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Senior Iranian Cleric: Iran Should Defend Islamic World -( words from one of the chef Idiots )- April 18, 2008 - Dow Jones Newswires - AFP

TEHRAN -- A high-ranking Iranian cleric Friday said the country should grow into a military superpower to defend all Muslims, following an army parade at a time of mounting tension with the West. "In a not-so-distant future, we should reach a point to have the most powerful military equipment in the world so that no-one even think about invading our borders," Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said in his Friday prayer sermon carried live on state radio. "And not only that of the Islamic republic, but also the borders of Islam ... We must defend oppressed Muslims everywhere so that the enemies do not dare to attack Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq." On Thursday's annual Army Day celebration in Tehran, dozens of ( 30 to 40 years old ) fighter jets and other aircraft flew over the parade ground in a bid to show the power of the air
force. Also on display was Iran's Shahab-3 missile, whose range includes Israel and even the fringes of Europe. The hardline cleric also vowed, to cheering worshippers who chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," that their slogans will materialize. "I tell you that the death of the United States has come. You shouted Death to the Shah and he died," Jannati said, referring to the monarch overthrown by the 1979 Islamic revolution and who died in exile. "You say Death to Israel and it is dying. You say Death to America and it does not take so long that its death prayer will be said."

It's Iran, Stupid
As foreign-policy nightmares for the next U.S. president are concerned, the headlines tell us it is Iraq. But real-world events are beginning to say otherwise. Those high-paid consultants for the remaining three aspirants would do well to hang posters in their campaign HQs, advising the following: "It's Iran . . . stupid."
Mission: Defuse Iran, North Korea
WASHINGTON -- The era of nonproliferation is over. During the first half-century of the nuclear age, safety lay in restricting the weaponry to major powers and keeping it out of the hands of rogue states. This strategy was inevitably going to break down. The inevitable has arrived.
Iran Can't Wait
L. Paul Bremer III, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, 2003-4, in his response to the New York Times editorial "Mission Still Not Accomplished" (March 20), wrote, "I take strong exception to your assertion that I 'overrode' President Bush's national security team on disbanding the Iraqi Army."
Iran Denies Charges it's Supporting Iraqi Insurgency
UNITED NATIONS -- Iran's U.N. Mission is rejecting allegations by U.S. officials that the country is supporting the insurgency in Iraq. It calls the claims "unfounded" and "baseless."
Bush, British PM Pledge Tough Stance on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
WASHINGTON -- President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown jointly pledged to step up efforts to thwart Iran’s nuclear enrichment program and work with European leaders to increase sanctions on the country during a press conference outside the White House on Thursday.
Rice to Shun Iran at Meeting of Iraq's Neighbors
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she has no plans to meet Iran's foreign minister at a conference of Iraq's neighbors next week, amid increasing U.S. complaints about Iranian support for Iraqi insurgents.

Sanctions on Iran 'having an impact'

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Sanctions on Iran 'having an impact'

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BERLIN: US Treasury deputy assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes Daniel Glaser yesterday said US financial sanctions against Iran were "having an impact" on international efforts to thwart Tehran's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons and aid terrorism....

Al-Qaeda's No. 2: America to lose in Iraq

albawaba-iraq Friday, April 18, 2008 1:57:00 PM CEST Translate:[ar] [zh] [fr] [de] [it] [ja] [ko] [pt] [ru] [es]

-Qaeda's No. 2 said in an audiotape released Friday that the United States will lose whether it Al-Qaeda's No. 2 said in an audiotape released Friday that the United States will lose whether it stays in Iraq or withdraws, and he sneered that President Bush just wants to pass the problem on to his successor. The message from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahri released early Friday on an internet Web site.......

Zawahiri says Iraq will become 'fortress of Islam'

thedailystarBD Friday, April 18, 2008 1:04:00 PM CEST Translate:[ar] [zh] [fr] [de] [it] [ja] [ko] [pt] [ru] [es]

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Muslims to make Iraq a "fortress of Islam" in an audio message marking the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion....

50 Dead in 'Thunderous Explosion' in Iraq
WATCH: Suicide Attack at Iraqi Funeral
Seat Belts Add to Baghdad Drivers' Woes

Iraqi Army Transformed Into National Force
MichNews.com-- WASHINGTON - In the past year, the Iraqi army has transformed into a national force that has deployed across the country in operations that show its increasing combat capabilities, a senior commander there said today.

Coalition Forces Detain 11 Suspects in Iraq Operations
MichNews.com-- WASHINGTON - Coalition forces in Iraq detained 11 suspected terrorists today during countrywide operations targeting al-Qaida in Iraq leaders, military officials reported.

Coalition Forces Detain 13 Suspects in Iraq Operations
MichNews.com-- WASHINGTON - Coalition forces detained 13 suspected terrorists during operations yesterday and today targeting al-Qaida in Iraq networks in the Tigris River Valley and northwestern Iraq.

Troops Capture Alleged Terrorist Leader in Mosul
MichNews.com-- WASHINGTON - Coalition forces captured an alleged al-Qaida in Iraq leader thought to be in charge of an illegal terrorist court system in the area yesterday in Mosul, military officials reported.

U.S., Iraqi Forces Winning in Western Anbar Province
MichNews.com-- WASHINGTON - Increased security brought about by military success against insurgents in the western portion of Iraq's Anbar province is enabling a drawdown of U.S. forces there as well as enhanced regional reconstruction efforts, a senior Marine commander told Pentagon reporters today

Iraqi Forces Make Progress in Basra, Baghdad
MichNews.com-- WASHINGTON - Iraqi security forces are continuing to lead operations against insurgents in Basra and Baghdad and have made significant progress toward establishing security, a U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said yesterday.

Iran Should Be "Set Up For An Attack

"Petraeus and Crocker did nothing more than to confirm in spades what had been mooted and duly leaked by the Washington-based press: that the Bush-Cheney Administration had officially endorsed the line that Iran should be set up for attack, on grounds that it--and not any indigenous resistance--were responsible for the mounting death toll among American troops in Iraq.
Petraeus Hid Maliki Resistance To US Troops In Basra

Gen. David Petraeus portrayed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's late March offensive in Basra as a poorly planned effort that departed from what US officials had expected. What Petraeus did not reveal is that al-Maliki was deliberately upsetting a Petraeus plan to put US and British forces into Basra for a months-long operation to eliminate the Mahdi Army from the city.
Bush And Brown Share Impatience On Iran

President Bush and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain expressed mounting impatience Thursday with Iran for proceeding with its nuclear enrichment work in defiance of the international community. Bush told reporters that it �is, in my judgment, na�ve� to think that the know-how that Iranians are developing could not be transferred to military efforts to produce an atomic weapon.