January, 2007

• 13 January

  Cleric Criticizes Islamic Leaders for Misleading Public

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Unfortunately some of the Islamic heads of state and clerics are misleading the people instead of leading them, Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said here today.

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• 13 January

  Iran Condemns Bush’s Iraq Strategy

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini here on Thursday condemned the new strategy of the US President George W. Bush for Iraq, describing it as a further effort by the US to continue occupation of that country.

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• 13 January

  US Efforts to Impair Iran-Iraq Ties Doomed to Failure

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- We do not allow Americans to impair our relations with Iraq, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini stressed here on Thursday after US troops invaded Iran’s consulate general in the Iraqi northern city of Erbil.

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• 13 January

  Bush team grilled by hostile Democrats over Iraq plan

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Democrats and some moderate Republicans on Thursday hammered President George W. Bush’s plan to send more US troops to Iraq, leaving the White House increasingly isolated in its decision to deepen American involvement in the unpopular war.

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• 13 January

  Arabs see little hope

  CAIRO (Reuters) — US President George W. Bush’s plan to send 21,500 more troops will fail to bring peace to Iraq and could aggravate a conflict in which tens of thousands of people have already died, Arab analysts said on Thursday.

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• 13 January

  Fateh rally show of strength in power struggle with Hamas

  RAMALLAH (AP) — At a rally meant as a show of strength of his Fateh movement, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday called on rival forces to halt their armed clashes and replace bloodshed with respect.

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• 13 January

  Spain calls for new Mideast conference

  MADRID (AFP) — Arab League Secretary General Amr Musa on Thursday threw his weight behind Spanish and European calls for an international conference on the Middle East.

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• 13 January

  Somalia strike misses top Al Qaeda suspects

  NAIROBI (Reuters) — A US air strike in Somalia missed its main target of three top Al Qaeda suspects but killed up to 10 of their allies, a senior American official said on Thursday.

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• 13 January

  US arrests 5 in Iran consulate raid in Iraq

  ERBIL (AFP) — US troops raided an Iranian consulate in Iraq on Thursday and arrested five employees, officials said, as Washington vowed to act against Iranian meddling in the war-torn country.

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• 13 January

  Brotherhood security threat — Mubarak

  CAIRO (Reuters) — President Hosni Mubarak said the Muslim Brotherhood poses a threat to Egypt’s security and the country would face isolation in the world if the Islamist movement became more powerful.

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