'We'll take fight to Israel's backyard': "Their confusion will be greater than we saw in the previous war, because they will see that the holy warriors will confront them not only in south Lebanon, as they have done previously, but in their houses and their settlements," Al-Hakika quoted the unnamed official as saying. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1207650008214&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Muqtada and the Mahdi Army, A Cleric, a Pol and a Warrior (By Patrick Cockburn) The iraqi government has decided that the moment has come to crush the Mahdi Army and the followers of Muqtada Sadr once and for all. Despite its failure to eliminate his militiamen in Basra at the end of March, the government, with American backing, is determined to try again, according to senior Iraqi officials. http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick04142008.html Financial Collapse Will End The Occupation And it won't be "A time of our choosing" (By Mike Whitney ) The Iraq War signals the end of US interventionism for at least a generation; maybe longer. The ideological foundation for the war (preemption/regime change) has been exposed as a baseless justification for unprovoked aggression. Someone will have to be held accountable. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19742.htm Uri Avnery Congratulates Carter for Decision To Meet With Hamas Leaders (By Uri Avnery) An increasing number of people are coming to realize, the policy of boycotting Hamas, starting on the day that the movement won the democratic elections held among the Palestinians, has failed utterly and caused terrible suffering and bloodshed to both peoples. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19741.htm President: Iran to put nuclear know-how at disposal of all nations: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here on Monday expressed Iran's readiness to put its expertise on peaceful nuclear technology at disposal of all nations within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regulations. http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-24/0804145150163333.htm Soaring food prices now top threat, IMF says: Ministers representing 185 countries agreed on the weekend that soaring food prices threaten global calamity and pledged to co-operate on a solution to save the world's poorest people from starvation. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080414.wfood14/BNStory/International
