Right on Time: Al-Qaeda deputy 'mocks Bush plan'Al-Qaeda's deputy leader has mocked US President George W Bush's plan to increase Iraq troop numbers in a video message, according to a US website.
In the tape, apparently intercepted by US-based terrorism think tank Site, Ayman al-Zawahiri challenged Mr Bush to send "the entire army" to Iraq.
The Iraqi insurgents would "bury 10 armies like yours", he said.
Earlier this month, Mr Bush announced the deployment of over 20,000 more troops in a bid to end... (more)
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Report: Gunmen In U.S. Uniforms Killed GIsA brazen attack on U.S. troops in southwest Iraq which left five soldiers dead was carried out by insurgents cleverly disguised to look like American officials in armored sports utility vehicles, according to a report Monday in the Washington Post.
The Post quotes the provincial governor as saying Iraqi guards at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center in Karbala, 60 miles southwest of Baghdad, quickly waved through the vehicles as they approached at high speed, seeing inside peo... (more)
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Israelis prepare public for conflict with 'genocidal' Iranian regimeSenior Israeli politicians and analysts appear to be preparing the public for military conflict with Iran as the Iranian President again refused to bow to international demands to curb its nuclear ambitions, and Tehran announced fresh military manoeuvres.
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu told a security forum in Herzliya yesterday that individual states and companies should go beyond the UN economic sanctions. He argued that the first step should be to invoke financial... (more)
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Gunmen storm empty Gaza beach siteA group of masked gunmen claiming to be members of al-Qaida on Tuesday attacked an empty seaside tourist resort in Gaza City with explosive devices and automatic weapons, saying they wanted to send a warning to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah legislator Muhammad Dahlan.
According to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Oasis Resort is owned by Dahlan, although its registered owner is listed as Yussef Barakeh, a resident of Bani Suheila near Khan Yunis.
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U.S. plans envision broad attack on IranU.S. contingency planning for military action against Iran's nuclear program goes beyond limited strikes and would effectively unleash a war against the country, a former U.S. intelligence analyst said on Friday.
"I've seen some of the planning ... You're not talking about a surgical strike," said Wayne White, who was a top Middle East analyst for the State Department's bureau of intelligence and research until March 2005.
"You're talking ... (more)
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Putin's Aide Says Recent Murders of Dissidents Are Plot Against RussiaA senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the murders of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and former spy Alexander Litvinenko are part of an attack by powerful groups against the head of state, the Reuters news agency reported on Thursday.
Litvinenko’s death in London on November 23 from polonium poisoning followed the murder in Moscow of prominent journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Both were critics of Putin.
“Polonium-L... (more)
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Bush Orders More CIA Activity in VenezuelaCaracas, January 19, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— During a briefing before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Intelligence, current CIA chief General Michael V. Hayden revealed President George W. Bush had requested his agency “pay more attention” to the activities of President Hugo Chávez and his government in Venezuela.
General Hayden’s commentaries were directed to the House Committee on Intelligence after outgoing Director of... (more)
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Kissinger hails Iraq troop surge, says withdrawal not an optionFormer Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, an iconic conservative who continues to command the attention of the White House, praises President Bush's moves in Iraq and says that leaving the war-torn nation is not possible under present conditions.
Kissinger has penned an editorial in which he states that Bush's "bold decision to order a 'surge' of some 20,000 American troops for Iraq has brought the debate over the war to a defining stage. Th... (more)
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Troops in as bombs strike BaghdadMore than 3,000 US troops have arrived in Baghdad, the first deployment of extra forces promised for the Iraqi capital by US President George W Bush.
As the deployment began, the US military said four soldiers and one marine had been killed in the restive western province of Anbar.
It took to 22 the number of US deaths in Iraq on Saturday - one of the worst days for US troops since the invasion.
In the lastest violence in Baghdad seven people were k... (more)
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Police match image of Litvinenko's real assassin with his death-bed descriptionPolice have identified the man they believe poisoned Alexander Litvinenko. The suspected killer was captured on cameras at Heathrow as he flew into Britain to carry out the murder.
Friends of the ex-spy say that the man was a hired killer, sent by the Kremlin, who vanished hours after administering a deadly dose of radioactive polonium-210 to Litvinenko.
He arrived in London on a forged EU passport and reportedly slipped the poison into a cup of tea he made for Litv... (more)
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Washington 'snubbed Iran offer'Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was rejected, a senior former US official has told the BBC's Newsnight programme.
Tehran proposed ending support for Lebanese and Palestinian militant groups and helping to stabilise Iraq following the US-led invasion.
Offers, including making its nuclear programme more transparent, were conditional on the US ending hostility.
But Vice-President Dick Cheney's office rejected the plan, the o... (more)
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UK's Brown: G8, UN Need To Reflect "New World Order"BANGALORE -(Dow Jones)- U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said Wednesday that multilateral institutions such as the Group of Eight leading nations, the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund must reform to reflect a "new world order" in the global economy.
Speaking to the Confederation of Indian Industry in Bangalore, Brown said that the emergence of countries such as India necessitated changes to the membership and operations of such global bodies.
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Gorbachev calls for "Democratic World Order"A watershed in international relations has occurred in recent months. Indeed, the past year may well have seen the end of an entire era in world affairs - the post-cold war period of unilateralism and missed opportunities.
When the cold war ended, avenues opened up for progress toward a better world. Major powers, particularly the United States, the Soviet Union and China, were working constructively together in the United Nations security council. International conflicts, includi... (more)
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Iran shoots down U.S. spy drone amid growing military pressureTEHRAN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic was facing increasing military pressure from its arch rival -- the United States.
The aircraft was brought down when it was trying to cross the borders "during the last few days," Seyed Nezam Mola Hoveizeh, a member of the parliament, was quoted by the local Fars News Agency as saying.
The lawmaker ga... (more)
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Turkey Considers Military Action In Northern IraqAnkara is thinking aloud about a possible military intervention in northern Iraq. As the Kurdish population consolidates its hold on oil-rich Kirkuk, the Turkish government worries about increased sectarian violence among the separatist PKK.
The confidential report on strategic threats to the Turkish nation issued by Turkey's National Intelligence Service (MIT) bore a simple title: "Iraq, Terror, Kirkuk and the PKK." Copies of the explosive document were a... (more)
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Major investment bank issues warning on strike against IranWarning that investors might be "in for a shock," a major investment bank has told the financial community that a preemptive strike by Israel with American backing could hit Iran's nuclear program, RAW STORY has learned.
The banking division of ING Group released a memo on Jan. 9 entitled "Attacking Iran: The market impact of a surprise Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities."
ING is a global financial services company of Dutch origin that includes banking, ins... (more)
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MSNBC: Saudi Arabia mulls sending troops to Iraq 'to protect their interests' there NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reported on MSNBC that Saudi Arabia is mulling whether or not to send troops to Iraq, to "protect their interests" there.
According to Mitchell, Saudi Arabia is "deeply skeptical" that Iraq's government will be able to quell the unrest. Over a hundred Iraqi civilians died today, including at least 15 from a bombing at Baghdad University.
But a leading Saudi Arabia official warns that Saudi Arabia can not be expecte... (more)
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US military strike on Iran seen by April '07KUWAIT CITY: Washington will launch a military strike on Iran before April 2007, say sources. The attack will be launched from the sea and Patriot missiles will guard all oil-producing countries in the region, they add. Recent statements emanating from the United States indicate the Bush administration’s new strategy for Iraq doesn’t include any proposal to make a compromise or negotiate with Syria or Iran. A reliable source said President Bush recently held a meeting with Vice Presi... (more)
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Russian Admiral Says U.S. Navy Prepares Missile Strike on Iran U.S. Navy nuclear submarines maintaining vigil off the coast of Iran indicate that the Pentagon’s military plans include not only control over navigation in the Persian Gulf but also strikes against Iranian targets, a former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Eduard Baltin has told the Interfax news agency.
“The presence of U.S. nuclear submarines in the Persian Gulf region means that the Pentagon has not abandoned plans for surprise strikes against nuc... (more)
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US strikes on al-Qa'ida chiefs kill nomadsThe herdsmen had gathered with their animals around large fires at night to ward off mosquitoes. But lit up by the flames, they became latest victims of America's war on terror.
It was their tragedy to be misidentified in a secret operation by special forces attempting to kill three top al-Qa'ida leaders in south-ern Somalia.
Oxfam yesterday confirmed at least 70 nomads in the Afmadow district near the border with Kenya had been killed. The nomads were bombed at nig... (more)
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Saddam's half-brother executed in gruesome hanging Saddam Hussein's half brother has been executed in a gruesome hanging which left his head severed from the body.
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Saddam's former intelligence chief, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the leader of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, were put to death at dawn after being found guilty of killing 182 Shiite Muslims more than twenty years ago.
A government spokesman said: "In a rare case, the head of Barzan was detached from his body during the execution."... (more)
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Tehran strongly condemns U.S. raid on Iranian consulateTEHRAN -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the Iraqi and Swiss ambassadors to protest a raid by U.S. troops on an Iranian consulate in Iraq.
U.S. troops stormed the Iranian Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on January 11 and arrested six people. According to the U.S. military, one of the Iranians was freed on Friday.
“The U.S. troops’ action is a violation of international law since the arrested people were working there at t... (more)
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US accuses Iran of arming Iraqi insurgents America has accused five Iranians detained by its forces in Iraq last week of involvement in Teheran’s efforts to supply insurgent militias with financing, training and weapons.
Iran angrily rejected the claims and demanded the release of the officials, who were working a liaison office in Irbil, the capital of Kurdish northern Iraq.
A statement from the US military said: “Preliminary results revealed the five detainees are connected to the Iranian Revo... (more)
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