iht.com - 1/11/2009
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WASHINGTON : President George W. Bush deflected a secret request by Israel last year for specialized bunker-busting bombs it wanted for an attack on Iran's main nuclear complex and told the Israelis that he had authorized new covert action intended to sabotage Iran's suspected effort to develop ...
salon.com - 1/12/2009
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salon.com —
[updated below -- Update II (Obama's prior NIE
statement)] Regarding Barack Obama's statements about Iran yesterday during...
his ABC News interview, Charles Davis makes an excellent point (h/t Jonathan Schwarz ): President-elect Barack Obama in an ...
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Obama v. the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran - ...
turcopolier.typepad.com - 1/11/2009
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I listened to Britt Hume interview the two
Bushes on Fox News Sunday. It was less than...
inspiring, but informative of the mentality of these three men. At one point one of the bushes referred to the Oval Office (in...
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GW Bush on "known killers"
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The GBU-39, Iran, Gaza and the IHT
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... There’s a curious story being featured on Drudge right now from the International Herald Tribune that pumps hot air into the story that the United States rebuffed Israel’s military requests on several occasions recently. I won’t go into the parts of the story that deal with leaked intelligence reports or speculation on classified sections of leaked intelligence reports. Instead I will just note that one key element of their story, the lead paragraph in fact, has recently been rendered at least partially incorrect — and strangely incomplete. ...
Gaza Is the Future
Antiwar.com Original —
... An effective approach, and one with which Americans can sympathize, would be if Israel seized the strategic initiative along its northern borders by engaging Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran, as the principal agents of aggression in Lebanon." Syria is deemed the penultimate prize, a ripe apple waiting to fall from the tree. All that's required is a little vigorous shaking. Lurking behind these dominoes, however, is Israel's chief antagonist, Iran, the current target of the Israel lobby's campaign to gin up yet another war in the Middle East. All these scenarios have played out, ...
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shadow.foreignpolicy.com 1/16/2009 — By Christian Brose And there you have it folks. Curtains for the Bush presidency . No big surprises tonight. And nothing that will be much remembered either I'm afraid -- no evocations to " steer clear of permanent alliances ," no ...
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Editorials worldwide pillory Bush one final time - Yahoo! News
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New York Times Says U.S. rebuffed Israel on Strike Against Iran
powerlineblog.com 1/11/2009 — The New York Times is reporting that President Bush "deflected" a request by Israel last year for specialized bunker-busting bombs Israel wanted for an attack on Iran's main nuclear complex. Bush also flatly refused to grant Israel's request to fly ...
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 ...
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