By Rosemary Desmond March 27, 2007 04:42pm Article from: AAP TWO Australian soldiers who served in the first Iraq war have tested positive to depleted uranium (DU) contamination despite assurances from the Federal Government they had not been exposed, an anti-nuclear group said today.
BLAIR’S SECRET EU PRESIDENT PLAN From The Daily Express Sunday March 25,2007 TONY Blair is secretly backing plans to create a permanent President of Europe, in a move that could see him go head to head for the job with bitter rival Jacques Chirac. Senior Brussels sources revealed that Mr […]
By Webster G. Tarpley Online Journal Contributing Writer WASHINGTON DC, — The long awaited US military attack on Iran is now on track for the first week of April, specifically for 4 am on April 6, the Good Friday opening of Easter weekend, writes the well-known Russian journalist Andrei Uglanov […]
London Telegraph | March 26, 2007 Christopher Hope Tony Blair warned Iran last night that it has only a few days to find a diplomatic solution to the escalating crisis over the 15 missing British sailors and Marines. As the tension grew, the first direct high-level talks took place between […]
The Times Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor and James Bone in New York The Iranian Foreign Minister accused a group of captured British servicemen last night of having committed an act of “aggression”, only hours after Tony Blair appealed for their release. “The charge against them is their illegal entrance into […]
25 March 2007 The Times Uzi Mahnaimi, Michael Smith and David Cracknell FIFTEEN British sailors and marines arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards off the coast of Iraq may be charged with spying. A website run by associates of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, reported last night that the Britons would […]
Richard Morrison The Times 24 March 2007 For connoisseurs of irony, tomorrow will be a busy day. In Berlin politicians will gather to toast the glories of Europe on the 50th birthday of the EU. Meanwhile in Britain the focus is on the 200th anniversary of Wilberforce’s great Act of […]
March 24, 2007 From Timesonline.co.uk David Charter and Roger Boyes in Berlin Angela Merkel got Europe’s 50th birthday weekend off to a controversial start yesterday when she said that the creation of a European army should be a key goal in its next 50 years. The German Chancellor added hastily […]
Ahmadinejad angrily abandons plans for UN visit Mar 24 From breitbart.com Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has abandoned plans to address the UN Security Council ahead of a vote on fresh sanctions against Tehran, with Washington angrily accused of scuppering them. Ahmadinejad had asked to address the council to defend his […]
By Fredrik Dahl TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s military said on Saturday British naval personnel seized in the Gulf confessed to entering Iranian waters illegally, but Britain maintained they were detained inside Iraqi territory and demanded their release. Iranian forces captured 15 British sailors and marines on Friday at the mouth […]