Mideast News Spotlight 9-13-9
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The Alpha-Omega Report's
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Mideast News Spotlight
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For 9-13-9
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Israel's Deputy PM Says
"Time Is Now" To Act on Iran
Interview Excerpts:
"The time is now. There is no more time to waste, and that's not only the Israeli perspective, it's much more general".
"I'm not speaking of military action. I don't want to give any word that would be misinterpreted. I intentionally put this issue in its broader context. Of course there is a special case in Israel because Iranian leaders say, not only (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad, that Israel is not legitimate and should not exist, and one sees the building up of weapons, not to speak of the meaningful involvement in terror all over the place.
One should not close one's eyes but we are in a way fortunate that this is not only Israel's problem."
For more of his comments - LINK HERE.
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Rockets Strike N. Israel Prompting
Israel Artillery Returns Fire Into Lebanon
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Israeli PM Makes
Secret Trip To Russia
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Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu made a secret trip to Russia last week. There is much speculation as to the purpose of the trip, but Iran was reported to be the primary topic of conversation. For more details, LINK HERE. -- The A-O Intel Digest for this week has much more on this story and additional details on further signals of impending military conflict with Iran.
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Israeli Leaders Confer for War?
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Israel's Inner Cabinet Focuses on Iran,
PM Netanyahu visits Mossad HQ
The second Israeli cabinet-level discussion in the last few days on the Iranian threat - nuclear and regional - took place Monday, Sept. 7, in the inner cabinet, on the heels of a recent security cabinet meeting which surveyed Israel military and homeland security preparations for a missile attack from four sources, Iran, Syria, the Lebanese Hizballah and the Palestinian Hamas in Gaza.
Prime minister Netanyahu later conferred with Mossad chiefs before heading off on a secret trip to Russia. For more on Israeli leadership meetings, LINK HERE. Additional infor - LINK HERE.
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U.S. Diplomat Claims
Iran Nearing Dangerous Breakthrough
In Building Nuclear Bomb
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Russia Warns Against Striking Iran
Says Iran Nukes Are Peaceful
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Iran Near Nuclear Breakthru?
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Russia Opposes Iran Sanctions
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made it clear Thursday that Moscow wouldn't back any new rounds of tough sanctions against Iran in the United Nations Security Council, and he dismissed a U.S. timetable for securing progress from Iran on ending its nuclear-fuel program.
Mr. Lavrov's comments in Moscow led U.S. officials to acknowledge that new U.N. sanctions against Iran were now unlikely in the near term -- endangering a major element of President Barack Obama's high-profile strategy for diplomacy in the Middle East. "We're pretty disappointed with the Russian position so far," a senior U.S. official said.
The development also appeared a blow to hopes that the Obama administration's "reset" of relations with Russia would lead to Moscow supporting a top U.S. foreign-policy priority.
Just a day after U.S. officials warned that Iran may already have enough enriched uranium to make a bomb if processed further, Mr. Lavrov said negotiations should begin without any imposed timetable. He also said that even if Iran tried to make weapons-grade fuel it would be detected and there would be time to respond. "I do not think those sanctions will be approved by the United Nations Security Council," Mr. Lavrov said.
President Barack Obama has set a deadline of this month for progress on talks with Iran, and the U.S. and its allies planned to develop an international consensus about sanctions by the time the U.N. General Assembly concludes its meeting in New York in two weeks. But Russia wields a veto on the Security Council. More details, LINK HERE.
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Iran Proposes New Talks
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Western Powers Agree To Iran Talks
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US Agree's To Iran Proposal
For Broad Talks
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No Rush for Sanctions from EU
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Obama's Options For Averting War w/ Iran
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Background Info on Russia's
S-300 AA Defense Systems
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Israel-Egyptian Summit Held
Prime Minister Netanyahu flew to Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Mubarak on Sunday. The two leaders discussed prospects for peace and consulted on Iran's nuclear weapons threat to the region. For more details, LINK HERE.
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Israel Won't Hold Back
In Any Future Conflict
With Hezbollah
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Sunday that should a military conflict emerge again between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel will not hold back ist military might as it did in the summer war of 2006. For more details, LINK HERE.
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US Risks Being Sucked
Into War in Yemen
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