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7/11/2008 11:10 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Olmert aide downplays new allegations:
Reacting to the Justice Ministry's announcement Friday about new allegations against Ehud Olmert, press adviser Amir Dan claimed the allegations are exaggerated.
"The earth did not shake and the sky did not fall," Dan said, downplaying the severity attributed by investigators to Olmert's actions.
MK Zvulun Orlev (NU-NRP) on Friday said that the new allegations against Olmert "are new black clouds which are joining the other black clouds which are already floating above Olmert's head."
"In any civilized country Olmert would have lost his position a long time ago," Orlev added.
On Friday, the Justice Ministry announced that Investigators found new information, unrelated to financier Morris Talansky, against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
While serving as mayor of Jerusalem and as minister of industry and trade, (Olmert) is suspected of seeking funding for flights abroad in his official capacity from several sources at the same time ... including the State," the statement said.
Each of these sources was asked to pay in full for the same flight, it added.
Police suspect that the "considerable sums" that remained after the flight was paid for "were transferred by Olmert to a special fund (his) travel agency [Rishon Tours] administered for him. These monies were used to finance private trips abroad by Olmert and his family," the statement said.
[link to www.jpost.com] |
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7/11/2008 11:19 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Bush outfoxed in the Iraqi sands:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's demand for a timetable for complete United States military withdrawal from Iraq, confirmed on Tuesday by his National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie, has signaled the almost certain defeat of the George W Bush administration's aim of establishing a long-term military presence in the country.
The official Iraqi demand for US withdrawal confirms what was becoming increasingly clear in recent months - that the Iraqi administration has decided to shed its military dependence on the United States.
[link to www.atimes.com] |
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7/11/2008 6:05 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Israel 'stalling Gaza rebuilding':
Vital reconstruction in Gaza is being stalled because Israel is not allowing in enough supplies, UN Middle East special envoy Robert Serry has warned.
[link to news.bbc.co.uk] |
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7/11/2008 6:08 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Iranian voices on missile tests:
Iranians give their views on their country's testing of a missile which, it is claimed, could reach as far as Israel - and the subsequent international condemnation of the action.
[link to news.bbc.co.uk] |
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7/11/2008 6:10 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Russia denies Iran is a threat and orders United States to drop missile shield plan:
Russia has ordered the United States to drop its missile shield proposals after claiming that Iran's recent military exercises proved that Tehran did not have the firepower to attack Europe.
[link to www.telegraph.co.uk] |
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7/11/2008 6:15 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Barak to visit Washington for talks on Iran:
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will go to Washington next week for consultations on Iran.
The planned visit comes just days after Mossad chief Meir Dagan met in Washington with senior U.S. intelligence officials, and will be followed a week later by a visit to Washington by the IDF’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi.
[link to www.jta.org] |
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7/11/2008 6:18 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Syrian, Lebanese presidents to meet in Paris:
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman will meet in Paris on Saturday ahead of a summit of EU and Mediterranean leaders, the French president's office said on Friday.
[link to www.reuters.com] |
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7/11/2008 6:20 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Lebanon announces unity cabinet to end political crisis:
Lebanon announced a 30-member national unity government on Friday tasked with resolving the country's worst political crisis since a 1975-1990 civil war.
The lineup was announced in a decree signed by President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, seven weeks after an accord which saved Lebanon from the brink of renewed civil war.
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7/12/2008 6:30 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Jalili, Solana to hold nuclear talks in Geneva on July 19:
Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet in Geneva on July 19 to resume talks on Iran’s nuclear program, the SNSC secretariat announced on Friday.
The 5+1 group still supports nuclear talks between Iran and the EU top diplomat, and Solana himself invited Jalili to Geneva, SNSC secretariat spokesman Ahmad Khademolmelleh stated.
Khademolmelleh said the talks will be based on the ‘common ground’ in the packages presented by Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany).
Solana, who represents the 5+1 group, presented a new package of proposals to Iran on June 14 with the aim of ending a six-year nuclear standoff between Tehran and the West. The package, which is a follow-up to an original proposal in 2006, offers nuclear cooperation and wider trade in aircraft, energy, high technology, and agriculture.
Iran has also presented its diplomatic proposals, which were sent out to various world leaders and international organizations. Iran’s package covers various political, security, economic, and nuclear issues and calls for regional and international cooperation.
Iran provided its response to the 5+1 group on July 4 and the two sides agreed to continue negotiations.
Many Western diplomats are in favor of constructive dialogue between Iran and the major powers based on the common points in the two packages.
[link to www.tehrantimes.com] |
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7/12/2008 7:48 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Olmert, Abbas to meet in Paris:
Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas will meet in Paris later this month.
The Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian Authority president will get together during the Union for the
Mediterranean summit scheduled for July 13, the AFP news agency reported Sunday, citing an official Israeli source.
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7/12/2008 7:49 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Olmert-Assad Encounter May `Capture the Show' at Sarkozy Summit:
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will encounter each other for the first time tomorrow at a European Union-Mediterranean summit in Paris.
[link to www.bloomberg.com] |
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7/12/2008 11:36 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Olmert aides say new fraud suspicions a coup attempt:
Source close to prime minister responds angrily to allegations that non-profit groups funded Olmert's trips abroad, says 'this is an attempt to oust a governing prime minister.' Olmert tells his associates, 'I never took a penny from them...I'm being turned into a criminal'
[link to www.ynetnews.com] |
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7/12/2008 11:38 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Lebanon's president wants diplomatic ties with Syria, exchange of ambassadors:
Lebanon's president says he wants to establish diplomatic ties with Syria and to visit Damascus.
Michel Suleiman says Lebanon "wants an exchange of ambassadors and diplomatic relations with Syria."
[link to www.iht.com] |
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7/12/2008 11:42 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Arab League welcomes formation of Lebanon's new cabinet:
The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) on Saturday welcomed the formation of a new Lebanese national unity government.
In a statement issued Saturday, AL Secretary General Amr Moussa said he is very satisfied with the establishment of Lebanon's new government led by Prime Minister Fouad Seniora.
[link to news.xinhuanet.com] |
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7/12/2008 11:45 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Iran Paper Praises Lebanon's Prisoner Swap Deal With Israel:
Text of unattributed editorial headlined: "The resistance that changed the region's fate" published by Iranian newspaper Jomhuri- ye Eslami website on 8 July
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful:
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7/12/2008 4:52 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Egypt, Syria Conducting "Intensive" Talks With Hamas on National Dialogue:
Text of report by independent Sama News website on 12 July
[Report by Hikmat Yusuf: "Sources Tell Sama: Syria, Egypt Conducting Intensive Contacts With Hamas To Launch Comprehensive Dialogue; Sharp Differences Among Fatah Leaders on Launching Palestinian Dialogue and the Process of Negotiations With Israel"]
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7/12/2008 4:57 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Hamas official: “We rejected Israeli offer to release 71 detainees, instead of 450 proposed”:
The Deputy Head of the Hamas political bureau, Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouq, stated Saturday that the Hamas movement rejected an Israeli offer to release only 71 detainees out of a proposed list of 450 detainees, in exchange for the release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. Israeli authorities currently hold over 10,000 Palestinians in prison camps inside Israel, while Palestinian resistance groups hold one Israeli soldier (Gilad Shalit) as a prisoner.
[link to www.imemc.org] |
| Windmill
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7/13/2008 6:27 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
President George W Bush backs Israeli plan for strike on Iran
As Tehran tests new missiles, America believes only a show of force can deter President Ahmadinejad
US President George W Bush
President George W Bush: US officials acknowledge that no American president can afford to remain idle if Israel is threatened
Uzi Mahnaimi in Washington
President George W Bush has told the Israeli government that he may be prepared to approve a future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations with Tehran break down, according to a senior Pentagon official.
Despite the opposition of his own generals and widespread scepticism that America is ready to risk the military, political and economic consequences of an airborne strike on Iran, the president has given an “amber light” to an Israeli plan to attack Iran’s main nuclear sites with long-range bombing sorties, the official told The Sunday Times.
“Amber means get on with your preparations, stand by for immediate attack and tell us when you’re ready,” the official said. But the Israelis have also been told that they can expect no help from American forces and will not be able to use US military bases in Iraq for logistical support.
Nor is it certain that Bush’s amber light would ever turn to green without irrefutable evidence of lethal Iranian hostility. Tehran’s test launches of medium-range ballistic missiles last week were seen in Washington as provocative and poorly judged, but both the Pentagon and the CIA concluded that they did not represent an immediate threat of attack against Israeli or US targets.
“It’s really all down to the Israelis,” the Pentagon official added. “This administration will not attack Iran. This has already been decided. But the president is really preoccupied with the nuclear threat against Israel and I know he doesn’t believe that anything but force will deter Iran.”
The official added that Israel had not so far presented Bush with a convincing military proposal. “If there is no solid plan, the amber will never turn to green,” he said.
There was also resistance inside the Pentagon from officers concerned about Iranian retaliation. “The uniform people are opposed to the attack plans, mainly because they think it will endanger our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan,” the source said.
Complicating the calculations in both Washington and Tel Aviv is the prospect of an incoming Democratic president who has already made it clear that he prefers negotiation to the use of force.
Senator Barack Obama’s previous opposition to the war in Iraq, and his apparent doubts about the urgency of the Iranian threat, have intensified pressure on the Israeli hawks to act before November’s US presidential election. “If I were an Israeli I wouldn’t wait,” the Pentagon official added.
The latest round of regional tension was sparked by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which fired nine long and medium-range missiles in war game manoeuvres in the Gulf last Wednesday.
Iran’s state-run media reported that one of them was a modified Shahab-3 ballistic missile, which has a claimed range of 1,250 miles and could theoretically deliver a one-ton nuclear warhead over Israeli cities. Tel Aviv is about 650 miles from western Iran. General Hossein Salami, a senior Revolutionary Guard commander, boasted that “our hands are always on the trigger and our missiles are ready for launch”.
Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, said she saw the launches as “evidence that the missile threat is not an imaginary one”, although the impact of the Iranian stunt was diminished on Thursday when it became clear that a photograph purporting to show the missiles being launched had been faked.
The one thing that all sides agree on is that any strike by either Iran or Israel would trigger a catastrophic round of retaliation that would rock global oil markets, send the price of petrol soaring and wreck the progress of the US military effort in Iraq.
Abdalla Salem El-Badri, secretary-general of Opec, the oil producers’ consortium, said last week that a military conflict involving Iran would see an “unlimited” rise in prices because any loss of Iranian production — or constriction of shipments through the Strait of Hormuz — could not be replaced. Iran is Opec’s second-largest producer after Saudi Arabia.
Equally worrying for Bush would be the impact on the US mission in Iraq, which after years of turmoil has seen gains from the military “surge” of the past few months, and on American operations in the wider region. A senior Iranian official said yesterday that Iran would destroy Israel and 32 American military bases in the Middle East in response to any attack.
Yet US officials acknowledge that no American president can afford to remain idle if Israel is threatened. How genuine the Iranian threat is was the subject of intense debate last week, with some analysts arguing that Iran might have a useable nuclear weapon by next spring and others convinced that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is engaged in a dangerous game of bluffing — mainly to impress a domestic Iranian audience that is struggling with economic setbacks and beginning to question his leadership.
Among the sceptics is Kenneth Katzman, a former CIA analyst and author of a book on the Revolutionary Guard. “I don’t subscribe to the view that Iran is in a position to inflict devastating damage on anyone,” said Katzman, who is best known for warning shortly before 9/11 that terrorists were planning to attack America.
“The Revolutionary Guards have always underperformed militarily,” he said. “Their equipment is quite inaccurate if not outright inoperable. Those missile launches were more like putting up a ‘beware of the dog’ sign. They want everyone to think that if you mess with them, you will get bitten.”
A former adviser to Rice noted that Ahmadinejad’s confrontational attitude had earned him powerful enemies among Iran’s religious leadership. Professor Shai Feldman, director of Middle East studies at Brandeis University, said the Iranian government was getting “clobbered” because of global economic strains. “His [Ahmadinejad's] failed policies have made Iran more vulnerable to sanctions and people close to the mullahs have decided he’s a liability,” he said.
In Israel, Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, has his own domestic problems with a corruption scandal that threatens to unseat him and the media have been rife with speculation that he might order an attack on Iran to distract attention from his difficulties. According to one of his closest friends, Olmert recently warned him that “in three months’ time it will be a different Middle East”.
Yet even the most hawkish officials acknowledge that Israel would face what would arguably be the most challenging military mission of its 60-year existence.
“No one here is talking about more than delaying the [nuclear] programme,” said the Pentagon source. He added that Israel would need to set back the Iranians by at least five years for an attack to be considered a success.
Even that may be beyond Israel’s competence if it has to act alone. Obvious targets would include Iran’s Isfahan plant, where uranium ore is converted into gas, the Natanz complex where this gas is used to enrich uranium in centrifuges and the plutonium-producing Arak heavy water plant. But Iran is known to have scattered other elements of its nuclear programme in underground facilities around the country. Neither US nor Israeli intelligence is certain that it knows where everything is.
“Maybe the Israelis could start off the attack and have us finish it off,” Katzman added. “And maybe that has been their intention all along. But in terms of the long-term military campaign that would be needed to permanently suppress Iran’s nuclear programme, only the US is perceived as having that capability right now.”
[link to www.timesonline.co.uk] |
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7/13/2008 6:59 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Karrubi, Saudi minister discuss Tehran-Riyadh ties:
Iran’s former Majlis Speaker Mahdi Karrubi held a meeting with Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Nayif bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud here on Saturday.
Pointing to Iran’s priority in strengthening ties with the Saudi kingdom, Karrubi said the two sides share common views toward many regional and international issues.
Karrubi said all Iranian political factions are united in fostering close with Saudi Arabia.
“There are differences among Iranian parties and this is a difference of opinion, but they unanimously believe there should be closer ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia,” asserted Karrubi who is the chief of the National Confidence Party.
Nayif bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud also stressed the necessity of close relations between the two countries and added, “Iran and Saudi Arabia are like brothers in the region and should enjoy firm relations.”
“We are aware of the importance of Iran’s key role in the region and I believe Arabs should meet Iranian face to face… and should not be influenced by media propaganda,” he went on to say.
Nayif bin Abd al-Aziz said he believes Arabs should establish harmonious relations with Iran and a high-ranking delegation from the Arab League should visit Tehran and discuss issues such as Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine with Iranian officials.
The interior minister also expressed surprise over the West’s approach toward Iran’s peaceful nuclear program while turning a blind eye on Israel's nuclear arsenal
[link to www.tehrantimes.com] |
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7/13/2008 7:02 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
No talks with Israel until after US elections: Syria's Assad:
Serious peace negotiations between Syria and Israel will not take place until a new US administration is in place after the November election, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday.
"The current administration (of President George W. Bush) is not interested in the peace process," he told reporters at his Paris meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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| Anonymous Coward
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7/13/2008 7:03 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
It would be nice to hear from Military man or Mossad agents wife on all the recent developments. It seems we are very close to war and it could come anytime now. So.......... Military man or Mossad agents wife you guys know anything?????? |
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7/13/2008 7:06 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Fatah says committed to Hamas-Israel ceasefire only to respect Abbas' request:
An armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Sunday said it is committed to Hamas-Israel ceasefire because President Abbas supports it.
"Our commitment to the lull was only to respect what the head of the Palestinian legitimacy, President Mahmoud Abbas, announced," al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said in a statement sent to the media.
Al-Aqsa Brigades violated the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire on several occasions after the lull took effect between Hamas and Israel in Gaza Strip on June 19.
"We have never been parts of the (ceasefire) deal," al-Aqsa Brigades explained in the statement, which said that the armed wing fired rockets at Israel to respond to Israeli army actions in West Bank which is not included in the six-month agreement.
Hamas arrested a number of the ceasefire violators linked to Fatah and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades who said they "reject the extortion and crackdown against its members and leaders" in Gaza.
The ceasefire is designated to halt Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza, and in return, Israel has to open commercial crossings into the Hamas-controlled region.
Israel closed the crossings following every rocket attack. President Abbas himself rejected the rocket attacks and one of his aides said Fatah movement has dissolved its military wing and there was nothing called al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
Hamas took control of Gaza Strip in June 2007 after routing pro-Abbas forces. The Palestinian president moved his power to the West Bank where he formed a government after firing a coalition led by Hamas.
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7/13/2008 7:29 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Olmert: Palestinian-Israeli peace closer than ever:
Israel and the Palestinians have never been as close to peace as they are now, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday during a French-hosted regional conference.
"It seems to me that we have never been as close to the possibility of reaching an accord as we are today," Olmert told reporters standing alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.
[link to www.haaretz.com] |
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7/13/2008 7:48 AM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
US mulling extra Iraq troop pullout:
The US is mulling withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq beginning in September to free additional troops for deployment in Afghanistan.
The pullout is partially prompted by the urgent need for more US troops in Afghanistan where American and NATO forces have come under increasing attacks by the Taliban.
Although there is yet no final decision, it is predicted that by the time President George W. Bush leaves office on Jan. 20, between one and three of the 15 combat brigades now in Iraq could be withdrawn or scheduled for withdrawal.
The Pentagon previously said that more troops are needed in Afghanistan; however, with the two wars straining the army and the Marines, officials haven't been able to send any extra forces.
No additional forces would be deployed in Afghanistan until next year, when fighting is expected to intensify with the arrival of spring.
The Pentagon has also declared the redeployment of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and its support ships from the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea to provide greater air power and surveillance for the Afghanistan mission until next spring.
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7/13/2008 3:48 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
TEHRAN - President Mahmud Ahmadinejad declared on Sunday that he welcomes a U.S. proposal to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran and to establish extensive relations between Iranian and U.S. citizens.
The Islamic Republic of Iran sees no limit to the establishment of relations with the world’s nations, even with the people of the United States, Ahmadinejad told reporters after Sunday’s cabinet session.
“Iran welcomes any proposal for improving ties even from the White House leaders,” the president asserted.
Washington Post had earlier reported that the Bush administration is considering setting up a diplomatic outpost in Iran in what would mark a dramatic official U.S. return to the country nearly 30 years after the two nations severed relations.
Asked about the report about opening a mission in Iran, the president said, “We have not yet received any official request in this regard.
“But Iran had previously proposed starting direct flights between the two countries so that hundreds of thousands of passengers including students, academics, and business travelers can directly fly to the two states,” he added.
Now, the U.S. has no diplomatic presence in Iran and relies on the Swiss Embassy in Tehran to pass messages to the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Washington’s behalf and handle the affairs of U.S. citizens in the country
[link to www.tehrantimes.com] |
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7/13/2008 3:49 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Iran, 5+1 to draw new modality plan: FM:
Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki announced on Sunday that the July 19 talks between Iran and the 5+1 group will focus on drafting a new modality plan for nuclear talks.
Iranian top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who will represents the 5+1 group, are scheduled to meet in Geneva on July 19 to continue negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany last month offered Iran a revised package of proposals in exchange for a halt in Tehran’s uranium enrichment activities.
The package, which is a follow-up of an original proposal in 2006, offers nuclear cooperation and wider trade in aircraft, energy, high technology and agriculture.
Iran has also put forward its own package of proposals on resolving international challenges including the threat of nuclear proliferation.
Earlier this month the Islamic Republic provided its response to a letter by the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany on ending the West’s prolonged nuclear standoff with Iran.
Tehran has refused to freeze its uranium enrichment work as a precondition for talks and has said that it will only negotiate on the common points presented in the two separate packages
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7/13/2008 3:53 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Israel says Hezbollah prisoner swap on Wednesday:
Israel said on Sunday it will release five Lebanese prisoners on Wednesday, including Samir Kantar jailed for a triple murder, in exchange for two soldiers captured by Hezbollah two years ago.
The Jewish state was also set to transfer to Lebanon the bodies of almost 200 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Palestinians under the prisoner swap which Israel and the Shiite movement had approved in recent weeks.
"Samir Kantar and four other Lebanese prisoners -- Khaled Zidan, Maher Kurani, Mohammed Sarur and Hussein Suleiman -- will be taken on Wednesday from their centres of detention to a place to be decided by the Israeli army," Prison Service spokesman Ian Domnitz told AFP.
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| Peace in Middle East
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7/13/2008 4:58 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
It would be nice to hear from Military man or Mossad agents wife on all the recent developments. It seems we are very close to war and it could come anytime now. So.......... Military man or Mossad agents wife you guys know anything?????? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 453926
Don't you read non-material structure's posts? Please read the last 3 pages. This is now a Peace thread, I'm afraid.
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| nonmaterial structure
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7/13/2008 6:33 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Why the Gaza cease-fire might hold:
On June 19, Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas began an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire after months of dithering. The terms (not officially revealed) apparently provide that Hamas will cease launching rockets at Israel from Gaza, Israel will not attack Gaza, and Israel will increase the supplies allowed into the enclave. It is limited to Gaza, does not include the West Bank, and is supposed to last six months.
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| Anonymous Coward
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7/13/2008 6:35 PM | | Re: War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. | Quote |
Soon this thread will be renamed to:
War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2009 |
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