February, 2007

• 10 February

  Lebanon hit by black market weapons boom

  Demand for assault rifles rises as Lebanese seek personal protection amid fears of new civil war.

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• 10 February

  US believes deadliest bombs in Iraq are made in Iran

  Report: Tehran supplying deadly type of roadside bomb to Shiite groups to attack US troops in Iraq.

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• 10 February

  Quartet urges Palestinian government to recognize Israel

  Abbas’ top advisers call on UN chief after meeting Rice, US wants to study Palestinian accord on unity govt.

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• 10 February

  Oil’s Not Well in Iraq

  On March 27, 2003, Paul Wolfowitz, then deputy secretary of defense, predicted that Iraq’s oil revenue would “finance” its reconstruction and do so “relatively soon.” With wise investment and management, Wolfowitz might have been right.

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• 10 February

  Iraq, Palestine to be discussed at OIC moot

  KUALA LUMPUR: Lawmakers representing more than 40 Muslim countries will gather next week to discuss how to help resolve the conflicts in Iraq and Palestinian territories, the meeting’s host Malaysia said Friday.

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• 10 February

  Sanctions Against Iran Would Work

  After nearly four years of fruitless negotiations between the EU-3 (France, Germany, and the United Kingdom) and Iran over the nuclear issue, the U.N. Security Council on December 23 passed Resolution 1737.

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• 10 February

  U.S. general: Iraq war is ‘not hopeless’

  BAGHDAD, Iraq — The new top U.S. commander in Iraq said Saturday that the stakes are high but the situation is “not hopeless” as American and Iraqi forces move to end the sectarian violence threatening to tear apart the country.

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• 10 February

  اختلاس اموال اعادة بناء العراق

        تم القبض في رومانيا على المواطن الأمريكي “مايكل موريس”  والمتزوج من سيدة  رومانية  وصاحب شركة للاستشارات المالية في قبرص ورومانيا وسويسرا بعد أن  وجهت له  مع ثلاثة ضباط سابقين في الجيش الأمريكي ورجل أعمال  روماني تهمة الاحتيال واختلاس 8 ملايين الدولارات من سلطة الائتلاف المؤقتة في العراق من خلال …

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• 9 February

  US has’ intelligence’ of Iran helping insurgents in Iraq

  Serial numbers and markings on explosives used in Iraq provide “pretty good” evidence that Iran is providing either weapons or technology for militants there, US defence secretary Robert Gates said today.

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• 9 February

  Hamas wants West to end blockade

  MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government but leading officials from the Islamist group said they would never recognize Israel nor abide by existing peace accords.

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