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Deal lets U.S. drones strike bin Laden

The United States has a standing agreement with Pakistan that CIA-operated Predator drones may strike Osama bin Laden's hide-out without prior permission from Islamabad, according to people familiar with the arrangement.

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Iran test-fires more missiles in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran test-fired more long-range missiles overnight in a second round of exercises meant to show that the country can defend itself against any attack by the U.S. or Israel, Iranian state television reported Thursday.

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Pentagon plumbing Iran's missile tests for clues

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is studying Iran's latest missile test to figure out exactly what was launched and what it shows about Tehran's missile capabilities.

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Iraq insists on withdrawal timetable

Iraq's national security adviser says his country will not accept any deal with the United States unless the agreement sets specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces

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America's Declaration of Independence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

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Fears, Again, of Oil Supplies at Risk - New York Times

That sympathizers of Osama bin Laden sink three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and choke off the narrow, bow-shaped channel that funnels 14 million barrels a day from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world.

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''If bin Laden takes over and becomes king of Saudi Arabia, he'd turn off the tap,'' said Roger Diwan, a managing director of the Petroleum Finance Company, a consulting firm in Washington. ''He said at one point that he wants oil to be $144 a barrel'' -- about six times what it sells for now.
countries have taken the politically risky position of siding with the West, however quietly, in the campaign against Mr. bin Laden, thereby alienating many of their own citizens. And the proof of their support for the West is in the oil that OPEC nations continue to ship, recently forgoing a production cut even as they faced falling prices that rob them of revenue.
the proof of their support for the West is in the oil that OPEC nations continue to ship, recently forgoing a production cut even as they faced falling prices that rob them of revenue.
By attacking oil supplies or the Middle East regimes themselves, Mr. bin Laden's supporters would strike a powerful blow against the West.
The United States gets only about 13 percent of its daily dose of oil from the Persian Gulf states, and that is down from 23 percent a decade ago. But those countries produce 18 percent of the world's oil, and a significant disruption in their output would set off price spikes, if not outright shortages.

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Iraq to award oil contracts to foreign firms - Yahoo! News

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq will award contracts to 41 foreign oil firms in a bid to boost production that could give multinationals a potentially lucrative foothold in huge but underdeveloped oil fields, an official said on Sunday.

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Russia's Lavrov warns against attack on Iran - Yahoo! News

Russia's Lavrov warns against attack on Iran

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U.S. National Debt National Debt Clocks and Savings Clocks

There are many of America's budget items here on this page.

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Iran withdraws $75 billion from Europe: report | Reuters

Iran appears to be preparing to defend itself from world sanctions imposed on Iran for not eliminating nuclear weapons development.

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Iran Counter-Threatens 'Painful' Response, Signs Pact With Iraq - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Arutz Sheva

Will this "alleged" mutual defense pact between Iraq and Iran affect America's abitlity to conclude a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue between Iran and the rest of the world?

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Iran appears to be adverse with the option that Iraq has to sign an agreement with Iran.

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Israeli minister says alternatives to attack on Iran running out

Iran needs to be reigned in before it gets further along with its accelerated nuclear enrichment program. The IAEA has strong suspicions that Iran is headed toward a nuclear weapon.

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Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control - Middle East, World - The Independent

Bush should get the credit for achieving FREEDOM for the Iraq people. Why should Bush leave his legacy to be taken by another political ASS?

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But the accord also threatens to provoke a political crisis in the US. President Bush wants to push it through by the end of next month so he can declare a military victory and claim his 2003 invasion has been vindicated.
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- What a pile of CRAP the damned politicians have brought into the Iraq liberation led by America. This bullcrap of making promises that drive America's efforts to bring peace to the world is unconscionable.
  posted by liveinfreedom on 2008-06-05 14:02:54
perpetuating the US presence in Iraq, the long-term settlement would undercut pledges by the Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, to withdraw US troops if he is elected president in November.
The timing of the agreement would also boost the Republican candidate, John McCain, who has claimed the United States is on the verge of victory in Iraq – a victory that he says Mr Obama would throw away by a premature military withdrawal.
Under the terms of the new treaty, the Americans would retain the long-term use of more than 50 bases in Iraq. American negotiators are also demanding immunity from Iraqi law for US troops and contractors, and a free hand to carry out arrests and conduct military activities in Iraq without consulting the Baghdad government.
The precise nature of the American demands has been kept secret until now.
It is a terrible breach of our sovereignty," said one Iraqi politician, adding that if the security deal was signed it would delegitimise the government in Baghdad which will be seen as an American pawn.
Washington also wants control of Iraqi airspace below 29,000ft and the right to pursue its "war on terror" in Iraq, giving it the authority to arrest anybody it wants and to launch military campaigns without consultation.
Hashemi Rafsanjani, the powerful and usually moderate Iranian leader, said yesterday that such a deal would create "a permanent occupation". He added: "The essence of this agreement is to turn the Iraqis into slaves of the Americans."
Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, is believed to be personally opposed to the terms of the new pact but feels his coalition government cannot stay in power without US backing.
Although Iraqi ministers have said they will reject any agreement limiting Iraqi sovereignty, political observers in Baghdad suspect they will sign in the end and simply want to establish their credentials as defenders of Iraqi independence by a show of defiance now.
Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on his followers to demonstrate every Friday against the impending agreement on the grounds that it compromises Iraqi independence.
The Iraqi government wants to delay the actual signing of the agreement but the office of Vice-President Dick Cheney has been trying to force it through. The US ambassador in Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, has spent weeks trying to secure the accord.
But the Kurds, who make up a fifth of the population, will probably favour a continuing American presence,
as will Sunni Arab political leaders who want US forces to dilute the power of the Shia.
The Sunni Arab community, which has broadly supported a guerrilla war against US occupation, is likely to be split.
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- WOW! the Iraqis sure have some deliberation to engage in with these critical American agreement elements needed to protect and to unhinder America's fight on terrorism created by complex political processes.
  posted by liveinfreedom on 2008-06-05 14:10:01