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India sets up team to probe Jaipur blasts
Published: May 16, 2008 at 11:01 AM
NEW DELHI, May 16 (UPI) -- India has set up a special investigative team to probe Tuesday's bomb explosions in the city of Jaipur in which 64 people were killed. -
Sadr fighters lay down their weapons
Published: May 15, 2008 at 10:44 PM
BAGHDAD, May 15 (UPI) -- Forces loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr laid down their weapons Thursday as reports emerged from Iraq of relative calm in the Baghdad district of Sadr City. -
U.S. claims Iranian weapons are in Iraq
Published: May 15, 2008 at 10:42 PM
BAGHDAD, May 15 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad said emerging evidence suggests Iran is backing the so-called special groups targeting coalition and Iraqi forces.
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Feature: U.S. cites attacks despite truce
Published: May 16, 2008 at 2:34 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- A new cease-fire has been declared between the Iraqi government and Shiite gunmen of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, but U.S. and Iraqi forces say their troops are still coming under attack in Sadr City. -
Dogs of War: Blackwater, Najaf -- Take Two
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:28 AM
By DAVID ISENBERG
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- One aspect of private military and security contractors that is relatively ignored is their relationship with regular military forces. Such discussion, as there is, is generally limited to sound bites about the reported envy that soldiers have for allegedly better paid security contractors. -
Analysis: Indian agencies start blame game
Published: May 15, 2008 at 8:36 PM
By KUSHAL JEENA
UPI Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 15 (UPI) -- India's intelligence and security agencies are indulging in a blame game over a recent foiled infiltration bid by militants on the Pakistani border, with one agency accusing the paramilitary forces guarding the border of lacking alertness. -
Iraq press roundup
Published: May 15, 2008 at 7:20 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The daily Al Mashriq newspaper had an editorial Thursday titled "Last lines for the chaotic months" that said although Iraq has been in a war for five years, the government in the last few weeks has been chaotically carrying out quick military operations and offensives in many cities and areas around the country. -
Features: More graves found
Published: May 15, 2008 at 2:31 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
ZAHAMM, Iraq, May 13 (UPI) -- The number of human remains unearthed in an al-Qaida killing field northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province is nearing 70 with the discovery of more graves by villagers who had volunteered to search an abandoned pomegranate orchard. -
Analysis: USAF's cyber offense capability
Published: May 15, 2008 at 2:23 PM
By SHAUN WATERMAN
UPI Homeland and National Security Editor
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Procurement documents from the U.S. Air Force give a rare glimpse into the Pentagon's plans for developing an offensive cyberwar capacity that can infiltrate, steal data from and if necessary take down enemy information technology networks.
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The Kurdish Al Ittihad newspaper said Thursday the U.S. Congress is starting discussions on a resolution the Bush administration adopted to sell weapons worth $20 billion to Arab countries.
The editorial -- headlined "The arms race in the Middle East" -- said the White House chose this as a way to "distribute stability" in the Middle East, a region threatened by Iran and terrorism.
"The U.S. Congress has to reject this bargain as arms given to the Arab world will not be for the interest of the region or the United States," the paper said.
It said instability will dominate the Middle East as every area has growing problems due to the birth of terrorism and consumption of human freedoms. The editorial said weapons in the Arab world create an arms race and instability.
"In addition to weapons sales that the Bush administration is offering, there are other major powers trying to escalate weapons sales. … The French are engaged in selling $400 million worth of weapons to Libya and the Russians are bargaining to sell Algeria weapons and are also involved in providing weapons to Iran," the paper said.
It said the Middle East didn't need more arms. It is not in the interest of Iran to engage in a military war with Saudi Arabia or with Kuwait, it said.
"Neither the United States nor the European allies will allow Iran to attack these two countries," it added.
"Iranian weapons are to be used to support fighting groups that provoke instability and chaos in the Arab world. … Iraq and Lebanon are in the heart of this matter," the paper said.
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's newspaper said providing Arab countries with such weapons is a wrong tool if the U.S. wants to fight radical movements in Lebanon and Iraq.
"The real threat the Arab countries face lurks in religious radicalism and terrorism," the editorial said.
The editorial explained that the purchase of developed weapons won't result in ending violent radicalism. It reasoned that the creation of radicalism and violence was because of the lack of prosperity in Arab countries.
The paper concluded that selling weapons to the Middle East will create a "volcanic" situation.
"Historically, the U.S. Congress questioned and on other occasions opposed selling weapons to Arab countries as it could be a threat to Israel when it was not," it said.
The paper said that for the United States to be right and ethical, its Congress must prevent arms sales to the Middle East. Arabs, it said, needed real support as they face suppressing challenges.
UPI Correspondent
The Kurdish Al Ittihad newspaper said Thursday the U.S. Congress is starting discussions on a resolution the Bush administration adopted to sell weapons worth $20 billion to Arab countries.
The editorial -- headlined "The arms race in the Middle East" -- said the White House chose this as a way to "distribute stability" in the Middle East, a region threatened by Iran and terrorism.
"The U.S. Congress has to reject this bargain as arms given to the Arab world will not be for the interest of the region or the United States," the paper said.
It said instability will dominate the Middle East as every area has growing problems due to the birth of terrorism and consumption of human freedoms. The editorial said weapons in the Arab world create an arms race and instability.
"In addition to weapons sales that the Bush administration is offering, there are other major powers trying to escalate weapons sales. … The French are engaged in selling $400 million worth of weapons to Libya and the Russians are bargaining to sell Algeria weapons and are also involved in providing weapons to Iran," the paper said.
It said the Middle East didn't need more arms. It is not in the interest of Iran to engage in a military war with Saudi Arabia or with Kuwait, it said.
"Neither the United States nor the European allies will allow Iran to attack these two countries," it added.
"Iranian weapons are to be used to support fighting groups that provoke instability and chaos in the Arab world. … Iraq and Lebanon are in the heart of this matter," the paper said.
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's newspaper said providing Arab countries with such weapons is a wrong tool if the U.S. wants to fight radical movements in Lebanon and Iraq.
"The real threat the Arab countries face lurks in religious radicalism and terrorism," the editorial said.
The editorial explained that the purchase of developed weapons won't result in ending violent radicalism. It reasoned that the creation of radicalism and violence was because of the lack of prosperity in Arab countries.
The paper concluded that selling weapons to the Middle East will create a "volcanic" situation.
"Historically, the U.S. Congress questioned and on other occasions opposed selling weapons to Arab countries as it could be a threat to Israel when it was not," it said.
The paper said that for the United States to be right and ethical, its Congress must prevent arms sales to the Middle East. Arabs, it said, needed real support as they face suppressing challenges.
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