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Iran calls U.N. sanctions illegal, offers talks (USA Today)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:35:47 GMT

Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address U.N. Security Council calls ...

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Iran: UN-imposed sanctions illegal [Raw Story Breaking News] (The Liberal Blog Network)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:49:07 GMT

Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address U.N. Security Council calls for Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, according to a copy of the offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The Islamic Republic also sent a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon complaining that it was "illegal" for the Security Council to impose sanctions...

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Iraq’s Chalabi Loses Post Over Ties to Iran (OTB News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:24:27 GMT

Is Iraqi double-dealer Ahmed Chalabi gone for good? Don't bet on it. Share This

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Religion Freedom Crackdown in Iran (The Corner)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:06 GMT

Bad news from Iran, via the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, one of the most careful and politically-neutral human-rights organizations: (New Haven, May 15, 2008) - Yesterday the government of Iran arrested the entire leadership of the Bahai community in Iran in a series of dawn raids. All those detained were members of the group that coordinates the activities of...

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Iraq's Chalabi Loses Post Over Ties to Iran (MSNBC.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:19 GMT

Is Iraqi double-dealer Ahmed Chalabi gone for good? Don't bet on it.

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Iraq's Chalabi Loses Post Over Ties to Iran (MSNBC.com: Newsweek Columnists: Ter)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:19 GMT

Is Iraqi double-dealer Ahmed Chalabi gone for good? Don't bet on it.

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Iran calls UN sanctions illegal, offers a proposal for talks (AP) (Get Mash)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:20:11 GMT

AP - Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address U.N. Security Council calls for Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, according to a copy of the offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Read the full story

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Bush to press Saudi king on oil prices and Iran (Reuters)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:20:00 GMT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads for Saudi Arabia on Friday to renew his appeal to help tame record oil prices and try to shore up Arab support for containing Iran's growing regional clout.

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CNN spliced quote by Obama aide to remove part in which he said Sec. Def. Gates, like Obama, wants to meet with Iran (Media Matters)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:19:37 GMT

... Gates, like Obama, has reportedly said that the United States needs to be willing to meet with Iran. CNN had left intact Gibbs' reference to Gates in the audio clip of Gibbs' comments it aired during the 9 a.m. hour of the program. Gibbs was responding to comments Bush made at the Israeli parliament in which Bush said: "Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals,...

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Looking Beyond Iran's Space Launcher Desire (NoisyRoom.net)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:09:42 GMT

From Family Security Matters: Peter Brookes New information continues to chip away at Iran's rock-like insistence that its nuclear programme is purely for peaceful purposes – and not a nuclear weapon effort as many suspect. The latest news is that Tehran continues to put more centrifuges online at its Natanz uranium enrichment facility, which could lead to the [...]

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HASC Passes Iran Amendment to Defense Authorization Bill (Iran Nuclear Watch)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:02:00 GMT

In the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) markup on May 14, 2008 of the Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Authorization Act, HASC Ranking member Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) introduced an amendment that would have required the Department of Defense to develop and maintain a military option against Iran and require the Department of Defense to reports on...

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BUSH IN ISRAEL: IRAN ATTACKS (Atlas Shrugs)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:12:23 GMT

“The Zionist regime is dying,” President Ahmadinejad countered in northern Iran, according to the Associated Press. “The criminals assume that by holding celebrations,” he added, “they can save the sinister Zionist regime from death and annihilation.” Photo:Palestinian children hold posters depicting President Bush as they shout slogans against Israel in a rally to mark 'Nakba' outside the United...

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Iran-IAEA nuclear talks end without any results (Thaindian News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:18:13 GMT

DPA Tehran, May 15 (DPA) Iran and a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) finished their three-day talks here without reaching any new results, Iran's envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog told ISNA news agency Thursday. The talks were held between Iran's IAEA envoy Ali-Asqar Soltanieh and IAEA regional chief Herman Nackaerts at Iran's [...]

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Now is the time to attack Iran (s o s)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:35:00 GMT

... for the interminable US presidential election to be over. Then, many believe, the paralysis over Iran will end. Then, they think, the prospect of a military strike on Tehran will either swiftly be realised or permanently be laid to rest (depending on who actually wins). And meanwhile the hallucinatory Middle East appeasement process meanders ever onwards, accompanied by dark rumblings about...

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Iran calls U.N. sanctions illegal, offers talks (OTB News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:31:20 GMT

Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address U.N. Security Council calls … Share This

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McCain to Obama: What is it, precisely, that you want to talk to Iran about? (Hot Air)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:06:59 GMT

I’ve been looking for video of his full statement, as there’s a bit more to it than you see here per AmSpec and the Times , but this is the best I can do. […] Read the rest »

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McCain: Bush ‘Exactly Right’ On ‘Appeasement’ Remark, Praises Reagan's Handling Of Iran Hostage Crisis (Think Progress)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:26:40 GMT

... them is Neville Chamberlain. I believe that it's not an accident that our hostages came home from Iran when President Reagan was president of the United States. He didn't sit down in a negotiation with the religious extremists in Iran , he made it very clear that those hostages were coming home. McCain elaborated on his campaign bus today, claiming diplomatic talks are a “serious...

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Iran calls UN sanctions illegal, offers a proposal for talks (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:23:53 GMT

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Insufferable quisling: Bombing Iran has a certain appeal to it (Undeniable Liberalism)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:19:00 GMT

A slight salty piquancy, not unlike republican nutsacs , explains stinky-nosed vichycrat Joe Lieberman.

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Insufferable quisling: Bombing Iran has a certain appeal to it (WTF Is It Now??)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:18:00 GMT

A slight salty piquancy, not unlike republican nutsacs , explains stinky-nosed vichycrat Joe Lieberman.

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