Assassins plan to kill Putin in Iran -Interfax

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MOSCOW, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Russian special services have received a warning of a plot to assassinate President Vladimir Putin when he visits Iran on Tuesday, Interfax news agency reported on Sunday. Interfax said security services had been told that suicide bombers and kidnappers were training to kill or capture Putin....

Breaking News Putin Warned Of Assassination Plot
skynews Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:59:00 PM CEST
Putin Warned Of Assassination Plot Updated: 18:46, Sunday October 14, 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin has been told of a plot to assassinate him, a Kremlin spokeswoman said. He was warned about the threat on his life during a visit to Iran this week, she added....

Troubled Caspian waters await Putin

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President Vladimir Putin's visit to Tehran this week will include participation in a summit of Sea leaders. Iran , Russia and three former Soviet republics along its shores have been locked in tough talks on dividing the resources of the vast inland sea....

Putin to visit Iran amid nuclear tension (AP)
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Shi'ite groups say attacked Polish envoy and embassy in Iraq
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two Shi'ite militant groups have claimed responsibility for deadly bomb attacks on Polish targets in Iraq, saying they were in response to the alleged torture of Iraqi detainees by troops from Poland....

Iraq bombs and shootings kill at least 32 (AFP)
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AFP - A wave of violence across Iraq, including the bombing of a minibus filled with Shiite worshippers and a suicide truck bomb attack on a police station, has killed 32 people, officials said Sunday....

Powerful Shiite and Sunni leaders meet in Iraq (AFP)
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AFP - Influential Shiite cleric Ammar Hakim held talks in Ramadi on Sunday with a powerful Sunni tribal sheikh, which observers said were highly symbolic for reconciliation in war-torn Iraq....

The presidential hopeful Governor Mitt Romney: Iran Is 'Suicidal' Nation

Republican former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann Romney, sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos today for their first Sunday interview since jumping into the presidential race. Following is an excerpt from their conversation that will air this Sunday on "This Week."
George Stephanopoulos: Sen. Clinton took to the Senate floor earlier this week and said the president does not have the authority he needs to take military action against Iran. Do you agree? Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.: I don't know about the constitutional definition that Sen. Clinton is referring to. I think the president has whatever authority is necessary to protect this country and protect our troops. I think [the] Iranian military has been involved in the conflict in Iraq. Iranians have supported the attack on our soldiers. But I don't think for a minute that this president is intent on attacking Iran. That's not where we're aiming. That's not going to happen. We have no interest in going into Iran. But we do have interest in making sure that they do not develop additional nuclear technology and, in my view, that's where Sen. Clinton has gone off the right track. She's suggesting engaging with Iran. That's a timidity that's not right. This is a time to tighten our sanctions, economic, because they're having an impact, and to increase our diplomatic isolation of Iran and communicate to the Iranian people, as well as to its religious leadership that there is a downside to having fissile material in your country and, that is, if that material falls in the hands of terrorists who use it, that the world community is not going to just respond to the terrorists, it's going to respond to who provided that material. So we've got some education to do and we've got some tightening to do, but negotiation and engaging with the Iranians at this point is not the way to go and neither is invading them. Stephanopoulos: But to be clear, if you were president, would you use military action to stop the Iranians from building a nuclear weapon? Romney: Well, not now. But, of course, the military option has to be on the table. Anyone who's considering being president hopefully will say that military options are always on the table when you consider a nation, which is a genocidal nation, a suicidal nation, in some respects, coming from Ahmadinejad, you say to yourself this is a setting where, of course, you have to consider the possibility of military action, but we're not there. Stephanopoulos: Suicidal, what do you mean by that? Romney: Well, it's a nation where people participate in suicide bombing and that kind of a suggestion, I think it was former President Rafsanjani who talked about Israel being a one-bomb nation, meaning they could not survive one bomb, but they, Iran, could survive one bomb. It's like, 'Are you kidding? Are you suggesting that you'd be willing to take a bomb in order to eliminate another people?' This is a nation where the genocidal inclination is really frightening and having a nation of this nature develop nuclear weaponry is unacceptable to this country and to the Middle East. And that's why I believe we should not be sitting down having a nice chat with the Iranians, but instead communicating to the religious leadership and the people that the consequences of going nuclear are very unattractive. That's a message we should be sending throughout the world.

Rat catchers get some more in the net

Three Al Qaeda suspects arrested in PakistanPosted on : Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:01:02 GMT
Karachi, Feb 16 Three suspected Al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers, who were planning attacks in the city, were arrested here Friday while six of their accomplices managed to escape after a shootout with police. Police sources said that when a police party raided the hideout of the accused in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area, the suicide bombers opened fire, which was returned by the police, Online news agency said.After an exchange of firing, police managed to apprehend the suspected suicide attackers, identified as Ferhan, Shahid and Ghani, and recovered three hand grenades, two explosive-laden jackets used in suicide attacks, two Kalashnikovs and two pistols from their possession. During interrogation, the accused revealed they had planned to conduct suicide attacks on foreign delegates of the IDEAS 2006, which was averted due to strict security measures, police sources added. According to police, the accused belong to Al Qaeda offshoot Qari Zafar group, headed by Qari Zafar, and had carried out a number of attacks in the country, including in Waziristan. Police said they were probing militants' links to the recent series of suicide attacks in capital Islamabad and in the North-West Frontier Province.