February, 2007

• 3 February

  Vietnam Vets to Vote on Iraq Troop Surge

  WASHINGTON (AP) – Four of the senators who will vote next week on putting more troops in Iraq bear the scars of another war in another time, in a place called Vietnam. Three will vote against sending more troops. One will vote the other way.

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• 3 February

  Envoy: Iran’s nuclear site advances

  VIENNA, Austria – Technical crews have hauled centrifuges into Iran’s vast underground Natanz complex and were on the threshold of launching a program that could be used to create nuclear arms, diplomats said yesterday.

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• 3 February

  U.S., Russia Clash Over Syria in Middle East

  WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia clashed on Friday over Moscow’s suggestion that Syria should be included in efforts to advance an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement.

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• 3 February

  Hamas, Fatah Ignore Truce Deal in Gaza

  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Fatah and Hamas clashed at Cabinet ministries, universities and security headquarters Saturday in defiance of a truce that was to have calmed the seething Gaza Strip.

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• 3 February

  As Democrats stake out Iraq stands, Clinton says she’d end war if elected

  WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that she would not have attacked Iraq had she been president, and would end the war if elected, as she tried to blunt rivals such as John Edwards who are stoking antiwar passions in the Democratic Party.

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• 3 February

  Iran Diplomat Goes Silent

  UNITED NATIONS — “I do not do interviews anymore” was the cryptic response from Iran’s veteran U.N. Ambassador Javad Zarif.

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• 3 February

  U.S. copter crash is fourth in Iraq in 2 weeks

  BAGHDAD – A U.S. Army helicopter crashed yesterday in a hail of gunfire north of Baghdad, police and witnesses said – the fourth lost in Iraq in the last two weeks. The U.S. command said two crew members were killed, and the top U.S. general conceded that insurgent ground fire …

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• 3 February

  Car bombings kill four in Iraq’s Kirkuk

  KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – At least seven car bombings rattled the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing four civilians and wounding 37 others across the oil-rich city, police sources said.

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• 3 February

  Republicans poised to hang themselves on Iraq

  The Republican leadership seems poised to take their party over the cliff. Sen. John Warner has successfully manipulated the Senate so that it will not make a strong statement against the escalation of troops in Iraq and will re-affirm

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• 3 February

  HILLARY’S IRAQ POLL-ICY

  February 3, 2007 — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton left no room for doubt yesterday: “If we in Congress don’t end this war before January 2009, as president, I will,” she told the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee.

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