chinaconfidential.blogspot.com - 4/17/2009
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Having taken military action against Iran off the table, the Obama administration is considering ways of punishing Israel if it attacks Iran to end its nuclear arms program (and prevent a second Holocaust). In other words, having failed to contain Iran, the United States is concentrating on ...
timesonline.co.uk - 4/17/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch
a massive aerial assault on Iran's nuclear facilities within...
days of being given the go-ahead by its new government. Among the steps taken to ready Israeli forces for what would be a risky raid ...
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Israel stands ready to bomb Iran's nuclear sites
haaretz.com - 4/19/2009
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haaretz.com —
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand that the Palestinians
recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people...
as a condition for renewing peace talks is unacceptable to the United States, the State Department said during special envoy George ...
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U.S.: Palestinians need not recognize Israel as Jewish ...
haaretz.com - 4/20/2009
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haaretz.com —
Click here for more about the Durban II
conference Federal agents in Geneva on Sunday escorted Harvard...
law professor Alan Dershowitz away from the Geneva hotel where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz were ...
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Dershowitz hauled away after trying to confront Iran ...
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Obama Administration drawing up contingency plans to punish Israel if it attacks Iran?
Jihad Watch —
... Unconscionable, but plausible in light of the steps Obama has already taken. "US Weighing Punishing Israel if it Attacks Iran," from China Confidential, April 17 (thanks to Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi): ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 4/17/2009
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... US Weighing Punishing Israel if it Attacks Iran Having taken military action against Iran off the table, the Obama administration is considering ways of punishing Israel if it attacks Iran to end its nuclear arms program (and prevent a second Holocaust). In other words, having failed to contain Iran, the United States is concentrating on restraining Israel. Administration contingency plans include condemnation of Israel, support for a United Nations Security Council resolution that could include ...
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