Bomb Iran? U.S. Requests Bunker-Buster Bombs

October 24, 2007 ABC News Jonathon Karl
White House Bomber Request Leaves Some Wondering if U.S. Is Preparing Action in Iran.Tucked inside the White House's 196 billion dollars emergency funding request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is an item that has some people wondering whether the administration is preparing for military action against Iran.

Larijani Maintains His Authority in Talks with the EU in RomeIran's former top nuclear negotiator, replaced this weekend in a surprise announcement in Tehran, nevertheless maintained his authority and leadership in talks with the EU in Rome, the European Union foreign policy chief was quoted as saying Thursday.Pravda


Posted 25/10/2007 @ 9:56:41 GMTWho's Afraid of an Iranian Bomb?At first glance, it would seem a straightforward thing to stop a relatively weak but volatile Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. It would also seem to be something a concerned world community would be actively working to do. National Review Online

Posted 25/10/2007 @ 9:49:28 GMTNew Steps by U.S. Against Iranians WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will announce a long-debated policy of new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, accusing the elite Quds division of the Revolutionary Guard Corps of supporting terrorism, administration officials said Wednesday night. The New York Times

Posted 25/10/2007 @ 9:39:25 GMTU.S. to Impose New Sanctions Targeting Iran's MilitaryThe Bush administration plans to roll out an unprecedented package of unilateral sanctions against Iran today, including the long-awaited designations of its Revolutionary Guard Corps as a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction and of the elite Quds Force as a supporter of terrorism, according to senior administration officials. The Washington Post

Posted 25/10/2007 @ 9:14:16 GMTIran Clamps Down on Coffee ShopsThey have become a haven for modern bookworms everywhere - a place to combine a love of the written word with the pleasures of cafe society. But now the trend of opening coffee shops inside bookstores has fallen foul of the authorities amid a general clampdown on social and intellectual freedoms. The Guardian

Posted 24/10/2007 @ 21:23:45 GMTIran: Constructive Nuke Ideas IntroducedROME -- Iranian negotiators said Wednesday that progress could be made on resolving the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program, even as their president vowed to keep enriching uranium and dismissed U.N. Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions as "worthless papers." The Associated Press

Posted 24/10/2007 @ 21:16:30 GMTEurope's Awakening?This week in Paris and London, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert heard some quite encouraging words. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said, "We are ready and will push for further sanctions against Iran. ... Economic sanctions are effective ... but they are not sufficient. So there should be more." Brown also said that sanctions should reach the point "up to where Iran stops its nuclear program."

Posted 24/10/2007 @ 21:1:25 GMTRafsanjani Speaks Out Over StudentsTEHRAN -- Iran's influential ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has defended students' right to freedom of speech, the press reported yesterday, the day after a demonstration at a Tehran university.

Posted 24/10/2007 @ 20:57:45 GMTSupreme Leader Has Eye on Ahmadi-NejadDuring his eight years in office former reformist Iranian President Mohamed Khatami struggled to assert his authority in the face of relentless pressure from regime hardliners. He left the presidency in 2005 frustrated, with many of his supporters disillusioned.