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Tuesday 14th March
2006 - 13th Safar 1427
US 'pushing for
Iran regime change'
The US administration is starting to push for regime change in Iran through confrontation rather than diplomacy, according to an American newspaper. The Washington Post reported that the Bush administration intends to mount a campaign against Tehran's religious leaders in its efforts to build international pressure against Iran's nuclear programme. The newspaper also said Bush, according to aides, had personally been spending more time on the Iran issue and his advisers had invited 30 to 40 specialists for consultations in recent months. Al-Hariri murder: Woman held in Brazil Brazilian police have arrested a Lebanese woman wanted for bank fraud and suspected of links to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. Acting on an anonymous tip, police arrested Rana Abdel Rahim Koleilat, 39, on Sunday in Brazil's Sao Paulo city. Koleilat, who was carrying a false passport identifying her as Rana Klailat of Northern Ireland, offered police up to 200,000 Brazilian reals ($94,000) to release her and was in turn arrested for attempted bribery. Koleilat was wanted in Lebanon for bank fraud and for questioning by the Independent International Investigation Commission in relation to the truck bombing that killed al-Hariri and 20 other people in central Beirut in February 2005. Saddam's judge
defends executions
The former head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court has said he issued death warrant for Shia men accused of plotting to assassinate Saddam Hussein. Awad Hamad al-Bandar, who oversaw the trial of 148 Shia men accused of the assassination plot in 1982, said in court on Monday that he personally issued a death warrant for them and insisted that it was legal. Al-Bandar, the first of the four senior defendants to give testimony in his own defence, accused the dead men of being part of a plot by the Dawa party to kill Saddam during Iraq's war with Iran. The killing of the men from the Shia town of Dujail is at the heart of the case. He also said farms had been razed around the town in reprisal. More than 55
die in the past two days in Occupied Iraq
Iraq suffered two of its bloodiest days of violence after attackers struck two markets in a Shia area of Baghdad, killing at least 46 people and wounding more than 200 on Sunday. The killers struck with three car bombs and four mortars, causing pandemonium in Sadr City. Dozens of market stalls and vehicles were destroyed as the explosives ripped through the poor neighbourhood at peak shopping time, just before sundown, as residents bought provisions for their evening meal. Meanwhile, another 10 people were killed in a bomb blast yesterday, raising the death toll to over 55 in the past two days. US forces
arrest 11 for attack on troops in Afghanistan
US-led forces have detained 11 people in connection with a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan which killed four American soldiers. The arrests came during a continued assault by US soldiers against insurgents in the Pech Valley of Kunar province. "The coalition's response has resulted in the detention of 11 insurgents believed responsible for the attack," a US military statement said, adding that the hunt was in progress to kill or capture other rebels. "Operations to kill or capture other extremists, deny them sanctuary, and restore stability to the area are continuing," it said. US involved in
illegal tactics in Iraq: British soldier
An elite British soldier revealed that he quit the army after refusing to fight in Iraq on moral grounds because of the illegal tactics used by US troops on the ground. Ben Griffin, a member of the Special Air Service (SAS) described in an interview with the The Sunday Telegraph the experiences that led him to end his impressive army career after just three months in Baghdad. The 28-year-old, who was discharged last June, is believed to be the first SAS soldier to refuse to go into combat and to quit the army on moral grounds. "We would radio back to our headquarters that we were not going to detain certain people because, as far as we were concerned, they were not a threat because they were old men or obviously farmers, but the Americans would say: "No, bring them back’," Griffin said. Griffin said he believed US soldiers had no respect for Iraqis, whom they regarded as "sub-human". "You could almost split the Americans into two groups: ones who were complete crusaders, intent on killing Iraqis, and the others who were in Iraq because the army was going to pay their college fees," he said. "They had no understanding or interest in the Arab culture. The Americans would talk to the Iraqis as if they were stupid and these weren’t isolated cases, this was from the top down." "But most importantly, I didn’t join the British army to conduct American foreign policy." UK to pull 800
troops out of Iraq
The British Defence Secretary has said the country's forces in Iraq are to be reduced by 800 to around 7000 personnel in the next few months. He told the lower House of Commons on Monday that the forces could be withdrawn in May because many more Iraqi forces were ready to carry out duties performed until now by British troops. Some 235,000 members of the Iraqi security forces are now trained and equipped, with 5000 more signing up each month, he added. British forces will still control operations for both their own troops and Iraqis for the time being, he said. The announcement marks a reduction of about 10% in British strength in Iraq. The country's troops are mainly based in Iraq's four southern provinces. Meanwhile some 4600 extra British troops are to be sent to Afghanistan, including 3300 to help with 'reconstruction' and 'counter-narcotics' in the lawless southern Helmand province. Some 1100 British troops are already in Afghanistan. Lebanon talks
focus on Shebaa Farms
Leaders of Lebanon's rival factions resumed talks yesterday seeking consensus on the biggest issues that divide the country - the status of the Shebaa Farms, the fate of the pro-Syrian president and the UN call for Hizbullah's disarmament. Aljazeera reported that the national dialogue conference resumed in Beirut after a six-day interruption caused mainly by disagreement over the status of the Shebaa Farms - an Israeli-occupied border area that the Hizbullah says is Lebanese but that the UN says is Syrian unless Beirut and Damascus amend their border. Saudi detains
prominent preacher after Internet article
Saudi Arabia has detained a prominent Saudi preacher who wrote an Internet article criticising the ruling family’s advisers, colleagues said yesterday. They said Mohsen Al Awajy has been in police custody since Friday after writing an article, which suggested that a liberal clique of ministers and officials were the real power behind the scenes with a direct line to King Abdullah. News of the arrest was also published on a popular Saudi Web site. Direct criticism of the ruling family is a red line for the media in Saudi Arabia, which has opened up to a vigorous debate on political and economic reforms unimaginable a decade ago. Iran to start
building 2nd nuclear power plant
Iran is to start work in the next six months on a second nuclear power station, the energy minister said in comments published Monday, amid increasing tension with the West over its atomic programme. "We have received the plans of (Iran’s atomic energy chief) Gholam Reza Aghazadeh and the authorisation to start building the power station," said Energy Minister Parviz Fattah in comments published in local newspapers. Iran’s nuclear programme, which Tehran says is a drive for peaceful energy, is due to be discussed on the UN Security Council next week amid the looming threat of sanctions. Inews Daily - No Copyright - http://www.fsphost.com/inewsdaily -
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