Prelude

The UN: Condemn Israel!!!!

U.N. Body Accuses Israel Of Racism

Mr. Aboul-Nasr said Mr. Annan would expect the committee to condemn Israel. "The secretary-general had said the acts had to be condemned in the strongest possible terms, and that was what the secretary-general expected of the committee today,"

Explosive 'French Fries'

One of the world's greatest proliferation problems, the Euro's: Workers flee French fries

Chavez & Terrorism

A very informative piece on the Nutso Down-Below: Chavez accused of ties to terrorists

French Lies: Deep Fried State of Corruption

Never again to be trusted for their return to a state of 14th Century Court Diplomacy: France Denies Report It Paid for Hostages

PARIS (AP) -- The French government repeated Monday that it never paid for the release of its citizens held hostage in Iraq, denying a report in The Times of London that France, Germany and Italy paid millions of dollars in secret ransom.

"As French authorities indicated at the moment of the release of the hostages, there has been no payment of ransom," Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei told The Associated Press.

Iran On War Footing

"America itself needs security guarantees because it has many problems and is not in a position to give security guarantees to other countries," he added.

Iran: security pledges can't solve atomic dispute

Venezuela Mock Invasion

Here we go again:

VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez has for years predicted that a foreign army would attack the South American nation to snatch its vast oil reserves.
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Critics in Venezuela say Mr Chavez is squandering record oil wealth on improvised social programs and creating an artificial conflict with the United States.

But with oil prices surging and anti-American sentiment high, many Venezuelans see the invasion threat as a reality.

"If oil goes to $100 per barrel?" said one high ranking officer. "Who knows? Anything could happen."

There is a way to fix this condition. Take Venezuelan oil off the market. Iraq went smoothly. There remain some arbitrary issue's and arguement's but what the hell.

Iran will be easier. No dough...no go.

Iran: Looking for friends in all the sames places

Iranian FM embarks on two-day visit to Jordan

Scoreboard:

Turkey-Iran: Check
Syria-Iran: Check
Pakistan-Iran: Check
Jordan-Iran: Pending
Lebanon-Iran: See Syria

Iran Rejects Trio Proposal

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the parliament's open session on Tuesday, Kazem Jalali advised the US and EU to recognize Iran as a nuclear power and stressed that any future Iran-EU nuclear talks should be different from the previous ones.

He also advised the Europeans to avoid repeating the previous proposals.

EU's Redundant Proposal, not Acceptable - so it looks like it's back to the Appeasement Drawing Board for the three-some.

Iran Won't Halt Enrichment

Iran rejects incentives to halt uranium enrichment

"They must know that any proposal that requires a halt to our peaceful nuclear activities will be without any value and invalid," Ahmadinejad said on state-run television.

Extension of Policy by 'Other Means'

Quartet ponders role as Mideast peace hopes crumble

Some political analysts question its usefulness at all now that the peace process is stagnant after January's election of Hamas, a militant group that refuses to recognize Israel and is responsible for dozens of suicide bombings.

"The quartet's role is very unclear now," said Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institution.

The quartet's outgoing envoy James Wolfensohn complained bitterly before he quit that his mandate and backing was not clear after Hamas won parliamentary elections. There are no plans to appoint a new envoy.

Bush Sends a Message to Tehran