Baithak World Jun 05: Israeli Speculation, Vannu's letter, Headlines, RealNews

Contemplate, if you will, this wild scenario: In November, after Senator Barack Obama becomes president-elect of the United States, outgoing president George W. Bush inflicts a severe blow on Iran. That could take the form of a naval siege, the flexing of American military muscle, or even an all-out air strike targeting Iran's nuclear program. Under ordinary circumstances, people would reject out of hand such a wild scenario. The American public does not support the idea of opening a second front in the Middle East, and America's political, military and intelligence establishments are fearful. A military move, even a semi-military one, carried out by an outgoing president would be unprecedented and illegitimate; it would be perceived as the final insane trumpet call of a thoroughly off-the-wall administration with a committed religious outlook. After two years of "spins" it is high time for action. After two years filled with bitterness and spite, it is high time for extinguishing the flames of hatred, for lowering tensions and dressing wounds. Israel is not the hollow, rotting nation that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thinks it is. But to deal effectively with Ahmadinejad, Israel must get its act together - and quickly. Approaching an Iranian winter

Dear Editors:

I am Mordechai Vanunu, the man who told the truth about Israel's Nuclear Weapons. Program in 1986 and paid with 18 years of my life in Israel Prison. I was released in April 2004, but Israel denied me, my human rights of free speech and freedom movement, not allowed to leave since 1986, until now 2008.

On July 8, 2008, I will return to court. to appeal a new 6 months prison sentence for speaking to foreign Media, since my release 2004,

I am asking the Media to report on my case and on the efforts of Norwegian Lawyers and citizens to grant me asylum. Vanunu's Letter to the Chronicle

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