http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59867291&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Defense Secretary Robert Gates used to keep a clock on his desk that ticked off the days he had left to serve in the Bush administration.
Archives for September, 2009
2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59866454&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two Uzbeks freed from the Guantanamo Bay prison arrived Sunday in Ireland, and Amnesty International appealed to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees.
Gates: Secret nuke site puts Iran in `bad spot’
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59865490&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the disclosure of Iran's secret uranium-enriching facility could force more economic penalties against a country reeling from serious social and political divisions.
Israeli police, protesters clash at holy site
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59865458&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli police used stun grenades Sunday to disperse Palestinian rioters at a volatile Jerusalem site holy to Jews and Muslims, police said.
Iran test-fires short-range missiles
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59865412&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles during military drills Sunday by the elite Revolutionary Guard, a show of force days after the U.S. warned Tehran over a newly revealed underground nuclear facility it was secretly constructing.
6 foreign troops killed in Afghanistan
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59864564&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide car bomb explosion targeting Afghanistan's energy minister killed four civilians Sunday, while attacks and a violent storm killed six international troops, including three French and two American forces, officials said.
Venezuela exploring uranium deposits with Russia
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59851619&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Venezuela's science and technology minister said his country is working with Russia to detect deposits of uranium but withdrew an earlier denial that the country was also working with Iran.
UN chief, Europeans chide Iran’s new atom plant
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59832294&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's sudden revelation of a formerly secret uranium enrichment plant brought more condemnation Saturday at the U.N. General Assembly, with the Netherlands calling Tehran's presumed weapons program "a major challenge to international peace and security."
Official: Iran not helping Venezuela find uranium
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59829298&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Venezuela's science and technology minister denied on Saturday that Iran is helping Venezuela seek uranium, saying the South American country is only working with Russia to detect deposits of the radioactive metal.
Drone crashes in northern Iraq, US military says
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59820574&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S. military drone crashed Saturday in northern Iraq, hitting a regional office of Iraq's largest Sunni political party in an area that remains an insurgent stronghold, an American military official said.