Washington Times – Editorial: U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth’s ruling that the Iranian government is to blame for the killing of 19 members of the U.S. Air Force in a 1996 bombing in Saudi Arabia highlights again the weak U.S. response to Islamist terror during the Clinton administration.
Iran, terror and the Clinton ‘legacy’
Group: Iranians were part of elite force
AP: Two Iranians detained by U.S. forces in Iraq were senior members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and had coordinated attacks against coalition troops and Iraqi civilians, the head of an Iranian opposition group said Thursday.
Iran expands links with Syrians
International Herald Tribune: Early next year, Syria’s first domestically manufactured cars are scheduled to roll off an assembly line. They will have an Iranian name, be produced in a plant partly financed by a state-controlled Iranian car company and be made of parts from Iran.
Army betrayed me, says spy charge soldier
Daily Telegraph: An aide to a British general, accused of spying for Iran, appeared in court yesterday and claimed he had been betrayed by the army.
Urgent: Iran’s Justice Minister dies in road accident
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 28 – Iran’s Justice Minister died on Thursday in a road accident, state-run media reported.
Urgent: Iran’s Justice Minister dies in road accident
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 28 – Iran’s Justice Minister died on Thursday in a road accident, state-run media reported.
Iran to revise any relations with monitors in nuclear area
New York Times: By an overwhelming vote, Parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that could limit Irans cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations monitor.
US Government pressurises banks to stop dealing with Iran
The Independent: Dozens of banks have stopped or scaled back their businesses with Iran and other “rogue states” after informal pressure from the US government aimed at sidestepping the need for international sanctions.
White House asks Iran to comply on nuclear program
Reuters: The White House on Wednesday said further non-compliance by Iran on its nuclear program would only “worsen its situation” in the international community and lead to a downward spiral for its people.
Full text: 209-page U.S. court ruling, Iran’s role in Khobar attack
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 28 – The following is the full text of the 209-page ruling by a United States federal judge over the Iranian government’s involvement in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia which left 19 U.S. Air Force personnel dead.
