20060119
OCCUPIED BAGHDAD, New Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated an explosive vest in a crowded downtown coffee shop Thursday and another bomb exploded seconds later under a nearby car, killing at least 23 people and wounding 26, police and hospital officials said.
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=060119&cat=news&st=newsd8f7pse80&src=ap
Thirty people were dragged from their cars at crude checkpoints erected on unpaved roads and shot dead execution-style in farming areas in Nibaei, a town near Dujail, about 50 miles north of Baghdad, said police Lt. Qahtan al-Hashmawi.
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded pedestrian mall near Tel Aviv's central bus station Thursday, and at least 10 people were wounded, police said.
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=060119&cat=news&st=newsd8f7pttg2&src=ap
There was no immediate "claim of responsibility" by
"Palestinian militants", but the Islamic Jihad militant group has claimed responsibility for other recent "suicide bombings" in Israel.
White House rejects prisoner abuse strategy claims
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1551275.htm
The US has neither denied nor confirmed the reports of the secret jails.
Any move to use full-scale sanctions against Iran, let alone military action, could send world oil prices rocketing and reopen some of the international rifts opened by the Iraq war.
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060118/2006-01-18T233225Z_01_L18188832_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-NUCLEAR-IRAN-DC.html
"We are asking them to step down from their ivory towers and act with a little logic," the 48-year-old leader told reporters. The West suspects Iran is seeking nuclear arms. Tehran says its atomic program aims only to generate electricity.
The growing concerns about Iran's nuclear program contributed to a surge in gold prices in London today, traders said. Gold traded above $562 an ounce for the first time since January 1981. Gold is sometimes seen as a safe investment in times of crisis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/international/middleeast/16cnd-iran.html?ex=1295067600&en=84530f4885744770&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
The dispute over Iran also helped push oil prices higher in European trading amid mounting concern that any punitive international move against Iran could disrupt output from the world's fourth-largest oil exporter and OPEC's second-largest producer.
The current cockeyed propaganda twists have Europe and America uniting at the UN against Iran. In March, Iran is supposed to be switching the sale of their oil from American dollars to Euros. That would make the American dollar no longer the foundation for the world's economy. So why, if Europe does NOT want to support Iran, would they allow the Euro to replace the American dollar as the oil currency?
WTF? Philly Mayor Considers Calling National Guard, But Should Settle for Getting Rid of Guns
Warmer Al Gore finds a new stump
http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-et-gore18jan18,0,883893.story
Former vice president asserts his global warming warnings in a documentary. ¶ 19.1.06
