Syrian Rice, Iran in danger, Shanghai Coop, New Agenda Coalition

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scene from my childhood

thestar
Salman Rushdie on extraordinary rendition."
"Maher Arar, a Syrian Canadian, was captured by the CIA on his way to the United States and taken via Jordan to Syria where, according to his lawyer, he was "brutally physically tortured."
.. Syrian-born Mohammed Haydar Zammar says he was grabbed in Morocco and then spent four years in a Syrian dungeon.
- How come the USA gets to use Syrian torturers? Isnt Syria a bad country, an enemy regime?
does USA buy the reports from the Syrian torturers? Are they sure they're accurate? Why?
Condi speak:
"There's no doubt that Syria is a big problem,"
"We need the international community united against what Syria is doing,"
"It's not helpful for the Syrians to make accusations about the nature of the investigation or to rant and rave against those who are against Syria,"
"There is firm evidence that Palestinian Islamic Jihad, sitting in Damascus, not only knew about the (Tel Aviv) attacks but was involved in the planning,.."We don't know the degree of Syrian involvement,".but "the Syrians have a lot to answer for."
This is a Syria that needs to understand that it should not think itself immune from the way that the region is going."

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Iran under threat:
smirkingchimp antiwar globalresearch

Iranian news report from October 5, 2004 stated: "Iran's oil bourse will start trading by early 2006"

Sinah-1 is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The miniaturized 160-kilogram reconnaissance satellite was put into a heliosynchronous near-polar orbit and will image the surface with a 3-meter resolution.

but: tbs-satellite says "Optical resolution: 50 to 250 m."

Iran plans
"the seven members of the New Agenda Coalition - Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, and Mexico."
these nice guys requested that USA not attack Iran.
these 7 apparently go around saying peace style things and saving mexican villages from wandering Ronin. Call themselves NAC (New Agenda Coalition) Just like the old NZ airline NAC which flew me on my first plane (Dakota DC3).

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rense
the July 8 demand of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that the US establish a firm timetable for vacating the Uzbek and Kyrgyz bases in central Asia which were extorted by Bush from Putin on September 11, 2001. On July 29, President Karimov of Uzbekistan had given the US an ultimatum to get out of his country within 180 days, meaning by January 29, 2006.
the SCO another bunch of wanna-be good guys?


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