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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Iran Nuclear Update 9/5

'Israel loves Iran' campaign hopes to move from Facebook to the streets

Haaretz - ‎20 minutes ago‎
'Israel loves Iran' campaign hopes to move from Facebook to the streets. Facebook campaign connecting real Israelis and Iranians with an anti-war message is aiming to get on bus ads and posters across Tel Aviv. By Odeya Ganor | Sep.02, 2012 | 8:08 AM | 1 ...

War With Iran?

Daily Beast - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Noah Millman, writing for The American Conservative, has posed a few interesting questions in response to the recent exchange of essays between David (Frum) and Andrew Sullivan. From Millman's article: The more interesting question I have for Frum: it ...

Netanyahu calls for US to give Iran a 'clear red line'

Christian Science Monitor - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Netanyahu calls for US to give Iran a 'clear red line'. Amid the latest Israeli pressure on the US to take a stronger stand against Iran, the Obama administration is taking new steps to warn Iran against making any further moves toward nuclear weapons.

Israel's intelligence chiefs to brief security cabinet on Iran's nuclear program

Haaretz - ‎1 hour ago‎
Leaders of Israel intelligence community are set to give their annual briefing on Tuesday to the security cabinet. They are expected to focus on Iran's nuclear program, the civil war in Syria and the Muslim Brotherhood's rise to power in Egypt. One senior official ...

Senior US intelligence official believes Israel won't strike Iran before November ...

Haaretz - ‎1 hour ago‎
There is a growing American assessment that Israel will not attack Iranian nuclear facilities before the U.S. presidential elections on November 6. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, who visited Israel last week, told a breakfast panel at the ...

Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah

AngolaPress - ‎2 hours ago‎
BEIRUT - Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday. "A decision has ...

Ex-CIA chief Michael Hayden: "Only the US" can strike Iran nuclear sites effectively

CBS News - ‎2 hours ago‎
(CBS News) LONDON - Former CIA director Michael Hayden has told an Israeli newspaper that the Jewish state is not capable of carrying out and sustaining military action against Iran's nuclear sites without U.S. support, and that there is still time before a ...

'Diplomatic option for Iran not to remain open indefinitely'

Firstpost - ‎3 hours ago‎
Charlotte: Underlining that President Barack Obama is committed to using all instruments of national power to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, ruling Democratic Party has warned that the preferred diplomatic option is not going to remain open ...

There's still no need to panic over Iranian nukes

Telegraph.co.uk (blog) - ‎3 hours ago‎
It's that time again. A new report on Iran from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) means a new bout of panic. The Australian, deciding that the facts weren't quite exciting enough, declared that: “Iran is stockpiling weapons grade uranium” (it's ...

US complicit in Israel war plans for Iran

Asia Times Online - ‎3 hours ago‎
US complicit in Israel war plans for Iran By Kaveh L Afrasiabi After supplying Israel with the massive bunker-buster bombs that would be critical in any Israeli military strike on Iran, the US government now wants to have it both ways, trying to shield itself from ...

Democrats unveil 2012 platform, stress Israel ties

Jerusalem Post - ‎4 hours ago‎
The Obama administration reiterated its "unshakable commitment to Israel's security" in the 2012 Democratic National Platform released Monday, amid ongoing speculation of a rift in Israeli-US relations. "A strong and secure Israel is vital to the United States ...

Obama: Military option remains on table

Ynetnews - ‎4 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON – Recent tensions between Israel and the United States over a possible strike in Iran are infiltrating American politics and the presidential election campaign. The Democratic Party platform, which will be brought to the approval of the ...

Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks N-facility: Hezbollah

Zee News - ‎4 hours ago‎
Tags: Iran, US Bases, Hezbollah, Middle East, Israel, Nuclear facilities. Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks N-facility: Hezbollah London: Militant group Hezbollah has warned that Iran could strike American bases in the Middle East if the Israelis strike its ...

Report: Nasrallah to address Iran conference

Ynetnews - ‎5 hours ago‎
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah will discuss "the process of Israel's destruction after the collapse of Egypt and Tunisia's dictatorships" in a speech before Iranians, media in Lebanon and Iran are reporting. Nasrallah, who has been holed up in ...

Democratic platform again seeks Guantanamo closure

Politico (blog) - ‎6 hours ago‎
The 2012 Democratic Party platform released Monday night reaffirms President Barack Obama's unfulfilled pledge to close the prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, but backs away from a 2008 plank suggesting that terror suspects are entitled to a ...

Nasrallah: Attack on Iran will lead to attacks on American bases

Al-Bawaba - ‎6 hours ago‎
The Secretary General of Lebanon's Hizbullah, Hassan Nasrallah denied late Monday that his group holds chemical weapons, citing reasons related to sharia. "We do not have chemical weapons and we can't use them for reasons related to the sharia ...

Israel PM wants action on Iran

iAfrica.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the international community must set a "clear red line" in order to avoid a war over Iran's controversial nuclear programme. "This is a brutal regime that is racing ahead with its nuclear programme ...

Nasrallah: Iran could strike US bases if attacked

Jerusalem Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
Iran could strike US bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday. "A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," ...

Hezbollah chief says group has no chemical weapons

Zee News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah warns that in a war with the Jewish state, his group has missiles that can hit targets throughout the country. He says Hezbollah does not need chemical or nuclear weapons, "but there are targets in Israel that (if hit) can achieve the ...

Iran could strike American bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah

Al-Arabiya - ‎8 hours ago‎
The leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah warned late Monday that Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities – even if American forces played no role in the attack “A decision has ...

US to ramp up pressure on Iran to avoid war

The News International - ‎9 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama's administration is undertaking “a range of steps short of war” that it hopes will prevent an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, The New York Times reported on Monday. The measures are designed to force ...

Netanyahu urges international 'red lines' to stop Iran

TVNZ - ‎10 hours ago‎
Related. Netanyahu moves to end religious military exemptions · Netanyahu faces settlement showdown. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged world powers to set a "clear red line" for Tehran's atomic activities and said they had failed to ...

Report reveals US steps to restrain Iran to forestall Israeli attack

Xinhua - ‎10 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration is taking a range of steps short of war to force Iran to take more seriously negotiations over its disputed nuclear program, in hopes of forestalling an Israeli attack, a U.S. newspaper reported ...

US denies 'secret' Iran deal

Gulf Daily News - ‎11 hours ago‎
World News. US denies 'secret' Iran deal. Posted on » Tuesday, September 04, 2012. TOLEDO, Ohio: The White House last night denied a report that accused Washington of secretly negotiating with Tehran to keep the US out of a future Israel-Iran war.

Iran and the West

The Nation - ‎11 hours ago‎
Since the advent of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has been the target of sustained political, economic and military pressure by the West led primarily by the US and the UK. This is in marked contrast with the pre-revolution era when Iran under the Shah ...

Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks—Hezbollah

GMA News - ‎13 hours ago‎
Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks—Hezbollah. By LAILA BASSAM, Reuters September 4, 2012 7:51am. BEIRUT - Iran could hit US bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role ...

Former CIA chief tells Haaretz: Decision on Iran strike can wait

Haaretz - ‎13 hours ago‎
Former CIA chief tells Haaretz: Decision on Iran strike can wait. Iran will achieve nuclear-weapons capability no earlier than 2013 or 2014, says Michael Hayden, adding that the U.S. would be better equipped to launch a military operation against the Islamic ...

Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks-Hezbollah

Reuters Africa - ‎13 hours ago‎
Nasrallah says decision on Iranian response has been taken. * Doubts Israel will attack in next few months. * Says Hezbollah would not use chemical weapons. By Laila Bassam. BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in ...

US denies Israeli newspaper report of secret Iran contacts

Business Recorder (blog) - ‎13 hours ago‎
E-mail · Print · PDF. The White House on Monday denied an Israeli newspaper report that accused Washington of secretly negotiating with Tehran to keep the United States out of a future Israel-Iran war. The Jewish state also played down the front-page report ...

Israel's future 'at risk' if Iran strike sanctioned

The Independent - ‎13 hours ago‎
Donald Macintyre. The Independent's Jerusalem correspondent since 2004, Donald Macintyre was the paper's Chief Political Commentator for eight years and before that Political Editor of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday. He has written for ...

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