Two well placed sources confirmed to FOX News that Israel last year made "various requests" for U.S. assistance with a planned Israeli air strike on Iran's nuclear program — and that the requests were made directly to the White House because the Israelis were "disturbed and fearful" of leaks from the U.S. intelligence community and "did not trust" Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
One source told FOX News the Israelis approached the Bush White House at least once last summer, possibly twice, and were "slammed down" because senior administration officials felt such assistance would "unravel our position in Iraq."
[No surprise there, though I wish there were. As a nation, we are so royally screwed.]
Gaza: IDF uncovers booby-trapped school, zoo
IDF: More than 650 Hamas Terrorists Killed in Gaza
3 troops lightly hurt by gunshots near Hebron
Mark Steyn: The 'oldest hatred' lives, from Gaza to Florida
Jews in Europe worry about anti-Semitism over Gaza
Israel concerned by anti-Semitic attacks in Europe
Under cover of criticizing Israel, anti-semitism has become trendy
Synagogue, Jewish building attacked in France
Violence erupts at embassy protest
Multiple Attacks on Chicago Jewish Community on Sabbath
Egypt police detain 64 in Delta protest for Gaza
63 injured in Algiers after police clash with crowd at Gaza protest
Turkey arrests 4 more army officers in plot probe
Nine more charged in Turkey over alleged coup plot
Iraqis 'capture leading militant'
Cache with old rockets found in South Lebanon
Iran calls on Brazil to join efforts for Gaza ceasefire
VP-elect Biden in Afghanistan for talks
Time for action against Pakistan: BJP
India-Pakistan: Reality Shock
Iraq pledges it won't deport Iranian group
[Because the US and Iran have common interests there, no doubt.]
What Iranians Are Saying about Gaza - Michael Rubin
Iran to Discuss Russia Swaps at Gas Forum
‘Jordan to Start Red-Dead Project Alone’
Lethal Technology Making Way From U.S. to Iran Via Front Companies
Despite multiple attempts by the Bush administration to halt illegal imports -- including sanctions against several Dubai-based Iranian front companies in 2006 -- the technology pipeline to Tehran is flowing at an even faster pace. In some cases, Iran simply opened new front companies and shifted its operations from Dubai to farther east in Asia, the officials said.
Iran in the past two years has acquired numerous banned items -- including circuit boards, software and Global Positioning System devices -- that are used to make sophisticated versions of the improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, that continue to kill U.S. troops in Iraq, according to documents released by the Justice Department and a new study by a Washington research institute. The deadly trade was briefly disrupted after the moves against Dubai companies in 2006, but it quickly resumed with a few changes in shipping routes and company names, the officials said.
"Without doubt, it is still going on," said one former U.S. intelligence official who investigated Iran's networks.
Turkey in talks with Russia, Ukraine to end gas dispute
Slovakia restarts Soviet-era nuclear reactor
Freezing conditions continue as Spain recovers from a weekend of traffic chaos
Russia Gazprom shuts wells, makes losses in gas row
Russia-Ukraine deal on gas for Europe in doubt
Europeans Clinch a Gas Agreement
[The gas is supposed to be turned back on tomorrow, last I saw. We'll see.]
Russian Officials Among 7 Killed in Copter Crash
The victims included Alexander S. Kosopkin, 51, President Dmitri A. Medvedev’s representative in the lower house of Parliament, and several other federal and local officials.
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The helicopter was an Mi-171 owned by Gazpromavia, an airline that belongs to Russia’s state gas monopoly, Gazprom.
[Say. That's odd.]
Gas supplies to Armenia stopped by pipeline break
China Cancels Plans for Steel Stockpile
OPEC unlikely to stop expansions
ESPO oil pipeline section opened in Russia
Indian truckers call off strike
24-inch diameter gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti
World Bank ban on Wipro, Megasoft too
Turkey's boron exports exceed $500 million in 2008
Rio postpones Brazil iron ore expansion
Alcoa Has First Net Loss in Six Years as Demand Falls
Trans-Texas Corridor plan officially axed, at least for now
Boeing cutting 4,500 jobs
Textron’s Cessna to Cut 2,700 Jobs, 17% of Workforce
Super contango in crude oil creates record inventory level
CSX imposes temporary leave at Greenbrier
About 650 employees of CSX Corp¹s five-diamond luxury resort in West Virginia will be given temporary leave over the next two weeks due to a sharper than normal seasonal decline.
The announcement came days after the railroad company said it was seeking Goldman Sachs & Co.'s advice on what do with the Greenbrier after it lost $35 million last year.
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The 721-room resort includes an underground bunker that was built during the Cold War to house the U.S. Congress during a nuclear war. The relocation center remained a secret until the Washington Post exposed it in the early 1990s, after which it was decommissioned by the government.
[Say, that's odd, too.]
Obama Wants Second Half of TARP Funds as ‘Ammunition’
Audacity itself as economic experiment
Capitalism Freezes in Worldwide Winter of Discontent
Zimbabwe troops 'eat elephants'
[But do they taste like chicken?]
EU threatens Africa with Precaution
Pirates release Iranian-chartered vessel
Sierra Leone: Health Ministry Reacts to Yellow Fever Outbreak in Bo
DRC: Suspected Ebola cases rise
Three die, 35 hospitalized in cholera outbreak Nigeria's Niger State
Division appears among Congo's rebel leaders
Zimbabwean opposition solicits UN, AU to help locate missing activists
Zimbabwe introduces $50 billion note
Children flee Zimbabwe to uncertain future
For Zimbabwe's Dead, a Final Indignity
Hustle and Flow: The Privatization of Water
Mexico murders soar as drug violence spirals out of control
Ecuador pays Brazil to resolve diplomatic spat
HOME-SCHOOLING: U.N. treaty might weaken families
Obama climate czar has socialist ties
[Yeah, such as Obama himself.]
Fry's VP Indicted for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering
Meltdown 101: Why are auto shows still important?
[bread and circuses, bread and circuses]
ND gets blizzard on top of December's record snow
Magnitude 4.7 - POLAND
Magnitude 5.6 - MID-INDIAN RIDGE
Two earthquakes jolt Sumatra and Papua
Earthquake strikes Victoria's east, measures 3.4 on Richter scale
3.6 earthquake recorded near Ukiah
Rising sea levels, earthquakes to hit B.C., says study
Costa Rica quake deaths reach 19
Small earthquakes continue at Yellowstone
A new series of what are described as a "modest swarm of earthquakes" began Friday in Yellowstone National Park, about 10 miles northeast of the north end of Yellowstone Lake, where a swarm of approximately 900 quakes had occurred between Dec. 26 and Thursday.
The current swarm is located on the northeast corner of the Yellowstone Caldera, according to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
The new swarm, so far, is considerably smaller than the first series. The migration of the quakes continues in a north-northeast direction.
The largest of the new swarm of quakes was a magnitude 3.3 recorded at 11:17 a.m. Friday.
And the USGS earthquakes map is still way too quiet for comfort.
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