CIA warned of risks of war in the Mideast

CIA warned of risks of war in the Mideast
NBC: CIA warned of risks of war in the Mideast
Pre-war reports say agency predicted dangers of toppling Saddam's regime

Men place the coffin of an attack victim atop a vehicle in
By Lisa Myers and Robert Windrem
NBC News Investigative Unit
Updated: 7:04 a.m. ET May 25, 2007
In a move sure to raise even more questions about the decision to go to war with Iraq, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will on Friday release selected portions of pre-war intelligence in which the CIA warned the administration of the risk and consequences of a conflict in the Middle East
Baghdad on Friday.

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Bush: Tough, 'bloody' summer in Iraq

So, according to Bush, one measure of progress is an exceptionally bloody August. He is intentionally throwing soldiers into the meat grinder, and if there are more casualties, well, mission accomplished. He is intentionally inflaming a greater level of violence against civilians, further DEstabilizing the region, further inflaming terrorism, exactly as the NIE warned four years ago. And the Democrats are signing the check.
I am beginning to understand how our founding fathers felt when they wrote:
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it" - Declaration of Independence
Are we there yet?
Posted by: Rich C May 24, 2007 1:03:35 PM
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/05/bush_tough_bloo.html

Atomic work near peak, Iran president says

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Atomic work near peak, Iran president says
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks in Parliament in Tehran May 16, 2007. Iran's nuclear work is almost at its "peak", Ahmadinejad said on Thursday while the head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog said Iran was probably at least three years from making a nuclear bomb if it so chooses. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi
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By Fredrik Dahl
The IAEA report, like predecessors, said the agency had seen no evidence that Iran was trying to "weaponise" nuclear material or of undeclared nuclear facilities operating in the country

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL2446029020070524

Brown to pull troops out of Iraq

Brown to pull troops out of Iraq
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Sun 20 May 2007
Gordon Brown plans to rebuild support among Labour voters.Pictures: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Image
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Brown to pull troops out of Iraq
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The ultimate hope is to draw down to a "nominal" force within 18 months, and a virtually complete exit within two years of Brown coming to power
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U.S. Pays Pakistan to Fight Terror, but Patrols Ebb
U.S. Pays Pakistan to Fight Terror, but Patrols Ebb

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A Pakistani soldier near the border with Afghanistan. Pakistan has reduced its counterterrorism patrols
Cheaters get cheated!
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China, U.S. Come to Trade Talks At Odds
China, U.S. Come to Trade Talks At Odds
Inequity to One Is Bullying to Other
Chinese leaders are increasingly bitter about what they see as bullying behavior by the United States on trade
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W4RH02F1B26B60FDAEB7F31C146470
Published Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 09:59:18 GMTNews and politics Read the full item.
Blair in frame to take over at World Bank
Blair in frame to take over at World Bank

OUTGOING Prime Minister Tony Blair is a contender for the job of president of the World Bank, according to one of America's most respected economists
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=774972007
Published Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 14:33:55 GMTNews and politics Read the full item.
Fatah Troops Enter Gaza to defeat democracy

By Scott WilsonWashington Post Foreign ServiceFriday, May 18, 2007; Page A01
Fatah Troops Enter Gaza to defeat democracy
Hundreds Were Trained in Egypt Under U.S.-Backed Program to Counter Hamas the
Islamic movement that won Palestinian parliamentary elections last year
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Pope condemns LatAm 'autocrats'

"Capitalism and Marxism promised to find the right path towards the creation of just institutions and they claimed that those, once established, would function on their own,"
he said
"They also claimed that not only would there be no need for an individual moral conscience, but that they would provide a common morality. This ideological promise has been shown to be false"
Pope condemns LatAm 'autocrats'

The Pope projected an image of both firmness and gentleness


Pope Benedict XVI has criticised "authoritarian governments" in Latin America, in a speech at the end of his five-day tour of Brazil. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6651809.stm
Published Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 09:19:00 GMTNews and politics Read the full item.
Iran will hold talks with U.S. on Iraq
May 13, 2007 - 1:45 PM

Iran will hold talks with U.S. on Iraq


By Parisa HafeziTEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran and the United States will hold talks in Baghdad aimed at establishing security in Iraq, Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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Iran says won't bow to sanctions over atomic work
Sat 12 May 2007


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) attends the opening ceremony of the Tehran International Book Fair 2007 at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in central Tehran May 1, 2007. Iran will not be pushed by sanctions to suspend work on its disputed nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday, two days after six world powers met to discuss Iran's defiance of U.N. demands. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
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Living with Iran's terror label