Friday, April 11, 2008

Bush ties Iran, Al-Qaeda, among 'greatest threats'

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Thursday lumped Iran with the Al-Qaeda terrorist group as "two of the greatest threats to America in this new century" and said both hoped for a US defeat in Iraq.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080410/pl_afp/usiraqpoliticsiranbush_080410223446

Concern about Iran is mounting

By Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers Thu Apr 10, 2:15 PM ET

WASHINGTON — The hours of congressional testimony, the speeches and the press conferences this week were all, nominally, about Iraq .

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080410/wl_mcclatchy/2905702_1

Swiss-Iran gas deal under attack

Swiss-Iran gas deal under attack
Atul Aneja

DUBAI: Opposed by Israel and the U.S., the multi-billion dollar Iran-Switzerland gas deal signed last month has now come under attack from an influential U.S. based Jewish interest group.

http://www.thehindu.com/2008/04/11/stories/2008041160331600.htm