IRAN OFFERED PEACE WITH ISRAEL - BUSH REFUSED
"Iran offered in 2003 to accept peace with Israel and to cut off material assistance to Palestinian armed groups and pressure them to halt terrorist attacks within Israel's 1967 borders, according to the secret Iranian proposal to the United States... The two-page document contradicts the official line of the George W. Bush administration that Iran is committed to the destruction of Israel and the sponsorship of terrorism in the region.... in 2003, Bush refused to allow any response to the Iranian offer to negotiate an agreement that would have accepted the existence of Israel..."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33348
Saturday, May 20, 2006
U.S. "FROZE" TALKS WITH IRAN LAST MARCH
"... Bush administration ordered U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad in March to postpone indefinitely the talks with Iran on Iraq for which Khalilzad had previously gotten White House approval... Condoleezza Rice "froze" the talks on Iraq that the United States and Iran had agreed to in mid-March, telling Khalilzad "it wasn't the right time to meet"... The reversal... has resulted in a widening chasm between the United States and the other major powers on how to reach a diplomatic solution with Iran on the nuclear issue."
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0520-02.htm
"... the decision... (was from) the determination of Vice Pres. Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld to avoid anything that legitimised the Islamic Republic of Iran... The Europeans -- particularly France and Germany -- have long been dismayed at Washington's refusal to enter into diplomatic dialogue with Iran on the nuclear issue... The administration's refusal to meet with Iran is now at the heart of the protracted discussions between the United States and the five other powers on a common position on Iran..."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33303
"... Bush administration ordered U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad in March to postpone indefinitely the talks with Iran on Iraq for which Khalilzad had previously gotten White House approval... Condoleezza Rice "froze" the talks on Iraq that the United States and Iran had agreed to in mid-March, telling Khalilzad "it wasn't the right time to meet"... The reversal... has resulted in a widening chasm between the United States and the other major powers on how to reach a diplomatic solution with Iran on the nuclear issue."
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0520-02.htm
"... the decision... (was from) the determination of Vice Pres. Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld to avoid anything that legitimised the Islamic Republic of Iran... The Europeans -- particularly France and Germany -- have long been dismayed at Washington's refusal to enter into diplomatic dialogue with Iran on the nuclear issue... The administration's refusal to meet with Iran is now at the heart of the protracted discussions between the United States and the five other powers on a common position on Iran..."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33303
Thursday, May 11, 2006
AHMADINEJAD 2006 LETTER DISMISSED BY RICE
"... Ahmadinejad's letter has elicited a preliminary rebuttal by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who dismissed it as a "philosophical" narrative..."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE11Ak03.html
"... Ahmadinejad's letter has elicited a preliminary rebuttal by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who dismissed it as a "philosophical" narrative..."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE11Ak03.html
AHMADINEJAD LETTER TO BUSH
Full text of letter from Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to US President George W Bush, released by United Nations diplomats:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE11Ak01.html
Full text of letter from Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to US President George W Bush, released by United Nations diplomats:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE11Ak01.html
Friday, May 05, 2006
HOMOPHOBOIC KILLINGS BY FUNDAMENTALIST MILITIAS
"... (there is a) surge in homophobic killings by state security services and religious militias following an anti-gay and anti-lesbian fatwa issued by Iraq's most prominent Shia leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani... (killings are) evidence that fundamentalists have infiltrated government security forces to commit homophobic murders while wearing police uniforms..."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article362151.ece
"... (there is a) surge in homophobic killings by state security services and religious militias following an anti-gay and anti-lesbian fatwa issued by Iraq's most prominent Shia leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani... (killings are) evidence that fundamentalists have infiltrated government security forces to commit homophobic murders while wearing police uniforms..."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article362151.ece
BUSH ADMINISTRATION REFUSES TO TALK TO IRAN
"... The Bush administration... is refusing to talk directly with Iran about its nuclear program... Bush administration officials argue that direct two-way negotiations raise expectations that the United States will make concessions. They say multinational pressure is more effective..."
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/14502621.htm
"... The Bush administration... is refusing to talk directly with Iran about its nuclear program... Bush administration officials argue that direct two-way negotiations raise expectations that the United States will make concessions. They say multinational pressure is more effective..."
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/14502621.htm
Monday, May 01, 2006
U.S. HAS REBUFFED IRAN ON NUKES & SECURITY TALKS
"Iranian leaders have been signaling to Washington since late 2005 that Iran wanted direct negotiations with the United States on Tehran's nuclear programme and other outstanding issues between the two countries... (however the) Bush administration ignored (an) Iranian proposal in 2003 and has publicly rejected possible talks with Iran on the nuclear issue in recent months..."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33070
"Iranian leaders have been signaling to Washington since late 2005 that Iran wanted direct negotiations with the United States on Tehran's nuclear programme and other outstanding issues between the two countries... (however the) Bush administration ignored (an) Iranian proposal in 2003 and has publicly rejected possible talks with Iran on the nuclear issue in recent months..."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33070
A CASE FOR ATTACKING IRAN SOON
"... let major wars break out, the sooner the better... If Kaiser Wilhelm II had had the presence of mind to attack France during the First Morocco Crisis of 1906 - while Russia was busy with Japan and England was uncommitted - the horrors of World War I never would have occurred... By the same token, if Washington waits to long to disarm Iran, the consequence will be a Thirty Years' War in the Middle East quite as terrible as World War I. Harsh as it might seem, preemption - an aerial attack on Iran's nuclear facilities - is the most humane solution..."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE02Ak03.html
"... let major wars break out, the sooner the better... If Kaiser Wilhelm II had had the presence of mind to attack France during the First Morocco Crisis of 1906 - while Russia was busy with Japan and England was uncommitted - the horrors of World War I never would have occurred... By the same token, if Washington waits to long to disarm Iran, the consequence will be a Thirty Years' War in the Middle East quite as terrible as World War I. Harsh as it might seem, preemption - an aerial attack on Iran's nuclear facilities - is the most humane solution..."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE02Ak03.html
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