Sunday Telegraph: British forces became embroiled in the fight to wrest control of Basra from Iranian-backed militias yesterday, as a senior US military adviser accused Gordon Brown of failing “as an ally” in his desire for a hasty withdrawal of troops.
Gordon Brown accused by US adviser over ‘hasty troop withdrawal’ in Basra
CIA chief says Iran has nuclear weapons drive
AFP: CIA chief Michael Hayden expressed his personal belief Sunday that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program, but also stood by the agency’s assessment that the program was suspended in 2003.
Hunt for Dorset exile in Iran arms probe
Daily Echo: A wealthy Dorset businessman is today at the centre of an international investigation in which it is alleged he made millions of pounds illegally selling aircraft parts to Iran.
Moqtada al-Sadr in seminary in Iran’s Qom
Sunday Telegraph: Be it fighting the occupation, sectarian bloodletting, or internecine squabbling with his fellow Shia, the fiery cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has waged war on almost every front in Iraq’s turbulent past five years.
Iran’s meddling in Iraq
Washington Times – By Lord Waddington: As four more rockets thumped into buildings in the Baghdad Green Zone on Tuesday, it became devastatingly clear that promises made by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his trip to Iraq in early March were worthless.
Now MPs join fight to save Mehdi Kazemi
The Independent: MPs from all three main political parties have joined peers to call for a moratorium on the deportation of asylum-seekers to Iran. The move follows a letter published in The Independent yesterday, in which 17 peers urged the Government to rethink asylum policy in the wake of the case of a gay teenager facing execution if deported to Iran.
Shiite leader Al-Sadr defies Iraq gov’t
AP: Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.
5 die as police chopper crashes in north-west Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 29 Five people were killed as a helicopter belonging to Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) crashed in north-west Iran, a senior police official said on Saturday.
5 die as police chopper crashes in north-west Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 29 Five people were killed as a helicopter belonging to Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) crashed in north-west Iran, a senior police official said on Saturday.
US installs interim commander in Afghanistan, Iraq
AFP: US Admiral William Fallon was replaced Friday as head of US military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, a post he quit following reports he opposed President George W. Bush’s policy towards Iran.
