1 hour ago
Israel and Iran on the Eve of Destruction in a New Six-Day War
— There are plenty of arguments against an Israeli attack on Iran. And all of them are bad. — Jerusalem—It probably felt a bit like this in the months before the Six-Day War of 1967, when Israel launched …
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7 days ago
Iran Offers to Extend U.N. Nuclear Inspection
— LONDON — Iran's foreign minister was reported on Monday to have offered to extend a three-day visit to his country by United Nations inspectors in what seemed a further attempt to lower the strident tone of a crisis with the West …
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12 days ago
Will Israel Attack Iran?
— As the Sabbath evening approached on Jan. 13, Ehud Barak paced the wide living-room floor of his home high above a street in north Tel Aviv, its walls lined with thousands of books on subjects ranging from philosophy and poetry to military strategy.
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24 days ago
U.S. Warns Top Iran Leader Not to Shut Strait of Hormuz
— WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is relying on a secret channel of communication to warn Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that closing the Strait of Hormuz is a “red line” that would provoke an American response …
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4 hours ago
Hill Poll: Voters willing to see US attack Iran over nuclear weapons
— Nearly half of likely voters think the United States should be willing to use military force to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to this week's The Hill Poll. — Forty-nine percent said military force …
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3 days ago
Still rattling sabres, we have not learned from Afghanistan
— As we ‘withdraw’ from Afghanistan across the Taliban's golden bridge, we could be heading for catastrophe over Iran — The Afghan war, the longest in US history, is “scheduled to end” a year early, according to the Pentagon.
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4 days ago
Panetta believes Israel may strike Iran this spring: reports
— (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, U.S. media reported on Thursday.
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4 days ago
Israel Vice PM: Military strike can hit all of Iran's nuclear facilities
— Speaking at Herzliya Conference, Moshe Ya'alon calls the possibility of a nuclear Iran a ‘nightmare to the free world,’ says explosion at Iranian missile base targeted missile system that would have threatened the U.S.
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4 days ago
Is Israel preparing to attack Iran?
— Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. But his biggest worry is the growing possibility that Israel will attack Iran militarily over the next few months.
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6 days ago
Iran, perceiving threat from West, willing to attack on U.S. soil, U.S. intelligence report finds
— U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran is prepared to launch terrorist attacks inside the United States in response to perceived threats from America and its allies, the U.S. spy chief said Tuesday.
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7 days ago
White House: No rush on Iran
— The White House won't be rushing to make a decision on Iran's nuclear program, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday. — While Carney would not respond directly to questions about whether President Obama would have to decide within a year whether …
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7 days ago
'West implanted Israel into ME to control oil'
— Ahmadinejad accuses world powers of meddling in region as UN inspectors arrive to check military aspects of nuclear program. — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that western powers had implanted the Israeli regime …
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7 days ago
Panetta: Iran could have nuclear weapons, delivery vehicles in 2-3 years
— Iran could build and set off a nuclear weapon within two to three years if it decided to pursue one, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a television interview aired Sunday. — “The consensus is that …
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16 days ago
Agency: Iran shuts down shops selling Barbie dolls
— TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls in Iran, part of a decades-long crackdown against “manifestations of Western culture,” the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday.
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17 days ago
Bush's CIA director: We determined attacking Iran was a bad idea
— President George W. Bush's administration concluded that a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would be a bad idea — and would only make it harder to prevent Iran from going nuclear in the future …
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29 days ago
Iranian cleric calls Facebook 'un-Islamic', membership a 'sin'
— 17 million Iranians have a Facebook account, despite heavy restrictions and filtering imposed by the government. — Get Haaretz on iPhone — Get Haaretz on Android — An Iranian ayatollah has said that the social …
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