reuters.com - 12/8/2008
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(Adds Iran on Obama's statements, paragraphs 10-11) By Dan Williams TEL AVIV, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The man many tip to be Israel's next leader said on Monday he saw Barack Obama as serious about denying Iran nuclear arms, even though the U.S. president-elect made no mention of a military option in ...
haaretz.com - 12/11/2008
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haaretz.com —
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration will offer Israel
a "nuclear umbrella" against the threat of a nuclear...
attack by Iran, a well-placed American source said earlier this week. The source, who is close to the new administration, said ...
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Obama's atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike ...
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 12/11/2008
iht.com - 12/11/2008
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iht.com —
America's new president will have to confront the
reality that Iran now has the capability to build...
a nuclear weapon.
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Was the CIA wrong (again)?
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Netanyahu on Obama and Iran
The Stump —
The hawkish front-runner to lead Israel next likes what he's heard from Obama on Iran: Benjamin Netanyahu, whose right-wing party leads in polls before a Feb.
10 election, was responding to concerns raised by Israeli analysts that
Obama did not explicitly say in televised remarks on Sunday that he
could resort to force against Tehran if it did not bow to U.S. demands
over its nuclear programme. "President-elect Obama spoke to me
about his view that Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons is
unacceptable," Netanyahu told ...
Remainders: Left out
Ben Smith's Blog —
... circus proportions.
Peter Daou says the newly massive online commentariat is driving discussion.
Obama's win could be a boon for the Florida Gators.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says the GOP can rise again if it pushes for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget.
Hildebrand, of course, speaks only for himself.
Fernholz interprets.
Some on the black left also feel left out.
Netanyahu likes Obama's Iran talk.
Gover's in the mix for Interior.
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10 election, was responding to concerns raised by Israeli analysts that
Obama did not ...
Going it alone?
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 12/4/2008 — The JPost is reporting on Thursday that the IDF is preparing to attack Iran on its own, with or without American support. "It is always better to coordinate," one top Defense Ministry official explained last week. "But we are also preparing options ...
Israel Gets Real on Iran
tonykaron.com 10/20/2008 —
Trita Parsi: In public, Israeli leaders have spoken in apocalyptic terms of Iran's nuclear program, but among themselves, they know better.
IAEA Head Would Welcome Direct US/Iran Dialogue
newshoggers.com 11/15/2008 — By Cernig
Add Mohammed el-Baradei to the list of those welcoming Obama's statements that he'd talk to Iran . "If there is a direct dialogue between the United States and Iran, I think Iran will be more forthcoming with the agency," IAEA Director ...
Iran Still Trying To Tell Obama What To Do
stoptheaclu.com 2/7/2009 — Notice that this did not happen while Bush was President? Sure, the Iranians railed at Bush, the USA, the EU, Zionists, etc, but they were not trying to dictate policy and get any of the aforementioned to change their tunes. But now, with the Obambi ...
D.C. Establishment Pressuring Obama on Iran?
newshoggers.com 12/5/2008 — By Cernig
There's a rapidly developing consensus among Washington's Very Serious person set that Obama's plans to negotiate with Iran should get only one try, and if that fails then the bombing should begin.
Today Iran's parliamentary Speaker ...
American Foreign Policy Project
americanforeignpolicy.org 11/17/2008 — Among the many challenges that will greet President-elect Obama when he takes office, there are few, if any, more urgent and complex than the question of Iran. There are also few issues more clouded by myths and misconceptions. In this Joint Experts' ...
Obama on a Nuclear Iran: Yes They Can?
weeklystandard.com 1/27/2009 — From Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya :
Q Will the United States ever live with a nuclear Iran? And if not, how far are you going in the direction of preventing it?
THE PRESIDENT: You know, I said during the campaign that it is very important ...
Energy and Oil | Africa
africa.reuters.com 11/25/2008 — By Jeffrey Heller WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday Israel was free to take any action it deemed necessary against Iran's nuclear program, saying there were no U.S. restraints. But the outgoing Israeli ...
Iran Urges Obama to Change Approach —
NYT > Politics 12/8/2008
Iran said that it would not abandon its nuclear program and urged President-elect Obama to change America’s carrot-and-stick policy toward Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported. >
September 11 defendants ask to plead guilty —
Reuters: Politics 12/8/2008
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The self-styled mastermind of the September 11 attacks and four co-defendants sent a note to a military judge at Guantanamo on Monday saying they wanted to confess and plead guilty.
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