in near future' & Incoming U.S. Defense Secretary tells Senate panel Israel has nuclear weapons "Though Israel is widely assumed to have a nuclear weapons arsenal, it has stuck to its policy of ambiguity on the subject, insisting against all the evidence that it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East. A retired Israeli general said Thursday Israel is no longer trying to convince anyone that it has no nuclear arsenal.. policy.. Analyst Yossi Alpher said it allows Israel's neighbors 'to assume that even if Israel had nuclear weapons, this was not a threat to them,' and therefore it should not be changed.. 'it's very possible that if and when Iran goes nuclear in the military sense, Israel will have to consider ending its policy of ambiguity. Then it won't be the first'" haaretz.com Dec06 GCC to Develop Civilian Nuclear Energy "Gulf Cooperation Council.. plans to seek nuclear energy technology for peaceful purposes while repeating its demand to make the Middle East a zone free of weapons of mass destruction. 'The states of the Gulf region have a right to possess nuclear energy technology for peaceful purposes'.. 'We want no bombs... Our policy is to have a region free of weapons of mass destruction.. This is why we call on Israel to renounce (nuclear weapons).' The 'original sin' was from Israel as it established a nuclear reactor with the only purpose of producing nuclear weapons, Prince Saud said.. peace and stability would not prevail in the Middle East without the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital" arabnews.com 11Dec06 Analysis: Ambiguity isn't what it was "Vice Premier Shimon Peres, the 'father of Israel's nuclear program'.. 'the president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map'" jpost.com 12Dec06 Slip Sliding Away "Speaking to German television news channel N24, Olmert said, 'Iran openly, explicitly and publicly threatens to wipe Israel off the map. Can you say that this is the same level, when you are aspiring to have nuclear weapons, as America, France, Israel, Russia?' This was taken as confirmation that Israel has nuclear weapons, and Olmert was at pains to stress yesterday that he can not admitted this [sic]" ariga.com 13Dec06 Bush's War Heating Up - Attack on Iran Imminent "Even the London Times is in the grip of Israeli propaganda. In its report of Israel's plan to attack Iran with nuclear weapons, the Times says that Iranian president 'Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has declared that 'Israel must be wiped off the map.'' It has been shown by a number of credible experts that this quote is a made-up concoction taken completely out of context. Ahmadinejad said no such thing" vdare.com 07Jan07 Bibi optimistic about stopping Iran "Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu opened the Herzliya Conference on the Balance of National Security.. series of steps.. could contribute to preventing a nuclear Iran, either without a military strike or by creating the international legitimacy for such a strike to take place.. 'There should be voluntary sanctions with teeth without waiting for the United Nations. It worked against the apartheid government of South Africa, and the same thing can work against the genocidal regime of Iran'.. 'new spirit' of patriotism, telling the world and educating Israeli children that justice is on Israel's side" jpost.com 21Jan07 |
Prominent lobbyist Perle: U.S. will attack Iran if it obtains nukes "leading neoconservative and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.. present policy of attempting to impose sanctions on Iran will not cause it to abandon its nuclear aspirations, and unless stopped the country will become a nuclear power.. Dr. Gary Samore.. still years away from attaining nuclear weapons capability" haaretz.com 22Jan07 &
Report: Iran planning nuclear test with N. Korean assistance 24Jan + then N.Korea denied link Report: Saudi FM warns against partitioning Iraq "told Iran not to 'meddle' in Arab affairs.. 'We are doing everything so that Iraqis - Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds - cooperate' [yet] private citizens in Saudi Arabia.. funneling money to Sunni insurgents in Iraq" jpost.com 24Jan07 + Saudi warns 'interfering' Iran "King Abdullah.. said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be solved by 'Arabs alone. We don't want anyone to trade in our issues and become stronger through them'.. The US also says Iran is 'interfering' in Iraq by backing Shia military groups in the country and criticises Tehran for backing Lebanon's Hezbollah, a Shia group which is leading a move to topple Lebanon's government. Iran is known to support Hamas, the ruling Palestinian party and a largely Sunni organisation. Hamas has refused to recognise Israel and has been shunned by Western governments" aljazeera.net 27Jan Bizarre tale of Shia messianic cult plot / "Confusion surrounds Najaf battle ..263 members of a shadowy messianic cult - which calls itself the Soldiers of Heaven - were killed in fierce fighting near the city, which is Holy to Shia Muslims.. Mahdi" news.bbc.co.uk 30Jan07 'Shi'ites pushing Sunnis to West' "the overblown Arab rhetoric on the centrality of Palestine - which has long had real consequences for Israel and the United States - is now becoming more than verbiage for Arab states as well. They, too, have to deal with their Frankenstein in the form of pumped up Islamic extremism.. moderate Arab regimes were afraid of Iranian hegemony.. prosperous Gulf states that have begun modernizing are worried their development could be jeopardized by conflicts.. 'In the past, they didn't root for Israel to beat the Iranians or Hizbullah, but now they do'" jpost.com 7Feb07 & Report: US ready for Iran strike "an attack would most likely only come next year before US President George W. Bush finishes his term in office" 10Feb07 ... Head of Russian NSC to meet with Livni "..Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement Monday that Iran was capable of enriching nuclear fuel 'on an industrial scale.' Both Israeli and Russian officials have disputed Ahmadinejad's claim" 11Apr07 IAEA chief: any attack on Iran "an act of madness" "Bush administration is keeping 'all options on the table'" Global Research scoop.co.nz 19Jun07 Input for real democracy Iranian Workers Bulletin "In Defense of the Labour Movement in Iran - No War or Sanctions, No to the Iranian Regime" + Iranian Labour News Agency ILNA & Workers Left Unity Iran ZNet Iran Watch "not affiliated with any government or political group" US |