links for 2010-03-06
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The Barak-Shahak-Saguy triangle had a fourth side: Brig.-Gen. Ashkenazi, then chief of the operations division. Due to the vicissitudes of politics and the army, these men all moved to the sidelines - until they were called back following the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Defense Minister Amir Peretz appointed Shahak to investigate the IDF, but chief of staff Dan Halutz thwarted the move. When Halutz resigned and Ashkenazi was appointed chief of staff, less than half a year before Barak beat out Peretz to lead the Labor Party and returned to the Defense Ministry, Shahak and Saguy became senior advisers, particularly for Ashkenazi (and MI head head Amos Yadlin) but also for Barak.
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n his leading article, Al-Quds Al-Arabi editor Abd al-Bari Atwan curged Erdogan not to give in to the Jewish lobby's "extortion" tactics.
Erdogan on Thursday recalled Turkey's ambassador to Washington after the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted 23-22 to approve the non-binding resolution, clearing it for consideration by the full House.
The measure could harm Turkish-U.S. ties and efforts by Muslim Turkey and Christian Armenia to end a century of hostility, Erdogan said.
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Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency said the idea to order the Russian pilots to leave the country gained momentum after a Russian-made aircraft caught fire as it landed in northeastern Iran in January, injuring more than 40 people.
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"Mubarak is undergoing surgery on his gallbladder because he has been suffering severe inflammation of his gallbladder," television reported. State media said earlier he would undergo gallbladder tests while in Germany.
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First, let me make clear: I don't think Israel or the pro-Israel lobby is behind this vote. What I was trying to report in the brief is that while Israel and the pro-Israel lobby helped squelch previous efforts to pass this non-binding resolution, this year — based on a bunch of conversations I've had over the past year — I can safely say that the pro-Israel community is hanging back and telling the lawmakers, "Do what you feel is right. We're not spending political capital on the Turks this season."
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Hebron – Ma'an – Tayseer At-Tamimi, the chief Islamic judge in Palestine, along with others were hurt after inhaling gas while leaving the Ibrahimi Mosque after performing Friday prayers in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
