Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are […]
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Preparing the Battlefield
June 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Foreign Affairs - Al Qaeda Strikes Back
April 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Summary: By rushing into Iraq instead of finishing off the hunt for Osama bin Laden, Washington has unwittingly helped its enemies: al Qaeda has more bases, more partners, and more followers today than it did on the eve of 9/11. Now the group is working to set up networks in the Middle East and […]
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Iran’s President Sees Progress in Nuclear Program
April 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said today that his country has started to produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale, and had reached the next phase of what he described as an irreversible program that his country had a right to pursue. Some think it is a bluff.
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Russia Gives Iran Ultimatum on Enrichment
March 19th, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Russia has informed Iran that it will withhold nuclear fuel for Iran’s nearly completed Bushehr power plant unless Iran suspends its uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations Security Council, European, American and Iranian officials say.
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