February, 2007

• 11 February

  Palestinian workers’ syndicates support Makka agreement, want it translated on the ground

  Gaza – Secretary-general of the Islamic syndicates’ union of Palestinian workers Ahmed Kotob has urged Hamas and Fatah Movements to implement the unity government agreement which they signed Thursday in the holy city of Makka.

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• 11 February

  U.S.-led forces show evidence of Iran arms in Iraq

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq presented on Sunday what officials said was “a growing body” of evidence of Iranian weapons being used to kill coalition soldiers.

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• 11 February

  Iraqi suicide bomber kills 30

  A SUICIDE truck bomber slammed into a crowd of Iraqi police lining up for duty near Tikrit yesterday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 50, police said.

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• 11 February

  Iran Head: No End to Uranium Enrichment

  TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a defiant yet vague tone on Sunday, telling Iranians during the 28th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that their country would not give up uranium enrichment but was prepared to negotiate.

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• 11 February

  U.S. Officer: Iran Sends Iraq Bomb Parts

  BAGHDAD, Iraq — High-tech roadside bombs that have proved particularly deadly to American soldiers are manufactured in Iran and delivered to Iraq on orders from the “highest levels” of the Iranian government, a senior intelligence officer said Sunday.

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• 11 February

  Suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq

  A suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and wounded at least 25 others at a police station north of Baghdad.

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• 10 February

  HAMAS’ SAME OLD DEFIANCE

  February 10, 2007 — MECCA, Saudi Arabia – Hamas urged the West yesterday to accept a new Palestinian unity government, but leading officials from the Islamic terror group said they would never recognize Israel, nor abide by existing peace accords.

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• 10 February

  3 US troops, 29 Iraqis killed in fresh violence

  BAGHDAD: Twenty-nine Iraqis, including eight Kurdish policemen, were killed and three more US soldiers have been killed Friday in separate incidents of violence in Iraq.

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• 10 February

  New commander takes over Iraq battle

  A 54-year-old former paratrooper with an honours degree in diplomacy has taken over the toughest job in the US military, assuming control of the coalition in Iraq at a ceremony in one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces.

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• 10 February

  Countdown for Iran: When Commonsense is Nonsense

  A war against Iran will further exasperate the instability of the region and compromise the security of the United States, at home and abroad. It might also be the end of American military adventurism in the region for some time, but at a price so heavy, so unbearable, says Ramzy …

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