Friday News Roundup - International
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-02-17/friday-news-roundup-international
China’s expected new president visited the U.S. this week, President Obama took the opportunity to press him on human rights and trade issues; Iran reportedly offered to restart talks over its nuclear program; tensions mounted in the Greek parliament and on the streets over the E.U. bailout package; the U.N. secretary general said the Syrian government may have committed crimes against humanity as the violence escalated; and claims of secret three-way talks between the Taliban, the U.S. and the Afghan government. David Ignatius of The Washington Post, Nancy Youssef of McClatchy Newspapers and James Kitfield of National Journal join Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.
Guests
David Ignatius
columnist, The Washington Post; contributor to “Post Partisan” blog on washingtonpost.com. His latest book is titled "Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage."
Nancy Youssef
Pentagon correspondent, McClatchy newspapers.
James Kitfield
senior correspondent, National Journal.
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Hey panel, who is Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis and what claims has he made about Afghanistan? (Get Rolling Stone for a cheat sheet.)
Now we have heard endlessly about Netanyahu claiming that Iran was behind all of the attempts to kill Israeli diplomats. What we have not heard anymore about is US officials US OFFICIALS reporting to MSNBC correspondent Richard Engel that these US officials have stated that there is solid evidence showing that Israeli intelligence agencies have funded, trained and armed MEK to kill the Iranian scientist. MEK is on the US terrorist list. Will your guest please discuss this critical issue.
Richard Engels report
http://rockcenter.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/08/10354553-israel-teams-w...
"Updated: 11:14 a.m. ET -- Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders.
ROCK CENTER EXCLUSIVE
The group, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, has long been designated as a terrorist group by the United States, accused of killing American servicemen and contractors in the 1970s and supporting the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran before breaking with the Iranian mullahs in 1980."
DIANE CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE RICHARD ENGEL ON TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE
David would you please address US officials stating that Israeli intelligence agencies are funding, arming and training the MEK who you know is on the US terrorist list to kill Iranian scientist and other covert actions
Good one pancake. Lots at Emptywheel. net about this issue. Scroll down on the site. Dr. Marcy Wheeler was the blogger given permission to live blog the Libby trial (which I attended part of) Joe and Valerie Plame Wilson said Marcy knew more than they did about the investigation and trial. She is brilliant and writes about torture, wiretapping etc.
http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/02/16/since-when-do-catholic-bishops-take...
Are your guest going to talk about the Assad regime presenting a new plan for a new direction this week
I thought the Assad regime has presented a plan for a new direction which would essentially break up the Assad regime slowly giving other groups more power. DIANE MAYBE THE SYRIAN REGIME WAS TAKING NOTES WHEN ISRAEL BLOCKED ALL INTERNATIONAL REPORTERS FROM GOING INTO THE GAZA WHEN ISRAEL KILLED 4OOO PALESTINIANS AND DESTROYED EVERYTHING THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH. ISRAEL BLOCKED ALL INTERNATIONAL REPORTERS.
Anthony Shadid was indeed the "gold standard" His brilliance his honesty will be deeply missed
The last thing the Chinese want is a direct military confrontation with the United States. They would rather use their ecomic policies to make the U.S. so irrevelant they won't have to go to war to defeat us.
Wow David Ignatius is actually reporting some of the truth. Iran has not enriched beyond what they are legally able.
Your one guest just said that "someone is killing Iranian scientist" Richard Engel reported that " Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders."
US OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THIS
http://rockcenter.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/08/10354553-israel-teams-w...
Senator Lieberman is putting together legislation that could block President Obamas ability to negotiate with Iran in the future. Would your guest please discuss this
http://www.truth-out.org/could-lieberman-bill-block-war-averting-diploma...
Could Lieberman Bill Block War-Averting Diplomacy With Iran? | Truthout
www.truthout.org
There's no question that some people in Washington would very much like for the
With Regards to Syria:
This was Pres Obama on March 28, 2011. And I quote...
"In the face of the world's condemnation, Gaddafi chose to escalate his attacks, launching a military campaign against the Libyan people. Innocent people were targeted for killing. Hospitals and ambulances were attacked. Journalists were arrested, sexually assaulted, and killed. Supplies of food and fuel were choked off. The water for hundreds of thousands of people in Misratah was shut off. Cities and towns were shelled, mosques destroyed, and apartment buildings reduced to rubble. Military jets and helicopter gunships were unleashed upon people who had no means to defend themselves against assault from the air.
Confronted by this brutal repression and a looming humanitarian crisis, I ordered warships into the Mediterranean. European allies declared their willingness to commit resources to stop the killing. The Libyan opposition, and the Arab League, appealed to the world to save lives in Libya. At my direction, America led an effort with our allies at the United Nations Security Council to pass an historic Resolution that authorized a No Fly Zone to stop the regime's attacks from the air, and further authorized all necessary measures to protect the Libyan people."
So why does the press not bring up the differences between Syria and Libya? Why Libya and not Syria? Why is it that people forget so soon?
The intense animosity between Jews and the islamists/mullahs goes back to 1400 years ago and is documented in the Koran. If the bloody and corrupt islamic/mullah mafia is allowed to have nukes, the mullahs will start a nuclear war in the region and are willing to sacrifice half of the population of Iran (40,000,000) in order to destroy Israel. Hillary Mann Leverett and her husband have been trying to give legitimacy to this bloody and corrupt islamic/mullah mafia. Here is a picture of their meeting with Ahmadinejad the President of the mullah mafia in New York.
http://www.raceforiran.com/meeting-ahmadinejad-in-new-york