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US Would Hit Iran Says Israel As Ahmadinejad Says Iran Will Resist To End Jerusalem (AFP) Nov 15, 2006 
US President George W. Bush will not hesitate to use force against Iran to halt its nuclear program if other options fail, Israel's outgoing US ambassador Danny Ayalon said in an interview Wednesday. "US President George W. Bush will not hesitate to use force against Iran in order to halt its nuclear program," Ayalon told the Maariv daily. "I have been priviledged to know him well, he will not hesitate to go all the way if there is no choice," said Ayalon, due to return to the Jewish state next week after serving as ambassador in Washington for more than four years.
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For America, Differences Over Iran Amount To Diplomatic Cuisine
Washington DC (AFP) Nov 15, 2006The United States downplayed Wednesday differences with partners on proposed UN sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program as "sausage making," and assured an agreement would be made. President George W. Bush's national security advisor Stephen Hadley made the remark as he stressed the need for a United Nations resolution on sanctions ahead of exploratory talks on Iran between Washington and five other major powers. US Envoy Says Progress On Date For NKorea Talks 
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 15, 2006Envoys to six-party talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear program are making progress on setting a date to resume negotiations next month, the chief US delegate said Wednesday. Christopher Hill told reporters after meeting his South Korean and Japanese counterparts that they would recommend a few possible dates to China, which has hosted previous talks and is the communist North's closest ally. China Urges Japan - Be 'Responsible' - Nuke Arms 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2006China on Wednesday urged Japan to adopt a "responsible attitude" towards safeguarding regional peace after its neighbour said it should be allowed to possess nuclear arms for self-defense. "We hope the Japanese side will stick to its 'three non-nuclear principles' and adopt a responsible attitude in safeguarding regional peace and stability," official media quoted the FM as saying. |
World's Operators Of The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye Gather For Annual Conference
St. Augustine FL (SPX) Nov 16, 2006Northrop Grumman is hosting the fifth annual International Hawkeye Users Conference November 13-15 at its manufacturing center here. The group was addressed by St. Augustine Mayor George Gardner. Westar to Provide Software Engineering, Technical Support Services to Army's UAS Program 
Redstone Arsenal AL (SPX) Nov 16, 2006The U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Aviation has awarded Westar Aerospace and Defense Group, Inc., a $2.3 million effort to provide software engineering and technical support services for the development, testing and sustainment of the Army's maintenance and logistics management system for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program, as well as develop and integrate new modules into the system. L-3 Begins Shipments Of Updated ROVER III 
New York NY (SPX) Nov 16, 2006L-3 Communications has announced today that it has begun the first customer shipments of its next generation ROVER III data links, adding the ability to decode multiple subcarriers from L and C Band analog and C Band digital signals. This new capability supports add-in software to decode the proprietary metadata transmitted on many Unmanned Aerial Sensor (UAS) platforms. |
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The Last War For Oil
New York (UPI) Nov 15, 2006There should be no doubt that the United States has waged two Gulf wars largely, if not solely, for oil. To ensure that the Iraq war is the last Gulf war, the administration and the Democratic majority in the new Congress must work together to enact an energy-independence bill to address the root causes of these wars and free America from the shackles of foreign oil. Iraq Partition Called Wholly Unacceptable But Formal Policy Review Underway 
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2006Partition of Iraq along sectarian lines is "wholly unacceptable" to the United States, a senior State Department official said Wednesday, warning of the high cost in human suffering. "Partition in Iraq could only be achieved at an expense of human suffering and bloodshed and forced dislocation that would be both profound and wholly unacceptable, I believe, to the American people," said Ambassador David Satterfield, the State Department's coordinator of Iraq policy. US Commander - Iraq Force Must Not Be Reduced 
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2006The US military commander for the Middle East said Wednesday that American troops levels in Iraq should not be reduced as he faced a barrage of intense and often hostile questioning in Congress. General John Abizaid said that extra troops were also not the answer to the Iraq crisis, though he warned the country could slump into a full blown civil war within four-to-six months if escalating violence was not ended. |
Gates Will Change US Strategy
Washington (UPI) Nov 13, 2006It took six years, an out of control war in Iraq and a generational change in control in the U.S. Congress to do it, but President George W. Bush has finally switched course on his global strategy. The president's announcement Nov. 8 that he was finally replacing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with former CIA Director Robert Gates marks a seismic shift in the balance of power in Washington. For the first time, the old Republican internationalists and cautious pragmatists... are taking real power in the government of the old president's son. Chertoff's 10-Print Border Plan 
Washington (UPI) Nov 15, 2006Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is touting the capabilities of his department's planned switch to 10-fingerprint technology for screening foreign visitors, but the technology is untested. India, Pakistan Agree On Terror Cooperation 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 15, 2006Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan announced Wednesday they would create a panel to share intelligence on terrorism and move to cut the risk of nuclear weapon "accidents". Although two days of talks rekindled a peace process, top diplomats failed to make any headway on their core dispute over Kashmir or even troop levels on the world's highest battlefield. |
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