IRAQI RESISTANCE
AFP: US Forces Driven Out Of Iraq Town
HUWAIJAH, Iraq (AF) -- US forces Thursday withdrew from the town of Huwaijah, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north-east of Baghdad, due to repeated guerrilla attacks against them, a local official told AFP.
"The American forces based in the institute of technology in Huwaijah have left today to five kilometres (three miles) outside the town, near Bakara," a village between Huwaijah and al-Riyadh, said Atallah Iskandar Al-Juburi, a municipal council member.
Friday, October 10, 2003
IRAQ
GNN: U.S. troops are destroying houses and crops in an attempt to crush the resistance
Balad, Iraq) Mohammed Al-Awasari's shack was no match for the American M-113 armored personal carrier. In a matter of minutes, the APC's powerful tracks reduced his small shop in the village of Albu Hishma to a pile of rubble. The U.S. soldiers on this "PSYOPS" (psychological operations) mission deep inside Iraq's Sunni Triangle, were laughing, some were taking pictures to show back home, while the gathered villagers stood around and looked on helplessly.
Shopkeeper Mohammed was out of luck. The U.S. troops had decided to give him a break after he told them he wasn't responsible for the spray-painted pro-Saddam slogan on his shop's facade. But the Kurdish translator working with the Americans entered his shop and found a notebook in which Mohammed had apparently been practicing writing the very slogan on the wall outside: "Saddam is the heroic leader of a cowardly people. Saddam is the heroic leader of a cowardly people. Saddam..." Mohammed was given five minutes to clear out his produce before the APC went in.
Mohammed's shop was one of five houses in Albu Hishma that were partially destroyed on this day by the soldiers of the 1st Battalion 8th Infantry, stationed near the town of Balad. Several other villagers escaped the same fate by hurriedly covering up the anti-American graffiti with mud. Today's mission was part of a new, two-tiered approach to winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqis in this area, notorious for its stiff resistance against the U.S.-led
"I realize that today's mission in Albu Hishma doesn't exactly send the message that we are here to help them," Lt. Col. Sassaman said afterwards. "In fact, you could say that we are using some of the same tactics as Saddam's people did. But it does send the message that we will not be threatened by anyone. Keep in mind that our Battalion alone has had eleven wounded-in-action since we arrived here in June."
"Die USA verhalten sich wie Israel. Kreigsverbrechen inbegriffen. Schleppt Bush nach Den Haag."
"CHECK IT"
GNN: U.S. troops are destroying houses and crops in an attempt to crush the resistance
Balad, Iraq) Mohammed Al-Awasari's shack was no match for the American M-113 armored personal carrier. In a matter of minutes, the APC's powerful tracks reduced his small shop in the village of Albu Hishma to a pile of rubble. The U.S. soldiers on this "PSYOPS" (psychological operations) mission deep inside Iraq's Sunni Triangle, were laughing, some were taking pictures to show back home, while the gathered villagers stood around and looked on helplessly.
Shopkeeper Mohammed was out of luck. The U.S. troops had decided to give him a break after he told them he wasn't responsible for the spray-painted pro-Saddam slogan on his shop's facade. But the Kurdish translator working with the Americans entered his shop and found a notebook in which Mohammed had apparently been practicing writing the very slogan on the wall outside: "Saddam is the heroic leader of a cowardly people. Saddam is the heroic leader of a cowardly people. Saddam..." Mohammed was given five minutes to clear out his produce before the APC went in.
Mohammed's shop was one of five houses in Albu Hishma that were partially destroyed on this day by the soldiers of the 1st Battalion 8th Infantry, stationed near the town of Balad. Several other villagers escaped the same fate by hurriedly covering up the anti-American graffiti with mud. Today's mission was part of a new, two-tiered approach to winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqis in this area, notorious for its stiff resistance against the U.S.-led
"I realize that today's mission in Albu Hishma doesn't exactly send the message that we are here to help them," Lt. Col. Sassaman said afterwards. "In fact, you could say that we are using some of the same tactics as Saddam's people did. But it does send the message that we will not be threatened by anyone. Keep in mind that our Battalion alone has had eleven wounded-in-action since we arrived here in June."
"Die USA verhalten sich wie Israel. Kreigsverbrechen inbegriffen. Schleppt Bush nach Den Haag."
"CHECK IT"
IRAQI RESISTANCE
Independent: Two US soldiers killed in ambush
Two US soldiers were killed and four were wounded in an ambush in Sadr City, Baghdad scene of yesterday's fatal car-bombing at an Iraqi police station.
The troops from the 1st Armored Division were on a routine patrol when the ambush occurred about 8 pm Thursday, the military said. No further details were available.
On Thursday, a suicide car bomber crashed a white Oldsmobile into a police station in Sadr City, killing himself, nine others and wounding as many as 45. Sadr City is the largest Shiite Muslim enclave in the city.
Independent: Two US soldiers killed in ambush
Two US soldiers were killed and four were wounded in an ambush in Sadr City, Baghdad scene of yesterday's fatal car-bombing at an Iraqi police station.
The troops from the 1st Armored Division were on a routine patrol when the ambush occurred about 8 pm Thursday, the military said. No further details were available.
On Thursday, a suicide car bomber crashed a white Oldsmobile into a police station in Sadr City, killing himself, nine others and wounding as many as 45. Sadr City is the largest Shiite Muslim enclave in the city.
Thursday, October 09, 2003
ISRAEL VS. SYRIA
World Tribune: Israel In Big Military Build-Up On Lebanon Border
TEL AVIV -- Israel's military has launched a build-up along the borders with Lebanon and Syria.
Israel's military has sent an additional artillery battery and summoned three battalions for the build-up in the north. The build-up was said to have been the largest in the area since the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000.
Military sources said the mobilization was ordered by Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who overruled a recommendation by Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon. The sources said Ya'alon drafted plans for a more modest reinforcement in the north.
The Israeli military build-up came in wake of Hizbullah rocket and mortar attacks on civilian and military positions along the northern Israeli border on Monday and Tuesday. The sources said Mofaz intends to use the build-up to deter Hizbullah from continuing its attacks.
On Wednesday, Israel's military surrounded all Arab-populated cities in the West Bank and sliced the Gaza Strip into four areas. The sources said the measures were in response to 37 alerts of suicide and other Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilian targets.
World Tribune: Israel In Big Military Build-Up On Lebanon Border
TEL AVIV -- Israel's military has launched a build-up along the borders with Lebanon and Syria.
Israel's military has sent an additional artillery battery and summoned three battalions for the build-up in the north. The build-up was said to have been the largest in the area since the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000.
Military sources said the mobilization was ordered by Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who overruled a recommendation by Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon. The sources said Ya'alon drafted plans for a more modest reinforcement in the north.
The Israeli military build-up came in wake of Hizbullah rocket and mortar attacks on civilian and military positions along the northern Israeli border on Monday and Tuesday. The sources said Mofaz intends to use the build-up to deter Hizbullah from continuing its attacks.
On Wednesday, Israel's military surrounded all Arab-populated cities in the West Bank and sliced the Gaza Strip into four areas. The sources said the measures were in response to 37 alerts of suicide and other Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilian targets.
ISRAEL
AFP: Israeli AF Gen Fired For Refusing To Strike Territories
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- An Israeli air force general who signed a petition refusing to take part in strikes in the Palestinian territories has been dismissed from his position as an instructor, Israeli media reported Wednesday.
Reserve Brigadier General Yiftah Spector was sacked from his post at the air force training academy by air force commander General Dan Halutz after refusing to retract his views, the reports said.
Spector was the most senior of the 27 pilots who signed the petition last month in which they said they no longer wanted "to obey illegal and immoral orders" and they refused "to take part in aerial raids against populated civilian centers" in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
AFP: Israeli AF Gen Fired For Refusing To Strike Territories
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- An Israeli air force general who signed a petition refusing to take part in strikes in the Palestinian territories has been dismissed from his position as an instructor, Israeli media reported Wednesday.
Reserve Brigadier General Yiftah Spector was sacked from his post at the air force training academy by air force commander General Dan Halutz after refusing to retract his views, the reports said.
Spector was the most senior of the 27 pilots who signed the petition last month in which they said they no longer wanted "to obey illegal and immoral orders" and they refused "to take part in aerial raids against populated civilian centers" in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
IRAQ
Reuters: US To Privatize Iraqi State-Owned Firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. civil administration in Iraq intends early next year to unveil a blueprint for privatizing Iraq's state-owned businesses in a quest to create a thriving capitalist economy, an official said on Wednesday.
Thomas Foley, director of private-sector development for the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, was bullish about getting Iraq's economy back on its feet, but said it was important that corruption be stamped out in Iraqi business.
"IRAQ OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Wer die Firmen aufkaufen wird sobald sie privatisiert worden sind ist wohl klar...bestimmt nicht die Iraker"
Reuters: US To Privatize Iraqi State-Owned Firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. civil administration in Iraq intends early next year to unveil a blueprint for privatizing Iraq's state-owned businesses in a quest to create a thriving capitalist economy, an official said on Wednesday.
Thomas Foley, director of private-sector development for the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, was bullish about getting Iraq's economy back on its feet, but said it was important that corruption be stamped out in Iraqi business.
"IRAQ OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Wer die Firmen aufkaufen wird sobald sie privatisiert worden sind ist wohl klar...bestimmt nicht die Iraker"
IRAQI RESISTANCE
Reuters: Spanish Envoy Among 9 Dead in Twin Iraq Attacks
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twin attacks in Baghdad killed a Spanish diplomat and at least eight Iraqis Thursday, exactly half a year since U.S. troops occupied the city.
A suicide car bomber crashed through the gates of a police station, killing at least three policemen and five civilians and wounding scores in the blast, Iraqi police said.
"It was definitely a suicide bomb," one policeman said at the scene. "We found the head of the attacker. It had been blown off his body. He was bearded, and his body was charred."
In another part of town, Jose Antonio Bernal, a Spanish air force sergeant attached to the embassy, was gunned down as he left his home. Spain has around 1,300 troops in Iraq and backed the U.S.-led war.
Reuters: Spanish Envoy Among 9 Dead in Twin Iraq Attacks
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twin attacks in Baghdad killed a Spanish diplomat and at least eight Iraqis Thursday, exactly half a year since U.S. troops occupied the city.
A suicide car bomber crashed through the gates of a police station, killing at least three policemen and five civilians and wounding scores in the blast, Iraqi police said.
"It was definitely a suicide bomb," one policeman said at the scene. "We found the head of the attacker. It had been blown off his body. He was bearded, and his body was charred."
In another part of town, Jose Antonio Bernal, a Spanish air force sergeant attached to the embassy, was gunned down as he left his home. Spain has around 1,300 troops in Iraq and backed the U.S.-led war.
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Reuters: Suicide bombing wounds Israeli in W.Bank
TULKARM, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian woman suicide bomber has blown herself up at an Israeli army checkpoint in the West Bank, wounding at least one Israeli, military sources say.
They said the attack took place near the Palestinian-ruled town of Tulkarm, close to West Bank boundary with central Israel.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which appeared to be the work of Palestinian militants waging a three-year-old uprising for independence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The bombing followed a similar attack by a Palestinian woman who blew herself up in a restaurant in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa on Saturday, killing 19 people
Reuters: Suicide bombing wounds Israeli in W.Bank
TULKARM, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian woman suicide bomber has blown herself up at an Israeli army checkpoint in the West Bank, wounding at least one Israeli, military sources say.
They said the attack took place near the Palestinian-ruled town of Tulkarm, close to West Bank boundary with central Israel.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which appeared to be the work of Palestinian militants waging a three-year-old uprising for independence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The bombing followed a similar attack by a Palestinian woman who blew herself up in a restaurant in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa on Saturday, killing 19 people
IRAQI RESISTANCE
Independent: 10 killed in police station suicide bombing
At least 10 people died after a suicide car bomber hit a police station in northeast Baghdad today.
The victims included two people in the bomber's car, three policemen and five civilians, police reported. A further 28 people were wounded.
Capt. Sean Kirley, of the 2nd Armored Cavalry, said the blast left a crater iabout 10 feet across and 4 feet deep.
Police Maj. Majid Abdel-Hameed said the car, a white Oldsmobile, was fired on after driving through the police compound gate. The bomb then detonated.
The attack happened just as 50 police officers were gathered in the yard to collect their pay in the Shiite Muslim slum known as Sadr City.
Independent: 10 killed in police station suicide bombing
At least 10 people died after a suicide car bomber hit a police station in northeast Baghdad today.
The victims included two people in the bomber's car, three policemen and five civilians, police reported. A further 28 people were wounded.
Capt. Sean Kirley, of the 2nd Armored Cavalry, said the blast left a crater iabout 10 feet across and 4 feet deep.
Police Maj. Majid Abdel-Hameed said the car, a white Oldsmobile, was fired on after driving through the police compound gate. The bomb then detonated.
The attack happened just as 50 police officers were gathered in the yard to collect their pay in the Shiite Muslim slum known as Sadr City.
USA
Spiegel: Howard Deans Guerilla-Wahlkampf im Web
Mittellos und gegen den Krieg: Eigentlich hatte Howard Dean im Kampf gegen George W. Bush keine Chance. Doch Hunderttausende Internetfreaks haben seine Wahlkampagne um das Amt des US-Präsidenten in eine Online-Party verwandelt - und damit die Polit-Werbung für immer verändert
Spiegel: Howard Deans Guerilla-Wahlkampf im Web
Mittellos und gegen den Krieg: Eigentlich hatte Howard Dean im Kampf gegen George W. Bush keine Chance. Doch Hunderttausende Internetfreaks haben seine Wahlkampagne um das Amt des US-Präsidenten in eine Online-Party verwandelt - und damit die Polit-Werbung für immer verändert
USA
Alternet: Mad in the USA
More than 1,000 people attended a rally a few weeks ago in Connecticut
to demand fair trade and denounce the sweatshop buying habits of big
retailers like Wal-Mart. The speakers were passionate, the crowd pumped. But this
rally differed from the usual fair trade gatherings in one key respect:
It was not organized by labor, student, or environmental groups. It was
organized by an alliance of small and mid-sized manufacturers.
"The major retailers and big manufacturers are doing us in," explained
rally-organizer Fred Tedesco, owner of Pa-Ted Spring Co. in Bristol.
"They're destroying small- and medium-sized businesses. They're
destroying jobs. They're destroying the middle class. . . That's the dirty secret
of this whole thing."
Giant retail chains like Wal-Mart, Target, and Home Depot, have been
muscling large manufacturers to move their factories overseas,
primarily to China.The company does so much business in China
that it ranks as the country's 8th largest trading partner, ahead of Britain
and Russia.
Alternet: Mad in the USA
More than 1,000 people attended a rally a few weeks ago in Connecticut
to demand fair trade and denounce the sweatshop buying habits of big
retailers like Wal-Mart. The speakers were passionate, the crowd pumped. But this
rally differed from the usual fair trade gatherings in one key respect:
It was not organized by labor, student, or environmental groups. It was
organized by an alliance of small and mid-sized manufacturers.
"The major retailers and big manufacturers are doing us in," explained
rally-organizer Fred Tedesco, owner of Pa-Ted Spring Co. in Bristol.
"They're destroying small- and medium-sized businesses. They're
destroying jobs. They're destroying the middle class. . . That's the dirty secret
of this whole thing."
Giant retail chains like Wal-Mart, Target, and Home Depot, have been
muscling large manufacturers to move their factories overseas,
primarily to China.The company does so much business in China
that it ranks as the country's 8th largest trading partner, ahead of Britain
and Russia.
ISRAEL
Washington Post: Israel Is Losing by Richard Cohen
I talked recently with an American who had just returned from more than
20 years in Israel. We did not talk for the record, so I will withhold his
name and what he does for a living. But I will say he is somewhat
well-known in Israel and that he loves it dearly but he has left,
probably permanently, because he cannot take life there any longer. He is a
nonstatistic -- a living victim of terrorism.
How many others there are like him I cannot say. He has the most
valuable of all commodities in this world, an American passport, and with much
regret and with questions about his courage, he used it to get out. His
business had gone to hell, his life was always in danger and he simply
could not take it any longer.
In the perpetual war against Israel, its enemies are winning. The
economy is awful. Parents do not want their children to go out. The beach is
presumed safe, but not a cafe or restaurant. A commute on a bus (I have
done it) is gut-wrenching. You watch everyone. What does a suicide
bomber look like? The last one, the one who blew up a Haifa restaurant, was a
29-year-old woman, a law school graduate. She killed Arab and Jew
alike. Even safe places are no longer safe. So I cannot blame Israel for
striking back. It assassinates Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders and militants. It
razes the homes of suicide bombers. It has Yasser Arafat bottled up and
may deport or kill him. It has bombed purported terrorist camps in Syria.
But nothing Israel has done has brought it peace and security.
If you read the Israeli press, the despair is palpable. To some,
especially those on the left, Israel has become virtually a dysfunctional society.
Washington Post: Israel Is Losing by Richard Cohen
I talked recently with an American who had just returned from more than
20 years in Israel. We did not talk for the record, so I will withhold his
name and what he does for a living. But I will say he is somewhat
well-known in Israel and that he loves it dearly but he has left,
probably permanently, because he cannot take life there any longer. He is a
nonstatistic -- a living victim of terrorism.
How many others there are like him I cannot say. He has the most
valuable of all commodities in this world, an American passport, and with much
regret and with questions about his courage, he used it to get out. His
business had gone to hell, his life was always in danger and he simply
could not take it any longer.
In the perpetual war against Israel, its enemies are winning. The
economy is awful. Parents do not want their children to go out. The beach is
presumed safe, but not a cafe or restaurant. A commute on a bus (I have
done it) is gut-wrenching. You watch everyone. What does a suicide
bomber look like? The last one, the one who blew up a Haifa restaurant, was a
29-year-old woman, a law school graduate. She killed Arab and Jew
alike. Even safe places are no longer safe. So I cannot blame Israel for
striking back. It assassinates Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders and militants. It
razes the homes of suicide bombers. It has Yasser Arafat bottled up and
may deport or kill him. It has bombed purported terrorist camps in Syria.
But nothing Israel has done has brought it peace and security.
If you read the Israeli press, the despair is palpable. To some,
especially those on the left, Israel has become virtually a dysfunctional society.
USA
Denverpost: Cronkite: The new Inquisition
President Bush's televised answer to the growing concerns of many - including some Republicans - about the powers granted to him in the USA Patriot Act was to ask for even stronger measures, particularly the expanded use of "nonjudicial subpoenas." That means a federal agency such as the FBI can write its own subpoenas to conduct a search - no judges needed.
Unfortunately, security and liberty form a zero-sum equation. The inevitable trade-off: To increase security is to decrease liberty and vice versa. In the past, such trade-offs have been temporary - for the duration of the crisis of the moment. But today, we cannot see an end to the War on Terrorism, and that forces us to decide how secure we have to be and how free we want to be.
By delivering the speech last week himself, Bush added presidential heft to the issue and took some of the heat off of his attorney general, who is seen by many as the heedless champion of security at any price.
Denverpost: Cronkite: The new Inquisition
President Bush's televised answer to the growing concerns of many - including some Republicans - about the powers granted to him in the USA Patriot Act was to ask for even stronger measures, particularly the expanded use of "nonjudicial subpoenas." That means a federal agency such as the FBI can write its own subpoenas to conduct a search - no judges needed.
Unfortunately, security and liberty form a zero-sum equation. The inevitable trade-off: To increase security is to decrease liberty and vice versa. In the past, such trade-offs have been temporary - for the duration of the crisis of the moment. But today, we cannot see an end to the War on Terrorism, and that forces us to decide how secure we have to be and how free we want to be.
By delivering the speech last week himself, Bush added presidential heft to the issue and took some of the heat off of his attorney general, who is seen by many as the heedless champion of security at any price.
IRAQ
NY Post: AWOL STATE OF MIND: CALLS FROM SOLDIERS DESPERATE TO LEAVE IRAQ FLOOD HOTLINE
Morale among some war-weary GIs in Iraq is so low that a growing number of soldiers - including some now home on R&R - are researching the consequences of going AWOL, according to a leading support group.
The GI Rights Hotline, a national soldiers' support service, has logged a 75 percent increase in calls in the last 12 weeks, with more than 100 of those calls from soldiers, or people on their behalf, asking about the penalties associated with going AWOL - "absent without leave" - according to volunteers and staffers who man the service
NY Post: AWOL STATE OF MIND: CALLS FROM SOLDIERS DESPERATE TO LEAVE IRAQ FLOOD HOTLINE
Morale among some war-weary GIs in Iraq is so low that a growing number of soldiers - including some now home on R&R - are researching the consequences of going AWOL, according to a leading support group.
The GI Rights Hotline, a national soldiers' support service, has logged a 75 percent increase in calls in the last 12 weeks, with more than 100 of those calls from soldiers, or people on their behalf, asking about the penalties associated with going AWOL - "absent without leave" - according to volunteers and staffers who man the service
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
IRAQI RESISTANCE
Al-Jazeera: Resistance attacks continue in north Iraq
A US military vehicle has been destroyed in one of several attacks against occupation forces in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
The vehicle was destroyed when an explosive device blew up on a road 35km west of Kirkuk late on Tuesday, according to police and witnesses.
The oil-rich city itself was rocked by a series of explosions.
A mortar bomb was fired against a building used by US troops and local police without causing casualties, according to a local emergency police commander.
Al-Jazeera: Resistance attacks continue in north Iraq
A US military vehicle has been destroyed in one of several attacks against occupation forces in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
The vehicle was destroyed when an explosive device blew up on a road 35km west of Kirkuk late on Tuesday, according to police and witnesses.
The oil-rich city itself was rocked by a series of explosions.
A mortar bomb was fired against a building used by US troops and local police without causing casualties, according to a local emergency police commander.
IRAQ
Cinncenati Post: 'Weekend Warriors'Paying Price In Iraq
WASHINGTON -- The war on terrorism is setting historic - but not always welcome - benchmarks for America's weekend warriors, especially the men and women of the Army's National Guard and Reserve.
For the first time since World War II an infantry battalion of the New York National Guard has been mobilized for combat. About 640 men and women of the 27th Infantry Brigade got word in late September that they will be heading to Iraq this winter after training in northern New York.
The 3,500 North Carolina National Guard troops preparing for duty in Iraq represent the largest contingent from that state to be mobilized for combat since World War II.
AFP: Iraqi Shiite Leader - US Troops Must Leave ASAP
TEHRAN (AFP) - The head of Iraq's top Shiite political party, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), said Wednesday that any new UN resolution needs to take into account demands that US troops quit the country as soon as possible.
"There is international pressure on the US to withdraw its forces from Iraq, and there are demands for the US to be clear on a withdrawal date. So of course we are with the international community to shorten the occupation in Iraq," Abdel Aziz al-Hakim told AFP in an interview
Cinncenati Post: 'Weekend Warriors'Paying Price In Iraq
WASHINGTON -- The war on terrorism is setting historic - but not always welcome - benchmarks for America's weekend warriors, especially the men and women of the Army's National Guard and Reserve.
For the first time since World War II an infantry battalion of the New York National Guard has been mobilized for combat. About 640 men and women of the 27th Infantry Brigade got word in late September that they will be heading to Iraq this winter after training in northern New York.
The 3,500 North Carolina National Guard troops preparing for duty in Iraq represent the largest contingent from that state to be mobilized for combat since World War II.
AFP: Iraqi Shiite Leader - US Troops Must Leave ASAP
TEHRAN (AFP) - The head of Iraq's top Shiite political party, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), said Wednesday that any new UN resolution needs to take into account demands that US troops quit the country as soon as possible.
"There is international pressure on the US to withdraw its forces from Iraq, and there are demands for the US to be clear on a withdrawal date. So of course we are with the international community to shorten the occupation in Iraq," Abdel Aziz al-Hakim told AFP in an interview
MARC RICH
Worldnewsdaily: Clintons' Pardoned Buddy Spied For Israel
President Clinton's close friend, a billionaire and fugitive from justice, was a top Mossad source - and could wreck plans by Hillary Clinton if she decides to run for the presidency.
Billionaire fugitive Marc Rich, a close personal friend of President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, was one of the most important high-level contacts Mossad had in the United States.
The revelations, published here for the first time, could be a serious blow for Hillary Clinton's plans to run for the presidency.
Today Rich, a Belgian-born Jew who has taken Spanish nationality, lives in Switzerland under heavy, armed-guard protection. There is no extradition treaty with the United States to enable him to be questioned by the FBI about his until now secret connection to Mossad.
In January 2000, his last day in office, Clinton pardoned Rich, a secretive commodities trader indicted in 1983 on charges of evading almost $50 million in taxes and illegally buying oil from Iran during the Tehran hostage crisis in 1979.
The question that will inevitably dog Hillary, if she runs for the presidency, will be how much did she and her husband even suspect about Rich's Israeli intelligence links.
An MI6 file covering the Clinton years in the White House reveals that Rich is also suspected of knowing the real identity of a top Mossad informer in the Clinton administration.
Worldnewsdaily: Clintons' Pardoned Buddy Spied For Israel
President Clinton's close friend, a billionaire and fugitive from justice, was a top Mossad source - and could wreck plans by Hillary Clinton if she decides to run for the presidency.
Billionaire fugitive Marc Rich, a close personal friend of President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, was one of the most important high-level contacts Mossad had in the United States.
The revelations, published here for the first time, could be a serious blow for Hillary Clinton's plans to run for the presidency.
Today Rich, a Belgian-born Jew who has taken Spanish nationality, lives in Switzerland under heavy, armed-guard protection. There is no extradition treaty with the United States to enable him to be questioned by the FBI about his until now secret connection to Mossad.
In January 2000, his last day in office, Clinton pardoned Rich, a secretive commodities trader indicted in 1983 on charges of evading almost $50 million in taxes and illegally buying oil from Iran during the Tehran hostage crisis in 1979.
The question that will inevitably dog Hillary, if she runs for the presidency, will be how much did she and her husband even suspect about Rich's Israeli intelligence links.
An MI6 file covering the Clinton years in the White House reveals that Rich is also suspected of knowing the real identity of a top Mossad informer in the Clinton administration.
ISRAEL
Islamonline: 'Nuclear Blackmail' Spared Israel Complete Rout In 1973
CAIRO, October 6 (IslamOnline.net) - The United States speedily established a direct air bridge with Israel during the October War in 1973 with Egypt after the Israeli army had threatened to use nuclear weapons to head off a complete rout by the Egyptian army, Israel's channel eight quoted a former ranking Israeli official as saying.
The Israeli channel aired on Saturday night, October 4, a documentary on the 1973 war, in which the then Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan said that the "Israeli nuclear blackmail" forced Washington to establish its air bridge in the battlefield.
Dayan met with senior Israeli army officers on October 8 to cast their votes on using nukes against the Egyptian army following the heavy losses sustained by the Israeli army in the first two days of operations.
The Israeli generals, however, were at odds, compelling Dayan to submit his proposal to the then prime minister, Golda Maier, who gave him the thumbs up, the channel added.
Islamonline: 'Nuclear Blackmail' Spared Israel Complete Rout In 1973
CAIRO, October 6 (IslamOnline.net) - The United States speedily established a direct air bridge with Israel during the October War in 1973 with Egypt after the Israeli army had threatened to use nuclear weapons to head off a complete rout by the Egyptian army, Israel's channel eight quoted a former ranking Israeli official as saying.
The Israeli channel aired on Saturday night, October 4, a documentary on the 1973 war, in which the then Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan said that the "Israeli nuclear blackmail" forced Washington to establish its air bridge in the battlefield.
Dayan met with senior Israeli army officers on October 8 to cast their votes on using nukes against the Egyptian army following the heavy losses sustained by the Israeli army in the first two days of operations.
The Israeli generals, however, were at odds, compelling Dayan to submit his proposal to the then prime minister, Golda Maier, who gave him the thumbs up, the channel added.
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