By Gwynne Dyer
Cyprus Mail 9 Mar 06 The biggest pitfall in predicting the behavior of radical groups like the inner circle of the Bush administration is that you keep telling yourself that they would never actually do whatever it is they're talking about. Surely they must realize that acting like that would cause a disaster. Then they go right ahead and do it.
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Agencies
March 9, 2006 The US may face "no greater" challenge from any country than Iran, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said today.
Ms Rice made the comments at a congressional hearing in Washington shortly after Iran's president vowed that there would be no retreat over its nuclear ambitions. Ms Rice, who is pushing the UN security council to start taking action against Iran that could lead to sanctions, also accused Tehran of meddling in Iraq. |
By Josh Marshall
March 7, 2006 Yesterday at TPM we noted the fact that in April 2004 Mitchell Wade -- the guy who paid off Duke Cunningham for help bagging contracts -- registered as the 'registered agent' for an outfit called the "Iranian Democratization Foundation."
That was on April 5th, 2004. Now, during 2004, the Federal Procurement Data System lists 444 procurement contracts for the Executive Office of the President (that's the official name for what we colloquially refer to as 'the White House'). Most of those contracts are what you'd expect for a large office complex -- computer services, shipping, office supplies, etc. |
Friday, March 10, 2006
WASHINGTON: Key US congressmen on Wednesday said that they would push forward with legislation imposing mandatory sanctions on foreign firms working in Iran, despite administration concerns that the bill could split the international coalition against Iran's nuclear programme.
As the United States and its allies prepared to take Iran's case to the UN Security Council – which could eventually consider penalties on Tehran – some lawmakers complained that Washington needs to be more aggressive in confronting the "threat" posed by Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology. |
By Mike Whitney
Information Clearing House 9 Mar 06 Watching John Bolton bulldoze the United Nations is mesmerizing. In a matter of months, he's savaged the system that distributes power more equitably and transformed the institution into a fiefdom for western elites and American corporations. Under the banner of "reform", the blustery Bolton has coerced a number of changes that will forever alter the composition of the UN; removing the institution's last vestiges of international legitimacy.
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Maria Pia
John Bolton, the US ambassador to the United Nations granted a visit, albeit short 22 minutes exactly, to the foreign press corps in New York. John Bolton has never been really fond of journalists. Though today he had a few reasons to rejoice.
Comment: Bolton suggesting that Iran should be held to honouring signed international agreements is about as hypocritical as it comes. The Bush administration has flouted and ignored international agreements with an in yer face attitude that is flagrant.
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Islamophobia worse in America now than after 9/11, survey finds - Analysts blame politicians and media coverage
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Friday March 10, 2006 The Guardian More than half of Americans believe there are more violent extremists within Islam than in any other religion and that the faith encourages violence against non-Muslims, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll yesterday.
Negative feelings towards Islam are much more pronounced now than in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 2001 terror attacks, the survey found. A majority, 58%, of those interviewed now believe that Islam has more violent followers than any other religion. The poll of 1,000 was conducted by phone last week and has a three-point error margin. Since January 2002 the proportion of those who believe mainstream Islam promotes violence against non-believers has risen from 14% to 32%. |
Reuters
March 10, 2006 PARIS - France is looking for a political solution to the dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions rather than seeking to punish Tehran, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on French radio on Friday.
"Our goal is political, not at all punitive," he told RTL radio when asked whether France backed U.S. demands that the U.N. Security Council consider sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. |
IRNA
8 Mar 06 The fourth session of the General Conference of Arab Parties here Tuesday voiced support for Iran's right to acquire peaceful nuclear technology.
Secretary-General of the Congress of Arab Parties Abdul Aziz al-Seyyed told reporters at a press conference held at the end of the three-day session that Iran was being targeted by big powers because it was a regional power with policies that did not please these powers. |
Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge
9 Mar 06 MOSCOW - Iran is prepared to agree to the enrichment of uranium for its civilian nuclear program and subsequent recycling of spent nuclear fuel in Turkish territory, Russia's Itar-Tass news agency reported Thursday.
"Both countries have commitments under international agreements they are determined to comply with. We plan to discuss some proposals for uranium enrichment and spent nuclear fuel processing in the future," the Iranian ambassador to Turkey, Firuz Devletabadi, was quoted as saying. Devletabadi explained that all issues were being discussed within the framework of efforts for enhancing security in the region and that "the Iranian nuclear program does not have a military dimension," the report said. |
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